NEW DELHI — Jammu and Kashmir seamer Auqib Nabi on Monday replaced injured Jasprit Bumrah for the upcoming two-match Test tour of Sri Lanka, becoming the first player from the Kashmir valley to get selected in India’s Test squad. Bumrah, originally named in the squad, has been ruled out of the tour as he has […]
DUBAI — India on Sunday reclaimed the No.1 position in ICC men’s T20I rankings after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against Zimbabwe in the ongoing three-match series at Harare. The reigning T20 world champions regained the top spot from England, who had dethroned Shreyas Iyer’s side after their 4-0 series win recently. India had also […]
LONDON — India beat England by 270 runs as the first women’s test match in the history of Lord’s cricket ground concluded on Monday with the hosts being all out for 186 while chasing a target of 457. Lord’s, cricket’s most iconic ground, has been hosting international matches since 1884, and staged its first women’s […]
NEW DELHI — Indian batting superstar Virat Kohli was on Thursday ruled our of the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan due to a hamstring injury. The three-match series begins on June 13 in Dharamsala. “He is out of the ODI series due to a hamstring injury,” a BCCI source told PTI. Kohli, known for his […]
WELLINGTON — India will play 12 international cricket matches in New Zealand later this year in a tour billed as the biggest in New Zealand in a generation. The all-format tour will feature India playing the Black Caps in five Twenty20 internationals, five one-day internationals and two test matches. India will play more international matches […]
MULLANPUR — Suryakumar Yadav is set to be removed as captain of the India T20 team and the all-powerful Apex Council might be informed of his status even before the squad for the UK tour is selected. Shreyas Iyer and Tilak Varma have emerged as the top contenders to succeed Surya as the leader of […]
MULLANPUR — Jammu and Kashmir seamer Auqib Nabi Dar, whose non-selection in the Indian Test squad invited widespread criticism, has been summoned by the team management along with five others to bowl in the nets ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan starting June 6. Besides Auqib, wiry UP leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari, who plays for […]
AHMEDABAD — Royal Challengers Bengaluru became only the third team in history to successfully defend the Indian Premier League title as they beat Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the IPL 2026 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Only two teams – MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (2010 and 2011) and […]
NEW DELHI — India, who became the first-ever side to retain their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title this year, under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, are at the pole position of the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings. The latest rankings rate all matches played since May 2025 at 100 per cent and those of […]
NEW DELHI — In a watershed moment for Indian cricket, the national women’s team etched their name in history by winning their first-ever ICC Women’s World Cup title, defeating South Africa by 52 runs in a pulsating final at the DY Patil Stadium on Sunday night. Celebrations erupted across the country as BCCI Secretary Devajit […]