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Team India batter Tilak Varma recalled his maiden interaction with legend and former Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Rohit Sharma. Tilak made his IPL debut with MI in the 2022 season and has been with them ever since. The left-hander opened up on how it took three days before he could meet Rohit at the team hotel. He revealed that the former captain did not come to the hotel for the first two days. On the third day, he saw Rohit with his family near the breakfast area. As he was scared and nervous, ...Read More >
Rishabh Pant will lead India A against South Africa A in a four-day match. This marks Pant's return to competitive cricket after recovering from injury. The squad also features Sai Sudharsan as vice-captain. Several other players will join the team after the ODI series against Australia. The matches are scheduled to begin soon. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced the India A squad for four-day match against South Africa A. Leading India A as captain, Rishabh Pant i ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in its latest Bulletin, highlighted that corporate growth in India will be shaped by strengthening supply chains, improving cost efficiencies, and fostering technological innovations. The central bank noted that these factors will play a key role in maintaining competitiveness and shaping overall corporate performance in the years ahead. Also Read | Centre Notifies Gallantry Award Citations for Defence Personnel, Including H ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 21: India wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant was on Tuesday appointed captain of the national A side for a red-ball series against South Africa A after fully recovering from a foot fracture sustained during the tour of England. Pant had injured his foot while batting in the fourth Test at Manchester in July and subsequently was not part of the Asia Cup squad and more recently the two-Test home series against the West Indies. He was struck on his right toe by a Chris Woakes delive ...Read More >
New Delhi: Shubman Gill's ODI captaincy debut fell short of expectations, as India lost to Australia by seven wickets in a rain-affected match in Perth. Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first, and the Indian batting collapsed like a pack of cards. Rohit Sharma, who returned to the team after the Champions Trophy 2025, was dismissed for 8 runs, and Virat Kohli was dismissed without scoring. The decision to leave Kuldeep Yadav out was the most discussed after this defeat. The team manag ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 19: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) finds itself under fire for its apparent inaction in holding Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chief Mohsin Naqvi accountable for the bizarre Asia Cup 2025 trophy fiasco that continues to embarrass the continental body. According to multiple reports, Naqvi -- who also serves as Pakistan's Interior Minister -- has allegedly kept the Asia Cup trophy locked in the ACC office in Dubai, refusing t ...Read More >
Opening batter Kiran Navgire broke the record for the fastest century in women's T20 history with a 34-ball hundred in a domestic match in India. Navgire finished unbeaten on 106 off 35 balls as her Maharashtra side romped to a nine-wicket victory over Punjab in India's Senior Women's T20 Trophy. The 31-year-old former India batter shaved two balls off the previous record, held by New Zealand's Sophie Devine with her 36-ball ton for Wellington Blaze in January 2021. Navgire's innings at the V ...Read More >
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 18 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer Madan Lal has mourned the killing of three Afghanistan cricketers in "an attack carried out by the Pakistani regime" on Friday and said Afghanistan Board will decide on the course of action it wants to adopt on cricketing ties vis-a-vis its neighbour. Three local Afghanistan cricketers were among eight people who were killed in an airstrike in Paktika province. "How their three players died, it is a matter of grief. The r ...Read More >
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], October 18 (ANI): Kiran Navgire, the hard-hitting opener of Maharashtra and India, has rewritten the record books with the fastest century in women's T20 cricket. Playing in the Women's T20 Trophy on Friday, Navgire blasted a 34-ball hundred and went on to remain unbeaten on 106 off just 35 deliveries. Her whirlwind knock powered Maharashtra to a thumping win over Punjab in Nagpur, with eight overs remaining, as per ESPNcricinfo. Also Read | New Zealand Women vs P ...Read More >
On Friday, Suryakumar will be the guest at the Express Adda in his hometown Mumbai. He will be in conversation with Anant Goenka, Executive Director, The Indian Express Group, and Devendra Pandey, Deputy Associate Editor, The Indian Express. Only 15 months after inheriting India's T20 captaincy, Suryakumar Yadav has helped build a halo of fearlessness around his team of young cricketers -- more so, after India won the Asia Cup in Dubai last month after beating Pakistan in three politically char ...Read More >
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], October 18 (ANI): Kiran Navgire, the hard-hitting opener of Maharashtra and India, has rewritten the record books with the fastest century in women's T20 cricket. Playing in the Women's T20 Trophy on Friday, Navgire blasted a 34-ball hundred and went on to remain unbeaten on 106 off just 35 deliveries. Her whirlwind knock powered Maharashtra to a thumping win over Punjab in Nagpur, with eight overs remaining, as per ESPNcricinfo. Navgire's knock bettered the previ ...Read More >
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice-President Rajeev Shukla was in sync with head coach Gautam Gambhir about the backlash that young seamer Harshit Rana has been exposed to over his inclusion in the ODI series in Australia. Harshit is believed by many to be a favourite of Gambhir, and the reason behind this notion stems from the 23-year-old speedster's involvement across all formats. After chief selector Ajit Agarkar announced the contingent for India's white-ball tour of Austr ...Read More >
Varun Chakaravarthy shares insights from Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni and their different approaches to cricket. Indian spinner Varun Chakaravarthy recently shared his experiences with three of India's cricket legends -- Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and MS Dhoni -- on the 'Breakfast with Champions' show, hosted by Gaurav Kapur. He explained how each of them has a unique approach to the game and the advice they offered him. Varun described Rohit as "tactical," providing detailed strate ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Indian cricket team may not have received the trophy for winning the Asia Cup last month, but hosting the tournament will add net surplus revenue of over Rs 100 crore to the Indian cricket board's (BCCI) coffers. According to BCCI's annual budget for 2025-26, a copy of which is in possession of TOI, the board expects to retain a net surplus of around Rs 6700 crore for the financial year 2025-2026 even as it stares at a rocky future with the IPL valuation seeing a slump for the sec ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): India's mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy walked down memory lane as he shared a heartwarming story about his journey from being an ardent Chennai Super Kings fan to bowling to MS Dhoni himself. Chakravarthy made the remarks during an appearance on presenter Gaurav Kapur's popular web series, 'Breakfast with Champions.' The 34-year-old player recalled how his house was located between the team hotel and Chepauk Stadium, and how he once followed the CSK tea ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Following the Asia Cup triumph and the Test series win against West Indies at home, India will now switch to the 50-over format under the newly anointed ODI captain Shubman Gill in Australia. The series marks a new beginning for the Men in Blue with Gill replacing Rohit Sharma as captain and embarking on the journey towards the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa. The white-ball tour, which includes three ODIs and five T20Is, will also see the return of Sharma and Virat Kohli to India c ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Former Indian selector and coach Madan Lal expressed his complete faith in young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal's potential to become a mainstay across all formats, saying that if he were a selector, he would not drop the left-hander from any format. Madan Lal was speaking in a telltale interview on the Cricket Predicta TV Show. Speaking during the show, Madan said, "If I were a selector, I would never drop Jaiswal from any format. He is a genuine match-winner who ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) India duo of Abhishek Sharma and Smriti Mandhana have been named ICC Players of the Month for September. Abhishek, 25, was rewarded for his explosive run in the Asia Cup, where he amassed 314 runs in seven matches at an average of 44.85 and a blistering strike-rate of 200. His consistency and flair earned him the Player of the Tournament honour, and he also reached a career-high 931 rating points in the ICC Men's T20I Batting Rankings - the highest ever record ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Former cricketer-turned commentator Aakash Chopra prophesied India's final XI for the ODI series opener against Australia on Sunday with a couple of surprise ommission of a couple of key starters. Under the leadership of the newly crowned captain, Shubman Gill, India will begin fine-tuning the ODI side to find the perfect combination before the 2027 World Cup in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The first ODI at the Optus Stadium in Perth will officially m ...Read More >
Mysuru/Bengaluru: Hours after IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge Wednesday shared a video of a phone call in which an unidentified man, claiming affiliation with RSS, allegedly abused him in Hindi, home minister G Parameshwara said the govt has ordered an investigation. "We will find out who threatened the minister. We will identify the source," Parameshwara said. "A minister has the right to share his opinions. Threatening him for this is unacceptable. Action will be taken. Though tracking callers i ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 15: Out-of-favour India pacer Mohammed Shami grabbed three wickets in four balls in the fag end of the day to help Bengal bundle out Uttarakhand for 213 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C fixture, here Wednesday. In reply, Bengal made a jittery start as captain and India Test hopeful Abhimanyu Easwaran was dismissed in the first ball. The hosts ended the day at 8 for 1 in five overs, with Sudip Chatterjee (1 batting) and Sudip Kumar Gharami (7 batting) seeing t ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 15 (PTI) Out-of-favour India pacer Mohammed Shami grabbing three wickets in four balls in the fag end of the day to help Bengal bundle out Uttarakhand for 213 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C fixture, here Wednesday. In reply, Bengal made a jittery start as captain and India Test hopeful Abhimanyu Easwaran was dismissed in the first ball. The hosts ended the day at 8 for 1 in five overs, with Sudip Chatterjee (1 batting) and Sudip Kumar Gharami (7 batting) se ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Asia Cup not presented to the India after the latter's refusal to accept it from Asian Cricket Council chief Mohsin Naqvi, is in ACC's Dubai headquarters with "instructions that it should not be moved or handed over" without the Chairman's approval. The trophy is at the ACC office after Naqvi walked away with it from the presentation ceremony. This was in the wake of the Indian team refusing to accept it from him. Naqvi is also the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman and the I ...Read More >
Mumbai: Indian cricketer and 2025 Asia Cup champion Rinku Singh has reportedly received a threat from the underworld, according to the Mumbai Crime Branch. The investigation has revealed that Dawood Ibrahim-led D-Company sent multiple ransom demands earlier this year. Authorities confirmed that between February and April 2025, Rinku's promotional team received three extortion messages demanding ₹5 crore. Acting on the leads, police arrested two suspects, Mohammed Dilshad and Mohammed Naveed, fr ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - India captain Shubman Gill ruled out a drop in their intensity and said they will field their strongest playing XI in their pursuit of a 2-0 series sweep against a demoralised West Indies in the final test beginning on Friday. India thumped West Indies by an innings and 140 runs inside three days of the opening test in Ahmedabad and look on course to win their first test series under Gill's captaincy at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium. West Indies were blanked 3-0 by ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has dismissed the possibility of boycotting matches against Pakistan in future International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments, emphasizing that such fixtures remain a key part of global cricket. The clarification comes in response to comments by former England captain Mike Atherton, who recently urged the ICC to stop deliberately scheduling India-Pakistan matches in every major event for financial gain. In his column, Atherton argued ...Read More >
Kanpur: A century by opener Prabhsimran Singh and significant performances from captain Shreyas Iyer and Riyan Parag led India A to a two-wicket victory over Australia A in the third and final one-day match at the Green Park Stadium on Sunday. This win secured the three-match series at 2-1, eliciting enthusiastic applause from the Kanpur spectators.Australia A, batting first, recovered from an early collapse to score 316 runs in their 50 overs. In response, India A maintained their composure to ...Read More >
Mumbai, October 5: As India and Pakistan once again faced each other on the cricket field, this time during the ICC Women's ODI World Cup match, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur upheld the 'no handshake' policy in the group stage fixture against their arch-rivals here at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Sunday. At the toss, neither India's captain, Harmanpreet, nor Pakistan's captain, Fatima Sana, took the initiative to exchange the customary pleasantries. After Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl ...Read More >
Mumbai, October 5: India men's T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav believes the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side can extend their unbeaten streak against Pakistan to 12-0 in women's ODIs if they 'focus completely on playing good cricket'. India face Pakistan in a high-stakes group-stage clash of the 2025 Women's ODI World Cup in Colombo on Sunday. IND vs PAK, ICC Women's World Cup 2025: Former Indian Cricketer Sarandeep Singh Hopes Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma Shine in India vs Pakistan Clash. "Women's ...Read More >
Kanpur, Oct 3 (PTI) Tilak Varma made a strong claim for selection in India's 50-over format with an attractive 94 but Australia A came back strongly winning the rain-affected second List A game by nine wickets here on Friday. Riding on the high of his match-winning knock in the Asia Cup final against Pakistan, Tilak enhanced his credentials as a quality one-day batter in India A's modest total of 246. However, after a three-hour rain delay, Australia A were set a target of 160 in 25 overs via ...Read More >
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