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Skipper R Sai Kishore‘s inner voice has played a big role in bringing Tamil Nadu this far but his decision to bat on a seaming wicket against Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy semifinal was wrong, said Tamil Nadu coach Sulakshan Kulkarni on Monday. In what turned out to be a surprising call which prompted reactions

File photo of Sunrisers Hyderabad in action© BCCI Sunrisers Hyderabad announced on Monday that Australian cricket team star Pat Cummins will be their captain for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Cummins, who was bought for a staggering price of Rs 20.5 crore in the auction, will replace South Africa international Aiden Markram as the captain.

Sourav Ganguly has opened up on his decision to replace Virat Kohli as captain.© Reuters Former BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has opened up on his decision to replace Virat Kohli with Rohit Sharma as the captain of the Indian men’s cricket team. Rohit replaced Virat as the full-time captain of India after the latter stepped

Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley on Saturday rebutted reports that India, England and his organisation had not paid attention to a draft presented to the International Cricket Council to save Test cricket. A report in the Sydney Morning Herald said that the three powerful boards were dismissive of a document compiled by New Zealand Cricket

Virat Kohli interaction with Pakistan cricket team stars© X (formerly Twitter) Pakistan cricket team star Agha Salman revealed that he texted Virat Kohli after his on-field spat with Gautam Gambhir during Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 and it later led to one of the most viral moments of Asia Cup 2023. In a recent interaction

Team England in action© AFP England will aim to end the five-match series against India on a high as the fifth match is slated to be played from March 7 in Dharamshala. The Rohit Sharma and co gained an unassailable lead 3-1 lead after registering a thumping five-wicket victory in the fourth Test in Ranchi.

WPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians Live Scorecard© BCCI/WPL RCB vs MI Live updates:Two of the strongest and most popular teams of WPL – Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians would go head-to-head against each other in their upcoming clash. The game would be also the clash of two of India’s most experienced

Glimpse of the hilarious video© Twitter A hilarious video went viral on social media, showing a showing a goof-up by a fielder which gifted a boundary to the batting team. The video is from an unknown cricket match, where a batter played a shot towards the long-on, in search of a boundary. A fielder ran

New Zealand vs Australia 1st Test Day 3 Live Score Updates:© AFP New Zealand vs Australia 1st Test Day 3 Live Score Updates: Usman Khawaja and overnight batter Nathan Lyon will resume the Australian innings on Saturday as the side will aim to regain control of the first Test match against New Zealand. Australia seized

All is not finished for Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan. The duo is in the headlines since the time they were excluded from the latest BCCI contracts. Despite being firmly in the BCCI’s scheme of things in the last couple of years, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were excluded. Their axing is being perceived as

Star all-rounder Cameron Green was involved in a hilarious incident on Day 2 of the ongoing first Test between New Zealand and Australia at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Friday. It happened in the third over of the morning session after Australia had resumed their innings at 279/9. New Zealand pacer Matt Henry bowled

Ravindra Jadeja going back to pavilion during the fourth day of the 4th Test vs England.© BCCI Former England captain Alastair Cook criticised the batting of India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja after the player failed to play a noticeable knock in the Ranchi Test. Jadeja, who batted at number 5 ahead of Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv

Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer missed out of Indian men’s cricket team central contracts, which were announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday. BCCI said that they didn’t consider Kishan and Iyer for the annual player retainership 2023-24, but didn’t specify the reason. For the unversed, Kishan took a

After opting out of domestic games, star India cricketers Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were axed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) of the Annual Central Contracts on Wednesday. The BCCI, in an official release, confirmed that Ishan and Iyer were not considered for the central contracts, finalised for the duration

The out-of-favour duo of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were excluded after ignoring the directive to play Ranji Trophy, while skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli expectedly retained their place in the top bracket as the BCCI unveiled its centrally-contracted players for this year on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Kishan did not turn up

In the BCCI’s Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the 2023-24 season, two prominent players were missing – Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer. Till very recently, the star Indian cricket team duo was part of the side. While Ishan Kishan was last part of the Test squad during India’s Tour of South

Ben Stokes reacts after his dismissal© BCCI England cricket team captain Ben Stokes was completely bamboozled by a stunning delivery from Kuldeep Yadav on Day 3 of the fourth Test match against India in Ranchi on Sunday. During the 33rd over of England’s second innings, the delivery from Kuldeep landed on the leg stump but

The bitter spat between Hanuma Vihari and Andhra Cricket Association took a fresh turn as the state body on Monday announced an inquiry against the senior batter, who had accused the ACA of forcing him to resign from captaincy at the start of the ongoing season. Drama unfolded after Andhra’s campaign in the Ranji Trophy