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Dhananjaya de Silva and debutant fast bowler Milan Rathnayake both made fine fifties as Sri Lanka recovered from a dramatic top-order collapse on Wednesday’s opening day of the first Test against England at Old Trafford. Sri Lanka were in dire straits at 6-3 after skipper De Silva won the toss, losing their first three wickets

Pak vs Ban 1st Test live: Pakistan host Bangladesh in a 2-match Test series© X (Twitter) Pakistan vs Bangladesh 1st Test Live Score And Updates: Bangladesh got off to a flying start in the opening Test, as Pakistan were left tottering at 16/3. Star batter Babar Azam got out for a two-ball duck. Whenever the

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah is all set to replace the incumbent Greg Barclay as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), sources have confirmed to NDTV. Barclay told ICC directors, including Cricket Australia’s chair Mike Baird, that he has no intention of running for the

Yusuf Dikec and Kieron Pollard.© X (Twitter) The Paris Olympics 2024 has given sports lovers and fans around the world many memories to reminisce about. But perhaps the most iconic moment of the event did not come from a medal or a record, but from the shooting pose of Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikec, which has

File photo of Indian cricket team fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah© BCCI Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has always been considered as a captaincy option for the Indian cricket team and recently, he has also expressed his desire to lead the side. In a recent interaction, Bumrah said that it is high time that bowlers are looked at

File photo of Yuvraj Singh© YouTube Samoa wicket-keeper batter Darius Visser rewrote history by shattering the record of scoring the most runs in a single over in men’s T20I. During Samoa’s match against Vanuatu in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier A event on Tuesday, Visser garnered 39 runs

Ace off-spinner Nathan Lyon has already started his homework on rising batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal with England spinner Tom Hartley‘s inputs on the southpaw safely stored in his memory bank ahead of the five-Test Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia starting from November 22. Jaiswal, who scored a century on debut in the West Indies

Rinku Singh in action© BCCI India batter Rinku Singh is an aggressive batter, who gained widespread recognition for his powerful hitting. Rinku came into the limelight after he took Kolkata Knight Riders to victory after smashing five sixes in an over against Yash Dayal of Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023. He then made his international

The upcoming season of Duleep Trophy will be a great spectacle as many big names from India’s senior men’s team will be featuring in the domestic league. While senior stars including skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and R Ashwin received exemptions, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill are among the ones

File photo of Rishabh Pant.© AFP The BCCI on August 14 named the squads for the first round of Duleep Trophy 2024-25. With the four-team tournament set to start on September 5, India’s wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will be marking his return to red-ball cricket. Pant has been picked in ‘Team B’ and it is interesting

Josh Hazlewood in action© AFP Australia fast-bowler Josh Hazlewood has conceded the hosts’ are itching to clinch a Border-Gavaskar Trophy series win at home as that’s the only one box which is left to be ticked off by them. After beating India 2-0 in the 2014/15 series, Australia have endured a drought of winning the

File image of Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah© Twitter Hardik Pandya endured a tough time at the IPL after he was named the captain of the Mumbai Indians replacing Rohit Sharma. Wherever he went, Hardik Pandya was booed by the fans. Mumbai Indians’ lackluster display in the IPL 2024 did not help matters. The five-time

Former captain Nasser Hussain thinks Ollie Pope’s appointment as England Test skipper for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka augurs well for the side ahead of the all-important Ashes happening next year in Australia. Pope was made England captain for the Sri Lanka series starting on August 21 as Ben Stokes was ruled out due

WI vs SA 2nd Test Day 3 Live Updates© AFP WI vs SA 2nd Test Day 3 Live Updates: Half-centuries by Aiden Markram at the top of the innings and Kyle Verreynne at the end of the day put South Africa in charge of the second Test against the West Indies on Friday. At stumps

File photo of Shreyas Iyer (left) and Ishan Kishan.© AFP The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made it mandatory for all the centrally contracted players, who are fit and off national duty, to participate in domestic cricket. Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are the ones who have already been at the

Ishan Kishan has made a remarkable return to red-ball cricket. He is playing for Jharkhand against Madhya Pradesh in the ongoing Buchi Babu tournament in Tamil Nadu. On his first day of action, the star was quite impressive with his glovework behind the stumps as Madhya Pradesh won the toss and opted to bat first.

With Jay Shah, the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ruling out India hosting the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as a potential host for the tournament. At the same time, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has asked for more time to save

File photo of Babar Azam.© AFP Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali took a dig at the International Cricket Council (ICC) after star batter Babar Azam retained his place at the top of the ODI rankings. Despite not playing an ODI since November 2023, Babar kept his place at the top, followed by three Indian stars