Author: Staff Reporter

Former India opener Sunil Gavaskar took issue with his former opening partner, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, over his criticism of Harshit Rana ahead of the Australia tour. Gavaskar was happy to see Rana shine with a four-wicket haul in the third and final ODI against Australia in Sydney. He said players should not be criticised before they get a chance to perform. “I am so happy to see Harshit Rana getting those four wickets because he has been under fire,” Gavaskar said on India Today. “That is a little bit hard to understand because at the end of the day, this is…

New Zealand beat England by four wickets in the first ODI of the three-match series at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Meanwhile, Harry Brook’s splendid hundred went in vain. New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first. Matt Henry and Zakary Foulkes were lethal at the top and they ran through the England top order. And half the England line-up was back in the pavilion when the score was 33. England’s captain Brook, however, played a sensational captain’s knock to take his team out of danger. He came to the crease in the third over. The 26-year-old handled…

Kane Williamson, New Zealand’s former captain, had a disappointing return to international cricket as he registered his first-ever golden duck in ODIs, in the first game of the series against England in Mount Maunganui. This match marked his comeback to international cricket after more than seven months away from the national team. Williamson came out to bat at number three, but his duration at the crease ended almost instantly. He edged his first delivery from Brydon Carse that straightened off the deck to Jos Buttler. This match was Williamson’s first appearance for New Zealand since the 2025 Champions Trophy final…

The Services versus Assam 2025 Ranji Trophy game played in Tinsukia turned out to be the shortest-recorded match in the tournament’s history, in terms of balls bowled. A total of only 540 deliveries were played in the whole match, with Assam winning by eight wickets. Previously, in the game played between Delhi and Railways in 1961-62, only 547 balls were needed to produce a result. The shortest game in terms of time turns out to be the first match of the tournament that was played between Madras and Mysore on November 4, 1934. It finished on the very first day,…

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma put on an unbeaten 168-run partnership against Australia in the final ODI of the three-match series at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Saturday, October 25. The partnership between the two batting stalwarts in Sydney takes their tally to twelve 150-plus stands in ODI cricket — the joint-highest by any pair, alongside Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. This was Rohit and Kohli’s 19th century stand in ODI cricket, the third-highest by any pair, surpassing Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan’s 18-century partnerships in this format. Tendulkar and Ganguly once again top the list with 26 such partnerships,…

New Zealand will be playing against England in a three-match ODI series without the services of Kyle Jamieson, who in turn has been laid low by stiffness on his left side during Saturday’s training session. He will return to Christchurch for medical evaluation, with hopes of regaining fitness ahead of the upcoming home series against the West Indies in November. Though the right-arm pacer played in the first two T20 internationals against England on October 18 and 20, he did not feature in the final game on October 23. New Zealand’s head coach Rob Walter said: “Kyle experienced some stiffness…

Young India pacer Harshit Rana has opened up about the efforts he is putting in to improve at the highest level, after recording his best figures in the third and final ODI against Australia in Sydney, which India won by nine wickets. “I was like this before – I just wanted to go out and bowl fast. I always wanted to go and give my heart out. But the support staff changed my approach, saying: ‘You go and give your heart out, but with your brain as well,’” Rana told JioHotstar after the match. Rana dismissed Alex Carey, Mitchell Owen,…

India’s superstar Virat Kohli added another feather to his illustrious career. He became the second highest run-getter in the history of One-Day International (ODI) cricket. The Delhi-born batter achieved the feat during his knock of 74 off 81 balls in the last match of the three-match series against Australia, at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Chasing a target of 237, India lost their captain Shubman Gill early. Then Kohli joined Rohit Sharma in the middle and stitched an unbeaten 168-run partnership that sealed the match for India. While Rohit scored a brilliant century, Kohli anchored the innings to guide India…

Former captain Rohit Sharma produced a brilliantinnings which guided India to a commanding nine-wicket victory over Australia in the third and final ODI in Sydney. The run-machine was named Player of the Match and Player of the Series. During the post-match presentation, Rohit reflected said, “You’ve got to understand the situation, understand the condition and see what best you can do. And that is what I was trying to do whenever I had the opportunity in the middle. I haven’t played for a long time. I had good prep before coming here. I was slightly confident in my head about…

After India’s nine-wicket win over Australia, in the third ODI, in Sydney, Virat Kohli spoke about his long-standing partnership with former captain Rohit Sharma, highlighting how their understanding has grown over the years. Kohli said in the post-match presentation, “I think, from early on, we’ve understood the situation well, that’s what we’ve always done well (as a pair). I think it all started in 2013 (the home series against Australia). “If we put up a big partnership, play around 20 overs, we know we’ll go a long way in helping the team win and even the opposition realise it,”…