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Shreyas Iyer‘s performance will be under intense scrutiny as India gear up for the back-to-back T20I games against West Indies, starting here on Saturday, with the twin objective of winning the series and also firming up squad for T20 World Cup. India are currently leading the five-match series 2-1 and nothing would be more satisfying

After more than 17 months of delays, USA Cricket’s 2020 general elections finally concluded this week with Atul Rai and Kuljit-Singh Nijjar prevailing in a stacked field for the club director and individual director positions respectively. Nadia Gruny was also reelected for the female elite-athlete director position in a candidacy that was unopposed. Rai, the

IND-W vs BAR-W Live: India face Barbados in a virtual knockout clash.© AFP CWG 2022 India Women vs Barbados Women Live Updates: India take on Barbados in a women’s cricket Group A match in the ongoing Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston Cricket Ground. This is a do-or-die game for the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side as a defeat

India won the toss in the third T20I in Basseterre, and asked West Indies to bat first on the pitch used for a low-scoring match in the first of the double header in St Kitts. In the second game of the series on Monday, West Indies bowled India out for 138 to level the series,

2nd T20I Live: India face West Indies at the Warner Park in Basseterre.© AFP IND vs WI, 2nd T20I Live Updates: India face the West Indies in the second T20I of the five-match series at the Warner Park in Basseterre. India lead the series after winning the first T20I by 68 runs in Tarouba last Friday.

The Indian women’s cricket streamrolled Pakistan in a Group A clash in the ongoing Commonwealth Games on Sunday at Edgbaston, Birmingham. The Harmanpreet-Kaur led side defeated Pakistan by eight wickets with 38 balls to spare after they chased down a below-par total of 100. As a result, Harmanpreet Kaur overtook MS Dhoni to register most

Deepak Chahar has made a comeback to the Indian team after a gap of nearly six months, during which he was being treated for a back injury, for the ODI series in Zimbabwe. Rahul Tripathi has received a maiden ODI call-up as well, while Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav have been included in the squad

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With scores of 76, 109 and 101 in his first three outings, McKeon has had a sensational start to his T20I career. His run tally of 286 now stands atop the list for most runs scored by a batter in the first three innings of a men’s T20I career. He broke the record of Portugal’s

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Big picture India are on the cusp of their second successive ODI series sweep against West Indies. This is a team without Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah, to name just a few. Mohammed Siraj’s economical outings coupled with Shardul Thakur’s knack of picking up wickets have ensured India haven’t missed Bumrah

Australian Test great Allan Border has urged middle-order batter Travis Head to look to legendary opener Matthew Hayden for inspiration and develop a gameplan to be used in subcontinent conditions during his side’s tour to India, which will take place this year. This comes after the batter experienced some terrible outings in the Test series

Toss West Indies chose to bat vs India West Indies won the toss for the second time in as many matches, but opted to bat first in the second ODI after having chosen to bowl two days ago. Their captain Nicholas Pooran said the pitch looked the same as it did for the first ODI,

Shreyas Iyer (right) shows his dance moves on Mohammed Siraj’s request.© Twitter India on Friday edged past West Indies in a thrilling first ODI to lead the three-match series 1-0. The match at Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad saw the visitors putting a total of 308 for 7 on the board after getting an invitation

The BCCI is set to bring back the Duleep Trophy – in a zonal format – and the Irani Cup to a full-fledged 2022-23 senior men’s domestic calendar that is set to begin in early September. The board has also added a number of women’s competitions this upcoming season, most significantly an Under-16 tournament. The

Catching is one aspect of cricket that needs concentration and training to perfect. Time and again we have seen even the best fielders in the game drop sitters. Some even script a comedy of errors while trying to latch on to an easy catch. Similarly, England and Surrey batter Ollie Pope was awarded five extra

Sophia Dunkley could be rewarded for her explosive form in the ODIs against South Africa with a role as England’s T20I opener, after Heather Knight indicated that “ultra-aggression” in the powerplay was the means by which her team intended to target Gold in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games campaign in Birmingham. Dunkley, 24, thrived after being

ENG vs SA, 1st ODI Live: Sam Curran provided England the first breakthrough.© ICC England vs South Africa, 1st ODI Live Score Updates: Janneman Malan and Rassie van der Dussen have provided a solid platform to South Africa in the first ODI of the three-match series at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street on Tuesday. Sam Curran had dismissed