Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: ICC) NEW DELHI: South African batting legend AB de Villiers has thrown his weight behind India’s decision to hand teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi his maiden international call-up, describing the selectors’ move as both “the right call” and a “brave decision”.The 15-year-old made history on Saturday when he was named in India’s…

NEW DELHI: India tightened their stranglehold on the one-off Test against Afghanistan on Monday, but the biggest talking point during the morning session came from yet another Decision Review System (DRS) blunder by the visitors and the animated scenes that followed near their dugout.Resuming Day Three on 113 for five, Afghanistan folded for 152, conceding…

Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head (AP Photo) Australia will head into their upcoming white-ball tour of Bangladesh without three key players, with skipper Mitch Marsh, star opener Travis Head and spinner Tanveer Sangha all set to miss matches for different reasons.Marsh has been ruled out of the three-match ODI series due to an ankle injury,…

NEW DELHI: India’s newly-appointed T20I captain Shreyas Iyer has made it clear that taking over the leadership role will not change who he is, insisting that he would rather stay true to the values that shaped him than try to emulate anyone else.The 31-year-old, who was named India’s new T20I skipper on Saturday in place…

Sunil Gavaskar was particularly impressed not only by Manav Suthar’s exploits with the ball but also by the composure and assurance he displayed with the bat. The batting great noted that the debutant looked comfortable at the crease and used his feet confidently during his useful lower-order contribution. “Manav Suthar has certainly made an impressive…

India’s Manav Suthar (PTI Photo) India debutant Manav Suthar’s memorable performance against Afghanistan came with an unusual twist. While the young spinner starred with the ball on the second day of the one-off Test in Mullanpur, his family chose not to witness the feat from the stands.According to PTI, Manav’s father Jagdish Suthar, a retired…

Jasprit Bumrah (ANI Photo) Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has expressed concern over Jasprit Bumrah‘s international availability, saying he would like to see the star fast bowler commit more consistently to Indian cricket after his latest workload-related break.Bumrah was recently named in India’s 15-member squad for the Asian Games in Japan, where Shreyas Iyer will…

File Pic: Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar believes Shubman Gill had stronger cricketing credentials than Shreyas Iyer to become India’s next T20I captain, but feels the Gujarat Titans skipper lost out because of the difficulty in fitting him into the playing XI.The former batter’s remarks came…

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image: AP) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi may have taken the IPL 2026 season by storm, but the teenage sensation will have to wait a little longer before enjoying one of the biggest rewards from his record-breaking campaign.The 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals star was gifted a brand-new Tata Sierra SUV after sweeping multiple individual awards at the…

India’s captain Shubman Gill (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Shubman Gill is enjoying the finest phase of his Test career since taking over the captaincy of the Indian team. The right-hander has transformed into a run-scoring machine in red-ball cricket, producing one remarkable performance after another while leading from the front.Gill’s latest century against Afghanistan further strengthened…