Cricket

Liam Plunkett is set to leave English cricket at the end of the current season.© Surrey/Instagram Surrey and England fast bowler Liam Plunkett will leave the club and English cricket at the end of the current season after a three-year-long stint. Surrey announced on Tuesday that the pacer will be leaving the club at the

West Indies batsman Evin Lewis will play for Rajasthan Royals for the remainder of IPL 2021.© AFP Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Tuesday announced the final set of their replacement players. West Indian duo of Evin Lewis and Oshane Thomas will be joining the Royals squad as replacement players for the

Virat Kohli has so far scored just a single fifty in the ongoing 5-match Test series vs England.© AFP England skipper Joe Root on Tuesday said his side will need to keep India captain Virat Kohli quiet in the next two Tests if they want to win the five-match series. After the third Test, the

The next Ranji Trophy season will start from January 5, 2022.© AFP Heavyweights Mumbai, Karnataka and Delhi have been clubbed in virtual “group of death” in the Ranji Trophy, which will start from January 5 next year. Along with the multiple time Ranji champions are Hyderabad, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand in the Elite group C. Defending

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has paid glowing tributes to noted coach Vasu Paranjape, who died in Mumbai on Monday, terming him one of the best coaches he has worked with. The 82-year-old Paranjape died at his residence in Matunga and survived by his wife and son Jatin Paranjape, an ex-national selector and cricketer. Remembering the

Daniel Jarvis, better known as ‘Jarvo 69’, twice invaded the pitch during the England-India series.© AFP ‘Jarvo 69’ has been hogging the limelight after he twice snuck onto the field during the ongoing England-India Test series, pretending to be a player from the visiting side. However, there was a ‘wake-up call’ for him as another

Stuart Binny announced his retirement from first-class and international cricket.© Instagram All-rounder Stuart Binny, who holds the record of the best bowling figures in ODI format, on Monday announced his retirement from first-class and international cricket. The 37-year-old Binny began his career with his state Karnataka and represented India in six Tests, 14 ODIs and

England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler will miss next week’s fourth Test against India at the Oval because of the expected birth of his second child, but Chris Woakes has been passed fit to rejoin the squad, team management announced on Sunday. Buttler, vice-captain to Joe Root in the ongoing absence of star all-rounder Ben Stokes due

Shreyas Iyer did feel “low” at times during an intense rehabilitation period after his shoulder surgery but a fit-again stylish Mumbai batsman is now gearing up to realise an unfinished dream of winning his maiden IPL title with the Delhi Capitals. Shreyas, who led DC to their first IPL final in 2020, missed the first

IND vs ENG: Ravindra Jadeja was taken to a hospital in Leeds for precautionary scans on his knee.© Instagram Senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was on Saturday taken to a hospital in Leeds for precautionary scans to know the extent of a knee injury he sustained during the third Test against England. Jadeja, who has played

IND vs ENG: Suryakumar Yadav is yet to play a Test match for India.© Instagram Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar strongly advocated the inclusion of stylish Mumbaikar Suryakumar Yadav as the sixth specialist batsman in the fourth Test against England, starting September 2. India lost the third Test by an innings and 76 runs but

India suffered an early morning collapse on the fourth day of the third Test at Headingley in Leeds on Saturday as England sealed a comprehensive win by an innings and 76 runs to level the five-match series 1-1. Ollie Robinson was the pick of the English bowlers with figures of 5/65 while Craig Overton bagged

Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya are quarantining at Mumbai Indians’ (MI) base camp in the UAE.© Instagram Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya are quarantining at Mumbai Indians’ (MI) base camp in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ahead of the resumption of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season. Mumbai Indians shared a bunch of snaps

Cheteshwar Pujara was left eyeing a first Test century in more than two years as he held firm alongside India captain Virat Kohli to keep England at bay at Headingley on Friday. India were 215-2 in their second innings when bad light led to an early close on the third day of the third Test,

Jonny Bairstow dived to his left as KL Rahul was dismissed early on in India’s second innings.© Twitter India were looking to chip away at England’s massive 345-run first innings lead on the third day of the third Test at Headingley in Leeds on Friday when opener KL Rahul’s dismissal just before Lunch pegged the visitors

England captain Joe Root’s third hundred in as many Tests against India took his side closer to a series-levelling win at the Yorkshire batsman’s Headingley home ground on Thursday. Root’s 121 — his third century in as many matches this series — was the centrepiece of England’s 423-8 at stumps on the second day of

IND vs ENG: Skipper Joe Root scored a brilliant Test century in Leeds.© AFP Joe Root equalled the England record for most Test centuries in a calendar year when he compiled his sixth hundred of 2021, against India at Headingley on Thursday. Only Denis Compton (1947) and Michael Vaughan (2002) have previously scored as many

Joe Root led the tributes to Ted Dexter after it was announced Thursday that the former England captain had died aged 86. Dexter captained his country in 30 of his 62 Tests, with the attacking batsman scoring nine Test hundreds at an average of under 48. The former Sussex skipper became England’s chairman of selectors