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Vidarbha then suffered a collapse, going from 101 for 2 to 137 for 8, losing six wickets for just 36 runs. Overall, MP pacers accounted for nine of the ten wickets on Saturday with Kulwant Kehjroliya and Iyer scalping two each while Anubhav Agarwal took one. Karun Nair‘s resistance fetched him 63 off 105 balls,

Image for representative use© AFP Women’s red-ball cricket will return to India’s domestic calendar after four years when the BCCI conducts a Senior Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy in Pune from March 28, the board announced on Friday. The move comes after the Indian women’s team’s return to Test cricket. The side has played Tests against

Jason Roy, Dawid Malan and Amy Jones are among the England players who will on the block in next month’s draft for the 2024 Hundred, after player retentions for the eight teams were confirmed. Roy was one of the most high-profile names among those released, having helped Oval Invincibles to win the men’s competition last

Malla’s feat had come during the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, when Nepal had smashed 314 for 3 against Mongolia. It was the same match in which Dipendra Singh Airee had hit the fastest T20I fifty, off nine balls. Coincidentally, Loftie-Eaton broke the record off Airee’s bowling with Malla watching in the field.

File photo of Virat Kohli© X (formerly Twitter) Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli took to social media to express his happiness following Rohit Sharma and Co’s historic series win against England. India defeated England by five wickets in the fourth Test match in Ranchi on Monday to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in

Haris Rauf has been ruled out of the remainder of PSL 2024 with a dislocated shoulder. The Lahore Qalandars fast bowler suffered the injury during the match against Karachi Kings on Saturday and will need four to six weeks to recover. It was on the second last ball of the game that Rauf injured himself

The pitch at Ranchi for the fourth India vs England Test has been under lot of focus. Though so far, there are demons as such which are likely to create a noise, the discussions around it have been immense. From confusing Ben Stokes on the eve of the Test match to being referred to as

Toss New Zealand chose to bowl vs Australia Experienced seamer Trent Boult returned to international cricket while Steven Smith got his chance to impress, as New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner elected to bowl against Australia in the second T20I in Auckland. Both teams made several changes from Australia’s thrilling victory in the series-opener in Wellington

Mohammed Shami in action© BCCI Senior pacer Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of next month’s Indian Premier League owing to a left ankle injury, for which he will undergo a surgery in the UK, a BCCI source told PTI on Thursday. The 33-year-old, who is not part of the ongoing Test series against England,

Former India international Lalchand Rajput has been appointed head coach of UAE for a three-year term, taking over from interim head coach Mudassar Nazar. Rajput has previous experience of managing India during their title win in the 2007 T20 World Cup, and also coached Afghanistan when they received Test status in 2017. Most recently, he

Not many chief selectors’ reigns are especially notable. In the modern era, there has generally been a regular turnover, almost everywhere. Some have been lengthy: David Graveney was around for 11 years in England; further back, Lawrie Sawle helped transform Australian cricket as national selector from 1982 to 1995. Last week came the end of

With the likes of all-rounder Marcus Stoinis and Aaron Hardie ruled out of the series, Australia was forced to make a change to their squad ahead of their away T20I series with New Zealand. Fast bowler Spencer Johnson has been added to the squad late ahead of the first match on Wednesday. Adam Zampa should

Tasmania 183 and 537 for 8 (Jewell 227, Webster 100, Wakim 72, Hope 54*, Paris 3-76) lead West Australia 271 (Goodwin 85, Webster 3-30, Meredith 3-59) by 449 runs Tasmanian opener Caleb Jewell‘s maiden double century, sealed with a slice of luck, has effectively batted Western Australia out of their Sheffield Shield clash at Bellerive

The Indian cricket team players on Saturday wore black armbands as a mark of respect in the memory of former captain Dattajirao Gaekwad on the third day of the ongoing third Test against England in Rajkot on Saturday. Dattajirao, who played 11 Tests for India between 1951 and 1962, died on February 13 after remaining

But Edwards’ contribution was still vital, helping NSW to 252 after Victoria captain Will Sutherland won the toss and elected to bowl. Sutherland, who made his international debut in Australia’s ODI series against West Indies only two weeks ago, more than played his part with the ball, taking 5 for 51 for the sixth five-wicket

Former India player Karsan Ghavri on Wednesday slammed the decision to ignore veteran Cheteshwar Pujara for the Test series against England especially with the depleted batting line-up in the absence of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. A veteran of 103 Tests, the 36-year-old Pujara has been sidelined since the series in the West Indies, with

Mark Wood has been recalled to England’s attack at the expense of the offspinner Shoaib Bashir, as England confirmed their team for the third Test against India, which gets underway in Rajkot on Thursday. Wood played as a lone seamer in England’s victory in the first Test at Hyderabad but went wicketless on a surface

Just a couple of weeks after the Shoaib Bashir controversy, another England cricketer, Rehan Ahmed, faced a visa issue as he was stopped at the Hirasar Airport on Tuesday ahead of the third Test against India. Though the issues were sorted, with the player being issued a temporary visa, a lot more needs to be