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Fargana Hoque, Bangladesh opener, believes that early preparations will augur well for the team in the upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. “We’ve been preparing for a long time,” Hoque told The Daily Star. “But ultimately, the quality of our preparation will show in the World Cup, which arrives every four years, unlike the T20 World Cup, so we’re determined to make it count.” Nigar Sultana Joty, the best ranked Bangladeshi batter, will lead the side in the marquee event. Hoque added that they have to play well as a unit as per their strengths and weaknesses to get good…

It’s been over three months since Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket. Indian spinner Ravi Bishnoi expressed his shock after the two legends were not given any proper goodbye while hoping that the duo would get a farewell whenever they call it quits from ODIs. Both Rohit and Kohli remain part of India’s ODI format. They had previously retired from T20Is back in 2024 after winning the T20 World Cup. While speaking on the Game Changers podcast, Bishnoi said Kohli and Rohit deserve to be given a proper farewell for their contribution to Team India. “It is…

South Africa ODI captain Temba Bavuma has said that 36-year-old David Miller is still part of their plans for the One Day International format. Miller is not playing in the series against England, which starts on 2 September. The veteran batter last featured for South Africa in the semi-final of the Champions Trophy against New Zealand. He is currently on a hybrid contract with Cricket South Africa and recently played for the Northern Superchargers in the Hundred. The series against England will be the second consecutive assignment that Miller misses, after making himself unavailable for the tour of Australia. “What…

England’s white-ball captain Harry Brook has given some suggestions for his fellow teammates, batter Zak Crawley and wicketkeeper batter Jordan Cox, asking them to remain consistent with their form and earn their spot in the ODI squad. Both Crawley and Cox were left out from the team’s upcoming three-match ODIs and T20Is against South Africa scheduled to begin on Tuesday, September 2, despite the duo being among the top scorers in the recently concluded The Hundred Men’s tournament. Cox was part of the winning team, the Oval Invincible, as the highest scorer with 367 runs. Crawley, on the other hand,…

Former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has praised Jitesh Sharma’s hunger to learn more. Karthik said to Cricbuzz that Jitesh was not desperate to represent India. Karthik: “He was never someone who was desperate to play for India. And he was very free and he went about playing very confidently for Punjab Kings, and then made it to the Indian team. And then he knew that he was on the fringes. That’s when he became desperate. That kind of filtered into his performances.” Jitesh played the 2025 IPL for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), where Karthik served as the batting coach.…

James Anderson, Shakib Al Hasan, and Aiden Markram are among the big names set to feature in the SA20 2026 auction. A total of 541 players will go under the hammer on September 9, making it one of the biggest cricket auctions of the year. Anderson, the former England fast bowler, will be 43 when the tournament starts. He returned to T20 cricket last year after more than a decade and is now set to join 96 other English players in the auction pool. This group also includes Moeen Ali, Alex Hales, and Tom Abell, the player of the match…

On 30th August, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) launched ‘RCB Cares,’ a campaign aimed to support the eleven people who lost their lives at the stampede incident on 4 June 2025, outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Extending their help, they have provided financial aid of Rs. 25 lakhs to each of the families. On Monday, September 1, RCB announced six different programs that will function and act under the campaign in the coming months. After receiving the authorized permission for its establishment, RCB will provide its commitment and support for all the fans who stood beside them in every moment.…

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a big rise in prize money for the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025. The tournament will be held in India and Sri Lanka, and the prize money on offer is four times higher than before. ICC Chairman Jay Shah said, “This announcement marks a defining milestone in the journey of women’s cricket.” The total prize money is now $13.88 million, a huge jump from $3.5 million which was offered in 2022. This amount is even more than the $10 million given in the Men’s World Cup two years ago. The winners of this…

The 2025 Ashes is starting from November 21, and there is bad news for the Australian camp. The Australian captain Pat Cummins has been laid low by a back problem, and he will be facing a race against time to get himself fit for the big-ticket series. The spearhead of the pace attack will miss the forthcoming limited-overs games against New Zealand and India as Australia look to manage his recovery for the Ashes. The one silver lining for Cummins is that the problem has been diagnosed as a lumbar bone stress and not a stress fracture of the…

Former England bowler Monty Panesar has brought in a different perspective on Shreyas Iyer’s exclusion from India’s Asia Cup squad. He believes the leadership skills that the Indian batter brings were not needed, as the team already has Suryakumar Yadav to cover that role. Iyer showed strong captaincy in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the Punjab Kings this season, leading them to the finals for the first time since 2014. His brilliance was also evident in the 2024 season as the Kolkata Knight Riders captain, when they were declared champions against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Speaking to India Today, Panesar shared…