Author: Kumar Aryan

Shreyas Iyer reflects on India’s defeat (Image: BCCI/X) India captain Shreyas Iyer admitted that his team fell short in all three departments after suffering a seven-wicket defeat against New Zealand in the fifth and final T20I at Seddon Park on Sunday. Despite clinching the five-match series 3-2, Iyer pointed to India’s inability to maintain momentum […]

Gautam Gambhir (Pic credit: Sahil Malhotra/TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: India head coach Gautam Gambhir had a strong message about his team’s approach to handling pressure after India clinched the five-match T20I series against New Zealand 3-2, insisting that fear has no place in his dictionary.“There is no word like “dar” (fear) in my dictionary and directory,” […]

India became the first team in cricket history to hit 400 sixes in a calendar year during the fifth and final T20I against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Sunday.The milestone came in India’s 40th match of 2026, when the batters struck 11 sixes to take their tally for the year to exactly […]

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Gautam Gambhir India head coach Gautam Gambhir said his responsibility was to make the right decisions for the team rather than please everyone, stressing that players who have performed consistently deserve a longer run.India have plenty of options on the bench, with teenage batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi still waiting for an opportunity despite his […]

Jacob Duffy and Virat Kohli NEW DELHI: Jacob Duffy is looking forward to facing Virat Kohli in the upcoming ODI series between India and New Zealand. The New Zealand fast bowler has already had a close look at the Indian batting star, having shared the dressing room with him at Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) during […]

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner finally won a toss in the five-match T20I series and elected to bowl first in the fifth and final match against India at Seddon Park on Sunday.After losing the toss in the first four matches, Santner got his first win at the coin toss. Both teams made two changes to […]

India’s Tilak Varma bats during the T20 cricket international between New Zealand and India in Auckland, New Zealand. AP/PTI(AP10_30_2026_000236B) AUCKLAND: India middle-order batter Tilak Varma is likely to be added to the India A squad for the third unofficial Test against New Zealand A. TimesofIndia.com has learnt that the selectors want to give him some […]

Australia captain Pat Cummins admitted that the team could make changes after South Africa beat them by 176 runs in the third Test at Newlands on Saturday, sealing the series 2-1.It was Australia’s second successive defeat in the series, with South Africa also moving past them to the top of the International Cricket Council’s Test […]

Fakhar Zaman’s century helped Pakistan complete the joint-highest successful chase in an ODI final. Fakhar Zaman had gone through four matches without the kind of performance he wanted. But the Pakistan opener knew that a big innings was around the corner. He just had to wait for the right moment. That moment arrived in the […]

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma at the Eden Park in Auckland. (Photos: Sahil Malhotra) AUCKLAND: A handful of cars were still lining up for the “boot sale” in the Eden Park compound when Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma arrived at the venue to continue their ODI preparations. It was a perfect day for cricket: the […]