Author: Staff Reporter

Shubman Gill, India skipper, said that his team has many excellent spinners, which is a good headache to have as a captain. During the post-match presentation ceremony, Gill said: “When you get quality spinners like that, it’s difficult to rotate, but it’s better to have too many options than too few. That’s the challenge and fun of playing in India. Good thing is there’s always someone ready to make a difference.” In the first Test of the ongoing series against the West Indies, India played three spinners– Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja. While Axar Patel had to warm…

Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has expressed concerns whether Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be ready to play in the 2027 ODI World Cup. Both have stepped away from Tests and T20Is. ODI is their only international format. Gavaskar thinks their selection for the event will depend on how many ODIs India play in the coming years. “It depends to a great extent on the number of one-day matches that India plays over the next couple of years. Look, it’s not easy to be playing just seven or eight ODIs in a season while preparing for something as big…

Harbhajan Singh, former Indian spinner, said that he is a tad surprised with how Rohit Sharma’s captaincy tenure has ended. After the completion of the opening Test between India and the West Indies, the national selectors named Shubman Gill as the new ODI skipper for the upcoming Australian tour. Gill is already the captain of the Test set-up. Incidentally, earlier in the year, with Rohit as the captain, India had won the 50-over Champions Trophy. “Rohit obviously has been replaced as a captain by Shubman, and Rohit is someone who holds a very good record in white-ball cricket. To be…

New Zealand have added experienced 29-year-old bowler Hannah Rowe to their ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup squad. She replaces young all-rounder Flora Devonshire, who has been ruled out of the tournament after she injured her hand during a training session at Holkar Stadium in Indore. “We’re all feeling for Flora; she worked hard to earn her spot in this squad and it’s a real shame her tournament is ending early,” head coach Ben Sawyer said, acknowledging the setback for the team. Devonshire, who is just 22 years old, cut her dominant hand during a fielding drill and she will need…

Usain Bolt, the legendary sprinter, has revealed that if he could build a relay team made up solely of cricketers, Indian star batter Virat Kohli would definitely be a part of it. The eight-time Olympic gold medallist, who is currently in India on a promotional tour, said he has always been a big fan of cricket and started his sporting journey as a fast bowler before switching to track and field. Speaking to India Today, Bolt revealed his team: “We have been talking about this. I think Kohli. He is definitely quick. I know Brett Lee, and I would say…

Australia A defeated India A by nine wickets with 50 balls to spare in the rain-curtailed second unofficial ODI, levelling the three-match series 1–1. Mackenzie Harvey was named Player of the Match for his unbeaten 70 off 49 balls. Abhishek Sharma, the highest run-scorer in the recently concluded Asia Cup 2025, failed to open his account in this match. Prabhsimran Singh also fell cheaply, scoring just one. At one point, India A were struggling at 17 for 3 after losing their captain Shreyas Iyer, who made 8. India’s hero in the Asia Cup final, Tilak Varma, then stitched together a…

Zimbabwe batter Brian Bennett became the first player in history to hit six boundaries in an over in T20 internationals. He achieved the feat while playing against Kenya in the second semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final. Bennett hit six fours in six consecutive balls in the fourth over of the innings, bowled by Lucas Ndandason. The 21-year-old batter played a brilliant innings and was instrumental in his team’s victory by seven wickets with five overs to spare against Kenya, which helped them to qualify for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 to be held…

Sri Lanka will face a formidable Australian side in Colombo on Saturday in the ongoing Women’s World Cup. After losing their opening match of the tournament against India, the Sri Lankan team will be looking to bounce back in their second game. Captain Chamari Athapaththu believes that facing the strongest teams early on will be beneficial for her team’s growth. “Yes, we’re playing against the two best teams in our first two games, but that’s really good for us,” Athapaththu said ahead of the match against Australia. “Because then we have some games against teams – like South Africa, New…

India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has added another feather to his cap as he became the sixth cricketer with six centuries in Test cricket and 300 wickets. Jadeja entered the club which already contains great players like India’s Kapil Dev and Ravichandran Ashwin, Daniel Vettori, New Zealand’s former captain, Imran Khan, Pakistan’s World Cup-winning captain, and Ian Botham, the England great. Jadeja achieved the feat against the West Indies when he completed his century in the first innings of the first Test played in Ahmedabad. Jadeja stitched a 204-run partnership with wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel that put India in a commanding position…

Ravindra Jadeja has transformed himself from a reliable spinner into one of most trusted middle-order Test batters for India. His performance has added depth and balance to the batting line-up in red-ball cricket. Jadeja reached a landmark during India’s first innings in the ongoing first Test against the West Indies in Ahmedabad. Coming in to bat after KL Rahul’s dismissal, he scored an unbeaten century. In the process, Jadeja crossed MS Dhoni’s mark of hitting 78 sixes in Test cricket. The southpaw, who hit one more for maximum, is third on the list of most sixes by an Indian in…