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Lucknow, April 2 – All-rounder Sameer Rizvi spoke about his composed 70 not out off 47 during Delhi Capitals’ (DC) chase against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and his partnership with Tristan Stubbs, stating that they had decided “not to rush” and build the innings by capitalizing on loose...

Guwahati, March 30 – Teenage opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who lit up the ACA Stadium with a blistering 52 off 17 balls, helping Rajasthan Royals secure an eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings, said the team's focus was on dominating the powerplay in a modest chase of 128 at the ACA Stadium...

Wellington, March 22 – Amelia Kerr wrote history by registering the most consecutive scores of 30 or more in T20 International cricket, across both men's and women's cricket, as New Zealand Women defeated South Africa Women to take an unassailable lead in the five-game series.Kerr continued...

Mumbai, March 5 Sanju Samson overcame the challenge posed by Jofra Archer through a stroke of luck to reach his second successive fifty, helping India post a massive 253 for seven against England in the T20 World Cup semifinal here on Thursday.After single-handedly taking India to the...

Kolkata, March 2 Sanju Samson is a man of unquestionable talent, but his poor performance in the series against New Zealand forced the team management to give him a break to ease the pressure ahead of the T20 World Cup, head coach Gautam Gambhir said after the Kerala player led his team to the...

Kolkata, March 1 Sanju Samson admitted on Sunday that the thought of "what if not" kept creeping into his mind, but he repeatedly brought himself back to the present and reacted to each ball on merit, leading India to the T20 World Cup semifinals with a brilliant unbeaten 97.Samson's 50-ball...

New Delhi, March 1 – Sanju Samson slowly knelt, removed his helmet, and looked up in prayer. It was a quiet moment of gratitude, but it carried the weight of everything he had endured in the weeks leading up to it. On a night when India's T20 World Cup campaign was on the brink, Samson delivered...

Kolkata, March 1 – Sanju Samson smashed an unbeaten 97 as India thrashed the West Indies by five wickets to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2026 T20 World Cup at the Eden Gardens Stadium.Chasing a target of 196 on a flat pitch, India suffered an early setback but Samson's composed innings...

New Delhi, February 27 Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said he was surprised to see Abhishek Sharma play a defensive stroke, praising the explosive opener for silencing his critics with a timely half-century against Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup.Since returning from a stomach bug, Abhishek...

Chennai, February 27 He fell three runs short of a T20 World Cup century, but Zimbabwe opener Brian Bennett said that while it would have been nice to reach the milestone, he is grateful for his unbeaten innings, which was the only bright spot in his team's chase against India.Bennett's 97 not...

South Africa Innings:Aiden Markram not out 82Quinton de Kock c Jason Holder b Roston Chase 47Ryan Rickelton not out 45Extras: (W-2, NB-1) 3Total: (For 1 wicket, 16.1 overs) 177Wicket Falls: 95-1.Bowlers: Matthew Forde 3-0-30-0, Romario Shepherd 2-0-22-0, Jason Holder...

Mumbai, February 23 Shimron Hetmyer smashed a brilliant 85 off 34 balls as the West Indies posted the second-highest team total in the history of the T20 World Cup, a massive 254-6, against Zimbabwe in a Super Eights match here on Monday.Sent in to bat, Hetmyer produced the fastest fifty in...

New Delhi, February 19 – Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has had a difficult start to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, registering his third successive duck in the team’s final group-stage match against the Netherlands. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believes that the pressure of...

Zimbabwe Innings:Brian Bennett not out 63Tadiwanashe Marumani c and b Dunith Wellalage 34Ryan Burl c Kusal Perera b Dasun Shanaka 23Sikandar Raza c Dasun Shanaka b Dushan Hemantha 45Tashinga Musekiwa c Dasun Shanaka b Dushan Hemantha 1Tony Munyonga not out 8Extras: (LB-3...

Namibia Innings:Louren Steenkamp c Usman Khan b Mohammad Nawaz 23Jan Frylinck b Salman Mirza 9Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton run out (Salman Agha/Saim Ayub) 5Gerhard Erasmus c Usman Khan b Shadab Khan 7Alexander Volschenk c Shadab Khan b Shadab Khan 20JJ Smit c Shadab Khan b Usman...

New Delhi, February 16 – Former Indian cricketer and coach Ravi Shastri has urged Abhishek Sharma to be more patient early in his innings during the remaining part of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, after the opener suffered his second consecutive failure with the bat when he was dismissed for a...

Chennai, February 15 US captain Monank Patel dismissed a series of modest scores to score a fluent half-century, while Sanjay Krishnamurthi also scored an unbeaten fifty, as they posted a competitive 199 for 4 against Namibia in their T20 World Cup group match on Sunday.Opening the innings...

Ahmedabad, February 15 New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell said the Black Caps lost the game due to the Powerplays, as they lost by seven wickets to South Africa in their T20 World Cup clash here, their first defeat of the tournament."I think, probably in both Powerplays, we let the game...

Zimbabwe Innings: Brian Bennett not out 48, Tadiwanashe Marumani c Wasim Ali b Sufyan Mehmood 21, Dion Myers c Vinayak Shukla b Sufyan Mehmood 0, Brendan Taylor retired hurt 31, Sikandar Raza not out 5, Extras: (LB-1) 1, Total: (For 2 wickets, 13.3 Overs) 106, Fall of Wickets: 30-1, 30-2...

Kalyani (West Bengal), February 9 Sudip Kumar Gharami played an innings of a lifetime, but fell agonizingly short of a historic triple century as Bengal strengthened their position in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Andhra with a commanding first-innings lead, here on Monday.Gharami, a...