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November 16, 2025 11:19 AM

India vs South Africa: Shubman Gill out of Kolkata test with neck injury

India captain Shubman Gill will not take any further part in the ongoing opening test against South Africa after he was forced to retire hurt with a neck injury in the first innings, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Sunday. Gill hit a four be...

November 14, 2025 10:55 AM

Ashes to Ashes, cricket’s oldest rivalry endures

While ever more hostage to Twenty20's global carve-up, cricket will take a breath from next week to indulge its most time-honoured rivalry as Australia and England battle in the Ashes. For more than 140 years the bilateral series has kept the heart ...

November 14, 2025 10:52 AM

India’s women players cash in on World Cup glory

The brand value of India's top women cricketers has gone through the roof following their fairytale World Cup triumph on home soil with top sports marketing experts calling it a "watershed moment" for the sport. After a hat-trick of defeats nearly d...

November 14, 2025 9:53 AM

South Africa bat first vs India but Rabada out with injury

South Africa captain Temba Bavuma elected to bat after winning the toss for the opening test against India on Friday, but the visitors will be without Kagiso Rabada at Eden Gardens as the pace spearhead misses out due to a rib injury. Seam bowling a...

November 12, 2025 12:16 PM

Team India banks on old recipe of spin and first-innings heft against South Africa

India will look to reprise their home template of big first-innings totals and sustained spin in the short two-test series against South Africa beginning in Kolkata on Friday. Shubman Gill's side sit third in the World Test Championship rankings aft...

November 11, 2025 3:37 PM

Team India all-rounder Richa Ghosh eyes T20 glory after World Cup heroics

India all-rounder Richa Ghosh has set her sights on Twenty20 World Cup glory after playing a key role in her country's historic one-day international crown despite battling a hairline fracture. The 22-year-old from Siliguri in the eastern Indian sta...

November 10, 2025 9:43 AM

Meghalaya’s Akash Kumar Choudhary hits record eight sixes in a row

Meghalaya's Akash Kumar Choudhary became the first ever player to smash eight successive sixes in first class cricket and also raced to an 11-ball 50 - the fastest half century in the format - during a Ranji Trophy match against Arunachal Pradesh on ...

November 7, 2025 12:11 PM

India all-rounder Shivam Dube credits team backing for bowling improvement

India all-rounder Shivam Dube said the backing he received from team management had helped him develop into a utility bowler, with the 32-year-old repaying their faith in him by helping the tourists to victory in Thursday's T20 against Australia. Du...

November 7, 2025 11:05 AM

Fourth T20I: Team India spin way to dominant win over Australia on Gold Coast

India's spinners took six wickets in a stunning fight back to rout Australia by 48 runs in the fourth T20I on the Gold Coast on Thursday. India will take a 2-1 series lead into the fifth and final match in Brisbane on Saturday after skittling Austra...

November 6, 2025 1:31 PM

Australia captain Pat Cummins targets return in second Ashes test

Australia captain Pat Cummins is back bowling multiple overs on a reduced run-up and has targeted returning to the team for the second Ashes test against England, a day-nighter in Brisbane starting on December 4. The fast bowler has been sidelined b...