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MS Dhoni took a gamble and turned to Joginder Sharma to bowl the final over.© Twitter Saturday, September 24, marked 15 years of India’s triumph over Pakistan in the 2007 inaugural World T20 final at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. This was India’s first world title in 24 years and a moment etched in the minds of

File photo of Saba Karim.© AFP The 2022 T20 World Cup starts next month in Australia and all the teams are in the final phase of their preparations. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team is currently playing against defending T20 World Cup champions Australia in a bilateral series. After a forgettable Asia Cup campaign, where

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PAK vs ENG Live: Pakistan and England face off in the 3rd T20I today.© AFP Pakistan vs England, 3rd T20I Live Updates: Ben Duckett is on the charge for England, ensuring they are scoring at close to 10 RPO against Pakistan in the 3rd T20I in Karachi. Earlier, Usman Qadir struck twice to hamper England’s momentum after

Jhulan Goswami, a name synonymous with ‘fast bowling’ in women’s cricket, will walk into her cricketing sunset at the Lord’s on Saturday and the Indian team will strive to make it a memorable swansong for her by completing a historic ODI series clean sweep on English soil, in London. Playing one game at Lord’s is

File image of Ricky Ponting© Twitter Australia legend Ricky Ponting made some bold calls while trying to decide who will be more impactful at the 2022 T20 World Cup – Jasprit Bumrah or Shaheen Afridi. Two of the premier fast bowlers in the world, Bumrah and Afridi, boast of enviable records in the shortest format.

2nd T20I Live: England opt to bat in Karachi.© AFP PAK vs ENG, 2nd T20I Live Updates: Ben Duckett’s audacious knock came to an end after Mohammad Nawaz dismissed him in the 13th over to put England four down after electing to bat in Karachi. Duckett ramped his way to a 22-ball 43, before Nawaz

Jasprit Bumrah‘s fitness status will be a matter of attention when an out of sorts Indian team will look at course correction options against Australia in the second T20 International and strive to keep the three-match series alive, in Nagpur on Friday. Bumrah, who has been out of action since the end of England tour,

2nd ODI: Dominant India clinch series with a game to go.© BCCI IND-W vs ENG-W, 2nd ODI Highlights: India took an unassailable 2-0 in the three-match series after beating England by 88 runs in the second ODI at the  St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury. Chasing a total of 334, England were bowled out for a

West Zone’s sought-after batting stars, including former India captain Ajinkya Rahane and KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer, flattered to deceive as South Zone restricted them to 250 for 8 on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy final on Wednesday. It was young Gujarat wicketkeeper-batter Het Patel (96 not out) and his unbeaten 83-run stand for

IND vs AUS: Hardik Pandya hits a six in the final over of the 1st T20I against Australia© BCCI Hardik Pandya played a stunning unbeaten knock of 71 off 30 deliveries on Tuesday in Mohali, although his effort went in vain as Australia came out on top in the first T20I against India. Put in

A new-look England side took the opening Twenty20 international by six wickets in Karachi on Tuesday, capping their return to Pakistan after 17 years with a memorable victory. Opener Alex Hales celebrated his return to the England team with a 40-ball 53 to anchor England’s chase of a modest 159-run target in 19.2 overs. Hales

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Ahead of the three-match T20I series against Australia, the Indian team management need to decide whether they want to play both Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik in the playing XI or there is room for just one between these two as the wicketkeeper-batter. Pant’s performance in the shortest format has not been great this year

SA20, the brand new franchise T20 league in South Africa conducted its players’ auction on Monday. South African batting sensation Tristan Stubbs triggered a bidding frenzy with Sunrisers Eastern Cape getting his services for a staggering 9.2 million rand (USD 500,000 plus) at the inaugural auction of the SA T20 league on Monday. The six teams

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday released it official jersey for the T20 World Cup 2022, that starts in Australia in less than a month’s time. The Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team starts its campaign with a game against India on October 23. Before the marquee tournament, the jersey was revealed in a social media

Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who hung his boots from all forms of international cricket in 2019, has been of the most powerful batters, the country has ever had. The Punjab-born cricketer rose on many occasions to take Team India through the line in tough matches. In every format, Yuvraj gave a remarkable performance and

The graceful Smriti Mandhana once again enhanced her reputation as one of India’s biggest match winners with an attractive 91 that literally decimated England by seven wickets in the opening WODI, here on Sunday. Harmanpreet Kaur won a good toss and veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami was accuracy personified with 42 dot balls in one