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File photo of Dinesh Karthik© BCCI/Sportzpics Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have announced the return of Dinesh Karthik to the team for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season as ‘mentor and batting coach’. Karthik announced his retirement from the game after the conclusion of the 2024 IPL season in which RCB finished 4th. After fulfilling

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Just because of the desperation with which he coveted a world title, Rohit Sharma placed this T20 World Cup win as the greatest time of his career, the greatest achievement. “This has to be the greatest time, I can say that,” Rohit said

The T20 World Cup 2024 final will witness South Africa clashing with India at the Kensington Oval on June 29. Both teams have showcased exceptional skill, strategy, and resilience throughout the tournament, setting the stage for an epic encounter. South Africa’s unbeaten run in their T20 World Cup campaign saw them reaching the final after

Toss India opt to bat vs South Africa India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bat in the one-off Test against South Africa, in Chennai on Friday. With Yastika Bhatia out of the Test with injury, Richa Ghosh will take the gloves. Shubha Satheesh, who made Test debut against England last December

Rohit Sharma and Kapil Dev Just as the Indian team is preparing for the final stages of the T20 World Cup 2024, an intriguing Rohit Sharma vs Virat Kohli battle has got fans on social media hooked, thanks to a few comments made by the legendary Kapil Dev. With only two hurdles to cross at

At the risk of navel-gazing and giving too much importance to mainstream media, it is hard to contemplate team representatives outnumbering the press at a press conference before a World Cup semi-final. South Africa’s head coach Rob Walter arrived with their media officer and security officer to speak to a total of one member of

Afghanistan qualified for T20 World Cup 2024 semis by beating Bangladesh© AFP No longer the ‘minnows’, Afghanistan proved once again why they belong to the cricketing elite as they defeated Australia in T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8s to qualify for the semi-finals, for the first time in their history. Afghanistan first got the world

Perhaps because he has been around for longer, Chris Jordan doesn’t quite get remembered as an England cricketer of Bajan origin as Jofra Archer does. The Kensington Oval was where Jordan first saw a cricket match, incidentally between West Indies and England, and fell in love with the game. He vaguely remembers watching it from

The Afghanistan cricket team scripted history in T20 World Cup 2024, as they defeated former champions Australia by 21 runs in a Super 8 match on Saturday. Afghanistan put 148/6 on the board while batting first and managed to bowl out Australia for just 127 in 19.2 overs. It was a contrasting performance from the

West Indies 130 for 1 (82*) beat United States of America 128 (Gous 29, Chase 3-19, Russell 3-31) by nine wickets For much of T20 World Cup 2024, USA haven’t looked out of place against any side, but West Indies were a class apart against them. A brilliant bowling performance from the spinners spearheaded by

Gautam Gambhir is reportedly the front-runner to be Indian cricket team coach.© BCCI/IPL VVS Laxman and his support staff at the National Cricket Academy might accompany the Indian team to Zimbabwe for the five-match T20I series beginning July 6 while Gautam Gambhir is expected to start his tenure as coach from Sri Lanka tour. It

Kane Williamson has confirmed that the SA20 will be his destination in January, after he declined a New Zealand central contract for the 2024-25 season, but added it was no indication that his international career was nearing an end. Williamson stressed that it was NZC’s rules around player availability to be eligible for a contract

Gautam Gambhir’s expected appointment as India’s head coach could provide a new lease of life to IPL champion skipper Shreyas Iyer’s international career during the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in July-August. Having led Kolkata Knight Riders successfully in the IPL, Iyer could also go for the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe starting July

Toss Afghanistan chose to bowl vs West Indies In the final group game of the men’s T20 World Cup 2024, Rashid Khan won the toss and Afghanistan opted to chase against West Indies. While Afghanistan were unchanged, West Indies made a couple of tweaks in the teams’ last match ahead of the Super Eight. Romario

Sri Lanka vs Netherlands, T20 World Cup 2024 LIVE Updates: Must-win game for Netherlands© X (Twitter) Sri Lanka vs Netherlands LIVE Updates, T20 World Cup 2024: Netherlands may be out of the 2024 T20 World Cup even before their match against Sri Lanka ends, if Bangladesh beat Nepal. However, the Dutch need to beat Sri

Namibia allrounder David Wiese said he is retiring from international cricket after their final T20 World Cup 2024 group stage match against England. After Wiese was dismissed by Jofra Archer in the final over of Namibia’s chase in a rain-curtailed match in North Sound, Archer and other England players walked over to shake his hand.

South Africa vs Nepal, T20 World Cup 2024 LIVE Updates© AFP South Africa vs Nepal LIVE Updates, T20 World Cup 2024: South Africa take on Nepal in a T20 World Cup Group D match on Saturday (IST). Undefeated Proteas have already made it the Super Eight stage of the tournament by winning all the three

Toss Afghanistan chose to bowl vs PNG On the same surface that hosted the West Indies-New Zealand clash 24 hours ago, Afghanistan, returning after a six-day break, chose to chase against Papua New Guinea. There was no rain in the lead-up to the game, which meant that the used surface is likely to be slower.