Cricket

Australia vs West Indies 1st Test, Day 4 Live: West Indies are chasing 498 runs for victory.© AFP Australia vs West Indies 1st Test, Day 4 Live:Kraigg Brathwaite is nearing his century. His knock has kept West Indies in hunt in pursuit of a 498-run taget set by Australia in the ongoing first Test match

File image of Saurabh Kumar© Twitter Left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar staked a strong claim as Ravindra Jadeja‘s replacement for the upcoming Test series with a match-haul of nine wickets as Bangladesh A’s tail wagged vigorously to prevent India A from winning the first unofficial Test match in Cox Bazar on Friday. Having conceded a huge

Pakistan’s pitches belonged in “the dark ages”, the country’s top cricket official said Friday, after England plundered runs on a lifeless wicket in Rawalpindi. The visitors were finally all out for 657 — including a record 506 from the first day Thursday — with four batsmen scoring centuries off the hapless Pakistan bowling. In reply,

Australia vs West Indies 1st Test Day 3 Live: Tagenarine Chanderpaul was dismissed for 51 runs.© AFP Australia vs West Indies 1st Test Day 3 Live:Australia look to pile more misery on West Indies in the ongoing first Test at the Perth Stadium. The side bundled out West Indies for 283 runs to take a

991 Players register for IPL 2023 auction© IPL A total of 991 cricketers including 714 Indians have registered for the IPL 2023 Players’ Auction to be held in Kochi on December 23. Among the 14 overseas countries, Australia with 57 players have the most in the auction pool, followed by South Africa (52). West Indies

Ruturaj Gaikwad hit 7 consecutive sixes in an over in Vijay Hazare Trophy© Twitter Young Indian batter Ruturaj Gaikwad took the cricketing world by storm as he hit 7 consecutive sixes in a single over, registering a new world record. While Gaikwad drew plaudits from all over the world, the moment was incredibly hurtful for

Pakistan vs England 1st Test, Day 1 Live: Zak Crawley scored 122 runs.© AFP Pakistan vs England 1st Test, Day 1 Live Updates: Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett departed on their individual scores of 122 and 107, respectively, in the first Test of the three-match series at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. England are two down against Pakistan.

Charith Asalanka smashed an unbeaten 83 as Sri Lanka pulled off a record chase of 314 to edge out Afghanistan by four wickets in the third one-day international and end the series level at 1-1 on Wednesday. Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran‘s record 162 — the highest individual score for the Afghans — went in vain

The in-form duo of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ankit Bawne slammed scintillating hundreds as Maharashtra earned a maiden entry into the final of Vijay Hazare Trophy with a 12-run win over Assam here on Wednesday. Maharashtra will take on Saurashtra in the summit clash on Friday. Sent in to bat, skipper Gaikwad continued his sensational run

AUS vs WI, 1st Test Live: Australia opt to bat vs West Indies© AFP Australia vs West Indies, 1st Test, Day 1 Live Score Updates: The 142-run stand between Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne came to an end in the 53rd over as Kyle Mayers dismissed the former for 65. Earlier, David Warner fell for

File image of BCCI president Roger Binny© AFP BCCI ethics officer Vineet Saran has served a conflict of interest notice to board president Roger Binny. PTI has learnt that Saran has asked Binny to file a written response by December 20 against the conflict of interest allegations levelled against him. The complainant, Sanjeev Gupta, has

File photo of Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur© BCCI The first edition of the Women’s IPL is set to be hosted in March, 2023, and the BCCI is leaving no stone unturned to make the tournament a massive success in its inaugural season. Now, sources have confirmed that the Indian cricket board will float tender

Their bowling styles are like chalk and cheese but Arshdeep Singh finds Umran Malik’s frightening pace beneficial as the batters are always struggling to adjust due to the marked difference in their respective speed. The Jammu pace sensation is one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket alongside South African Anrich Nortje, Englishman Mark Wood

Former left-arm spinner Maninder Singh, opener Shiv Sunder Das were the two prominent names to have applied for senior national selectors’ posts with experience of playing more than 20 Tests for India. It couldn’t be confirmed whether former pacer Ajit Agarkar has applied or not. According to many, Agarkar has a sure-shot chance of becoming

Riyan Parag smashed a superb 116-ball 174 to help Assam chase down a mammoth target of 351 in 46.1 overs against Jammu and Kashmir in their Vijay Hazare quarterfinal in Ahmedabad on Monday. Parag struck 12 sixes and a dozen fours as Assam won the match by seven wickets. Replying to J&K’s 350 that was

Maharashtra opening batter Ruturaj Gaikwad was at his blistering best in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-final against Uttar Pradesh and his unbeaten 220-run knock helped his side post 330 runs on the board in the allotted fifty overs. However, the best part of his knock came in the penultimate over of the innings as he

Shubman Gill in ODI series against New Zealand© AFP It’s been a frustrating outing for the Indian cricket team in New Zealand, with as many as three matches getting affected due to rain since the players’ arrival. Two of the three T20Is facing rain-interruptions and now the second ODI between the two teams was abandoned

Narendra Modi Stadium Creates Guinness World Record© Twitter The secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Jay Shah, announced on Sunday that India has been awarded the “Guinness World Record” for the largest attendance in a T20 match ever. The milestone was set during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 final