Samit Dravid picked in India Under-19 squad for Australia series

Samit Dravid picked in India Under-19 squad for Australia series

Allrounder Samit Dravid has been selected in India’s Under-19 squad for the first time, for the multi-format home series against Australia Under-19 in September and October. Mohamed Amaan, a middle-order batter from Uttar Pradesh, has been named captain of the 50-over squad, while Madhya Pradesh’s Soham Patwardhan will lead the team for the four-day matches. […]


Barinder Sran announces international and domestic retirement

Barinder Sran announces international and domestic retirement

Barinder Sran, the left-arm fast bowler, has announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket. Sran, 31, represented India in six ODIs and two T20Is between January and June 2016, but had been out of the selection reckoning since then. “As I officially hang up my cricket boots, I look back at my journey with […]




Duleep Trophy squads - Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik ruled out due to illness; Ravindra Jadeja withdrawn

Duleep Trophy squads – Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik ruled out due to illness; Ravindra Jadeja withdrawn

Ravindra Jadeja, meanwhile, has also been released from the India B squad, though no reason has been provided for the update. No replacement has been named for him either. Gaurav, a 32-year-old fast bowler originally from Madhya Pradesh, switched to Puducherry before the last domestic season. He made headlines when he picked up 41 wickets […]


India captain Harmanpreet Kaur wants to get inspired by men's team for T20 World Cup

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur wants to get inspired by men’s team for T20 World Cup

India women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur wants her team to draw inspiration from the India men’s team that won the T20 World Cup in June, when they travel to the UAE for the Women’s T20 World Cup in October. While the men’s team won the title after 17 years and lifted an ICC trophy after 11 […]


Yastika Bhatia returns as India name tried and tested 15 for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024

Yastika Bhatia returns as India name tried and tested 15 for ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024

India have named a familiar-looking squad for the women’s T20 World Cup 2024 retaining the bulk of the side that qualified for the final of the women’s T20 Asia Cup in July this year. Fourteen of the 15 players in the World Cup squad were also part of the Asia Cup side, with only Uma […]


'Excited for red-ball fun', Suryakumar wants to 'earn the Test spot again'

‘Excited for red-ball fun’, Suryakumar wants to ‘earn the Test spot again’

Suryakumar Yadav, India’s T20I captain, wants to have some “red-ball fun” but is aware the road back to the Test side will not be all that straightforward. As things stand, there are at least four others, including his Mumbai team-mates Sarfaraz Khan and Shreyas Iyer, along with KL Rahul and Rajat Patidar, ahead of him […]



T20 World Cup 2024 - New York and Tarouba pitches rated 'unsatisfactory' by ICC

T20 World Cup 2024 – New York and Tarouba pitches rated ‘unsatisfactory’ by ICC

Remedial work was carried out, and ahead of the following game, between Canada and Ireland, areas where grass shoots were growing under the cracks were covered with topsoil and rolled in to make the surface much flatter. The surfaces used for the subsequent fixtures in New York, including India vs Pakistan, where 119 beat 113 […]