Will Mohammed Shami play in Border Gavaskar Trophy at all? That is one big question in the minds of all Indian cricket team followers as the side gets down to action against Australia from Friday in Perth. Mohammed Shami, 2023 ODI World Cup’s highest wicket-taker, suffered several injury setbacks before he made a … Read more
File photo of Magnus Carlsen.© X (formerly Twitter) World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and three-time World Women’s Blitz champion Kateryna Lagno occupied the top spot while India’s R Praggnanandhaa took second place at the halfway mark of the Tata Steel Chess India Blitz 2024 in Kolkata on Saturday. Carlsen concluded the first nine … Read more
Sanju Samson’s breathtakingly beautiful stroke-play was matched by Tilak Varma’s understated brilliance as India, riding on their record breaking twin tons, bullied a listless South Africa with a series-winning 135-run victory in the fourth and final T20 International on Friday. India thus ended this year’s T20I campaign by winning all bilateral series along … Read more
Big picture: The year India embraced T20 In a fickle, unpredictable format, India have had arguably the greatest year for a team, winning 23 of their 25 T20Is in 2024. It was also the year where they truly embraced the format, shedding their safety-first approach with the bat to play attacking, modern-day T20 cricket. The … Read more
Cricket Australia’s CEO Nick Hockley has come out in defence of the selectors’ decision to rest Australia’s established Test players in the series-deciding third ODI loss against Pakistan in Perth. Australia’s decision to rest top players in the final ODI against Pakistan has faced public criticism after the hosts succumbed to an 8-wicket … Read more
India 202 for 8 (Samson 107) beat South Africa 141 (Chakravarthy 3-25, Bishnoi 3-28) by 61 runs Sanju Samson struck his second successive T20I century, in just his fourth match, and shattered records and South African hopes at Kingsmead. His was the fastest T20I hundred by an Indian against South Africa and will be remembered … Read more
India A vs Australia A live streaming, 2nd Unofficial Test live telecast© BCCI India A vs Australia A, 2nd Unofficial Test LIVE Streaming: India A will be squaring off against Australia A in second and final Unofficial Test, starting Thursday in Melbourne. KL Rahul‘s batting number and current form will be in focus … Read more
Senior batter KL Rahul and reserve keeper Dhruv Jurel will be flying to Australia for the second ‘unofficial Test’ between India A and Australia A starting November 7 at the MCG to give them some game time before the first game at Perth from November 22. Rahul and Jurel were part of the … Read more
A see-sawing Test match in difficult batting conditions in Mumbai is approaching a thrilling end. New Zealand have a lead of 143, which is already approaching the highest successful total chased down at the Wankhede Stadium. India have one more wicket to take and they are already conscious of getting it as quickly as possible … Read more
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram believes India will get looked after “amazingly well” if they travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy in February next year and reckons it would be a great thing for cricket. “I think whatever I’m reading, there are positive vibes from [the] Indian government and [the] BCCI,” Akram said. “I … Read more
