Cricket

Mumbai Indians will face Chennai Super Kings on September 19.© AFP Defending champions Mumbai Indians will take on Chennai Super Kings in Dubai in the first match when Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 resumes on September 19, the Indian cricket board said in an official release on Sunday. Sharjah will host its first match on

England vs India: Virat Kohli was all smiles as he posed with India teammates.© Virat Kohli/Twitter India captain Virat Kohli posted a picture on social media on Sunday where he is seen with India Test teammates Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwal. The Indian Test team

India’s Shikhar Dhawan Saturday said new batting hero Suryakumar Yadav will be a good fit in Test cricket after his one-day exploits helped the team win in Sri Lanka. Yadav was named man of the series for his 124 runs in three matches after India lost the final ODI on Friday but clinched the series

Jemimah Rodrigues guided Northern Superchargers to victory with her 92* off 42 balls.© Twitter Indian batter Jemimah Rodrigues slammed 92 off just 43 balls to help Northern Superchargers register a thumping win over Welsh Fire at Headingley in The Hundred on Saturday. While skipper Lauren Winfield Hill, Laura Wolvaardt, and Hollie Armitage struggled to get

The second ODI was suspended moments before play was due to begin on Thursday.© AFP Following meetings between Cricket West Indies (CWI) and Cricket Australia (CA) on Friday evening, after earlier discussions with the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) and the Government of Barbados medical officials, CWI has announced that the three-match ODI series will resume

Opener Wesley Madhevere top-scored with 73 as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 23 runs on Friday to keep alive hopes of winning the three-match Twenty20 series. Zimbabwe made 166-6 before bowling Bangladesh out for 143 with one ball remaining in Harare, enabling the hosts to avenge an eight-wicket defeat in the first match on Thursday. It

Shikhar Dhawan, India’s stand-in captain during the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka, is a natural entertainer on the pitch, with his thigh-slapping celebration after taking catches gaining an iconic status among fans. Dhawan now has decided to bring his entertainment-factor even to the captaincy’s post, as he celebrated winning the toss in the 3rd ODI

Virat Kohli was the top-scorer across both teams when India last toured England.© Twitter India captain Virat Kohli is gearing up for the upcoming five-match Test series against England. Although Kohli did not feature in the three-day warm-up game against County XI in Durham, he was seen middling the ball during a net session. Reminiscing

ENG vs IND: Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara during the warm-up game.© Twitter Mayank Agarwal and Hanuma Vihari spent some valuable time in the middle while Ravindra Jadeja scored his second fifty of the game on the final day of India’s warm-up match against County XI, on Thursday. After bowling out County XI for 220 on

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Thursday announced that it would give the Tokyo Olympics gold medal winners a cash award of Rs 75 lakh apart from giving each of the participating National Sports Federations (NSFs) a bonus amount of Rs 25 lakh. The IOA Advisory Committee has recommended that silver medal winners will be

Suresh Raina plays for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.© AFP Former India cricketer Suresh Raina drew flak on social media following one of his comments during a commentary stint in the ongoing Tamil Nadu Premier League. Raina, who is part of the Chennai Super Kings franchise in the Indian Premier League,

Young opener Haseeb Hameed celebrated his Test recall with a gritty hundred even as Umesh Yadav bowled a few incisive spells and was largely responsible in India bowling Select County XI out for 220 on the second day of the warm-up first-class game. Coming back into the England squad after nearly five years, right-handed opener

Shubman Gill last played for India in the World Test Championship final against New Zealand.© AFP India batsman Shubman Gill has returned back home after being ruled out of the five-match Test series against England. Gill posted an Instagram story of him arriving back in India and his family welcoming him with a cake. He

Australia’s pacers demolished the West Indies batting line-up to claim a comprehensive 133-run victory on the DLS method in the rain-affected first One-Day International of a three-match series at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Tuesday. After stand-in captain Alex Carey led from the front with a topscore of 67 to lift his side to 252

India pacer Deepak Chahar, who was an unexpected hero with the bat in the second ODI against Sri Lanka, on Tuesday said coach Rahul Dravid’sbelief in his batting inspired him to produce a match-winning knock for his team. Chahar came ahead of the more accomplished Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the batting order after India lost their

ENG vs IND: Virat Kohli missed India’s warm-up game due to a niggle.© AFP India captain Virat Kohli and his deputy Ajinkya Rahane were rested from India’s first-class warm-up game against Select County XI due to minor niggles but stand bye pacer Avesh Khan might have dislocated his thumb while stopping a Hanuma Vihari drive

English cricket takes a step into the unknown with the launch of The Hundred, a brand new 100 balls per side format, on Wednesday. Cricket already has several established professional formats at domestic and international level, first-class games, which includes five-day Tests, 50 overs per side one-dayers and Twenty20 matches. But even though Twenty20 was

Mayank Agarwal’s fight to reclaim his place in Indian Test eleven starts on Tuesday when he walks out to open in a three-day game against ‘County Select XI’, starting in Durham tomorrow as best friend KL Rahul gears up to keep wickets in Rishabh Pant’s absence. The match has been accorded first-class status, a first