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Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (AP Photo) MUMBAI: A major overhaul in the BCCI’s Annual Central Contracts system, changes that could reshape the hierarchy of Indian cricket’s elite players, could come into play for the 2025-26 season.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Sources tracking developments revealed that the Ajit Agarkar-led national selection…

NEW DELHI: India’s designated No. 3 in T20Is, Tilak Varma, is set to reach the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Tuesday, TimesofIndia.com has learnt.Tilak has been ruled out of the first three T20Is against New Zealand, starting Wednesday, after undergoing surgery in Rajkot for an abdominal issue a couple of weeks ago during the…

Virat Kohli and Sanjay Manjrekar (Photos by AP) Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has come out in support of head coach Gautam Gambhir after India’s surprising ODI series loss at home to New Zealand. The defeat raised many questions among fans and experts, but Manjrekar believes the reaction has been blown out of proportion.Speaking in…

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh captain Litton Das raised fresh questions over his team’s participation in the upcoming T20 World Cup after Rangpur Riders were knocked out of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Tuesday.Litton was speaking after Rangpur lost a tense, low-scoring qualifier to Sylhet Titans. Chasing just 112, Sylhet won off the last ball when…

Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: A video claiming that the Indore crowd shouted “Gautam Gambhir haaye haaye” after the third ODI against New Zealand has gone viral on social media, but the claim is misleading. The clip shows Virat Kohli reacting during the post-match presentation at the Holkar Stadium, and…

L-R: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Naseem Shah (PTI Photo) Pakistan’s preparations for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 appear to be heading in a new direction, with reports suggesting that fast bowler Haris Rauf may be left out of the national squad. According to Islamabad-based outlet Daily Ausaf, the team management is no…

Bangladesh on Tuesday rejected what it described as “unreasonable conditions” imposed by the ICC regarding its participation in the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 in India, according to Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Nazrul. Following the exclusion of Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman from the IPL 2026, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) reiterated that…

Tanush Kotian (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) MUMBAI: In a major blow to Mumbai ahead of their Ranji Trophy group stage clash against Mohammed Siraj’s Hyderabad, key allrounder Tanush Kotian will miss the game due to a hand injury. The match begins on Thursday in Hyderabad.Kotian will be replaced by off-spinner Himanshu Singh, who was included in…

Delhi Capitals’ Jemimah Rodrigues (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) Jemimah Rodrigues led from the front to anchor Delhi Capitals’ tense run-chase with a gritty fifty, guiding her team to a much-needed seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the Women’s Premier League here on Tuesday.Put in to bat on a slow surface, Mumbai Indians’ struggles in the powerplay…

Under Adrian Birrell, Sunrisers Eastern Cape have won two SA20 titles and been runners-up as well. (Sportzpics) TimesofIndia.com in Durban: Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) have made the SA20 playoffs for four seasons running and were champions in the first two. In the third season, they finished runners-up and their fate for the fourth, the ongoing…