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Kolkata, February 28 India's assistant coach Ryan Ten Doeschate firmly believes that Tilak Varma is ideally suited to bat at number six, giving the hosts the necessary firepower at the end of the innings.However, this is not necessarily the case in the virtual "quarter-final" against the West...

Hubbali, February 28 – Mithun Manhas, President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), praised Jammu & Kashmir's historic first Ranji Trophy win as the result of a well-planned effort and unwavering confidence. He dedicated this significant achievement to the people of the region...

(SUBSCRIBERS: This is a column by Parvez Rasool, the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to play for India. It is his view on Jammu and Kashmir’s performance in the Ranji Trophy as the team is on the verge of a historic maiden title. Subscribers may feel free to use the column but must carry...

Hobart, February 27 – India captain Harmanpreet Kaur acknowledged that her team had failed to capitalize on a favorable batting opportunity, stating that they had aimed to score over 300 runs on a pitch significantly better than the one used in the first ODI, but repeatedly made the same...

Pallekele, February 27 Pakistan will need a decisive win over already-eliminated Sri Lanka and some help from England to keep their hopes alive for a semifinal spot in the T20 World Cup when they play their final Super 8 match here on Saturday.Co-hosts Sri Lanka have already been eliminated...

Hobart, February 27 – Left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux has been ruled out of the remaining matches in the multi-format series against India due to lower back pain, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Friday."Sophie Molineux has experienced some lower back pain and will not be available for the...

Colombo, February 26 New Zealand spinners, led by their mercurial captain Mitchell Santner, will pose some tough questions to an English lineup spearheaded by the aggressive Harry Brook when the two sides clash in a Super Eight game of the T20 World Cup here on Friday.The match is of greater...

Colombo, February 26 Fitness and form were not the only areas in which Sri Lanka failed, said captain Dasun Shanaka, as he also blamed the "negative environment created outside" for his team's ouster from the T20 World Cup and oddly urged the government to protect the players from criticism...

Colombo, February 25 – Charith Asalanka has been included in Sri Lanka's playing eleven as captain, as Dasun Shanaka won the toss and chose to bowl first against New Zealand in a Super Eights match of the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup at the R Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday.This match is crucial...

Ahmedabad, February 25 West Indies batting coach Floyd Reifer on Wednesday dismissed suggestions of a looming six-hitting shootout against South Africa, asserting that his team's focus remains on maximizing scoring opportunities rather than merely clearing the boundary in their crucial T20 World...

Hubballi, February 25 Jammu and Kashmir captain Paras Dogra downplayed the on-field incident in which he head-butted Karnataka player KV Aneesh during the second day of the Ranji Trophy final here.Dogra had a heated exchange with substitute fielder Aneesh and head-butted him on the helmet...

England:Phil Salt c Usman Khan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 0Jos Buttler c Usman Khan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 2Harry Brook b Shaheen Shah Afridi 100Jacob Bethell c Sahibzada Farhan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 8Tom Banton c Usman Khan b Usman Tariq 2Sam Curran c Mohammad Nawaz b Usman Tariq 16Will...

Brisbane, February 24 – India won the toss and chose to bat first against Australia in the first One Day International (ODI) of the three-game series at The Gabba on Tuesday.The stage may change, but the focus remains on the same key players as the two teams face off. India enters the 50-over...

Kandy (Sri Lanka), February 23 – England left-arm spinner Liam Dawson said that the two-time champions will not be distracted by the hype surrounding Pakistan's mystery spinner Usman Tariq ahead of Tuesday's crucial T20 World Cup Super Eights match, adding that the visitors are prepared for the...

Brisbane, February 23 – When India take the field for their first ODI against Australia at the Allan Border Field on Tuesday, their blue jersey will feature one star, symbolizing their historic victory in the ODI World Cup on home soil last year.Head coach Amol Muzumdar said that the single...

New Delhi, Feb 23 – After 67 years, Jammu & Kashmir are on the verge of winning the Ranji Trophy title as they face Karnataka in Hubbali on Tuesday. For decades, the J&K team was a footnote in Indian domestic cricket, appearing intermittently and occasionally surprising opponents.Now, with the...

Mumbai, February 23 – Zimbabwe captain Sikander Raza won the toss and opted to bowl first against the West Indies in a Group 1 Super 8 match at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.Both teams made one change to their playing XIs. Zimbabwe brought in...

Hubballi (Karnataka), February 22 Skipper Devdutt Padikkal described the excellent form of his top-order batsmen as a confidence booster ahead of Karnataka's Ranji Trophy final against Jammu and Kashmir, which begins here on Tuesday.Besides Devdutt, other frontline batsmen such as KL Rahul...

Colombo, February 22 – Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka did not shy away from admitting his team's batting failure after they were bowled out for just 95 and suffered a 51-run defeat to England, despite a disciplined bowling effort that had earlier kept the opposition to a modest total...

Mumbai, February 22 Zimbabwe is not worried about not having played a T20I in India for over a decade, as the African nation has the capability to produce a "top performance" in the T20 World Cup Super Eights, reckoned captain Sikandar Raza here on Sunday.Zimbabwe punched above their weight by...