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South Africa great AB de Villiers said that players like Virat Kohli should be celebrated for changing the game and expressed hope that the player would continue for another five years. “I want to remind you guys, that’s the kind of player you want to celebrate,” De Villiers said on his YouTube channel. “Allow him to find his balance in life towards the back end of his career. Just celebrate him. He has changed the game forever. He deserves a bit of a ‘thank you’, and hopefully you play for another five years. If you don’t, we are right behind…

India opener Pratika Rawal suffered knee and ankle injuries during the first innings of the last league game of the 2025 Women’s World Cup against Bangladesh in Navi Mumbai. The incident occurred during Bangladesh’s innings when Rawal hurt herself while fielding near the midwicket boundary. In the 21st over, Rawal’s right foot got stuck in the turf as she tried to stop a boundary but couldn’t. In the process, she twisted her ankle, fell to the ground, and appeared to be in severe pain. A stretcher was sent out immediately, but she managed to leave the field with assistance from…

Young Indian pacer Harshit Rana’s coach, Sharvan, has revealed that the Delhi-based cricketer wanted to silence his critics through his performances. There was a lot of talk about Rana’s selection in the team, but Sharvan said that head coach Gautam Gambhir knows how to identify talented young players. “He called me and told me that he wanted to silence the outside noise with his performances,” Sharvan told The Times of India. “I just said, believe in yourself. I know some cricketers say he is close to Gambhir, but Gambhir knows how to identify talent, and he backs them. He has…

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are set to name Abhishek Nayar as their head coach for the IPL 2026 season. According to a report on The Indian Express, Nayar has already been informed about the decision by the franchise and an official announcement is expected soon. Incidentally, in July 2025, he was named the head coach of UP Warriorz in the Women’s Premier League (WPL). The former India all-rounder had joined the KKR set-up in 2018 as the coach of their Academy in Mumbai. With him at the helm of affairs, he coached and built a good rapport with players like…

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…