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Sourav Ganguly has backed Abhimanyu Easwaran to make his Test debut soon at No. 3. (PTI)

‘No. 3 looks fragile’: Ganguly backs Abhimanyu Easwaran for Test debut after persistent snub and father’s rant on non-selection

August 13, 2025 10:19 IST

Abhimanyu Easwaran's first call-up into the Test side came three years ago in Bangladesh in December 2022, when he replaced then-captain Rohit Sharma in the squad following his injury.

Jayden Seales' 6/18 crushed Pakistan in the third ODI. (X)

Pakistan 92 all out, suffer biggest ODI defeat against West Indies as Jayden Seales and Shai Hope break multiple records

August 13, 2025 08:58 IST

After being stunned by West Indies captain Shai Hope's blazing 18th ODI century, Pakistan suffered the worst-possible start in their 295-run chase as three of the top-four batters were dismissed for ducks before folding for 92 all out in Trinidad.

FILE PHOTO: Australia's Tahlia McGrath in action. (Reuters)

McGrath eyes back-to-back glory as ‘perfect prep’ has Aussie vice-captain hopeful for another ICC title

August 13, 2025 00:55 IST

McGrath has thus far taken part in 46 ODIs, amassing 771 runs at 29.65 while playing down the order, in addition to chipping in with 25 wickets.

Australia's Ellyse Perry in action. (REUTERS)

‘Criticism shows people care’: Ellyse Perry welcomes scrutiny as sign of women’s cricket growth

August 13, 2025 00:19 IST

Australia whitewashed England 16-0 in the multi-format Women's Ashes, and what quickly followed for England was widespread criticism of their performance. Perry believes this shows people care about their game.

Clive Lloyd has said that the West Indies deserve a bigger share in the ICC on account of their past success. (Photo credit: CWI Media)

Clive Lloyd worried West Indies will be stuck in 2nd tier of WTC for ‘100 years’: ‘We have to stand up’

August 12, 2025 23:46 IST

The West Indies, far from being the world-beaters they were under Lloyd and later under Viv Richards and Richie Richardson, have finished eighth out of nine teams in each of the three editions thus far.

India's Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill and KL Rahul during Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England. (AP)

‘Control’ over ‘intent’ — How India’s change in Test batting approach reaped dividends in England after Australia debacleSubscriber Only

August 13, 2025 08:13 IST

Shubman Gill, KL rahul, Ravindra Jadeja focused on run accumulation, without necessarily aiming to emulate hosts' Bazball-inspired scoring rates.

Gill has won the ICC's player of the month award for his efforts and he has now said that the innings in Birmingham is something he would cherish forever. (AP Photo)

‘Will cherish double ton in Birmingham forever’: Shubman Gill after winning ICC’s player of the month award

August 12, 2025 22:59 IST

Shubman Gill had entered the England series without a single Test centuries in the country, or in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) president Roger Binny. (Express Photo By Ganesh Shirsekar)

Roger Binny to continue as BCCI president till AGM in September – Reports

August 12, 2025 22:29 IST

Binny, if BCCI state unit members agree, can continue till 75 which is now the cut-off age for office bearers of National Sports Federations, whose global bodies don't have any specifically mentioned age clause, in this case the International Cricket Council.

CWI leadership including CEO Chris Dehring, Clive Lloyd, Brian Lara & DoC Miles Bascombe are addressing performance challenges and structural reforms across West Indies cricket during Cricket West Indies Strategic Summit. (Cricket West Indies/X)

Brian Lara says West Indies no longer on ‘same level-playing field’, calls for need to examine young players’ motivation, interests

August 12, 2025 22:23 IST

Lara's comments came after a two-day emergency meeting of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) members in Trinidad, which was attended by him, Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Desmond Haynes, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and current coach Darren Sammy.

Rohit retired from T20Is after leading India to victory in the T20 World Cup last year and then from Tests during the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL). (BCCI Photo)

‘Let it begin’: Rohit Sharma working with Abhishek Nayar with Australia ODIs on the horizon

August 12, 2025 22:03 IST

Just days after Virat Kohli posted a photo of himself after training, Rohit Sharma posted his own photos with former India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar.

Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah in action. (FILE photo)

‘You can’t pick and choose matches’: Azharuddin slams Bumrah for missing England Tests, hails Siraj’s fitness ‘thanks to nalli gosht biryani’

August 12, 2025 20:43 IST

Bumrah, who already had informed BCCI about his fitness issue and his limited availability ahead of the series, has been drawing flak after Mohammed Siraj ended up playing all five Tests and was pivotal in India drawing the five-match series 2-2.

India's new batting modus operandi is closer to the good-old Test match approach and more refined than the batting philosophy prevalent over the last few years.

India’s batting success secret revealed: How did Gambhir and Gill effect turnaround in England after nightmare in AustraliaSubscriber Only

August 13, 2025 14:19 IST

‘Intent’, the buzzword of the earlier era that was abused, was buried, and old-fashioned ways of patience and trusting instinct was deployed by Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill.

PAK vs WI 3rd ODI Match Live Score Updates: Pakistan will take on West Indies in the series decider on Tuesday. (Cricket West Indies/X)

Pakistan vs West Indies 3rd ODI Highlights: Shai Hope, Jayden Seales shine as PAK fall for 92 all out in 295 chase

August 13, 2025 08:09 IST

PAK vs WI 3rd ODI Match Highlights: West Indies will take on Pakistan in the third One-Day International at Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad, on Tuesday.

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)

Shubman Gill named ICC Player of the Month for July 2025 ahead of Ben Stokes, Wiaan Mulder

August 12, 2025 17:27 IST

India Test skipper Shubman Gill was named ICC Player of the Month award for July 2025 ahead of England captain Ben Stokes and South Africa’s Wiaan Mulder.

Dewald Brevis became the youngest South African to hit a T20I century during 2nd T20I against Australia in Darwin. (Cricket Australia)

IPL teams missed out on a ‘golden opportunity,’ says AB de Villiers as Dewald Brevis’ 41-ball ton heaps misery on Australia

August 12, 2025 16:54 IST

The 22-year-old hit 12 fours and eight sixes and ended up scoring the highest individual total by a South African in this format.

Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. (Screengrab from CSK X)

MS Dhoni’s 100-crore defamation suit: Madras HC orders commencement of trial

August 12, 2025 16:04 IST

Dhoni has told the court that he would be available for examination as well as cross-examination between October 20 and December 10 this year

AUS vs SA 2nd T20I live: Australia won the first T20I at Darwin.

AUS vs SA 2nd T20I Highlights: South Africa beat Australia by 53 runs

August 12, 2025 19:06 IST

AUS vs SA 2nd T20I Highlights: Dewald Brevis's record 125 in 56 balls took South Africa to 218/7 and Australia never looked capable of posing a serioius challenge in the chase.

The epic series ended in a 2-2 draw. (AP Photo)

Sunil Gavaskar questions Sachin Tendulkar, James Anderson absence during Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy presentation

August 11, 2025 23:29 IST

Sunil Gavaskar also slammed the fact that no one was present from the Pataudi family for giving away the Pataudi medal and the practice of giving it to the winning captain of the series instead of the player of the series

Sarfaraz said that all Mumbai players should be playing in the Kanga League. (AP Photo)

‘If Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar thought the same way…’: Sarfaraz Khan looking to follow Mumbai legends’ footsteps in bid to make India return

August 11, 2025 22:08 IST

Playing for the Parkophone Cricketers, Sarfaraz scored 61 off 42 balls against Islam Gymkhana.

Canada U-19 chased down the target set by Argentina in just 5 deliveries. (Cricket Canada/X & USA Cricket/YouTube)

How Canada U-19 beat Argentina U-19 after batting for just 5 balls in 50-over game

August 11, 2025 21:37 IST

For Argentina, not a single batter reached double figures, with as many as seven of them recording ducks in this innings, and out of the 23 runs which they scored, seven came from extras.

Yashasvi Jaiswal may not be in India's plans for T20Is while including Shubman Gill in the squad might force either Abhishek Sharma or Sanju Samson vacate their opening slot. (Reuters Photo)

Why it’s not easy for Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Rishabh Pant to make it to India’s T20 team for Asia CupSubscriber Only

August 12, 2025 13:40 IST

It was Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal who started the tenure of Gambhir before the coach moved on to Abhishek-Samson pairing at the top, with Suryakumar Yadav at No.3

India's Mohammed Siraj and Dhruv Jurel celebrate their win against England in the fifth cricket Test match at The Oval in London. (AP Photo)

‘The enduring memory will always be Mohammed Siraj’s yorker’: Sunil Gavaskar on his moment of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy

August 11, 2025 20:14 IST

Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj took 23 wickets in the recently concluded five Test series between India and England.

Kohli opened up on his decision to retire from Tests while India were touring England for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. (File Photo)

Would’ve told Virat Kohli to retire after England tour: Dilip Vengsarkar

August 11, 2025 19:52 IST

Virat Kohli had announced his retirement from Tests in the days leading up to the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

A barren run since December 2022 had Labuschagne's Test average take a massive dip from 60 to below 47 this year. (AP)

Why is Marnus Labuschagne ‘happy’ to open for Australia in his bid for Test return?

August 11, 2025 19:46 IST

Marnus Labuschagne is looking to make a comeback in the Test team after being dropped ahead of the West Indies series.

Former India batsman Yuvraj Singh speaking at the trophy unveiling at Mumbai on Monday, said self belief would need to kick in, right when things were threatening to fall apart as they inevitably do, in such massive tournaments. (PTI Photo)

Yuvraj Singh to Indian women’s World Cup team – ‘Sign autographs happily, but cut outside noise with headphones’; Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana riff off 2017 inspirationSubscriber Only

August 11, 2025 19:06 IST

Yuvraj recalled how loss to South Africa in men's WC 2011, brought out the knives in media, but Tendulkar, Kirsten devised means to stay unfazed by ignoring the harsh voices