Representational image© AFP Tokyo : Cricket has been confirmed for the 2026 edition of the Asian Games to be held in Japan next year in September-October, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced on Tuesday. A press note on OCA’s official website said that cricket and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) are set to be … Read more
Former Indian cricket team spinner R Ashwin finally revealed what led to his international retirement midway through the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. Ashwin decided to announce his retirement after the third Test match at The Gabba – a decision that took the cricketing world by surprise. During an interaction on the Mike Testing 1, … Read more
Prabhsimran Singh in action© AFP Punjab Kings opener Prabhsimran Singh is bullish about his team’s chances of making the play-offs for the first time since 2014 as it is playing “different” cricket in the Shreyas Iyer-Ricky Ponting era. Both captain Iyer and head coach Ponting are in the middle of their first season … Read more
Axar Patel, Delhi Capitals captain, got injured during the side’s IPL 2025 match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Delhi on Tuesday. The incident happened in the 18th over, when Axar fell nastily while trying to stop the ball while fielding. he immediately left the field and looked to be in pain. Later, he … Read more
Indian women’s cricket team in action© X (Twitter) India have been fined five per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Sri Lanka in the Women’s Tri-series opener in Colombo, the ICC announced on Tuesday. India had defeated hosts Sri Lanka by nine wickets in the rain-truncated series opener … Read more
Kolkata Knight Riders batter Venkatesh Iyer, who was bought for a mammoth Rs 23.75 Crore in the mega auction, failed to score big once again during the IPL 2025 encounter against Delhi Capitals on Tuesday. Venkatesh’s price tag made him a significant player for KKR but he has been quite disappointing in this … Read more
Nat Sciver-Brunt has been named the new captain of the England women’s team. She succeeds Heather Knight, who left her role following England’s 2025 women’s Ashes series after a near nine-year tenure. She will lead in all three formats working alongside recently appointed head coach Charlotte Edwards. “I’m really proud to take on … Read more
Shadman Islam in action for Bangladesh© AFP Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam smashed a century in the second Test against Zimbabwe on Tuesday, giving the hosts a lead of 64 runs at the end of the second day with three wickets in hand. Bangladesh were 291-7 at the close, with Mehidy Hasan Miraz (16) and Taijul … Read more
Spinner Sneh Rana grabbed three wickets in a single over for her maiden five-wicket haul on WODIs while Pratika Rawal excelled with a well-crafted fifty to shape India’s 15-run win over South Africa in the Women’s Tri-series on Tuesday. Rawal continued her rich vein of form with a measured 78 off 91 balls, … Read more
When Vaibhav Suryavanshi was raining fury on Gujarat Titans in an IPL 2025 match in Jaipur on Monday, the rival skipper Shubman Gill was not on the field. In fact, after top-scoring for GT with a 50-ball 84, the young captain was not on the field. Gill, who did not take the field … Read more