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New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Tuesday announced the squad for the upcoming series against India, comprising three T20Is and as many ODIs. Finn Allen has been named in the squad, while Trent Boult has not been included as he had opted out of the central contract list earlier this year. Allen is primed to face

File image of Wasim Akram© Twitter England on Sunday became the first team to hold the 50-over Cricket World Cup and 20-over World Cup at the same time. The Jos Buttler-led side achieved the feat after beating Pakistan in a nervy T20 World Cup final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. After the result, legendary fast

File image of Virender Sehwag© Instagram A star-studded team on paper, yet India left many disappointed with their performances in the T20 World Cup 2022. Be it KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, or a number of other top players, the performances from man veteran stars left much to desire. A few of these players

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam found form at the right time in the T20 World Cup 2022. Having struggled for the most part of the tournament for runs, Babar finally bagged a half-century as Pakistan defeated New Zealand in the semi-final of the tournament. However, in the press conference on the eve of the final, Babar

Team India had a forgettable ending to their T20 World Cup 2022 campaign, as they suffered a 10-wicket defeat against England in the semi-final. With many factors to work on, the Rohit Sharma-led side will definitely have one thing to cherish and that will be the power-packed performance by their star batter Suryakumar Yadav. The

Shadab Khan on Sunday became Pakistan’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is.© AFP Shadab Khan, on Sunday, became Pakistan’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is. He achieved the feat during the T20 World Cup final against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Shadab dismissed England’s Harry Brook to pick up his 98th wicket in the shortest format.

Babar Azam-led Pakistan will square off against England in the T20 World Cup final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Having lost their opening two matches against India and Zimbabwe, Pakistan were down and out, but a remarkable turn of events meant Pakistan made their entry into the semi-final, and then in the knockout

Rohit Rayudu and Tilak Varma slammed impressive centuries for Hyderabad.© AFP Rohit Rayudu and Tilak Varma slammed impressive centuries to set up Hyderabad’s 17-run win over Himachal Pradesh via VJD method in their Group A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament on Saturday. Opener Rayudu struck 156 off 144 balls (12x4s; 8x6s) while

File photo of Shikhar Dhawan© AFP Veterans Ishant Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan contributed to Delhi’s five-wicket win over Vidarbha in their opening Vijay Hazare Trophy match on Saturday. Ishant (3/24) struck thrice as Delhi limited Vidarbha to 207 after opting to field in a Group B game. Ganesh Satish top-scored for Vidarbha with 45 off

India needed to hire the best people to prepare for the T20 World Cup and someone like AB de Villiers would have done the job, former India cricketer Atul Wasaan said on Friday as he advocated the need to have completely different coaching staff for the shortest format. Alex Hales and Jos Buttler ripped apart

The stage is the same, the backdrop eerily similar to what it was three decades ago, but Imran Khan with his aura and charisma was a different beast compared to Babar Azam, who is a win away from emulating the iconic former skipper. More than 30 years back, the then 39-year-old Imran was mentally retired

Former India captain Anil Kumble wants the BCCI to allow its young players to participate in different T20 leagues around the globe to gain exposure and experience before the 2024 World Cup to be held in the West Indies and the United States. Since the emergence of the Indian Premier League in 2008, many countries

After India’s loss in the semi-final of the 2022 T20 World Cup against England on Thursday, a lot of scrutiny is underway. A thoroughly professional England annihilated an out-of-sync India by 10 wickets to sail into the World Cup final as Alex Hales and Jos Buttler‘s relentless hitting mortified Rohit Sharma’s clueless attack in Adelaide.

An extensive experience of playing the Big Bash League in Australia contributed to Jos Buttler and Alex Hales‘ absolute dominance over India in the second T20 World Cup semifinal, said head coach Rahul Dravid on Thursday. Buttler (80 not out) and Hales (86 not out) added 169 runs in just 16 overs to complete embarrass

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India and Paksitan had squared off in the 2007 T20 World Cup final in Johannesburg.© Twitter One win can change the whole mood of a nation. And if it comes in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup, then the celebrations are multiplied manifold. The same has happened with Pakistan. A team that somehow scraped

Pacer Chris Jordan is set to feature in England’s semifinal against India at the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup, as there are doubts over Mark Wood‘s fitness. Wood has been incredible for England in the shorter format since his return after an injury during the series against Pakistan. Consistently clocking 145 kmph or more, the

Image for representative use© IPL The Indian Premier League mini-auction for the next season is to be held in Kochi on December 23, as reported by ESPNcricinfo. As ESPNcricinfo reported on Wednesday, one change in the rule is that apart from what’s remaining in the franchises’ purse, each team will get an additional INR 5