Big Picture: Border-Gavaskar Trophy on the lineThis is big. If India win at the MCG, they retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. If Australia win, they remain on track for a first series win over India in a decade. A defeat for the home side would trigger significant questions while...
Dubai has been confirmed as the venue for all matches of the Champions Trophy 2025 involving India, including one of the semi-finals and possibly the final, too, if India get there.The schedule, officially released by the ICC on Tuesday, specifies that "semi-final 1 will involve India if they...
Their captain Rohit Sharma, speaking ahead of the Boxing Day Test, backed both players to succeed using their own methods."When you have a guy like in your squad, in your team, you don't want to tamper too much with his mindset," Rohit said. "Let him be as...
Kotian is expected to fly to Melbourne on Tuesday following Ashwin's retirement at the end of the third Test in Brisbane. He is currently in Ahmedabad as part of the Mumbai squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy.The fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starts on Thursday with the...
Shafali Verma smashed a 115-ball 197 for Haryana in the quarter-final of the senior women's One-Day Trophy against Bengal on Monday in Rajkot. Shafali hit 22 fours and 11 sixes in her innings as Haryana posted 389 for 5. But Bengal stunned everyone as they pulled off the...
India will play their Champions Trophy 2025 matches in the UAE. The decision, though widely expected, was finalised after Mohsin Naqvi, the PCB chairman, met with Sheikh Nahyan Al Mubarak in Pakistan. Sheikh Nahyan is a senior UAE minister and also the head of the Emirates Cricket Board."The...
Toss West Indies opt to bowl vs IndiaHayley Matthews called correctly as West Indies elected to bowl in the first ODI against India as both sides look to build towards the upcoming 50-over World Cup in a little over ten months. Matthews' decision stemmed partly from not knowing...
Karnataka 383 for 3 (Shrijith 150*, Aneesh 82, Dubey 65*, Juned 2-70) beat Mumbai 382 for 4 (Iyer 114*, Tamore 84, Mhatre 78, Dube 63*, Dubey 2-89) by seven wicketsPlaying only his third List A game, K Shrijith struck an unbeaten 101-ball 150 to lead Karnataka home in...
Australia 445 (Head 152, Smith 101, Carey 70, Bumrah 6-76) and 89 for 7 dec (Bumrah 3-18) drew with India 260 (Rahul 84, Jadeja 77, Cummins 4-81, Starc 3-83) and 8 for 0Rain had the last word at the Gabba, as was widely expected, but only after Australia...
Rohit Sharma took heart from India's performance at the Gabba, particularly in the way they were able to save the follow-on and then take a few quick wickets when Australia were batting in the second innings.Although they fell behind in the game - after winning the toss and...
