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17Apr By source belowNo Comments

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Ahead of England tour, BCCI removes Abhishek Nayar, T Dilip as coaches of Indian team

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has removed two of its coaching staff — assistant coach Abhishek Nayar and fielding coach T Dilip with immediate effect. Alongside the two, strength and conditioning coach Soham Desai is also on the way out with the men’s team set to have a new masseur as well going into the tour of England in June. The Indian Express understands that the BCCI took the decision on the back of the team’s performance in Australia, where they lost the Test series 1-3. Among the lot who have been removed, Nayar joined the team as an assistant coach last year alongside head coach Gautam Gambhir. Dilip has been part of the set up since Rahul Dravid’s tenure was given an extension till March this year. In place of Desai, the BCCI has roped in Adrian Le Roux who is ...

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11Apr By source belowNo Comments

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Can a derailed SRH put things back on track?

A common thread between Adam Gilchrist and David Warner, apart from being Australians, is they have captained a Hyderabad-based franchise to IPL title in their second season. Another Australian, Pat Cummins, is also in his second season as Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper. It had all looked promising at the start—the hyper-aggressive brand of batting, and the reinforcements in the auction, all pointed towards another excellent season. But last Sunday, against Gujarat Titans, the stands were half-empty with still quite a bit of game remaining. That was SRH’s fourth consecutive loss in a row. The ballistic Travishek combo, which was the key behind SRH winning most of their games last season, is yet to fire this season. Nitish Kumar Reddy after his promising last season and heroics in Australia in...

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10Apr By source belowNo Comments

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Cricket in 2028 Olympics: Organisers confirm six teams to participate at LA Games

When cricket returns to the Olympic Games after 128 years at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, only six teams will be in contention for the coveted gold medal. Last played in the Olympics as a one-off match in Paris in 1900, cricket will be part of the LA 2028 Games as well as in Brisbane four years later in 2032. Organisers confirmed on Wednesday that the LA tournament would be played in the T20 format with six teams competing in both the men’s and women’s competitions. Consequently, 90 player quotas have been allocated for each gender, allowing every team to name a 15-member squad. Story continues below this ad Qualification criteria for the 2028 Games are yet to be confirmed for the cricket tournament. There are 12 Full-Member Nations under the International Cricket Counci...

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8Apr By source belowNo Comments

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MI vs RCB: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar pile up a run mountain, Krunal Pandya wins battle of brothers

Hardik Pandya threatened a grand heist with a sensational 15-ball 42 but RCB prevailed in a thriller, winning by 12 runs. Virat Kohli sizzled with a classy fifty, Rajat Patidar sparkled with a spunky half ton as RCB piled 221 and managed to get past Hardik and Tilak Varma to register a special win.RCB had lost their last six games at the Wankhede stadium but they breached the fortress with a scintillating batting display and by holding their nerves in the chase. Kohli turned on the run tap with an innings of quality, repeatedly taking on the bowlers before Patidar gave them a dream finish. The leggie Suyash Sharma held Mumbai back in the middle overs but Hardik and Tilak nearly seized the night until Josh Hazlewood and Krunal Pandya intervened to stop them at 209/9. Finally, a proper rolle...

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17Mar By source belowNo Comments

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IPL: When Shane Warne made Ravindra Jadeja get off team bus and walk to the hotel

Ravindra Jadeja is one of the biggest stars in the Indian Premier League. The all-rounder is currently one on the core members of the Chennai Super Kings franchise. But before he played for CSK, he was a up-and-coming player in the Rajasthan Royals ranks, where spin legend Shane Warne took him under his wing and nicknamed him a “rockstar”. That team, with Jadeja and Warne, won the inaugural IPL title. In his autobiography, No Spin, Warne wrote that given Jadeja’s talent he used to give the left-handed all-rounder a “longer rope” than other players. But eventually, he had to discipline Jadeja. As Warne wrote, “We loved him (Jadeja) from the minute we saw his approach and enthusiasm. There was a bit of ‘boy wonder’ in him so we gave him a longer leash than most, but his lack of discipline...

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9Mar By source belowNo Comments

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Rohit Sharma says he’s ‘not going to retire from this format’ after India win Champions Trophy

India captain Rohit Sharma cleared the air on his rumoured retirement plans by telling journalists at the post-match press conference that he has no plans to retire. “One more thing: I’m not going to retire from this format. Just to make sure that no rumours are spread moving forward,” Rohit Sharma said at the end of the press conference on Sunday after he had guided India to its third Champions Trophy title. Thanks to a 76 from him at the top of the innings, India chased down New Zealand’s 252-run target with an over to spare and four wickets in hand. In the previous games, Rohit Sharma had been losing his wicket after getting starts for India as he tried to bully the opening bowlers of opposition teams. That approach clicked on Sunday in the final, when India needed it to work the most...

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2Mar By source belowNo Comments

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Champions Trophy: Glenn Phillips leaves Virat Kohli stunned with yet another incredible flying catch

IND vs NZ Champions Trophy 2025: Perhaps the best fielder in the world right now, certainly the best catcher, New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips has made a habit of taking blinders and he did so again in the Champions Trophy match against India to dismiss Virat Kohli in Dubai on Sunday. The Indian, playing his 300th ODI, was dismissed on 11 and left wondering how on earth Phillips managed to grab that, with a reaction of 0.62 seconds. IND vs NZ LIVE Cricket Score, Full Scorecard: Watch Here Before the match, Phillips was asked in the press conference about the incredible catches he takes. Jokingly, a reporter, wondered: ‘Any particular glue stick you use?’ Philllips, the understated New Zealand cricketer that he is, said: “I think a great deal of luck comes involved. I wish I could say that I’ve...

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2Mar By source belowNo Comments

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India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score, Champions Trophy 2025: IND take on NZ with Group A top spot up for grabs in Dubai

India’s captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir and others during a practice session ahead of a One Day International (ODI) cricket match of the ICC Champions Trophy between India and New Zealand, at ICC Academy Ground No 2 , in Dubai, UAE, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) A final before real final? India meet their big tournament nemesis New Zealand The highly anticipated India vs. New Zealand Champions Trophy clash is set to reignite old rivalries at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Three days after New Zealand's arrival, the teams finally meet, promising a compelling encounter with significant implications. While both India and New Zealand have secured their semi-final berths, this match is far from inconsequential. It's being touted as a potential "fina...

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27Feb By source belowNo Comments

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Pakistan vs Bangladesh LIVE Cricket Score, Champions Trophy 2025: Rawalpindi rain in focus; PAK vs BAN Toss, Playing XI updates

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26Feb By source belowNo Comments

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WPL 2025, MI-W vs UPW-W Live Cricket Streaming: When and where to watch Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz match?

MI-W vs UPW-W WPL 2025 Live Cricket Score Streaming Online: The UP Warriorz who are coming off a thrilling Super Over victory against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru have another tough task in hand when they face a formidable Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru on Wednesday. UP, who are currently 4th in the table will look to leapfrog their opponents MI to third by clinching another famous win.The Deepti Sharma-led outfit who started the tournament stuttering have bounced back with two huge wins against RCB and Delhi Capitals. With RCB match’s hero Sophie Ecclestone in hot form along with allrounder Tahlia McGrath, UP will look to complete a trifecta against Harmanpreet Kaur’s Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians, meanwhile, have Nat Sciver-Brunt and Harmanpreet in fine form with the cap...

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26Feb By source belowNo Comments

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England vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Champions Trophy 2025: ENG vs AFG in virtual knockout match in Lahore; Toss, Playing XI updates

Australia's Josh Inglis celebrates after scoring century during the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between Australia and England, in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP) ICC Champions Trophy: Australia find an Inglis hero in record chase against England Josh Inglis delivered a spectacular, match-winning century, propelling Australia to a thrilling five-wicket victory against England in Lahore. Inglis's unbeaten 120* off 86 balls, characterized by powerful sixes in his favored scoring zone, guided Australia to chase down a daunting 352 with 15 balls to spare. A graphic during the broadcast highlighted Inglis's tendency to score heavily between point and midwicket, and he capitalized on this strength, hitting three crucial sixes in that region. His innings featured powerful shots against England's pac...

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24Feb By source belowNo Comments

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International stars only participated, not involved: Mumbai chief selector Patil

Blaming the international stars’ lack of interest for Mumbai’s inability to defend the Ranji Trophy title, Mumbai chief selector Sanjay Patil has requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and national selection panel to personally monitor international cricketers’ performance when they are forced to turn up in domestic cricket.“First I congratulate Ajit Agarkar (chief national selector), Jay Shah (former BCCI secretary) and all the BCCI authorities who forced all the big cricketers to represent their own State teams. Every cricketer owes most of his achievements to his own State,” Patil told The Hindu after Mumbai’s semifinal exit in the Ranji Trophy. “But whenever all the internationals were made to play domestic cricket, they merely participated in these games instead of...

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20Feb By source belowNo Comments

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Champions Trophy: As Mohammed Shami strikes in first over of IND vs BAN, his comeback tale – ‘Was scared to put my foot on ground…’

IND vs BAN Champions Trophy 2025: It didn’t take long for Mohammed Shami to make his mark at the ICC Champions Trophy. After a stunning run at the last ICC event he played, leading India’s charge at the home ODI World Cup, Shami spent a long time away from the game. But in Dubai on Thursday, he started off on a perfect note, that famous upright seam resulting in a wicket in the first over against Bangladesh as Soumya Sarkar edged one behind to KL Rahul. “In the absence of Bumrah, you want someone to stand up and Shami has done it in the first over. It’s that seam position again, isn’t it? We have seen it go down absolutely perfect,” former England captain Nasser Hussain said on air. The journey back hasn’t been easy on Shami. “From being in great form during the World Cup to suddenly fin...

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19Feb By source belowNo Comments

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Shardul Thakur to join Essex for County Championship Division One

India all-rounder Shardul Thakur will play seven matches for County team Essex in Division One from the beginning of the 2025 season, the club announced on Tuesday. File photo | Photo Credit: ATUL YADAV India all-rounder Shardul Thakur will play seven matches for County team Essex in Division One from the beginning of the 2025 season, the club announced on Tuesday.The 33-year-old Thakur, who has so far played 11 Tests, 47 ODIs and 25 T20Is over the last eight years, will be playing in the English country circuit for the first time.Thakur has been in rich form both with the bat and the ball, having scored 51 and 119 for his second First-Class century last month against Jammu and Kashmir, followed by a brisk 84 ...

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19Feb By source belowNo Comments

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ICC approves Jamieson as replacement for Ferguson in NZ’s CT squad

Kyle Jamieson will replace injured pacer Lockie Ferguson in New Zealand’s squad for the Champions Trophy. File photo | Photo Credit: ANDREW BOYERS Kyle Jamieson will replace injured pacer Lockie Ferguson in New Zealand's squad for the Champions Trophy after the ICC Event Technical Committee approved the change on the eve of their campaign-opener against Pakistan here on Wednesday. Thirty-year-old Jamieson, who has played 13 ODIs, was named as a replacement after Ferguson was ruled out due to an injury to his right foot. This will be Jamieson's first ODI match since playing against Bangladesh in September 2023, and the first international appearance after the first Test against South Africa in February last yea...

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18Feb By source belowNo Comments

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Inzamam Ul Haq on terror attack on Sri Lanka in 2009: ‘We were punished for 10 years… Our cricket went backwards’

The ICC Champions Trophy will mark the return of big-ticket cricket to Pakistan after nearly three decades. The last mega, multi-team event hosted by Pakistan was the 1996 World Cup, which Pakistan co-hosted with Sri Lanka and India. Many cricketing nations avoided touring Pakistan after the 2009 terror attack where the Sri Lankan cricket team had come under attack from terrorists. “The events of 2009 feel like a bad dream,” former Pakistan captain Inzamam Ul Haq said recently while talking about the terror attack on Sri Lanka. “We were punished for 10 years. Our cricket went backwards.” Story continues below this ad The Pakistan national team hosted its ‘home’ games in the United Arab Emirates before teams started to reluctantly travel to Pakistan from 2018. What had ha...

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14Feb By source belowNo Comments

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MI vs DC, WPL 2025 Live Score Streaming: When and where to watch Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals match

Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals, WPL 2025 Live Score Streaming: The finalists of the first season of the Women’s Premier League will face off again on Saturday as Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians take on Meg Lanning’s Delhi Capitals. On that fateful night, Mumbai Indians would defeat Delhi Capitals to be crowned the inaugural WPL champions. Delhi would reach the final again last year but this time around, they were defeated by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru while Mumbai Indians couldn’t get past RCB in the play-off. Both teams have been the most consistent in the WPL and in head to head stats, Mumbai just edges Delhi 3-2. Coming into the match, the Mumbai Indians suffered an injury blow when Pooja Vastrakar was ruled out of the WPL with an injury and was replaced by u19 World Cup winn...

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14Feb By source belowNo Comments

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Pakistan vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score, Tri-Series Final: PAK will take on NZ in Karachi

New Zealand's Glenn Phillips, center, and teammates congratulate each other on the end of the tri-series ODI cricket match between Pakistan and New Zealand at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP) Squads Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Khushdil Shah, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (C & WK), Salman Agha, Kamran Ghulam, Tayyab Tahir, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Hasnain, Usman Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Saud Shakeel. New Zealand: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (WK), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner (C), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, William O’Rourke, Ben Sears, Michael Bracewell, Will Young, Mark Chapman. Source link

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14Feb By source belowNo Comments

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In search of baseball players for Olympics & Asiad, SAI may look at cricket

TURNING ‘RAW’ Indian cricketers into baseball players was a project that once inspired a Hollywood film. Seventeen years after the story of two aspiring fast bowlers from Uttar Pradesh airlifted to the US by Major League Baseball talent scouts was made into a sports movie, Million Dollar Arm, the idea is back —this time, with a push from the government.To address the drought in the player pool in two events that are going unrepresented in the Asian Games and the Olympics, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) is exploring the possibility of a talent transfer from cricket to baseball — a men’s-only sport at the multi-discipline events — and its women’s variant, softball. Still at an ideation stage, the proposal was discussed during the meeting of the high-powered Mission Olympic Cell (MOC), w...

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12Feb By source belowNo Comments

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India vs England LIVE Cricket Score, 3rd ODI: Can India clean sweep England at Ahmedabad?

Rohit Sharma (c) of India during the 2nd ODI match between India and England held at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India on the 9th February 2025. (Sportzpics) India vs England ODI series: In his whirlwind century, Rohit Sharma showed he knows how to construct an innings Doubts surrounding Rohit Sharma's ODI form were emphatically silenced on Sunday as the Indian captain smashed a 90-ball 119 against England in the second ODI at Barabati Stadium.  His innings, featuring seven towering sixes, was a blend of calculated aggression and masterful execution, leading India to victory. Two shots early in his innings signaled Rohit's intent. A flicked six off Gus Atkinson in the second over and a powerful hit over long-off against Saqib Mahmood in the fifth over showcased his signature strokeplay ...

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6Feb By source belowNo Comments

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VIDEO: U19 World Cup winning captain Niki Prasad receives warm welcome from Delhi Capitals teammates

India internationals and former U19 World Cup winning players lined up to welcome Niki Prasad, the 19-year-old who led her side to the title at the recent tournament in Malaysia. India were crowned ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 champions for the second time in two editions, with a nine-wicket win over South Africa. Shafali Verma, who was the captain of the first ICC Women’s U19 World Cup winning side, was among the DC players who welcomed Niki. The youngster was picked up at the recent auction for Women’s Premier League for 10 lakh. Titas Sadhu, who was the player of the match in the final couple of years back, also lined up to get an autograph. Watch the video here: “Hum karenge uska welcome” When world champion Niki Prasad was welcomed by her DC seniors pic.twitter.com/QGM6e...

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6Feb By source belowNo Comments

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The Hundred: Why Sunrisers Hyderabad’s deal to take over Northern Superchargers is unique so far

Sunrisers Hyderabad have acquired the Northern Superchargers for £100 million, becoming the third IPL franchise to own stakes in a team in the Hundred. But unlike the other two instances, Sun Group’s successful bid is the first case of a 100% takeover as Yorkshire has became the first team to agree to sell their entire stake in The Hundred, according to BBC. Earlier, Mumbai Indians had bought 49% ownership of Oval Invincibles, while Lucknow Super Giants purchased a reported 70% in the Manchester Originals.“We are delighted to be entering into an exclusivity period with the SUN Group, and will be continuing our conversations with them in the coming weeks with a view to setting the Northern Superchargers up for long-term and sustained success,” Yorkshire CCC’s chief executive officer Sanjay ...

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26Jan By source belowNo Comments

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Coldplay in Ahmedabad: Chris Martin sings personalised song for Jasprit Bumrah as pacer blushes

Days after British rock band Coldplay showed a clip of Jasprit Bumrah bowling against the England cricket team during a concert in India, there was another tribute from the band for the world’s premier pace bowler at their Ahmedabad concert. Coldplay performed at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium with a signed Indian cricket team jersey from Bumrah displayed on stage. Later on, Bumrah was shown on the mega screen with Chris Martin singing a personalised song for the pacer. “Jasprit, my beautiful brother. The best bowler in the whole of cricket. We do not enjoy, watching you destroy… England with wicket after wicket after wicket,” Martin sang as the crowd at the stadium went wild. Meanwhile, Bumrah blushed. India cricketer Jasprit Bumrah reacts as Coldplay’s Chris Martin performs a per...

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22Jan By source belowNo Comments

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India vs England LIVE Cricket Score, 1st T20I: Playing XI and toss coming up from Kolkata

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18Jan By source belowNo Comments

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Karnataka vs Vidarbha LIVE Cricket Score, Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024/25 Final: VID wins toss and opts to bowl first in Vadodara

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025 Final Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha won the toss and opted to bowl first against Karnataka in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Sunday.All eyes will be on Vidarbha captain Karun Nair, who has been in red-hit form for his adopted state. Nair has notched up scores of 112, 44, 163, 111, 112, 122 and 88, all but one unbeaten knocks, in his last seven batting innings and his tally now stands at 752 runs at a stunning average of 752. It is the most by a captain in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy, surpassing Maharashtra skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad’s tally of 660 runs made during the 2022-23 season. Nair also has a chance to overhaul Narayan Jagadeesan’s record for the most runs scored in a single season of the VHT — 830 runs during the 2022...

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