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Jasprit Bumrah of India (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) Former India wicketkeeper-batter Deep Dasgupta has criticized the Indian cricket team’s decision to announce Jasprit Bumrah‘s limited availability of three Tests before the recent Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series in England, which ended in a 2-2 draw. Dasgupta believes this pre-series announcement was unnecessary and the team could…

Ishant Sharma (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: India’s World Cup-winning former coach Gary Kirsten has expressed his admiration for the manner in which Gautam Gambhir shepherded the team to a creditable 2-2 draw on the tough Test tour of England recently.India and England settled for a stalemate after five intensely fought Tests played across nearly…

Virat Kohli and KL Rahul (Image credit: AFP) NEW DELHI: Indian pacer Harshit Rana recently opened up about a heated on-field exchange with Australian speedster Mitchell Starc during the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where he peppered Starc with bouncers before dismissing him for 26 — all while receiving spirited backing from senior pros Virat Kohli and…

Matt Henry (X- Somerset Cricket) New Zealand’s fast bowlers dominated Zimbabwe on Day 1 of the second Test match in Bulawayo, with Matt Henry taking 5-40 and debutant Zakary Foulkes claiming 4-38 to dismiss the hosts for 125. The Kiwi opening pair of Will Young and Devon Conway then propelled their team to 174-1, establishing…

Ballon d’Or (Image credit: FIFA) Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé and England forward Chloe Kelly are among the contenders to win the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or award. The 30 men’s and 30 women’s nominees were revealed Thursday by France Football magazine, with the winners to be announced at a ceremony in Paris on Sept….

Arjun Erigaisi from India (AP/PTI) World No. 5 Arjun Erigaisi and Germany’s Vincent Keymer began their campaigns with strong wins on Day 1 of the Chennai Grandmasters 2025, which got underway on Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency. Erigaisi showcased dominance to beat American GM Awonder Liang, while Keymer produced a technically sound performance to outplay…

India’s Dhruv Jurel (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Dhruv Jurel has been appointed as captain of the Central Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy 2025-26 season, as announced on August 7, 2025. The wicketkeeper-batter, who recently played for India in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at The Oval, will lead a 15-member squad that includes notable players like…

Shubman Gill of India and Ben Stokes of England (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is not in favour of a two-division World Test Championship (WTC), especially if it risks England being placed in a different division from Australia or India. That could mean missing out on two of…

Players of Mohun Bagan Super Giant (PTI Photo) The All India Football Federation proposed on Thursday to hold the Super Cup tournament from mid-September, aiming to provide Indian Super League clubs with sufficient competitive matches amid uncertainty over the ISL season’s start date and format. The proposal came during a meeting with ISL club representatives…

Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah and KL Rahul. Despite the thrilling 2-2 result in the recently concluded Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, where India and England shared honours across five Tests, the deeper story showed India’s dominance. India won 33 sessions compared to England’s 21, with 18 sessions shared. Even with the success of the red-ball team, the T20…