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Members of India’s 1983 World Cup-winning cricket team are “distressed and disturbed” at leading Indian wrestlers being “manhandled” by security personnel in the national capital of Delhi earlier this week. In a statement, the squad members also said they are “most concerned” that that athletes might be “dumping” their medals in the River Ganga as

India have picked the core of their under-19 team that won the 2023 U-19 Women’s World Cup in the India A squad for the Emerging Women’s Asia Cup in Hong Kong from June 12-21. The BCCI have also ensured continuity by appointing former allrounder Nooshin Al Khadeer as head coach. Khadeer had headed the backroom

MS Dhoni underwent surgery on his left knee in a Mumbai hospital on Thursday. Dhoni, who led Chennai Super Kings to their fifth IPL title, had flown to Mumbai from Ahmedabad after the final on Monday and consulted renowned sports orthopaedic surgeon Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, who is also on the BCCI medical panel and has

Anil Kumble and Robin Uthappa are among just a handful of cricketers who have expressed their anguish at prominent Indian wrestlers being “manhandled” by the police in Delhi, India’s national capital. Tweeting on Tuesday, two days after disturbing images of Vinesh Phogat, among other wrestlers, being dragged away from the site of their protest in

In the 2022-23 Ranji Trophy, he scored 315 runs in five matches, averaging 45.00, with one fifty and a century. He followed that season up with 213 and 144 in the Irani Trophy for the Rest of India against Madhya Pradesh. His aggregate of 357 runs in the match was the most for a batter

The schedule for the 2023 World Cup will be unveiled during the World Test Championship final at The Oval, BCCI secretary Jay Shah has said. The board has prepared a list of more than a dozen venues across India, and the final shortlist will be shared with the ICC soon. Shah made these comments during

The winners of the World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and Australia is set to become richer by US$ 1.6 million, while the runners-up will get $800,000, the ICC announced on Friday. The winners’ cheque is the same as that in the 2019-21 cycle, where New Zealand beat India in the final in Southampton.

The BCCI has signed a new partnership deal with global sportswear brand Adidas, which will run till March 2028. A BCCI release confirmed that Adidas will be the sole supplier of all “match, training and travel wear” for the men’s, women’s and youth teams. The Indian team will debut their new kits during the World

Jatin Kashyap, an Indian umpire, has been charged by the ICC with breaching two counts of the Anti-Corruption Code. Kashyap has 14 days from May 19 to respond to the charges, which relate to international games in 2022. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Kashyap, who is based in Bathinda, Punjab, was charged with attempting to corrupt

“First T20 series that comes up, play these guys [the youngsters], expose these guys. They [the selectors] should start blooding them right now,” Shastri said on ESPNcricinfo’s Runorder show, when asked about how soon players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jitesh Sharma and Tilak Varma should get a promotion. “Players like Rohit, Virat Kohli, they are proven,

Ravi Shastri feels that with the next men’s T20 World Cup just over a year away, Hardik Pandya will be handed the captaincy of the India team immediately. “Everyone can qualify to play, but I think Hardik will lead,” Shastri said on ESPNcricinfo’s Runorder. “The next two World Cups [after the 2023 ODI World Cup]

He doesn’t have any injury concerns, and isn’t bowling for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023 only because of the surfeit of allrounders in the team, Shardul Thakur said on Tuesday. “We have a side full of allrounders with [Andre] Russell, Sunil [Narine]… we have got maximum of eight bowling options that also includes Nitish

Ishan Kishan has replaced the injured KL Rahul in India’s squad for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at The Oval in June. Rahul, the captain of Lucknow Super Giants, had been sidelined from the rest of the IPL and the WTC final with a thigh injury. A decision on Jaydev Unadkat, who

Lucknow Super Giants’ quick Jaydev Unadkat has been ruled out of the remainder of IPL 2023 because of a left-shoulder injury, which he picked up while training in the nets on Sunday. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that he will be fit in time for the WTC final against Australia, starting on June 7 at The Oval.

The BCCI has invited applications for the position of head coach of the India women’s team. The spot has been vacant since Ramesh Powar was transferred to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru ahead of the women’s T20 World Cup earlier this year. A BCCI statement said that the applicant would be expected to

Ravi Shastri, the former India coach, is “glad” the selectors have valued Ajinkya Rahane‘s experience in picking him for the WTC final against Australia at The Oval from June 7-11. He underlined Rahane’s desire to play first-class cricket and the runs he made there as one of the key differentiators. Rahane captained Mumbai during the

Kapil Dev, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan have become the first cricketers to break their silence on the protests being carried out by India’s top wrestlers demanding the dismissal of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the Indian wrestling federation chief. The wrestlers have alleged that Singh sexually abused and exploited women wrestlers over the

Ravi Shastri, the former India coach, would love to see Virat Kohli captaining India again should there be a need to step in, like there was last year when Rohit Sharma wasn’t available for the final Test of the England tour at Edgbaston. Kohli was India’s Test captain during that tour of England in the

Ajinkya Rahane will have a second shot at WTC glory after being named in India’s 15-member squad for the final against Australia from June 7-11 at The Oval. Rahane is one of six specialist batters in the squad and comes in to replace the injured Shreyas Iyer, who is currently in the UK for shoulder

Sachin Tendulkar has made a strong plea to do away with the second new ball and the extra fielder inside the circle to restore the balance between bat and ball in ODI cricket. Tendulkar, who has spoken on the subject before, reiterated that having two new balls eliminated reverse swing from the game, and also

There is a mandatory ACU workshop for players, and there are sanctions for those who fail to report a corrupt approach. Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan was suspended in 2019 because he didn’t report a corrupt approach during a tri-series in early 2018, as well as during his IPL stint later that year.

The BCCI has announced an increase in prize money for the domestic tournaments, with the Ranji Trophy winners set to receive a whopping cash reward of INR 5 crore this year. According to the new pay structure, the Ranji Trophy winners, who currently get INR Rs 2 crore, will receive INR 5 crore, while the

The surgery was successful and Bumrah was “pain-free”, according to a media statement from the BCCI. The plan is to get him fully fit for the home ODI World Cup, which is likely to start on October 5. Bumrah has not featured in any cricket since late September last year, when he pulled out of

In the earliest start ever for an Indian domestic season, the Duleep Trophy – the inter-zonal first-class competition – will kick off the 2023-24 calendar on June 28, while the Deodhar Trophy – the inter-zonal 50-over tournament – returns after a gap of three years. The season, comprising 1846 matches, will end with the Ranji

Nicholas Pooran has been where Rishabh Pant is at the moment. An accident similar to the one Pant was in late last year had put Pooran in hospital eight-and-some years ago; he required two surgeries, and it was a good six months before he could walk again. Pooran understands that the position Pant is in

Ravi Shastri feels the frequent and recurring injuries to senior Indian bowlers is “unreal”, “ridiculous” and “frustrating”. Shastri’s comments came while discussing the latest injury to Deepak Chahar, who bowled just one over before pulling out of Chennai Super Kings’ IPL match against Mumbai Indians after picking up a left hamstring injury. “Let’s put it

Lucknow Super Giants 213 for 9 (Stoinis 65, Pooran 62, Siraj 3-22) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 212 for 2 (du Plessis 79*, Kohli 61, Maxwell 59, Mishra 1-18) by one wicket It was a rolling ride where the teasing tickle in the stomach never seemed to stop, as the coaster went up and down, left

In 2022, Suryakumar Yadav was redefining the concept of risk in cricket. Playing behind the wicket as much as he did in front of it, taking balls from well outside off for boundaries to square leg and midwicket, he was expanding on what was possible on the field and he was able to do it

Despite Suryakumar Yadav‘s recent lean form, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes India should back him going into the home 50-over World Cup later this year. “Everyone around the world knows what Surya [Suryakumar] can do in white-ball cricket. They should stick with him, I feel,” Ponting told the ICC Review. “Because he is I

Former India batter Sudhir Naik, who played three Test matches in 1974-75, died in a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday after a brief illness, Mumbai Cricket Association sources have confirmed. He was 78 and is survived by his daughter. “Recently, he fell on the bathroom floor and sustained a head injury after which he was admitted