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Hashmatullah Shahidi was named Afghanistan’s new Test, ODI skipper.© AFP Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) members on Monday approved the proposition to go ahead with split-captaincy for the national team. The Afghan board has also effectively removed Asghar Afghan as skipper of the men’s national team. “As per the decision, left-hander Hashmatullah Shahidi is appointed the

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli sweated it out in the gym ahead of the England tour.© Twitter/BCCI The Indian cricket team was seen sweating it out in the gym in a video shared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on their official Twitter handle. Captain Virat Kohli, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja,

The BCCI will ask for one month’s extension to decide on hosting the T20 World Cup in India amid the looming COVID-19 threat when the all-powerful ICC Board holds a virtual meeting on Tuesday to discuss a host of other issues as well. While earlier, it was decided that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly will attend

PSL 6: Sarfaraz Ahmed wasn’t allowed to board a commercial flight to Abu Dhabi.© AFP Quetta Gladiators skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed and ten more players were not allowed to board commercial flights for Abu Dhabi via Doha on Sunday for Pakistan Super League (PSL) season six. According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, all cricketers were denied

Personal likes or dislikes don’t matter when one is playing for the country, India’s Test and ODI captain Mithali Raj said on Sunday, insisting that she and head coach Ramesh Powar have “moved on” from a bitter past to take the team forward. Mithali and her teammates are currently quarantining in Mumbai ahead of England

Ahead of the one-off Test against England in June, India batter Harmanpreet Kaur on Sunday shared a picture of herself sporting the Test jersey. Harmanpreet shared the photo on one of her Instagram Stories and she wrote, “Loving this already.” She also shared a photo of the backside and as a result, now everyone knows

World Test Championship Final: Cheteshwar Pujara poses with India’s WTC Final jersey.© Twitter India’s Test batting mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara cannot wait to get on the field for the upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand. Team India will be donning the retro jersey in the WTC final against New Zealand slated to get

Virat Kohli is currently in quarantine in Mumbai ahead of India’s tour to England where the team will play six Test matches, including the World Test Championship final against New Zealand, starting June 18. Kohli on Saturday conducted a question-answer session with his fans on Instagram where he answered several questions. A fan asked Kohli

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah with the T20 World Cup trophy.© ICC The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has sought more time from the International Cricket Council (ICC) to take an “appropriate call” on hosting the T20 World Cup. The tournament is currently scheduled to be held in India

Skipper Kusal Perera hit 120 and Dushmantha Chameera took five wickets as Sri Lanka thrashed Bangladesh by 97 runs for a consolation win in the third one-day international on Friday. Perera’s sixth ODI century and an unbeaten 55 by Dhananjaya de Silva guided Sri Lanka to 286-6, a total they defended by bowling out Bangladesh

Agastya is seen reading on Hardik Pandya’s lap in his latest picture.© AFP India all-rounder Hardik Pandya is on a break from cricket. With the Indian Premier League (IPL) season postponed, Hardik has had the chance to spend time at home with his family. As he has not been selected in the Indian Test side

Ravichandran Ashwin suggested free ball for the bowlers every time a batsman steals yards.© Twitter Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar called for the removal of free hit from the game but India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin disagrees saying it is a “great marketing tool and has captured the imagination of the fans”. The veteran off-spinner however,

Ashley Giles, the managing director of England men’s team, has said that the England and Wales Cricket (ECB) are not planning to change their schedule for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. The suspended 14th edition of the IPL is likely to be played in UAE in the September 15 to October 15 window with

MS Dhoni takes care of his horse.© Instagram Former India captain MS Dhoni is back at his farmhouse in Ranchi with the 2021 season of the Indian Premier League postponed midway through the tournament. Dhoni has been spending his time with his family and his pets, and his wife Sakshi Singh Dhoni has been sharing

India women cricketers might be in quarantine ahead of the upcoming multi-format series against England, but everyone is sweating it out in the gym to ensure they are raring to go for the high-voltage series. Taking to Twitter, the official handle of BCCI Women posted a video of the players working out in the gym

Fans said Yuzvendra Chahal’s photos were “too cute”.© Instagram India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on Wednesday took to Instagram to share some childhood pictures. While he is a household name in the country now, he is unrecognisable in the old photos. “Childhood memories,” he captioned the pictures on Instagram. While two pictures were ordinary childhood pics,

New Zealand all-rounder Kyle Jamieson has said that he is looking to pick the brains of the experienced bowlers in his side for the upcoming series against England and then the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India. On his first tour of England, Jamieson would have the likes of Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Neil

It is impossible to completely wipe off racism from the world, feels fast bowling great Michael Holding, who would “bruise his knee” to the grave if he was still an active player but doesn’t want anyone to take the gesture as “a tick-in-the-box exercise”. Holding was speaking on Sky Sports’ ‘The Cricket Show’ on the