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Australian Test captain Tim Paine will undergo surgery for a pinched nerve in his neck, but is confident of being fit for the opening Test of the Ashes series against England. The 36-year-old revealed Monday he had been suffering pain in his neck and left arm due to a bulging disc which hampered his ability

Spinners Tabraiz Shamsi and Aiden Markram set up a crushing nine-wicket win for South Africa in the second Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka to clinch the series on Sunday. Shamsi and Markram took three wickets each to help bowl out Sri Lanka for 103, a total the tourists chased down in 14.1 overs to take an

India head coach Ravi Shastri and his support staff colleagues Bharat Arun and R Sridhar are likely to leave for India on Wednesday provided they have two negative RT-PCR reports prior to their departure date. Shastri, who tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the fourth Test at the Oval, has been in quarantine since September

Sri Lanka named a 15-player squad for next month’s T20 World Cup, but said they were undecided on whether to play against Afghanistan over the Taliban’s reported ban on women playing sport. Sri Lanka Cricket retained Dasun Shanaka as captain with Dhananjaya de Silva as his deputy for the T20 World Cup which runs from

Sherfane Rutherford will replace Jonny Bairstow in the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad.© AFP Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have added West Indies batsman Sherfane Rutherford to their squad following the withdrawal England’s Jonny Bairstow ahead of the resumption of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season. The franchise took to Twitter to make the announcement on Saturday. “The

The BCCI Apex Council have their meeting on September 20.© AFP The domestic cricketers, who lost out on Ranji Trophy cricket last season due to COVID-19, are likely to get minimum 50 percent compensation of their total match fees if the BCCI Apex Council approves the working group recommendation. The final decision however lies with

Michael Vaughan’s outspoken comments on Twitter have often put him at loggerheads with fans on the social media platform. And yet again, the former England captain ruffled the feathers of some Twitter users, by claiming that somehow India had “let English cricket down”. The Englishman’s tweet came after the fifth and final Test in Manchester

South Africa took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series against Sri Lanka.© AFP Disciplined bowling and a quickfire 48 by Aiden Markram helped South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 28 runs in the first Twenty20 international on Friday. Markram’s 33-ball knock guided South Africa to 163-5, a total they defended by restricting Sri Lanka

T20 World Cup: MS Dhoni has been appointed as Team India’s mentor.© AFP India great Kapil Dev on Friday welcomed MS Dhoni’s appointment as the mentor of the national team for the T20 World Cup, saying it seems a special case since he has come back to the set-up only one year after retirement. Speaking

Many players from Team India are CSK, MI members, who will face other on September 19.© Instagram Following the cancellation of the Manchester Test between England and India on Friday, former England skipper Kevin Pietersen has asked whether the players will be available for the opening match when IPL 2021 resumes in the UAE on

Rashid Khan was named captain of the Afghanistan team for the T20 World Cup.© AFP In a shocking decision, Rashid Khan on Thursday stepped down as the captain of the Afghanistan team, saying that his opinion was not sought before finalising the national squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Early in the day, the Afghanistan

Virat Kohli is in Manchester for India’s upcoming fifth Test match vs England.© Twitter The city of Manchester is currently buzzing with excitement, with two legendary sporting personalities – Virat Kohli and Cristiano Ronaldo – preparing for a high-octane weekend. The Portuguese superstar is expected to make his second Manchester United debut in the Premier

IPL 2021: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina showcased their batting skills in the practice match.© Instagram With the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season set to resume on September 19, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) played a practice match in their training venue at Dubai. The MS Dhoni-led franchise took to social media to share highlights from

“Happiness and gratitude are the only two words that define me now,” said Ravichandran Ashwin on Wednesday after being included in India’s T20 World Cup squad, his first white-ball selection since 2017. The 34-year-old, who is currently part of the Test squad that is playing against England in an ongoing five-match series, wrote a Twitter post

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Wednesday a 15-member Team India squad to take part in the ICC T20 World Cup in UAE and Oman between October 17 to November 14 2021. While the selection of Ravichandran Ashwin came as a surprise, the announcement of former World Cup-winning captain MS

ENG vs IND: Virat Kohli has got respect of all his players, Shane Warne said.© AFP Former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne said that Virat Kohli has got the respect of the current Indian squad and that is the reason they all want to play for him and follow his lead. The Virat Kohli-led side registered

Sandeep Lamichhane took 4 wickets as Nepal beat Papua New Guinea on Tuesday.© Twitter Nepal registered their first ODI win over Papua New Guinea as they won the first match of the two-game series by two wickets. Spinner Sandeep Lamichhane took four wickets and Rohit Poudel produced a fine performance with the bat. Nepal’s middle order faltered while chasing the

Debutant spinner Maheesh Theekshana claimed four wickets as Sri Lanka hammered South Africa by 78 runs in the third one-day international to clinch the series 2-1 on Tuesday. Theekshana, an off-spinner with a lethal carrom ball, returned figures of 4-37 as the hosts bowled out South Africa for 125 in 30 overs while chasing a