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November 28, 2025 1:07 AM

Deepti Sharma most expensive player in WPL auction, Aussie skipper Alyssa Healy goes unsold

All-rounder Deepti Sharma, whose player-of-the-tournament performance helped India win the World Cup earlier this month, fetched the highest price at the Women's Premier League (WPL) auction, while Australia captain Alyssa Healy, one of the marquee...

November 27, 2025 8:11 PM

PM Modi hosts World Cup-winning Indian blind women’s cricket team

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hosted the Indian Blind Women’s Cricket Team, winners of the inaugural T20 World Cup, at his residence in Lok Kalyan Marg. The team scripted history by winning the first-ever Blind Women’s T20 World Cup ...

November 27, 2025 5:55 PM

PM Modi congratulates Indian Deaflympians for historic medal haul at Tokyo 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated India’s Deaflympians for their stellar performance at the 25th Summer Deaflympics 2025 in Tokyo, where the team achieved a record-breaking medal tally. India bagged 20 medals, including nine g...

November 27, 2025 5:21 PM

Ashes pitch rated ‘very good’ after two-day test in Perth

The Perth Stadium pitch that saw Australia complete a thumping eight-wicket Ashes win inside two days over England has earned the International Cricket Council's (ICC) highest rating, Cricket Australia said on Thursday. The ICC match referee gave th...

November 27, 2025 5:16 PM

Travis Head worried about firing up England’s quicks during Ashes century

Australia's Ashes match-winner Travis Head said he was wary of inciting England's fast bowlers as he slogged his way to a stunning century in the first test in Perth. Head's brilliant 83-ball 123 as a makeshift opener in the second innings helped Au...

November 27, 2025 5:13 PM

Lions no more, India’s test team appear vulnerable on home soil

The thought of playing a test series in India once struck fear into the hearts of touring sides, but with their fortress now breached twice in the last 12 months local cricket fans know the team's aura of invincibility on home soil has been shattered...

November 27, 2025 5:07 PM

South Africa underline test credentials after conquering ‘final frontier’ in India

Beating India in their backyard is considered test cricket's biggest challenge, and Temba Bavuma's men aced it with a 2-0 series sweep, which will dispel any doubt about South Africa's credentials as world champions in the long format. The outcry ov...

November 27, 2025 5:03 PM

India’s young batters need more time, Gambhir says after record test loss

India's young batters need more time to gain red-ball experience, coach Gautam Gambhir said after his team suffered their heaviest loss by runs in test cricket as South Africa earned a 408-run win in Guwahati on Wednesday to sweep the series 2-0. Ga...

November 27, 2025 10:40 PM

Remembering Phil Hughes: 11 years on, cricket still learns “how hard the cricket ball is”

November 25, 2014. A warm spring afternoon at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia ambled toward tea, the crowd half-dozing under a pale Sydney sun. Sean Abbott marked out his run. Twenty-...

November 27, 2025 12:22 PM

Chess: Uzbekistan’s Sindarov becomes youngest World Cup winner

Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov became the youngest player to win the chess World Cup when he beat China’s Wei Yi in the final’s tiebreak in Goa, India on Wednesday. Sindarov, 19, defeated Wei in the second tiebreak game after they drew the class...

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