South Zone clinches the Duleep Trophy 2023 season (X – BCCI) NEW DELHI: The 2025–26 Indian home cricket season will get underway with the Duleep Trophy, set to run from August 28 to September 15. Acting as a key warm-up event ahead of India’s extended home Test campaign, the tournament will see the return of…
In this photo illustration taken on October 12, 2020, a user checks the Dream11 application of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament, on his mobile phone in New Delhi. (AFP) Dream11, a major fantasy sports company, has informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that it will discontinue its title sponsorship…
My first meeting with Doc was in 1981, on the eve of the Calcutta (now Kolkata) match during the India-Pakistan Test series. He had come over to our team hotel with his little son to wish us the best. In the middle of our banter and conversation, Doc realised he had to visit some of…
Suryakumar Yadav (Agency Image) Bazid Khan, the former Pakistan cricketer, speaking on PTV Sports, analysed India’s squad for the upcoming Asia Cup, which will be played without two of their biggest icons, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. He acknowledged the overall quality of the team but pointed out the gaps that their absence creates. “Look,…
Fatima Sana of Pakistan (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) Pakistan has named a 15-member squad for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, scheduled from 30 September to 2 November. This same squad will also play a three-match ODI series against South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore from 16 to 22 September. Uncapped right-handed…
Cooper Connolly of Australia celebrates dismissing Keshav Maharaj of South Africa (Photo by Albert Perez/Getty Images) Cooper Connolly, a 22-year-old Australian spinner, made history on Sunday, August 24, 2025, by becoming the first spinner from Australia to claim a five-wicket haul in an ODI match against South Africa at Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay….
Manchester: India’s Arshdeep Singh during a practice session ahead of the fourth test cricket match between India and England, at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground, in Manchester. (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar) (PTI07_22_2025_000373A) Chennai: India’s lethal T20 leftarm pacer Arshdeep Singh’s much-anticipated Test debut in England never materialised, courtesy injury woes and selection strategies. He was ruled…
Cheteshwar Pujara (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) Indian cricket has produced many players who have worn down the opposition with patience, grit, and determination. Test cricket is not just a game of skill; it also demands resilience and mental toughness under challenging conditions. Recently, Cheteshwar Pujara, India’s modern-day Test stalwart, announced his retirement from international cricket. His…
Cheteshwar Pujara (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma) Mumbai: An era ground to a halt in Indian cricket when Cheteshwar Pujara, the wall of India’s Test batting for more than a decade from 2010 until his last of 103 Tests in 2023, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Sunday. The 37-year-old brought the curtains down…
Cheteshwar Pujara (Getty Images) Cheteshwar Pujara, India’s rock in Test cricket for over a decade, announced his retirement from all forms of the game on Sunday, closing the book on a career defined by patience, discipline and monumental run-scoring. While his 7,195 Test runs from 103 matches established him as one of India’s greats in…
