West Indies 171 for 2 (King 85*, Pooran 47) beat India 165 for 9 (Suryakumar 61, Shephard 4-31, Hosein 2-24) by eight wicketsIndia's multi-format tour of the Caribbean and the USA ended with a T20I series defeat to West Indies, with their lack of lower-order batting muscle and...
Pakistan have long viewed Babar Azam as their biggest global sports star, and the admiration is shared across the border by Virat Kohli, who called Babar "probably the top batsman in the world".In an interview with Star Sports last year, Kohli spoke of his relationship with the Pakistan...
India 179 for 1 (Jaiswal 84*, Gill 77) beat West Indies 178 for 8 (Hetmyer 61, Hope 45, Arshdeep 3-38, Kuldeep 2-26) by nine wicketsShubman Gill has had a year to remember and is on the way to cement his spots across formats for India. Yashasvi Jaiswal is...
Just five days after announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket on social media, Manoj Tiwary has reversed his decision, saying that the original decision had been an "emotional" one, and that he will "come out of retirement and play for Bengal for one more year".Seated with...
It's a debate that didn't seem settled before and after the 2019 World Cup, and there is a serious danger of India's No. 4 conundrum carrying over to the 2023 World Cup too. Unlike last time, when the selectors had a late change of mind over personnel, injuries...
Big picture - India, West Indies look at the long termAfter losing the first two T20Is, India kept the five-match series alive with a thumping win in the third. While, in the long run, the result of this series will matter little, India are looking to try out...
India's first-choice players will not be going to the Games in Hangzhou next month, with the World Cup starting soon after; instead, the BCCI named a second-string squad for the Games, led by Ruturaj Gaikwad. On four previous occasions when first-choice players were unavailable, rested or engaged in...
Nine matches in the upcoming ODI World Cup have had their dates or start times changed, the ICC has finally confirmed, including the India-Pakistan fixture in Ahmedabad, which will now be played - as reported earlier by ESPNcricinfo - on October 14 instead of October 15. The changes...
The tickets for the 2023 ODI World Cup, to be played across India, will finally go on sale on August 25, just over 40 days before the first game of the tournament on October 5. The update came from the ICC soon after the revised schedule for the...
Suryakumar Yadav feels there is "no shame" in admitting that his performance in ODIs has been "really bad" and that he wanted to find a way to succeed in the 50-over format.He has played 26 ODIs so far and averages only 24.33, though his strike rate is 101.38....
