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Pakistan's captain Mohammad Rizwan, centre, tosses the coin, as India's captain Rohit Sharma, right, looks on before the start of ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between India and Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Aaditya Thackeray lashes out at BCCI over India vs Pakistan matches: ‘It’s a joke to say we are bound by the Asia Cup Rules’

August 15, 2025 20:46 IST

The Indian cricket team is scheduled to play a game against Pakistan in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025 in September. The tournament is set to be hosted in the UAE, and The Men in Blue will clash against The Men in Green on 14th September.

Sehwag

Virendar Sehwag recalls how he thought of retiring from ODIs during series against Australia in 2007/08: ‘MS Dhoni dropped me from the side…’

August 15, 2025 18:31 IST

In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years, Sehwag played 104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 49.34, hitting 23 centuries and 32 half-centuries

Joe Root Sachin tendulkar

Steve Smith talks about Joe Root not having a Test century in Australia: ‘That is something that he wants to tick off his bucket list’

August 15, 2025 18:28 IST

Root has yet to notch up a century in Australia having played played 27 innings Down Under, averaging 35.68 and with a highest score of 89.

Hastings

What did John Hastings do in Yuvraj Singh’s room during 2011 World Cup which turned party ‘dead quiet’ with Bollywood celebrities everywhere

August 16, 2025 11:19 IST

'I actually went down to reception to make sure that I could rectify the situation,' said Hastings

Australia vs South Africa 3rd T20I livestreaming:

Australia vs South Africa Live Cricket Score Streaming, 3rd T20I: When and where to watch AUS vs SA live in India?

August 16, 2025 15:09 IST

AUS vs SA 3rd T20I Live Cricket Score Streaming Online: The Indian Express provides all the livestreaming details of the AUS vs SA 3rdt T20I from Cairns on Saturday.

Harmanpreet Kaur India England

Series loss to India no ‘reality check’ – England women’s coach Charlotte Edwards says, ‘we can beat any team’

August 15, 2025 15:50 IST

India recently toured England for a white ball series and came back home with a convincing 3-2 series win in T20Is and a 2-1 series win in One-Day Internationals. 

Saying he sees absolutely no issue with Bumrah picking a certain number of Tests, Bhuvneshwar displayed wisdom and maturity lacking in several experts. (Reuters)

‘If Bumrah contributes significantly to 3 of 5 Tests, then why should it be a problem’ – Bhuvneshwar Kumar

August 15, 2025 15:29 IST

Bhuvneshwar Kumar explains why criticising Jasprit Bumrah's bowling management is quite silly.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. (FILE photo)

Should Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli get some game time in Vijay Hazare Trophy? Aakash Chopra answers: ‘let’s be honest about this. It’s bogus talk…’

August 15, 2025 14:35 IST

With a limited number of 50-over games available for the players to play, the debate over whether Rohit and Kohli should play the Vijay Hazare trophy has heated up

Buchi Babu Trophy 2025: Sarfaraz Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Umran Malik could be in action in the tournament. (PTI/BCCI)

Buchi Babu Trophy 2025: Full schedule, groups, key squads, match dates and venues

August 15, 2025 13:57 IST

Buchi Babu Trophy 2025: The tournament will have several India stars such as Sarfaraz Khan, Umran Malik, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Prithvi Shaw in action between August 18 and September 9.

Sreesanth

Sreesanth recalls when MS Dhoni thought the pacer could catch a girlfriend from every ground: ‘There were so many girlfriends in those days…’

August 15, 2025 13:43 IST

Dhoni is one of the few people who could handle Sreesanth, their former India teammate Robin Uthappa recalled in one of the podcasts from 2021

Shane Warne, the wizard of spin loved his baked beans, margherita pizza and bacon sandwiches. (Instagram)

Shane Warne and his love for pizzas, son Jackson explains

August 15, 2025 11:49 IST

Even in the finest restaurants in Melbourne, Warne would not sacrifice his fast-food tastes.

Dewald Brevis was signed in as a mid-season replacement by CSK in IPL 2025. (BCCI)

‘Did Ashwin highlight a loophole that CSK exploited in signing Dewald Brevis during IPL 2025,’ asks Aakash Chopra

August 15, 2025 11:40 IST

The existing IPL rules state that the signing of a replacement player cannot exceed that of the player he will be replacing on the roster and R Ashwin hinted that CSK may have exceeded that figure in the signing of Dewald Brevis during the 2025 season.

Raina has backed Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to continue in ODIs for India even with Shubman Gill around . (PTI)

‘Shubman Gill and India need Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’: Suresh Raina says ‘no dependable No. 1 and 3 available’ in ODIs

August 15, 2025 09:30 IST

Former India cricketer Suresh Raina believes both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have still a lot left in the tank, and their expertise in the one-day format will be vital for both Shubman Gill and Team India before the 2027 ODI World Cup.

Prithvi Shaw had been granted a no-objection certificate from Mumbai to change teams in June. (File Photo)

Prithvi Shaw starts life post Mumbai exit with Maharashtra debut at Buchi Babu Invitational

August 14, 2025 21:44 IST

Prithvi Shaw has been named in the Maharashtra squad for the Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament, having left Mumbai earlier this year.

Gill scored a whopping 754 runs in the five-match Test series in England. (AP Photo)

‘Regal’ Shubman Gill will be ‘right up there’ for a long time to come, says Ravi Shastri

August 14, 2025 20:09 IST

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri, under whom Gill had made his international debut, has now said that the 25-year-old will be among the flagbearers for the next generation of great India batters.

Gambhir

Does India need a finisher? Why Gautam Gambhir believes India does not need one in the conventional senseSubscriber Only

August 15, 2025 11:54 IST

Specialists for white-ball cricket's most demanding job is not for India's head coach; rather he stresses on the top-three and a flexible support cast completing the job

Glenn Maxwell T20 World Cup

Glenn Maxwell keen for Powerplay role with ball in T20 World Cup

August 14, 2025 19:32 IST

After announcing his retirement from ODIs, Maxwell is now a one-format player and next year's tournament in Indian and Sri Lanka may be the 36-year-old's last chance to add more silverware to a career that already has two 50-over World Cup crowns and one in the 20-over format.

Ishant

Ishant Sharma recalls anecdote on what Ravi Shastri told him at breakfast after pacer got banned in Sri Lanka during Test series: ‘…Bloody, you should be angry’

August 16, 2025 11:18 IST

Ishant in the podcast also recalled how the current Indian Head Coach had helped him while he was playing for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy, and Sehwag when the lanky pacer was playing for the Indian side in overseas conditions

Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar slams Head Coach Mike Hesson after Pakistan’s 92-all out against West Indies: ‘I don’t know what qualities he has for ODIs…’

August 14, 2025 18:06 IST

Shai Hope scored a blistering ton in the first innings to help West Indies to get to a 294 on spicy track

India's player of the series India's captain Shubman Gill on day five of the fifth cricket test match between England and India at The Kia Oval in London, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Yuvraj Singh lauds Shubman Gill’s performance in England tour: ‘There were a lot of question marks over his overseas record’

August 14, 2025 16:49 IST

Gill, who had faced a lot of questions for his overseas numbers before the tour commenced, shut all naysayers when he slammed four centuries and finished as the leading run-scorer with 754 runs.

Kohli

Ravi Shastri lauds Virat Kohli: Some of the innings he played in Australia, South Africa, England…unreal

August 14, 2025 16:36 IST

Despite being the team to beat in red-ball format, the side did have its fair share of ups and downs in the ICC tournaments

R Ashwin feels the chances of Sanju Samson's move to CSK look bleak. (BCCI)

R Ashwin explains why Sanju Samson’s CSK trade will not work out this time, ‘Chennai don’t believe in…’

August 14, 2025 15:16 IST

Ashwin explained that Chennai Super Kings do not generally incline towards trading players and will not certainly give away players worth Rs 18 crore to match a Sanju Samson deal.

Root believes that with recent form and experience behind him, and crucially without the added burden of captaincy on his shoulders, he can have a great series in Australia this time round. (Reuters)

‘All part of the fun, what more can I do about it’: Joe Root reacts to David Warner’s pre-Ashes jibe

August 14, 2025 14:53 IST

Though Root has 39 Test hundreds in a career spanning 158 matches, he has yet to reach three figures in Australia despite three tours there.

Atherton

‘I don’t think the quality was as good as ’05’: Michael Atherton on Anderson-Tendulkar when compared to 2005 Ashes

August 16, 2025 11:19 IST

While Ashwin also did acknowledge this as a good series, he also mentioned it was an imperfect series

David

R Ashwin on Tim David: ‘I shouldn’t say this…told the decision makers of a few IPL teams to pick him’

August 14, 2025 13:11 IST

Earlier in the year, David was also part of the Indian Premier League-winning side Royal Challengers Bengaluru

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