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Ace India all-rounder Deepti Sharma became the joint second-most expensive player in WPL history at the mega auction held in Delhi on Thursday, November 27. UP Warriorz (UPW), for whom she played previously, exercised their right-to-match (RTM) option to retain her services for INR 3.2 crore. In 2023, Ashleigh Gardner and Nat Sciver-Brunt were bought for INR 3.2 crore by Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians, respectively. Smriti Mandhana remains the most expensive player ever sold at a WPL auction, having been bought by RCB for INR 3.4 crore in 2023. To everyone’s surprise, Australia’s wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy went unsold in…

The fourth season of the Women’s Premier League will start on January 9 and will run until February 5, 2026. Next year, the tournament will be played in two cities: Navi Mumbai and Vadodara. The announcement was made by league chairman Jayesh George during the start of the mega auction in Delhi on November 27. The opening match of the season will be played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, the same ground where India recently lifted their first Women’s ODI World Cup trophy. The Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara will host the final, which will be held on…

India’s star batter Jemimah Rodrigues will not be returning for the Brisbane Heat for the remainder of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) season 11. The right-handed batter has decided to stay in India to be with her close friend and teammate Smriti Mandhana. This means the Brisbane Heat will continue the season without one of their key overseas players. Brisbane Heat CEO Terry Svenson confirmed that Rodrigues would be staying in India and expressed support for her decision. “It has obviously been a challenging time for Jemi, so while it is unfortunate that she will take no further part…

Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin revealed that, after the home Test series loss against England in 2012, he made a promise to himself that he would retire if India lost one more time at home. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Ashwin said: “I made myself a promise after the series loss against England in 2012 that if we ever lost another home series, I’d retire. The New Zealand series loss is ultimately the reason why I am sitting at home today — it broke me.” India suffered a 3–0 whitewash against New Zealand at home in 2024, and Ashwin decided…

Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar believes that it is unfair to blame head coach Gautam Gambhir for the home series losses against South Africa and New Zealand. And the coach did not get the amount of credit that he deserved when India won limited overs tournaments. Speaking to India Today, Gavaskar added that it is the responsibility of the players to perform and the coach can only guide. “He’s a coach. The coach can prepare a team. But it’s out there in the middle that the players have to deliver. Now, to those who are asking, you know, for…

South Africa defeated India by a huge margin of 408 runs in the final Test of the two-match series in Guwahati, completing a 2–0 sweep. After the defeat, India’s captain Shubman Gill, who could not play in the second match due to a neck injury, reacted to the series loss. “Calm seas don’t teach you how to steer; it’s the storm that forges steady hands. We’ll continue to believe in each other, fight for each other, and move forward — rising stronger,” Gill wrote on X (formerly Twitter). India lost the first Test by 30 runs after failing to chase…

Former India captain Rohit Sharma has reclaimed the top spot in the ICC ODI batting rankings. Following his superb performances in Australia- which included a century and a half-century– Rohit initially rose to No. 1, before briefly losing the position to Daryl Mitchell, who scored a hundred against the West Indies. However, ahead of the South Africa series, the Indian opener has regained the No. 1 ranking with 781 rating points. Mitchell has slipped to No. 2 with 766. In the ODI batting rankings, India’s captain Shubman Gill is placed fourth with 745 rating points, while Virat Kohli sits fifth…

South Africa crushed India by a massive margin of 408 runs in the last Test of the two-match rubber in Guwahati to clean sweep the series 2-0. After the defeat, India’s stand-in captain Rishabh Pant said that they need to ‘get better as a team’. “It’s little disappointing. As a team, we need to get better. We need to give credit to the opposition. We need to take the learning and stick as a team. They dominated the series. “We needed to be clear with our mindset. In the future, we need to learn from it and get better. They…

Former India captain Anil Kumble believes that South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad should not have used a word like ‘grovel’ when his team are on the verge of winning a Test series in India. Speaking on Star Sports, Kumble said he did not expect such language from the South African camp. “There’s history attached to this,” he said. “Fifty years ago, an England captain used the same phrase against the great West Indies side, and we all know what followed. South Africa have most likely won the series, but when you’re on top, your choice of words matters. Humility…

Sri Lanka crushed Zimbabwe by nine wickets with 22 balls to spare in the fifth T20I of the tri-series in Rawalpindi courtesy of Pathum Nissanka’s brilliance with the bat. Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. They had a poor start losing two wickets within the third over. However, Brian Bennett’s two partnerships of 36 runs with Brendan Taylor and Sikandar Raza stabilized Zimbabwe’s innings. Ryan Burl’s unbeaten 37 off 26 balls lower down the order was instrumental in taking Zimbabwe to a score of 146/5 in 20 overs. Captain Sikandar Raza contributed…