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Rarely does the best performer in a game insist on a second Player-of-the-Match award for their team-mate. Rarer are the times they direct a demand of this sort at cricket’s governing body, at a world tournament at that. But Smriti Mandhana says she is aware her 123 would have mattered little against an undefeated West

Report The pitch offered square turn and uncertain bounce from ball one, but it was India’s pacers who did all the damage at the top Sri Lanka 86 for 6 (Mathews 43, Bumrah 3-15, Shami 2-18) trail India 252 (Iyer 92, Jayawickrama 3-81, Embuldeniya 3-94) by 166 runs Sixteen wickets fell on a pitch offering

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 “We are not used to catching the pink ball, bowling with the pink ball, and as batters, playing against the pink ball” The pink ball. It can come on to you faster. It moves more in the evening than during the daytime. It’s weird to track and catch. Oh, and you’ve also got to

News “It is time as a group to stand up and deliver,” India’s head coach says Chasing 261, India were bowled out for just 198 inside 47 overs after a quickfire 71 from Harmanpreet. Powar said India would require substantial contributions from the other senior players for better results in the forthcoming games. “I expect

News Fourth county stint comes with Pujara looking to force his way back into India’s Test side India batter Cheteshwar Pujara is set to join Sussex for the English summer, and will play the County Championship and Royal London One-Day competition for the majority of this season. Pujara will replace Travis Head, who was released

News ESPNcricinfo understands an increased demand for tickets led to the association seeking government approval to throw open the entire stadium The M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru has been thrown open to 100% crowd capacity for the second India-Sri Lanka Test, which will be played under lights, starting Saturday. This is a change from the

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 Displaces Jason Holder at the top after his Mohali masterclass against Sri Lanka Jadeja scored 175 not out and took a match haul of nine wickets to help India to an innings victory over Sri Lanka and displace West Indies’ Jason Holder at the top of the rankings. Holder held the No. 1 spot

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 The left-arm spinner, who has recovered from a shin injury and a bout of Covid-19, has replaced Kuldeep Yadav Axar Patel is back in India’s squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka, which is set to begin on March 12 in Bengaluru. The left-arm orthodox spinner has replaced the left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav,

News Bengal, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh also made it to the quarter-finals Mumbai have qualified for the Ranji Trophy knockouts for the first time since 2017-18, beating Odisha in the Elite Group D match by an innings and 108 runs in Ahmedabad. The win was set up by Sarfaraz Khan, who

News India captain wants to use Jadeja “a lot more with the bat”, citing example of his promotion in the T20I series R Ashwin is an “all-time great”. Ravindra Jadeja is one of the “top allrounders”. This is what captain Rohit Sharma had to say about India’s two most consistent match-winners at home, after they

News There will be 12 double-headers this season, with the first match starting at 3:30pm IST IPL 2022 will kick off at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 26, when defending champions Chennai Super Kings face last season’s runners-up and former champions Kolkata Knight Riders. In all, 70 league matches and four playoff games

Report India left out 21-year-old top-order batter Yastika Bhatia despite her impressive recent showings Toss India chose to bat vs Pakistan In the first India vs Pakistan 50-over women’s fixture in nearly five years, and what is also the tournament openers for both teams at the 2022 ODI World Cup, India captain Mithali Raj opted

News India wicketkeeper recently claimed that he was threatened by a reporter for not responding to an interview request Indian journalist Boria Majumdar has said he will serve a legal notice for defamation on Wriddhiman Saha in connection with recent allegations made by the India wicketkeeper. Majumdar, in a video he put out on social

Report Allrounder slams 175* to set up declaration, and then joins the wicket-takers’ party to push Sri Lanka on the back foot Sri Lanka 108 for 4 (Ashwin 2-21) trail India 574 for 8 dec (Jadeja 175*, Pant 96, Ashwin 61, Vihari 58, Lakmal 2-90, Fernando 2-135, Embuldeniya 2-188) by 466 runs India’s bowlers brought

News Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj and Axar Patel have all levelled up  ESPNcricinfo Ltd The annual contracts – running from October 2021 to September 2022 – were ratified by the BCCI’s Apex Council late on Wednesday. The Apex Council also finalised former India fast bowler Abey Kuruvilla as the general manager cricket development, a position

News CSA says they have to take a call between playing the T20 league or representing their country against Bangladesh South Africa will give their players a choice of whether to go to the upcoming IPL or stay in the country and play the three-ODI and two-Test series against Bangladesh, which starts on March 18.

India 357 for 6 (Pant 96, Vihari 58, Embuldeniya 2-107) vs Sri Lanka Sri Lanka managed to deny Virat Kohli even a fifty in his 100th Test. They didn’t let Hanuma Vihari convert his fifty into a hundred in his 100th first-class match. By the end of the day, though, they might have regretted getting

News New Test captain also toasts contributions of Rahane, Pujara as India prepare for a proper changing of the guard India’s Test cricket is at the precipice of a proper changing of the guard. There is a new captain, and the team is about 300 caps lighter in experience. Two new batters will have to

News “Feels surreal, never imagined I would play 100 Tests for India” Former captain Virat Kohli will be playing his 100th Test for India on Friday. Only 11 of his countrymen can ever say that. Here are excerpts from an interview he had with BCCI.tv ahead of the match: On the milestone 100th TestI honestly

News During the three-day quarantine, everyone who is part of the bubble will need to do in-room testing, with each test being 24-hours apart A three-day hard quarantine in the hotel room followed by a negative test on the fourth day will be mandatory before teams can enter the IPL bubble, according to the quarantine

News “After that I got clear ideas, those things really helped me in the last two-three games,” says India’s vice-captain, who struck a century in the warm-ups India vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur has admitted she was “going into my shell” when she was struggling with form, and that speaking to Dr Mugdha Bavare, the mental-health conditioning

News Only fully vaccinated spectators will be permitted to enter the stadiums The Maharashtra government has approved full-vaccinated spectators at 25% of stadium capacity for IPL 2022, which is set to be held in Mumbai and Pune from March 26. In an official statement issued on Wednesday, the state government said considering that the Covid-19

News ESPNcricinfo understands that Chahar, who suffered a quadricep tear against West Indies, could take several weeks to heal Chennai Super Kings, the defending champions of the IPL, have been dealt a massive blow ahead of the 2022 season, as their premier pacer Deepak Chahar is set to miss a major chunk of, if not

Ireland will play white-ball series against India, New Zealand, South Africa and Afghanistan in their 2022 home summer but their wait for a Test match will stretch past three years after the postponement of their tour to Zimbabwe. Cricket Ireland (CI) announced a near-complete fixture list for the men’s international season on Tuesday, with the

News Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma among Indians who move up in women’s rankings New Zealand allrounder Amelia Kerr rode on her impressive performances in the recently concluded ODI series against India, climbing five places up to No. 17 among batters, while also rising four spots to sit at the same position among bowlers. The 21-year-old

News According to an ICC report, she was visibly shaken by the blow but did not feel any concussion symptoms An ICC report said Mandhana was assessed by the team doctor following the incident and was originally declared fit to continue, only to retire hurt an over and a half later after another consultation. She