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Former India opener Virender Sehwag’s son Aryavir has been appointed captain of Delhi men’s Under-19 squad for the Vinoo Mankad Trophy, the Delhi & District Cricket Association announced on Saturday.The 16-member team was selected during a meeting of the Junior Men’s Selection Committee. The competition will be held in Visakhapatnam from October 8.Aryavir’s first India Under-19 assignment was against Australia last month. He scored 28 in the first game, was run out for 47 in the second and got another start in the third before falling for 34.The 18-year-old got a brief taste of senior-level cricket earlier this year, playing…
On the eve of the third and final ODI against India, West Indies coach Daren Sammy said a win against the world’s top-ranked side would give his team much-needed confidence, especially as his players brace for pay cuts back home.On Saturday, Shai Hope made his coach’s wish come true, leading from the front with an inspirational unbeaten 162 (143b, 17×4, 3×6) to guide his side to a five-wicket win and salvage pride by avoiding a whitewash at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium.Chasing 352, Hope, opening the batting, scored his second century on the bounce as the Caribbean outfit…
The wait has been long for Max Verstappen but when the Dutchman finally claimed his first pole position of the year he did it in no little style. Taking the top spot for Red Bull at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, Verstappen was all but untouchable.However, what was of greatest import for the Formula One world championship was the gulf between the title leader, Kimi Antonelli, and his Mercedes teammate, George Russell. The latter, somewhat floundering in Sepang, is now in danger of losing further points he can ill afford in pursuit of the Italian.Verstappen delivered a commanding performance…
The final races of the Formula One season in Qatar and Abu Dhabi will go ahead as planned despite the conflict in the Middle East, the sport’s chief executive, Stefano Domenicali, said on Saturday.“Based on the information we have, everything is confirmed for [us to stay in] Qatar and Abu Dhabi,” Domenicali told French broadcaster Canal+ on the sidelines of the Bahrain Grand Prix, which was relocated to the Sepang circuit in Malaysia.Speaking to Sky Sport Italia, the head of motorsport’s blue riband series “confirmed the schedule for the final two Grands Prix” of the year in Qatar on 29…
Pakistan captain Fatima Sana has been signed by Perth Scorchers ahead of the 2026 edition of the Women’s Big Bash League — Australia’s premier franchise-based women’s cricket league.She becomes the second Pakistan player to play in the WBBL. Nida Dar was the first, with the former national team skipper having played 11 matches for the Sydney Thunders in the 2019 edition.“I’ve watched the WBBL from Pakistan and always wondered what it would feel like to be part of this great competition,” Sana was quoted as saying in a Scorchers’ statement.Bring on in-SANA-ty 😤Welcome to the Scorchers, Fatima! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/LC7p5OifBd— Perth…
Five matches into the Premier League season, the table is beginning to take shape—but results and performances are not always telling the same story. With an extended international break offering time for assessment, the underlying numbers reveal which starts look sustainable and which may unravel when Final One Standing resumes. The extended three-week break also brings another consideration: players returning with different minutes, travel demands and recovery windows. All may influence decisions on the resumption of Final One Standing. Brighton and Hove Albion I flagged the Seagulls early doors as a team to watch, and they have not disappointed. In…
India will look to complete a series whitewash against West Indies in the third ODI in New Chandigarh on Saturday.India leads 2-0 after comfortable wins in the first two games. The first ODI saw centuries from Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli, while the second produced a record 405-run chase, with Gill smashing an unbeaten 223 off 133 balls, his second ODI double-century. Rohit Sharma also crossed 12,000 ODI runs and struck his 35th hundred.Prasidh Krishna is ruled out for India, with Anshul Kamboj replacing him. West Indies will again be without Justin Greaves.When is the India vs West Indies 3rd…
India’s odyssey to defend its Asian Games cricket gold will mark its last turn when it takes on arch-rival Pakistan in the final match at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin on Saturday.The Shreyas Iyer-led side will start favourite given India has sent a near-complete T20I side to Japan with its ODI squad taking a hit to put out a first choice playing XI in the simultaneously held West Indies series.The star-studded lineup which includes the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Abhishek Sharma, teen prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson, hasn’t had a bad day yet in the land…
England fast bowler Brydon Carse has been charged with breaching the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) professional conduct regulations following an incident outside a nightclub in Derby, the Cricket Regulator said on Friday.Carse, 31, is alleged to have breached Regulation 3.2, which states that no participant may behave in a manner that brings the ECB, the game of cricket or any cricketer into disrepute.“The matter will now be referred to the independent Cricket Discipline Panel for adjudication,” the Cricket Regulator said in a statement.“As the process is ongoing, no further comment will be made.”Carse was dropped from England’s Test…
While the byzantine nomenclature of this weekend’s “Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia” will have Formula One’s statisticians muttering darkly under their breath for years to come, the import of the sport’s return to the Sepang circuit remains all too straightforward at the sharp end. Complicated only perhaps by a Red Bull resurgence and an enthused Max Verstappen, determined to make his mark on the championship run-in.The return to Malaysia for its first race since 2017 has been welcomed in F1. It is a much-liked circuit among drivers, albeit with the high temperatures and humidity making for an enormous physical challenge.However,…