LEADING THE SMASH AND GRAB: Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images/Getty Images) Backed by the team management, an Indian team in transition is winning matches by playing a brand of T20 cricket that is exhilarating to watch…Things are looking up for Suryakumar Yadav and Co. heading into the next T20 World…

Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill (AFP Photo) Indian teams started competing in Australia consistently since the 2003-04 series where Sourav Ganguly’s team came back with a 1-1 scoreline. As India get ready for another series Down Under following the debacle against New Zealand at home, Ganguly spoke to TOI about a host of topics. in…

Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket team concluded their final T20I assignment in record-breaking fashion. With Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma at the forefront, India scored a massive 283 – their second highest T20I total – at Johannesburg. The massive score put South Africa more or less out of…

NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday announced the global trophy tour of the 2025 Champions Trophy which did not feature the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) cities as mentioned by host nation Pakistan earlier. The Indian cricket board (BCCI) on Friday had raised strong objection to Pakistan Cricket Board’s move where they had…

Haris Rauf celebrates Josh Inglis’s wicket (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf delivered a sensational performance on Saturday (November 16), claiming a four-wicket haul against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. His fiery spell not only helped restrict the hosts to 147-9 but also saw him become the joint-highest wicket-taker for Pakistan in…

Rohit Sharma is all set to miss the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test vs Australia in Perth as the Indian captain will be staying back in Mumbai to spend time with his family. Rohit and his wife Ritika welcomed a baby boy on Friday night and he will be available from the second Test.It is understood…

Nida Dar (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced its list of centrally contracted women cricketers for the upcoming season, with a focus on nurturing young talent. The board has awarded contracts to 16 players, a reduction from the 20 contracts awarded last year.Notable omissions from the list…

Mohammad Rizwan (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s new white-ball captain Mohammad Rizwan came under intense criticism following his team’s 13-run defeat to Australia in the second T20I at Sydney on Saturday. Despite a solid bowling performance from Haris Rauf, who claimed 4/22, Pakistan’s batting faltered, and Rizwan’s performance in particular was heavily scrutinized.Set a modest…

Vaibhav Suryavanshi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a 13-year-old batting prodigy from Bihar, has earned a spot in the India Under-19 squad for the upcoming 2024 Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Under-19 Asia Cup in the UAE. Despite his tender age, Vaibhav has already made a name for himself in the cricketing world, having debuted…