Cricket

Young Yashasvi Jaiswal‘s dream season just got a bit better as Mumbai trounced Ranji Trophy champions Madhya Pradesh by eight wickets in a high-scoring group A league match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament in Rajkot on Wednesday. Batting first, MP scored 181/7 in 20 overs with RCB star Rajat Patidar hitting five sixes

Toss Bangladesh chose to bowl against New Zealand Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan decided to field first against New Zealand on a fresh wicket in the fifth match of the tri-series at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. Tim Southee stood in as captain for the rested Kane Williamson. Martin Guptill is slated to bat at

Hrithik Shokeen was used as a ‘Impact Player’.© Twitter Delhi made the first use of the ‘Impact Player’ option to outplay Manipur by 71 runs in their opening match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy in Jaipur on Tuesday. Opener Hiten Dalal smashed a 27-ball 47 to push Delhi to 167 for seven. The

Australia’s search for a new limited-overs captain has not got any easier with Mitchell Marsh ruling himself out of the job. Marsh, viewed as one of the top contenders to replace Aaron Finch after his retirement from one-day cricket, says he would prefer to focus on his personal game rather than taking the leadership role.

Pakistan cricket team has been subjected to plenty of criticism of late, especially after the manner in which they lost the Asia Cup 2022 final to Sri Lanka. While the openers — Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan — have been delivering on a consistent basis, the middle order looks far from settled. Talks of bringing

T20I Tri-Series: New Zealand are the second position in points table. New Zealand and Bangladesh take on each other in the third match of the ongoing tri-nation T20I series that has Pakistan as the third team. Both the sides are winless in the series so far. In the first game, Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 21 runs,

Former India cricketer Roger Binny is likely to replace Sourav Ganguly as BCCI President.© Twitter Former Indian cricketer and member of the 1983 World Cup winning team Roger Binny is likely to be the next BCCI President replacing Sourav Ganguly as per the sources in BCCI. Binny has previously served as a member of the

Ravi Shastri believes that despite the injury-enforced absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja, India have enough depth to win the T20 World Cup in Australia should they start the tournament well. “[It’s] unfortunate,” Shastri said of Bumrah’s injury at the launch of Coaching Beyond, his new initiative with Bharat Arun and R Sridhar, in

India Capitals vs Bhilwara Kings, Legends League Cricket Final: India Capitals on Wednesday defeated Bhilwara Kings by 104 runs to win the second season of the Legends League Cricket. Chasing a target of 212, Bhilwara Kings were bowled out for a paltry total of 107. Earlier, Ross Taylor and Michell Johnson smashed fifties as India

South Africa 227 for 3 (Rossouw 100*, de Kock 68, Umesh 1-34) beat India 178 (Karthik 46, Pretorius 3-26, Maharaj 2-34) by 49 runs Rilee Rossouw smashed his maiden T20I century as South Africa posted their fourth-highest total in the format, and India batted and crumbled with full freedom in a massive chase of 228.

Jasprit Bumrah was on Monday officially ruled out of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup in Australia, BCCI informed through a press release. Bumrah had been earlier ruled out of the ongoing T20I series against South Africa due to a back injury. The fast bowler, who had missed the Asia Cup, had played two T20Is

New Zealand 94 for 5 (Green 49*, Matthews 4-12) beat West Indies 93 for 9 (Jonas 3-16) by five wickets Maddy Green guided New Zealand to a series lead in Antigua in a game dominated by the spinners. Fran Jonas led the way for the visitors before West Indies captain Hayley Matthews responded with four

An overcast sky ahead of India’s T20 fixture against South Africa at Guwahati on Sunday has made organisers and fans anxious, bringing back memories of the last international cricket match at the venue that had to be abandoned after heavy rain. Enthusiasm has been high among people in the run up to the match, with

Robin Marlar, the former Sussex captain, MCC president, and long-time cricket correspondent for the Sunday Times, has died at the age of 91. As an offspinner who claimed 970 wickets in an 18-season first-class career, Marlar came close to England selection on a number of occasions in the 1950s, but was kept out of the

Rohan Gavaskar feels that Babar Azam is “not a one-dimensional player”.© AFP Former India cricketer Rohan Gavaskar came out in support of Pakistan captain Babar Azam, who has been under the scanner for his low strike-rate in the shortest format of the game. Despite consistently scoring runs, Babar’s form has deteriorated since the start of

The ICC has invited bids for media rights to global cricketing events over the next four (or eight) years for the Australian, US, Caribbean and Canadian markets. This is the second phase in the ICC’s media rights process, after sealing a deal for the Indian market last month for an undisclosed sum. That winning bid,

File photo of Mosaddek Hossain.© AFP Mosaddek Hossain played a key role with both bat and ball as Bangladesh beat United Arab Emirates by 32 runs in Dubai on Tuesday to sweep the two-match T20 series. Bangladesh made 169-5 after opener Mehidy Hasan‘s 46 off 37 balls provided a solid platform before Mosaddek (27) and

Australia captain Meg Lanning will miss the WBBL with Melbourne Stars as she continues her indefinite break from the game. Lanning stepped away following Australia’s Commonwealth Games gold-medal success in Birmingham and it remains unclear when, or if, she will return. “The club respects her decision and asks that her privacy continue to be respected,”