Cricket

What’s the first word that comes to your mind when someone mentions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) or Mumbai Indians (MI)? This was the question asked to cricketers of both the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams ahead of their high-octane clash this evening, as the tournament resumes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The answers ranged

CSK vs MI: Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians will clash in the 1st match of the UAE leg.© BCCI/IPL A little over four-and-a-half months since the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season was suspended owing to the COVID-19 second wave in India, the season is set to resume on Sunday, this time in the

IPL 2021: David Hussey hailed two KKR cricketers in a pre-season interview.© Instagram With the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 set to resume, David Hussey, chief mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), has hailed Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana for their displays for the team. The KKR opening duo is crucial to the franchise’s ambitions

The Indian women’s cricket team made a disappointing start to its tour of Australia as it suffered a 36-run loss in a 50-over warm-up match in Brisbane on Saturday. Opener Rachael Haynes (65), Meg Lanning (59) and Beth Mooney (59) smashed individual fifties as Australia posted a challenging 278 for nine after batting first at

Former cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin on Friday said that he was surprised by the timing of Virat Kohli’s announcement to step down as Team India T20I captain. Kohli on Thursday posted an official statement on social media on Thursday, where he announced that he would be stepping down from the T20I captaincy after the T20 World

Former India all-rounder Hemlata Kala believes that the role of aggressive opener Shafali Verma would be crucial in the upcoming one-off Pink Ball test against Australia Women as she plays “unique cricket” and there won’t be any challenge for the teenager. The 17-year-old Rohtak-born Shafali, scored a total of 159 (96 and 63) runs on

Rashid Khan has scored 17 runs and taken 10 wickets in IPL 2021 so far.© Instagram SunRisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) spinner Rashid Khan expressed his excitement to rejoin the franchise ahead of the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, which will get underway in the UAE from September 19. Speaking in a video posted

With Virat Kohli set to step down as Team India’s captain from the shortest format of the game after the T20 World Cup, former cricketers rallied behind to support the 32-year-old batsman. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper took to social media on Thursday to announce his decision, and it shocked cricket fans around the

With Virat Kohli stepping down, Vinod Kambli feels Rohit Sharma will be India’s new T20I captain.© AFP Former India cricketer Vinod Kambli feels opening batsman Rohit Sharma will be India’s skipper in the T20Is after the 2021 World Cup. Virat Kohli on Thursday announced that he would step down as the T20I skipper of the

Rajasthan Royals’ English batsman Liam Livingstone aspires for a successful Test career but he doesn’t mind being a T20 “nomad” either and would prefer to spend his time building his white-ball brand instead of losing sleep over whether he can make it big in the longest format. The 28-year-old, one of the most sought after

Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav are in a 6-day isolation before joining Mumbai Indians camp.© AFP Following the cancellation of the fifth Test match between England and India in Manchester, players from both sides have joined their respective Indian Premier League (IPL) squads in the United Arab Emirates and are currently in isolation for six

Senior England cricketers could boycott the Ashes due to strict protocols and packed schedule.© AFP Top English players could boycott the high-profile Ashes series against Australia starting at the end of this year as they don’t want to be confined to their hotel rooms for close to four months due to strict quarantine rules in

The 14th edition of the Indian Premier League is set to resume in the United Arab Emirates from Sunday, but there is still no clarity on when Afghanistan and SunRisers Hyderabad spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman can join the franchise. He is yet to get an entry visa into the country for the remaining half of

From swimming to soccer, running to horse riding, Afghanistan’s new sports chief said Tuesday that the Taliban will allow 400 sports — but declined to confirm if women can play a single one. “Please don’t ask more questions about women,” Bashir Ahmad Rustamzai told AFP, from an armchair where Afghanistan’s Olympic Committee president had sat

SL vs SA: Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks hit unbeaten half-centuries for South Africa.© AFP Inspired bowling and unbeaten fifties from Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks helped South Africa sweep the Twenty20 series 3-0 against Sri Lanka with a crushing 10-wicket win on Tuesday. Chasing 121 for victory, South Africa romped home in

India and Mumbai Indians (MI) batsman Suryakumar Yadav is celebrating his 31st birthday today. Birthday wishes for the cricketer started pouring in on different social networking sites on Tuesday night as soon as the clock struck 12. India skipper Virat Kohli was among the first few to wish the right-handed batsman. Sharing a photograph of

“Dazzle the Dog”, a small and furry pitch invader, recently hogged the limelight with its cute and hilarious antics during the All-Ireland T20 Women’s Cup semi-final match between Bready and CSN. And, now, the popularity of the canine seems to have grabbed the attention of the International Cricket Council (ICC) too. On Monday, as ICC

The proposed “standalone” Test between India and England should be treated as the series-deciding fifth match that was cancelled last week owing to a COVID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly told PTI on Monday and ruled out the possibility of it being treated as a one-off game. The England and Wales