Category: Cricket

South Africa will have fast bowler Kagiso Rabada back in their side for the second Test against Australia, which begins at St George’s Park on Sunday, captain Temba Bavuma said.Rabada missed the first Test in Durban, where South Africa suffered a 214-run defeat, as he continued his recovery from a hamstring injury. He has since […]

Bengaluru: India’s Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson during the fifth and final T20I cricket match of the series between India and West Indies, in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) India registered their fastest team fifty in men’s T20I cricket, reaching the milestone in just 2.5 overs against the West Indies in the fifth T20I in Bengaluru. However, […]

JAIPUR: Manav Suthar’s rapid rise in red-ball cricket has been an education in adaptability. From gripping the pronounced seam of the SG ball at home to working with the Dukes in county cricket and the Kookaburra in Sri Lanka, the 24-year-old from Rajasthan has negotiated markedly different conditions in a remarkably short span.Now, as he […]

Bhuvneshwar Kumar returns Bhuvneshwar Kumar is back in India’s T20I playing XI after four years, and the veteran pacer could hardly have asked for a more familiar setting for his return. The M Chinnaswamy Stadium, where he made his T20I debut, welcomed the Royal Challengers Bengaluru favourite with a roar as he returned to the […]

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has remained on the bench for all four T20Is against the West Indies, with India preferring the opening combination of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma.India head coach Gautam Gambhir has backed the current opening pair, saying dropping either Samson or Abhishek to accommodate Sooryavanshi would be unfair. He pointed to Samson’s ability and […]

India’s Kuldeep Yadav and skipper Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photo) India’s decision to leave out Kuldeep Yadav from their playing XI in the last two T20Is against West Indies has raised eyebrows, with former Australia captain Michael Clarke questioning the team management’s reluctance to make the wrist-spinner a first-choice option. Clarke believes Kuldeep’s wicket-taking ability makes […]

With the West Indies putting up a stronger challenge than expected, India will need to address some of the flaws in their batting if they are to beat the visitors in the series-deciding fifth T20I in Bengaluru on Saturday. The match is expected to be a high-scoring contest, with the five-match series currently level at […]

India vs West Indies Live Score, 5th T20I: With the West Indies proving to be unexpectedly feisty so far, India would need to iron out some of their hidden batting flaws to counter the visitors in what is expected to be a high-scoring and evenly-contested series-deciding fifth T20I in Bengaluru on Saturday. The preceding four […]

Jake Fraser-McGurk (Image: IANS) Australian batter Jake Fraser-McGurk produced a breathtaking display of power-hitting, smashing the fastest half-century in One-Day Cup history as South Australia posted a commanding 397/7 against Queensland at the Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide on Saturday.The 24-year-old opener raced to his fifty in just 14 deliveries, breaking his own tournament record. […]

AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli Virat Kohli‘s close friendship with AB de Villiers is one of the most enduring bonds in cricket, strengthened over the years by their time together at Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, their relationship did not begin with the kind of admiration that defines […]