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Ahead of the Indian Premier League retention announcement, former Team India cricketer Aakash Chopra feels that Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul will go under the hammer as they will likely…
Mansi Ahlawat grabbed a bronze to extend India’s medal-winning run at the World Championships but the men’s freestyle and greco roman wrestlers will return empty-handed. Competing in women’s 59kg, Mansi,…
New Zealand captain Tom Latham after winnings the first two Test matches in India feels that Team India doesn`t have any chinks in its armour. The “Black Caps” under Tom…
England skipper Ben Stokes revealed that his Durham house was burgled while he was on a Test tour to Pakistan. He further urged people to help him out in recovering…
Upon being revealed as the fifth capped retention by Sunrisers Hyderabad on IPL 2025 retention day, India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy expressed gratitude towards the franchise for their early support…
Rajasthan Royals have announced that they have retained- Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer and Sandeep Sharma ahead of the Indian Premier League 2025 Auction. Sanju…
Keshav Maharaj‘s five-wicket haul sealed South Africa’s biggest ever Test win, thrashing Bangladesh by an innings and 273 runs inside three days and giving the tourists a 2-0 series sweep…
Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir stated that the blame can`t be given to batsmen only for the loss against New Zealand and he also said that every player has…
Pushed to a corner like never before, India face their biggest challenge at home when they clash with New Zealand in the must-win third Test as they are left to…
One of the biggest names to have not been retained ahead of the IPL 2025 is KL Rahul. The star batter was the captain of the Lucknow Super Giants for…
The IPL 2025 retention saw the franchises breaking banks for certain players. The likes of Virat Kohli and Henrich Klaasen got the most out of it. Kohli was retained for…
After being retained by five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians ahead of IPL 2025 season, skipper Hardik Pandya expressed his gratitude by saying everything he’s achieved in life so far has…
Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians (MI) have retained their Indian core of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The franchise on Thursday announced the retention of five key players, Jasprit…
Delhi Capitals have announced the retention of key players as they gear up for the upcoming season. Following thorough evaluations and strategic discussions, they have decided to retain Axar Patel,…
The IPL 2025 retentions are here and there were quite a few surprises in store for the fans. Three major captains – Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer –…
The World Test Championship has breathed new life into the five-day format by making every match important, New Zealand skipper Tom Latham said Thursday ahead of his side’s final battle…
Ruben Amorim is expected to be confirmed as Manchester United’s new manager on Thursday after the club reached an agreement with Sporting Lisbon, reports said. The Athletic said the 39-year-old…
Former Pakistan cricketer Wasim Akram discussed whether Team India would travel to his country for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy next year. The Champions Trophy will feature two groups of…
Abhimanyu Easwaran was done in by swing while all-rounder Nitish Reddy perished due to extra bounce as India A batters’ inept technique was exposed during their shoddy effort of 107…
Cricket fraternity including Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, KL Rahul, Virender Sehwag and Irfan Pathan on Thursday extended best wishes on the ocassion of Diwali. Taking to his official X handle,…
India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Thursday confirmed that uncapped seamer Harshit Rana will not take part in the upcoming third Test match against New Zealand in Mumbai. According to…
Five-time champions Mumbai Indians have announced their list of retained players for the mega auctions of the upcoming editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. All the ten franchises…
South Africa slammed 17 sixes against Bangladesh and broke a long-standing record of more than 14 years on Day 2 of the second Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium…
Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction. Alongside him, RCB retained only two more players: middle order batter Rajat…
Paris St-Germain has been ordered to partially close a section of the Parc des Princes for their upcoming Ligue 1 match against Toulouse next month, as a consequence of homophobic…
Heinrich Klaasen became the highest-ever retention in Indian Premier League (IPL) history as IPL 2024 runners-up Sunrisers Hyderabad announced their list of the retained players ahead of the upcoming IPL…
Manchester City are grappling with a deepening injury crisis following their 2-1 League Cup defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, with winger Savinho and defender Manuel Akanji the latest to join an…
The highly anticipated moment is here as Chennai Super Kings have announced their list of retained players for the mega auctions of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League…
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have ousted 11 directors from the board after they missed three or more consecutive meetings in accordance with the board constitution. Among those removed are…
KL Rahul’s departure was confirmed as Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) announced their retentions ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction. Instead, a whopping Rs 21 cr was…
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram is hopeful of India’s arrival in Pakistan for next year’s ICC Champions Trophy and sees it as a great thing for cricket. The Board of…
Rishabh Pant’s 9-year connection with Delhi Capitals (DC) came to an end, as the 2020 IPL finalists instead decide to make Axar Patel their most expensive retention. Kuldeep Yadav will…
India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Thursday pointed out reasons for recent trend of teams losing at home in Tests and said that it is because of the pressure of…
Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee have been included in South Africa’s four-match T20I series against India, starting on November 8, after going through their structured conditioning breaks. The fast-bowling duo…
IPL 2025 Retentions Announcement, Live Streaming: The announcement for the retained players by the franchises will be disclosed on Thursday. With a lot of big names set to be retained…
As the deadline for the Indian Premier League player retention is getting closer, the excitement regarding the announcement is also increasing. The fans could not keep calm and the franchises…
Indian cricket team fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will not play in the third Test match against New Zealand in Mumbai starting Friday, according to a report by Indian Express. India…
Indian captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday backed the franchise’s move to retain five national team players in the Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2025, while skipper Hardik Pandya summed it…
Bat time. Bat sessions. Bat long. Bat big. These are the tenets around which Gautam Gambhir had based his batting. Much of that stemmed from a strong defensive set-up. It’s…
Forty-five years ago, in the first week of November 1979, India under Sunil Gavaskar were primed to win the country’s first-ever series against Australia since 1947-48. The venue of the…
India`s bowling spearhead and vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah, 30, will miss the third and final Test against New Zealand, beginning at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday. It is learnt that Bumrah…
Having already recorded a historic feat by beating India in a Test series in their own backyard, New Zealand skipper Tom Latham has the chance to now take it a…
The outings of Abhimanyu Easwaran, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Prasidh Krishna will be the primary focal points of India ‘A’s four-day match against their Australian counterparts, starting here on Thursday.…
Bangladesh lost four wickets in their first seven overs in a hapless reply to South Africa’s mammoth first innings of 575-6 at stumps on Day Two of the second and…
While many believe that attack is the best form of defence when one is cornered, India head coach Gautam Gambhir reckons only a solid defence can help his batters tackle…
South Africa quick Kagiso Rabada has dethroned Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as the top bowler in the latest ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings released on Wednesday. Also Read: MotoGP:…
India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Thursday doesn’t want to blame the batters only for the debacle against the visiting New Zealand side, saying that every player has the responsibility…
Keshav Maharaj’s five-wicket haul sealed South Africa’s biggest ever Test win, thrashing Bangladesh by an innings and 273 runs inside three days and giving the tourists a 2-0 series sweep…
Left-arm seamer Marco Jansen and fast bowler Gerald Coetzee on Thursday returned to the South Africa squad for the four-match T20I series against India, starting November 8. All-rounder Mihlali Mpongwana…
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Faruque Ahmed said that veteran allrounder Shakib Al Hasan’s participation in the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan is unlikely. Shakib has been out of action…
Ajaz Patel, the Mumbai-born NZ spinner, who claimed all 10 Indian wickets in the 2021 Test at Wankhede, was in for a surprise as he returned to the ground on…
Inconceivable as it might appear, it will be no exaggeration to say that for the first time in a really, really long while, India don’t go into a home Test…
Pat Cummins has never been part of a victorious Test series campaign against India, and the Australian captain wants to erase that blemish from his CV in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar…
Though India skipper Rohit Sharma and star batsman Virat Kohli’s struggles with the bat continue, resulting in the hosts losing the three-match series to New Zealand before reaching Mumbai for…
West Indies wicket-keeper batter Nicholas Pooran is all set to be retained by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 20 crore, according to a report by Times of India. The report…
When New Zealand left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel last played against India at the Wankhede Stadium, it turned out to be a special outing as he claimed all 10 wickets in…
India have not added any extra player to their squad ahead of the third Test against New Zealand and also does not have any plans of resting pace spearhead Jasprit…
Chennai Super Kings are preparing for life after their charismatic wicket-keeper batter MS Dhoni and the five-time champions have identified Rishabh Pant as their top target in the IPL 2025…
KL Rahul’s inability to adapt to the ever-changing dynamics of T20 batting cost him his retention at Lucknow Super Giants with the franchise opting for an alpha finisher in Nicholas…
Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag and Sandeep Sharma are the four players who will likely be retained by the Rajasthan Royals (RR) franchise ahead of the Indian Premier League…
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are set to retain Australian batter Travis Head and young Indian all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy as their final two capped players ahead of the IPL auction. According…
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Shreyas Iyer is set to be released in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction after talks with the franchise over continuity didn’t materialise. Iyer joined…
IPL 2025 Retention Live Updates: Multiple media reports have claimed that SunRisers Hyderabad have retained wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen for Rs 23 crore. If this news turns out to be true,…
Dashing keeper-batter Rishabh Pant has left Delhi Capitals and will be the hottest player in the IPL auction pool after the GMR-run franchise decided to release the India international. The…
Jamal Musiala hit a first-half hat-trick as Bayern Munich won 4-0 at Mainz to move into the last 16 of the German Cup. Harry Kane set up Musiala’s first just…
Ruud van Nistelrooy enjoyed a winning start as interim Manchester United manager by beating Leicester 5-2 to reach the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday as Manchester City crashed out 2-1…
Daniil Medvedev is still searching for his first ATP tournament victory this year after the world number five lost to Australia’s Alexei Popyrin for the first time in his career…
Inter Milan consolidated their second place in Serie A on Wednesday with a 3-0 away thrashing of 10-man Empoli. Europa League champions Atalanta climbed to third with a 2-0 win…
The French League (LFP) on Wednesday ordered Paris Saint-Germain to partially close one of the stands at the Parc de Princes as punishment for homophobic chanting by their fans. The…
Mutiple media reports have predicted that KL Rahul is set to be released by Lucknow Super Giants. The star wicketkeeper-batter is thus expected to enter IPL 2025 auction. If former…
Virat Kohli returned with poor scores of 1 and 17 during the second Test match against New Zealand at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. In his first innings, the…
India A vs Australia A, 1st Unofficial Test LIVE Streaming: India A will be squaring off against Australia A in the first Unofficial Test of the two-match series, starting from…
Mohun Bagan Super Giant produced sparkling fireworks in the festive week to secure a sublime 2-0 victory against hosts Hyderabad FC in the Indian Super League in Hyderabad on Wednesday.…
Manchester United are reportedly closing in on their top managerial target Ruben Amorim even though the Sporting Lisbon coach said “nothing is decided yet” when it came to him replacing…
Bangladesh lost four wickets in their first seven overs in a hapless reply to South Africa’s mammoth first innings of 575-6 at stumps Wednesday on day two of the second…
Rishabh Pant, the country’s No.1 wicketkeeper-batter, is all set to enter the IPL 2025 auction, according to a report. Ahead of the IPL 2025 retention deadline day on October 31,…
The Indian men’s football team, still searching for their first victory under head coach Manolo Marquez, will face Malaysia in an international friendly on November 18 at Hyderabad’s Gachibowli Stadium,…
The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Wednesday imposed a life ban on five former Olympians for trying to form a parallel body. PHF President Tariq Bugti said that former Olympian…
Wearing the India blue jersey for the first time before the T20I series opener against Bangladesh earlier this month, Nitish Kumar Reddy felt a surge of happiness that prompted him…
India’s assistant coach Abhishek Nayar has voiced confidence in stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, expressing faith in their return to form despite their recent struggles with the bat. He…
Assistant coach Abhishek Nayar brushed away the concerns about India’s current predicament in reaching next year’s World Test Championship final by asserting that the team hasn’t been narrow-minded about what…
Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman is expected to be included in the central contracts and also get a call-up to the national white-ball squad as the country’s cricket board has decided…
All-rounder Wiaan Mulder struck a fine hundred and in the process helped South Africa equal a unique record — three batters scoring their maiden Test hundreds for the first time…
South Africa`s right-arm seamer Kagiso Rabada overtook star India bowler Jasprit Bumrah and rose in the latest ICC Test Rankings to become the number one Test bowler in the longest…
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has seen a dramatic decline in his ICC Test batting ranking, dropping to his lowest position since December 2018 in the latest ICC update on Wednesday.…
India`s assistant coach Abhishek Nayar on Wednesday insisted that they do not ask for tailor-made pitches in Tests and also backed out-of-form legends Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma, saying…
England star Danielle Wyatt-Hodge had crated quite a flutter on social media back in 2014 when she proposed to Virat Kohli on social media platform X. In April, 2014, Wyatt…
Unexpectedly fallen behind 0-2 in a home series, the Indian team has adopted some desperate measures to improve its batters’ outing against spot-on New Zealand bowlers, especially the spinners, as…
As former South African cricketer Gary Kirsten joined the Pakistan men`s team as their limited-overs coach, reactions from the Indian cricket community were far from positive. Kirsten, who famously led…
While all Indian Premier League sides enjoy massive fan following, there are some which enjoy extra special status. Like Mumbai Indians. Like Chennai Super Kings. So naturally, the focus is…
The IPL 2024 champions Kolkata Knight Riders is likely to see a massive upheaval. A report in ESPNCricnfo has said that captain Shreyas Iyer, their Rs 24.75 crore recruit Mitchell…
In a delightful twist that had cricket fans buzzing, the legendary Amitabh Bachchan recently turned his gaze toward the Gentlemen`s Game during a riveting episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati. Bachchan,…
The squad for the next India vs Australia Border Gavaskar Trophy was recently released. The Rohit Sharma-led side had debutants like Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy while other inclusions…
As the impasse over the ICC Champions Trophy venue continues, Pakistan’s newly appointed ODI and T20I skipper Mohammad Rizwan has broken his silence on the matter. The Indian team is…
Of all the big names, that several reports have claimed will not be in the IPL 2025 retention list – KL Rahul is probably the most senior India player. KL…
Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill has decided to take a pay cut and will be the second player retained by the IPL franchise ahead of the October 31 deadline. Gill…
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 retention list will be out on October 31. While there are some players who are most certain to be retained, several top players have…
Winless in three matches after chief coach Manolo Marquez took charge as head coach, the Indian men’s football team will play Malaysia in an international friendly in Hyderabad on November…
Manchester United legend Paul Scholes believes that his former club may be rushing into signing Ruben Amorim and compared the hype surrounding the Portuguese head coach to that of Erik…
Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 between India and Australia, former Australia skipper Tim Paine expressed his feelings as right-arm seamer Mohammed Shami is set to miss the upcoming series.…