Having returned to competitive cricket after a break for personal reasons, Ishan Kishan is not thinking about his spot in India's T20 World Cup squad.Kishan, who last played for India in November, had asked for a break during the South Africa tour in December-January. He returned to action...
BCCI secretary Jay Shah has asked centrally-contracted India players to "prove" themselves in domestic cricket if they aspire to play for the country and warned that non-participation will lead to "severe implications". In a letter Shah wrote to the players earlier this week, which has been accessed by...
The last Chennai Super Kings captain, MS Dhoni, had such a strong connection with this team that he has broken down while talking about them and wants to end his career at their home ground. The new CSK captain, Ruturaj Gaikwad, seems to be cut from the same...
The message from Rohit Sharma and India's team management to the bowling attack was to "stay calm" even as Ben Duckett countered them with a blistering century on the second day in Rajkot. Duckett's wicket then hastened England's collapse as they fell from 260 for 4 to 319...
Ben Stokes, England's captain, has promised that his team will park the disappointment of their crushing 434-run loss in the third Test in Rajkot, and move onto Ranchi later this week fully focussed on bouncing back to claim a 3-2 series victory.After challenging India hard over the first...
It ended like so many India home Tests over the last decade. A hefty winning margin was in sight, and R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were fighting over the final wicket.Ashwin has more Test-match-ending wickets than anyone else in history, 23, one more than Shane Warne in second...
Virat Kohli is scoring at a strike rate of 146 in this year's IPL. Only once has he ever scored quicker and that was in 2016 when he was the kind of form where he was threatening the 1000-run mark. Is this a conscious effort? Is he trying...
England 302 for 7 (Root 106*, Robinson 31*, Akash 3-70, Siraj 2-60) vs IndiaA stirring century from Joe Root tempered Akash Deep's dream debut and pulled England out of trouble on an enthralling first day of what is a must-win fourth Test for the touring side in Ranchi.Root,...
Joe Root's return to form was "even more due than before" after a run of low scores, according to his team-mate Zak Crawley, as his brilliant rearguard century on the opening day in Ranchi helped to rescue England from a sticky lunchtime scoreline and put them "ahead of...
India fast bowler Mohammed Shami is a doubtful starter for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that Shami is likely to undergo ankle surgery, potentially just before the tournament, which would rule him out of most if not all of it. The IPL will be played...
