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The Australian cricket team becomes the first one to announce its preliminary squad for the forthcoming ODI World Cup in India. Cricket Australia took to Twitter to release the list of 18-member team. The selected players will also take on South Africa and India in the assignments that have been scheduled before the mega event

Sarfaraz Khan got married in Kashmir© Twitter Mumbai cricketer Sarfaraz Khan has married a girl from Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir. Several videos have surfaced on social media in which Khan, who plays for Delhi Capitals in the cash-rich IPL, can be seen in a black sherwani at his in-laws’ place. Khan even did

File photo of Dinesh Karthik© AFP Roped in as one of the experts for The Hundred 2023, Dinesh Karthik is creating a great buzz as a commentator and analyst. The Indian cricketer doesn’t seem to be in the national team’s plans anymore, and he has already hinted on what career opportunities he likely to embark

File photo of Shikhar Dhawan© BCCI India will be eyeing to break their long-time ICC major trophy drought when they kick off their campaign at the upcoming ODI World Cup, starting October 5. It is worth noting that the side last won a major ICC tournament back in 2013. Since then, they have fared well

Images of original and new ball. The ball change took place on Day 4 of fifth and final Ashes Test.© Twitter The Ashes 2023 saw an extremely controversial moment taking place in the fifth and final Test at the Oval. It erupted over England’s ball change on Day 4, which several Australia players felt was

File photo of Alex Hales.© AFP Soon after the retirement of England’s opening batter Alex Hales on Friday, one of his fake accounts on Twitter caught limelight. Such was the post from the account that it gave rise to a fight on Twitter between the India and Pakistan fans. Hales — who represented England in

File photo of Rishabh Pant.© AFP The Indian cricket spectrum rejoiced after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) last month informed that Rishabh Pant resumed his batting practice. It was the first time since his horrific car accident in December last year that Pant put on his batting gear. On December 30,

Pakistan cricket lost one of its most controversial, colourful and strong administrators when the indomitable Ijaz Butt passed away in his hometown, Lahore, due to health issues. The history of Pakistan cricket will remain incomplete without discussing the tenure of Butt, who passed away on Wednesday, aged 85. He played eight Tests for Pakistan and

Tilak Varma got a surprise call from Dewald Brevis© Twitter In a beautiful display of cross-country friendship, India batter Tilak Varma got a surprise call from fellow Mumbai Indians star Dewald Brevis after the former made his India debut in the first T20I against West Indies. While many Indians were thrilled to see Varma making

Yuzvendra Chahal in action during first India-West Indies T20I game© AFP Yuzvendra Chahal left everyone impressed as the veteran spinner took two wickets in the first three balls of his spell during the first T20I encounter between India and West Indies on Thursday. He struck on the first ball of the fifth over as Kyle Mayers

File photo of Sanju Samson.© AFP Former India wicketkeeper-batter Saba Karim is might impressed with Sanju Samson. The 28-year-old got chances to feature in two of the three-match ODI series against West Indies and fared pretty decently. While Samson was dismissed for nine runs in the second ODI, he scored 51 runs off 41 balls

Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi© Twitter Welsh Fire started their Hundred 2023 campaign on a positive note as they registered a nine-run victory over Manchester Originals in a rain-curtailed match on Wednesday. Due to the rain, the match was reduced to 40 overs-per side and Welsh posted a total of 94/3 after being asked to bat

Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya said stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli needed to be rested for the second and third ODIs against West Indies to help India give opportunities to youngsters ahead of the World Cup. Skipper Rohit and former captain Kohli were rested once again in the final ODI of the series, which India

File image of KL Rahul© Instagram Senior batter KL Rahul in all likelihood will miss the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka as he will take more time to recover from his hamstring injury while it could be a touch and go for another star Shreyas Iyer as far as his participation in the World Cup

Ravichandran Ashwin in a video on his YouTube channel© YouTube Fuming over certain Indian fans and experts’ ‘over-reaction’ to the management’s decision of benching Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the ODI series against West Indies, Ravichandran Ashwin hasn’t held back. The veteran off-spinner, disappointed with the public sentiment over the absence of Rohit and

File photo of Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli© BCCI/Sportzpics A fit-again Jasprit Bumrah marked his return to the Indian team for the T20I series against Ireland. With only youngsters selected for the assignment, Bumrah was also named the captain of the team for the series. In what would serve as a big platform to prepare

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England captain Ben Stokes believes that the exciting Ashes 2023 which ended in a draw against Australia is what Test cricket needs. England defeated Australia to win the fifth Test, level the series, and prevent the visitors from winning their first series in the UK since 2001. Stuart Broad took the deciding wicket on his last