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Harmanpreet Kaur led from the front with a stroke-filled and unbeaten 54 as India Women registered a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh Women in the first T20I of the series held at Mirpur on Sunday. Bangladesh couldn’t even manage a run a ball with the bat, and despite at the start, India eased home with 22 balls remaining. However, more than the game, the standard of the field of play, and the baffling Bengali-English mixed commentary, in which the commentators kept on mispronouncing the names of the players while calling the batters batsmen, caught the ire of the fans on…

Ehsaan Mazari, Pakistan’s Minister of Sports, has made it clear that Pakistan would not participate in the 2023 World Cup in India if India does not travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup. Mazari, who is a member of the committee responsible for deciding Pakistan’s World Cup participation, shared his views on the matter with the The Indian Express. “As the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) falls under my ministry, my personal opinion is that if India insists on playing their Asia Cup matches at a neutral venue, we will also demand the same for our World Cup matches in India,”…

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has approved the participation of both India’s men’s and women’s teams at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, scheduled for September-October. In light of the ODI World Cup taking place simultaneously, it is anticipated that a second-string men’s team will be sent, while a full-strength women’s side will represent India in the tournament. The men’s event is set to commence on September 28, with the women’s competition starting on September 19. Notably, India did not field a team during previous editions of the Asian Games`. However, in accordance with Government of…

Tilak Varma, who has starred for the Mumbai Indians in the last couple of IPL seasons, got his first call-up to the Indian team as the part of the T20I squad named by the BCCI for the upcoming five-match series against West Indies. The squad announcement, made on Wednesday, was the first for the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee. In addition to Tilak, Ravi Bishnoi, the leg-spinner, made a comeback to the team, which will be led by Hardik Pandya, with Suryakumar Yadav serving as his deputy. Notably, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were not included in the squad. Following the…

Press release The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Trophy Tour 2023 has been launched on a stratospheric scale, giving fans around the world a unique opportunity to interact with the coveted trophy, ahead of the marquee event in India. The Tour was launched in spectacular fashion, with the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Trophy being launched into the stratosphere, 120,000 feet above the earth, before making a stunning landing at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. This was achieved after the trophy was attached to a bespoke stratospheric balloon, and some stunning shots were captured of the trophy…

Having been asked the same question for decades, Michael Holding was probably tired of it. The last wicket to fall as the shadows lengthened at Lord’s on the evening of June 25, 1983, Holding always viewed success as something cyclical. Though he was part of a legendary side that lost just one Test series in nearly two decades – and that too, in no small measure, because of some dubious umpiring in New Zealand – Holding had seen enough of life to know that no individual or team is entitled to success. “It’s a myth that West Indies were always…

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to officially announce the Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 on June 27 at a special event to be hosted in Mumbai. June 27 marks 100 days before the showpiece tournament’s scheduled commencement on October 5 in India, and a couple of key announcements are expected on the day. Will the schedule for the ODI World Cup also be announced? That remains to be seen. Fans have been eagerly waiting for the ICC to officially reveal the fixture list for the 2023 ODI World Cup. While the schedule was expected to come out by…

The police, in Paris, are conducting a search at the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics organizing committee and those of its infrastructure partner as part of investigations into alleged embezzlement of public funds and favouritism. The search was initiated by the French national financial prosecutor’s office, as per reports. The development is likely to be part of a preliminary investigation launched in 2017 into contracts made by the Summer Games’ organising committee. Paris 2024 released a statement confirming the ongoing search and expressed full cooperation with the investigators to assist in their inquiries. “A search is currently under way…

Written by Vaibhav Tripathi Javed Miandad, Pakistan cricket legend who played in the first six World Cups, has said that Pakistan should boycott the upcoming World Cup in India, given that an Indian team has not toured Pakistan in nearly 15 years. According to a draft of the proposed World Cup schedule, Pakistan are to play India at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on October 15. Their other nine games are to be divided between Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata. India’s last visit to Pakistan was in 2008 during the Asia Cup. Bilateral cricket ties have been suspended since then due…

Vaibhav Tripathi The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has unveiled a 15-member squad for the upcoming T20I series against Afghanistan. The squad includes fast bowler Ebadot Hossain and middle-order batter Afif Hossain. Afif, who has displayed impressive performances in domestic cricket, has earned a spot in the squad, replacing Jaker Ali who was part of the Ireland T20Is but didn’t feature in any matches. Afif had previously been dropped from the team after a string of low scores. However, a solid campaign in the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) has paved the way for his return in both white-ball formats. Ebadot,…