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It was not long ago here in Mumbai that Harmanpreet Kaur juggled a day job as a railway clerk with the grueling training sessions as a young member of India's national women's cricket team. Away from her family and her hometown in Punjab, Ms. Kaur began her days at dawn -- long hours of shuttling from a morning practice to work and back again to an evening training session. Lunch was a bite on the train. Her biggest anxiety: Not finishing evening practice before the rush hour and the departure ...Read More >
Amanjot Kaur took a crucial catch dismissing Wolvaardt and was vital in India's win Team India scripted history on Sunday night as Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. clinched their maiden ICC Women's ODI World Cup title in Navi Mumbai. Up against South Africa, India posted a total of 298/7 in 50 overs, with Shafali Verma scoring 87. Later, the Proteas gave a tough fight but were eventually bundled out for 246, with Shafali taking two wickets. The 21-year-old star bagged the Player of the Match award for ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Women in Blue have created history. After 52 long years since the first Women's World Cup, India has finally brought the trophy home. The team's victory has united the nation in celebration, marking a golden chapter in Indian sports. From cheering crowds to emotional messages online, it's a win that goes beyond the boundary. However, amid the celebrations, an old tweet from former BCCI chief N. Srinivasan has once again gone viral. The tweet, which reportedly read "I wouldn't let ...Read More >
Mumbai: The world cup-winning Indian women's cricket team will receive a cash prize of Rs 51 crores, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced. The team, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, crushed South Africa by 52 runs in the final of ICC Women's ODI World Cup at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday evening. This was the first ODI World Cup victory for the Indian women's side though they had reached the finals in 2005 and 2017. The victory brought cheer to Indians with c ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mithali Raj, former India captain and a pioneer of the game, shared a post praising the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) for their efforts behind bringing women's cricket to the forefront after the Indian women's team lifted their maiden World Cup trophy. After the presentation ceremony concluded, the team's celebrations peaked when they started a victory lap, with legends of the game - Mithali, Jhulan Gos ...Read More >
India A vs South Africa A Live Streaming 1st Unofficial Test: Rishabh Pant returns to action from the first time since the England tour as India A take on South Africa in the first unofficial Test in Bengaluru on Thursday. Pant, who has been out of action due to a foot fracture, walks into the India 'A' team as skipper. Apart from Pant, eyes will also be on how vice-captain Sai Sudharsan fares after having a decent series as a number three batter against the West Indies. Devdutt Padikkal and N J ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], October 31 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel flagged off the 'Sardar@150 Unity March' organised by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. On this occasion, he offered floral tributes to the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and paid heartfelt homage to the Iron Man of India, the architect of a united and integrated nation, on his 150th birth anniversary. He stated that under the leadership of Prime ...Read More >
IMAGE: India players observe a two-minute silence in memory of Ben Austin before the start of the 2nd T20I between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Photograph: BCCI The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) fell silent on Friday as players from India and Australia, along with match officials and staff, paid an emotional tribute to 17-year-old cricketer Ben Austin, who tragically lost his life after being struck on the neck during a training session earlier this week. Wearing black ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Deepika Padukone, who has been a strong advocate for mental health awareness, reacted to cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues' recent revelation about battling anxiety. The 'Om Shanti Om' actress, known for openly sharing her own struggles with depression in the past, praised Jemimah for her honesty and courage in speaking up, highlighting the importance of conversations around mental well-being in sports and beyond. Taking to her Instagram Stories, Deepika Paduko ...Read More >
New Delhi: India and Australia's men wore black armbands on Friday to honour teenage cricketer Ben Austin. The tribute came before the second T20I being played in Melbourne, with both teams and support staff lining up in silence. The BCCI confirmed the gesture on X, posting a picture of both squads on the outfield. Live commentary also recorded the moment, noting the armbands on players from both camps and the brief pause before play. The remembrance follows a similar gesture by the women's te ...Read More >
New Delhi: Star India legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar has shared a touching celebration idea for semifinal hero Jemimah Rodrigues. The former India captain expressed his wish to sing a song alongside Jemimah, who plays the guitar, if India secures victory over South Africa in the Women's World Cup final in Navi Mumbai. "If India win the World Cup, she and I -- if she's okay with it-will sing a song together. She'll have her guitar, and I'll sing along," Gavaskar said on Sports Today. "We actual ...Read More >
IMAGE: Spinner Tanush Kotian took 4 for 83 on Day 1 of the four-day match against South Africa A in Bengaluru on Thursday. Photograph: Tanush Kotian/Instagram South Africa A resisted through a century-stand between Jordan Hermann and Zubayr Hamza, but India A spinners, led by Tanush Kotian, plucked wickets at regular intervals to keep the visitors to 299 for nine on the first day of the opening four-day match in Bengaluru on Thursday. Hermann (71) and Hamza (66) shared a 130-run stand for the ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A late comeback from India A bowlers resulted in South Africa A being reduced to 299-9 at stumps on Day 1 of the first unofficial Test between the two teams being played here at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1. Anshul Kamboj set the tone by providing an early breakthrough to start the proceedings and dismissed Lesego Senokwane in the fourth over. What followed was complete dominance by the South African batters, as opener Jordan Hermann and top-order batter Zubayr Hamza formed ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday updated about Shreyas Iyer's injury to his left lower rib cage while taking a catch during the third ODI against Australia in Sydney. As per a statement released by BCCI, a repeat scan was done on October 28, which has shown significant improvement in Shreyas's fitness, and he is on the road to recovery. The BCCI Medical Team, in consultation with specialists in Sydney and India, will continue to m ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Ahead of the first T20 against Australia, former Team Indian assistant coach Abhishek Nayar reflected on India's T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav's poor form with the bat. BCCI passed down the captaincy mantle to Suryakumar after Rohit Sharma hung up his boots in the T20Is following the conclusion of India's unbeaten T20 World Cup-winning campaign last year. With the captaincy responsibilities on his shoulders, the 34-year-old has played 22 T20 matches, scoring ...Read More >
It has been nearly eight months since veteran pacer Mohammed Shami last played for India. The 35-year-old spearheaded the pace department as India won the 2025 Champions Trophy in March. However, Shami's international career faces uncertainty after recently criticised the selectors over a lack of communication following his snub from the squad for the ongoing white-ball tour of Australia. Reacting to his allegation, BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar clarified that Shami was not picked in the squa ...Read More >
Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar demanded swift punishment for the man who harassed the players. "You lock him up and throw the keys away. That's the only way such criminals should be treated," he told India Today TV channel. But Vijayvargiya, who looks after urban development and housing and parliamentary affairs in the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, seemed to put some of the onus on the players themselves to ensure they remained safe. "Whenever a player steps out, just like wh ...Read More >
India's hopes in the Women's World Cup have taken a blow as star opener Pratika Rawal has been sidelined with injuries to her knee and ankle following an intense match against Bangladesh. Shafali Verma is called to action as Rawal's replacement just in time for the semifinal showdown against Australia. Navi Mumbai: In a major blow to India, in-form opener Pratika Rawal was on Monday ruled out of the remainder of the Women's World Cup after injuring her knee and ankle during the game against Ban ...Read More >
New Delhi(PTI): India's ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer, who suffered a ruptured spleen and rib cage injury during the third ODI against Australia, has been shifted out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Sydney hospital and is now in a stable condition, easing concerns over his health. "He has been shifted out of ICU and may take a few more days before he is discharged from hospital in Sydney," a BCCI source privy to the development told PTI on condition of anonymity. Iyer sustained a lower l ...Read More >
Mumbai, October 28: India T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav shared an update on Shreyas Iyer, who was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Sydney hospital after sustaining a spleen laceration, saying the batter is stable and was replying to the messages over phone. Shreyas Iyer suffered the injury while taking the catch of Australia wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carry during the third ODI against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He was immediately taken to the hospital for further evaluation and ...Read More >
Temba Bavuma will be back to lead South Africa's Test side in their two-match series against India next month after recovering from a calf strain. Bavuma missed the start of their World Test Championship title defence against Pakistan after sustaining the injury in England in September. He will not play in any of the white-ball matches that start in Pakistan this week but will be in a South African A side to play India A in a first-class match in Bengaluru before joining up with the Test squad. ...Read More >
The India opener is looking for match-practice in red ball cricket, in preparation of the South Africa Tests INDIA opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has informed Sanjay Patil, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) chairman of selection committee, that he will be available for Mumbai's next Ranji Trophy match against Rajasthan to be played in Jaipur from November 1. This will be his first match for Mumbai, since his decision at the end of last season, to quit on Mumbai and a subsequent about-turn. Jaiswa ...Read More >
IMAGE: Saransh Jain's (103*) and Yash Dubey's (159) has taken Madhya Pradesh's total to 355/9 at stumps on Day 3 with a lead of 95 runs. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Nagaland's Nischal, Lemtur slam centuries to frustrate TN in Ranji Trophy Underdogs Nagaland showed they are made of sterner stuff as their batters fought tooth and nail all day to score 365/5 and frustrate Tamil Nadu who would be fancying their chances of enforcing a follow-on after a mammoth 512-run first-innings total in a Ranji ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi cricket has been yearning for consistency with the bat in first-class cricket over the past few years. Sanat Sangwan is fast becoming the bankable batter who can provide a strong base with his solid technique as an opener.On Saturday, his 79 off 170 laid a perfect foundation for the rest of the Delhi batters to post another big score in their Ranji Trophy match against Himachal Pradesh at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.He may not have kicked on to emulate his unbeaten double hundred i ...Read More >
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said he was 'very, very sad' to hear about the Indore molestation case of two Australian women cricketers who are here for the 2025 World Cup. He said it was a 'heinous incident', hoping that the perpetrator was 'punished severely' with significant prison time. Two Australian women cricketers were followed and one molested by a man in the capital of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday morning. The incident occurred near Khajrana Road when the players were walking to a ...Read More >
Getting dropped from the Indian national cricket team is like being pushed off a cliff. You do the hard yards and climb all the way up to the top, only for a lapse or two to cost you dear. Karun Nair is the latest to experience this harsh reality. After two glorious seasons for Vidarbha, during which he totalled 1,553 runs and helped his side win the Ranji Trophy last season, he received an India call-up after seven years for this summer's tour to England. But the 205 runs he made from eight i ...Read More >
Navi Mumbai: In a big blow to India's campaign, with just 48 hours to go before their 2025 Women's ODI World Cup semifinal clash against mighty Australia at the DY Patil Stadium, in-form opener Pratika Rawal was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament due to knee and ankle injuries she sustained during India's final league-stage match against Bangladesh at the same venue on Sunday night. While the match was abandoned due to unrelenting, unseasonal rain, Rawal twisted her ankle in the 21st o ...Read More >
Rain prevented a result between Bangladesh and co-hosts India in the final group stage game of the Women's World Cup as persistent rain had the final say in Navi Mumbai. Chasing an adjusted target of 126 under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method after the game was reduced to 27 overs per side, India were 57-0 when the match officials were forced to call off the dead rubber. Smriti Mandhana, the tournament's highest run scorer, hit an unbeaten 34 to keep her purple patch going but an injury to her ...Read More >
IMAGE: India's Head Coach Gautam Gambhir and T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav at a training session on Monday, ahead of their opening T20I against Australia on Wednesday. Photograph: BCCI/X India's head coach Gautam Gambhir is not perturbed by T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav's poor form, as "failures are inevitable" when the team is focussed on playing an ultra-aggressive brand of cricket. While India won the Asia Cup tournament last month in the UAE under his captaincy, Suryakumar's own form with ...Read More >
IMAGE: India's Shreyas Iyer reacts in pain after taking a catch to dismiss of Australia's Alex Carey as India's Kuldeep Yadav looks on during the 3rd ODI against Australia in Sydney on Saturday. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters India batter Shreyas Iyer has been admitted to hospital following a injury during the third ODI against Australia in Sydney. On Monday, in a statement, BCCI revealed a laceration injury to the spleen. 'He is under treatment, medically stable, and recovering well. The B ...Read More >
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