Gulbadin Naib finished the 2025 ILT20 season with 381 runs and 11 wickets. (Creimas) How good was Gulbadin Naib in the ILT20 2025? The bare numbers first: he scored 381 runs in 12 innings, averaging 42.33 and striking at 158.8. The tally put him sixth on the season’s run-scorers’ list, but it was a tightly…
India vs England Live Score, 3rd ODI: Virat Kohli’s prolonged batting slump and India’s quest for a series whitewash over England might not be the primary concerns for the hosts as they gear up for the third and final ODI in Ahmedabad. The impending Champions Trophy, set to commence on February 19 in Karachi, looms…
Allah Ghazanfar (Image credit: Afghanistan Cricket) Afghanistan’s young spinner Allah Ghazanfar has been ruled out of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The 18-year-old bowler from Paktia, who has claimed 21 wickets in 11 ODI matches, will not participate in the eight-team tournament in Pakistan due to a L4 vertebra fracture.The Afghanistan Cricket Board made…
Harendra Singh’s official designation may read ‘Head Coach, India women’s hockey team’, but even the most astute observers could easily mistake his demeanour for that of a senior professor at a prestigious institute. He carries himself with an air of solemn erudition, each of his measured movements steeped in an unspoken authority. His gaze, penetrating…
NEW DELHI: Cricket Australia announced on Wednesday that Australian spinner Matthew Kuhnemann, who played a crucial part in the Test series victory in Sri Lanka, had been cited for a suspect bowling action.To find out if his actions are legitimate, left-armer Kuhnemann, who claimed 16 wickets when Steve Smith‘s team won the two-Test series this…
NEW DELHI: Mitchell Starc pulled out of this month’s event in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates for personal reasons and Australia will attempt to win the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time since 2009 using a completely new pace bowling line-up.As the only player from Australia’s “big three” fast bowling attack to participate…
AHMEDABAD: In the final of the T20 World Cup in West Indies in June last year, many questioned the wisdom of promoting left-handed allrounder Axar Patel to the No. 5 slot ahead of the hard-hitting Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube. Axar, as it turned out, delivered with a crucial 31-ball 47, including a sublime straight…
Captain Rohit addressed form concerns with a blazing ton in the 2nd ODI. Now, all eyes are on the other struggling star batter, Kohli, as India eye a clean sweep in the seriesAHMEDABAD: With captain Rohit Sharma back among the runs with a splendid 90-ball 119 in the second ODI, there are hopes Virat Kohli…
NEW DELHI: MI Cape Town put on strong performances in the last week of SA20 Season 3, defeating the Paarl Royals in Qualifier 1 by batting first and then defeating the Sunrisers Eastern Cape, the reigning champions, in the final at Wanderers to win the coveted title. In the Powerplay, where bowlers have largely dominated…
Sheldon Jackson (Photo credit: X) NEW DELHI: Saurashtra batting stalwart Sheldon Jackson on Tuesday announced his retirement from professional cricket after a 15-year career. Jackson’s featured in his final match in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Gujarat in New Delhi which ended in a defeat. The 38-year-old ends concludes his career with impressive statistics, accumulating…
