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Melbourne: Pat Cummins has been named captain of Australia's 14-man squad that was announced Monday for the home ODI series against Pakistan, starting November 4 at the MCG. Cummins will play his first 50-over match for his country since the victorious ICC Men's Cricket World...

Sharjah: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur struck an unbeaten 54 but India's nine-run loss to six-time champions Australia took her side's fate for a semifinal spot out of their hands in the women's T20 World Cup here on Sunday. With Australia marching into the semifinals undefeated, the...

Sharjah: Renuka Singh Thakur (2/24) and Deepti Sharma (2/28) played pivotal roles but Australia posted a tricky 152-run target against India in their must-win Group A match in the Women's T20 World Cup here on Sunday. While Renuka struck twice early on to give India...

New Delhi: India captain Harmanpreet Singh became the most expensive player on day one of the Hockey India League auction, with Soorma Hockey Club snapping the star drag-flicker for Rs 78 lakh on Sunday. All eight franchises spent heavily to acquire the services of Indian...

Sharjah: Australia stand-in captain Tahlia McGrath won the toss and elected to bat against India in their Group A match of the Women's T20 World Cup here on Sunday. India made one change to bring back seamer Pooja Vastrakar in place of Sajeevan Sajana while...

Hyderabad: Sanju Samson has learned to live with the inevitable ‘pressure and failures’ in top-flight sport, and the Indian batter profusely thanked the leadership group for guiding him through dark phases of self-doubt, giving him another chance to prove his worth. Samson, finally, managed to...

Jamnagar: The maharaja of the erstwhile princely state of Nawanagar, known as Jamnagar, in Gujarat, has declared his nephew and former cricketer Ajay Jadeja as his heir to the throne on the auspicious day of Dussehra Saturday. The 53-year-old cricketer, who played 196 ODIs and...

New Delhi: India wicketkeeper and Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant shocked his fans and franchise with his cryptic social media post ahead of the upcoming IPL mega auction. Taking to X, Pant asked if he went under the hammer, how much money would he fetch...

Hong Kong:  Former wicketkeeper-batter Robin Uthappa will lead the star-studded Indian team in the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes 2024. Kedar Jadhav, Stuart Binny, Manoj Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bharat Chipli and Shreevats Goswami (wk) are the other squad members. With a mix of talent in batting...

New Delhi: Hours after Pakistan suffered a demoralising defeat by an innings and 47 runs to England, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that retired umpire Aleem Dar,  Aaqib Javed, and Azhar Ali have been named in its ‘recomposition’ of the senior men’s selection committee....