Cricket

Report Having set a target of 447, India made an early incision in the last half hour of day two It was so one-sided that there was talk of a third-innings declaration in the fifth session of the match. Jasprit Bumrah completed his first five-for at home, Rishabh Pant casually knocked off the fastest Test

Report The seventh-wicket pair put on 166, the third successive century partnership of the innings Jharkhand 769 for 9 (Kushagra 266, Nadeem 123*, Virat 107, Kense 3-138, Lemtur 3-161) vs Nagaland Jharkhand posted a mammoth 769 – their highest score since they began playing first-class cricket in 2005 – on the back of wicketkeeper-batter Kumar

News “You can’t just play very negatively on that wicket and just keep defending the ball,” he says after hitting 92 off 98 There wasn’t much point defending out there, because the pitch was going to get you some time. This, essentially, is what India batter Shreyas Iyer felt when he went out to bat

News Fast bowler experiences “acute pain” after attempting to bowl in nets before fifth day Mark Wood looks set to be ruled out for the remainder of England’s tour of the Caribbean, after a team spokesman confirmed that he had felt “acute pain” in his right elbow during an exploratory nets session on the final

News This is the first time du Plessis has been entrusted with leadership responsibilities by an IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore have unveiled Faf du Plessis, one of their big-ticket signings at the mega auction, as captain for IPL 2022, ending weeks of speculation over Virat Kohli’s successor at the franchise. This is the first

News Atleast 25 players are in Bengaluru to establish their baseline fitness levels before the IPL gets underway In a move to enhance and maintain peak fitness levels for the two World Cups in the next 20 months, the Indian team management – in coordination with the selectors and the National Cricket Academy – has

News The English batter has cited “bubble fatigue and mental well-being” as reasons for withdrawal from the tournament Kolkata Knight Riders have signed up Aaron Finch, Australia’s white-ball captain, as replacement for Alex Hales, who has withdrawn from IPL 2022 citing “bubble fatigue and his mental well-being”, a franchise statement on Friday evening said. A

News Australia captain Cummins expects the Karachi wicket to “break up a bit more” after a dull draw in the first Test There wasn’t much to speak of following the first Test in Rawalpindi, apart from the playing surface around which a dull draw began to take shape as early as the second day. Just

News Tahlia McGrath is also available for the New Zealand match after a minor foot problem Australia coach Matthew Mott will have no concerns about bringing allrounder Ashleigh Gardner straight back into the side for their Trans-Tasman World Cup contest against hosts New Zealand on Sunday following the completion of her Covid-19 isolation period. Gardner

News Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Yasir Ali given Test contracts; Mahmudullah and Mustafizur included only in ODIs and T20Is Shakib Al Hasan is among five Bangladesh men’s cricketers to be handed central contracts by the BCB for all three formats this year. The decision was taken despite Shakib’s unavailability for four Tests so far this

Report India will play a new opening combination in their second game of the World Cup Toss India Women chose to bowl vs New Zealand Women Anticipating dew in the latter half of the game, India opted to bowl against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton. Yastika Bhatia makes her World Cup debut, coming

News They join the list of high-profile owners like Lancer Capital of Manchester United FC Capri Global, a non-banking financial company based in India, has bagged one of the six franchises in the UAE T20 league, which is scheduled to be launched later this year. The acquisition is Capri Global’s maiden entry into cricket and

News West Indies spinner will head to Kia Oval after completion of 2022 IPL Sunil Narine will make his first appearance in the Vitality T20 Blast after signing for Surrey. Narine, who will head to London after the completion of his stint at the IPL, played for the Oval-based Invincibles during last year’s Hundred. Narine,

Report West Indies openers Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell set about brisk reply Lunch West Indies 44 for 0 (Brathwaite 29*, Campbell 14*) trail England 311 (Bairstow 140, Seales 4-79) by 267 runs Jonny Bairstow expanded on his first-day century to take England past the 300-mark for the first time in more than six months

News The allrounder returned a positive result when he was tested upon arrival at the team hotel in Karachi Pakistan’s selection frustrations in the Australia series are set to continue after allrounder Faheem Ashraf tested positive for Covid-19, days away from the second Test against Australia in Karachi. That rules out Faheem for another Test

News This announcement brings the curtain down on a career that had just recently restarted S Sreesanth, the controversial right-arm swing bowler who won the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup representing India, has called time on a career that began 20 years ago. The 39-year old, who represented his country

News Anrich Nortje, who is recovering from a hip injury, and Sisanda Magala, who failed a fitness test, were unavailable for selection South Africa have named a full-strength squad, minus Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala for fitness reasons, for the upcoming home ODI series against Bangladesh. The three-match series, which is to be played in

Report Australia have opted for three spinners on a used surface Toss Australia chose to bowl vs Pakistan Australia bolstered their spin resources in the XI, adding a second wristspinner in Amanda-Jade Wellington, as they opted to bowl on the used Bay Oval surface against Pakistan in Mount Maunganui. In inserting Pakistan, they unsurprisingly reduced