Vidarbha complete stunning come-from-behind win Vidarbha overturned a 100-run deficit to clinch a stunning 221-run win over Rajasthan in Jaipur to assure themselves of a knockouts berth from Group B. Their fifth outright win in six games was set up by Akshay Wadkar, the captain, who struck...
Riyan Parag has been declared fit to return to action in the seventh round of the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season, which will start on January 30. Parag, 23, will lead Assam in their final league fixture against hosts Saurashtra in Rajkot.Parag's last competitive game was the third T20I...
Shivam Dube and Ramandeep Singh have been added to India's T20I squad for the series against England in place of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh. Reddy is out of the five-match series with a side strain, while Rinku experienced lower-back spasms while fielding during the first T20I...
Toss India opt to bowl vs EnglandSuryakumar Yadav won his second toss of the T20I series against England and decided to do the same. He opted to chase when the dew makes the pitch quicker to bat on if not significant enough to make bowling nightmarish. While he...
Harry Brook, England's vice-captain, says that his team's hopes of combatting India's spin bowlers in the first T20I were hampered by an unusual but familiar foe to English touring sides - a thick layer of smog hanging over the ground in Kolkata.Brook made 17 from 14 balls before...
Big Picture: England vs spinEngland would have felt a sense of deja vu when they were skittled for 132 in the T20I series opener in Kolkata on Wednesday. In June 2024, in the T20 World Cup semi-final in Providence, they watched Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel...
Highlights from the opening day of the sixth round of matchesRohit's big miss on Ranji returnRohit Sharma's Ranji Trophy return after nearly 10 years wasn't as memorable as he'd hoped it would be. His 19-ball vigil brought him 3, and he was out caught off the leading edge...
Rohit Sharma's return to the Ranji Trophy was a short-lived one - he lasted 19 balls and scored just three in Mumbai's Group A fixture against Jammu and Kashmir at the Sharad Pawar Academy in BKC in Mumbai.Rohit, India's Test and ODI captain who has been going through...
Abhishek Sharma has had a blistering couple of years in the IPL and his elevation into the India T20I side has been justified by his performances, which now includes a 34-ball 79 against England in Kolkata.But he has also blown hot and cold on occasion, being dismissed for...
Toss India opt to bowl vs EnglandIndia will chase in the first T20I against England after Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to give his bowlers first go on a "sticky" Kolkata pitch, with dew expected to be a major factor in the second innings.Jos Buttler -...
