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Abhishek Sharma now joins the elite list of Indian batters to hit a six off the first ball of a T20I innings (Image credit: ACC) NEW DELHI: Abhishek Sharma stole the spotlight as India began their 2025 Men’s Asia Cup campaign with a stunning nine-wicket win over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Dubai […]

Bangladesh will kick off their Asia Cup 2025 campaign against Hong Kong at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. (Image credit: ACC) NEW DELHI: Bangladesh will kick off their Asia Cup 2025 campaign against Hong Kong at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, facing a team still recovering from […]

Shubman Gill (L) with his friend, confidante and side arm specialist Avinash Kumar. (Image: Special Arrangement) Dubai: For years, Ram Vilas Shah, a migrant labourer from Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, sold fruit juice on his rehri (cart) outside Gate No. 1 of the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. His daily customers were a young batter by […]

Shubman Gill (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav and seamer Shivam Dube ran through the United Arab Emirates’ batting lineup as India romped to a nine-wicket win in their Asia Cup 2025 opener on Wednesday. Kuldeep’s sharp googlies earned him figures of 4 for 7, while Dube claimed 3 for 4, helping bowl […]

NEW DELHI: Marco Jansen and Corbin Bosch shared four wickets as South Africa claimed a 14-run victory over England under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method in a rain-shortened first T20I at Cardiff on Wednesday.Persistent showers at Sophia Gardens reduced what should have been a 40-over contest to just 12.5 overs in total. England were left chasing […]

NEW DELHI: In a rare incident during the Asia Cup 2025 clash between India and UAE at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday, UAE batter Junaid Siddique was initially given out after a sharp direct throw from India’s wicketkeeper Sanju Samson found him short of the crease. However, Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav chose to […]

Varun Chakravarthy and Abhishek Sharma NEW DELHI: India’s supremacy in the shortest format was underlined once again as three of their batters and three bowlers found themselves inside the Top 10 of the latest ICC T20I rankings released on Wednesday.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Among bowlers, mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy continues […]

Rinku Singh of India (Photo by Richard Huggard – Gallo Images/Getty Images) Rinku Singh, the left-handed batter who is also part of India’s Asia Cup squad, shared a horrifying story from his childhood when he was attacked by a monkey, leaving him with a severe injury. Rinku explained that monkey attacks were a common problem […]

South Zone’s MD Nidheesh celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of North Zone’s Ayush Badoni during the third day of the Duleep Trophy 2025 semi-final (PTI Photo) BENGALURU: With India’s top cricketers being called up for the Asia Cup in Dubai or the India ‘A’ series in Lucknow, the Duleep Trophy final between South […]

India vs UAE (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair) India made a thunderous start to their Asia Cup 2025 campaign in Dubai, rewriting history books with the fastest-ever chase in men’s T20I cricket. The defending T20 World Cup champions needed just 4.3 overs to wipe out the modest target of 58 set by hosts United Arab Emirates, cruising […]