File photo of Saqib Mahmood© AFP England fast-bowler Saqib Mahmood has finally been granted his visa for the side’s upcoming white-ball tour of India, starting with the T20I series opener in Kolkata on January 22. A report in Daily Mail said Mahmood was told on Thursday morning that his visa was granted and … Read more
File photo of the Women’s Premier League trophy© BCCI/WPL The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday unveiled the schedule for the much-awaited TATA Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025. The third edition of the world’s premier women’s T20 league will be held in four cities – Baroda, Bengaluru, Lucknow, and … Read more
The stage is set for the highly anticipated International Masters League (IML), with the inaugural edition beginning from February 22nd to March 16th, 2025. Season 1 of the IML will witness the rekindling of rivalries, with all-time greats representing cricketing powerhouses like India, Sri Lanka, Australia, England, South Africa, and the West Indies. … Read more
Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav started to practice in nets as he prepares for a Team India comeback ahead of the white-ball series against England started from January 22 and the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. Taking to Instagram, Kuldeep shared a video of him bowling in the nets, looking fully “locked in” in his … Read more
Former India batter Yuvraj Singh reckons a player struggling for form should always return to playing domestic cricket irrespective of his stature in the national team amid the raging debate on whether stars like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma should show up in Ranji Trophy matches. The clamour for Rohit and Kohli playing … Read more
“Who wouldn’t want it, Bhaiyya?”. It was all that a shy Akash Deep could blurt out when Virat Kohli asked if he would like to own one of his bats that ultimately scripted a rare happy memory in an otherwise devastating tour of Australia for Team India. The newest pace bowling workhorse in … Read more
File image of Virat Kohli (right) and his wife Anushka Sharma.© AFP The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are reportedly set to take some major steps as it aims to address the slump in form for Team India, and one of those will reportedly be curbing the number of days … Read more
Amid all the criticism on Rohit Sharma’s captaincy following the 1-3 drubbing in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, India right-arm pacer Akash Deep heaped praise on the opener’s leadership style, saying he hasn’t seen a captain like him till now. Rohit faced continuous flak for his monotonous captaincy and underwhelming batting on the Australia … Read more
File image of Devdutt Padikkal (centre).© AFP Left-handed India batter Devdutt Padikkal heads a list of elite Indian cricketers in 50-over cricket, even above ODI great Virat Kohli. Padikkal boasts a sensational statistic that puts him miles clear of Kohli, Rohit Sharma and other greats of the 50-over game. The 24-year-old, who represents … Read more