Morne Morkel, the former South Africa fast bowler, has been appointed as the bowling coach of the Indian men’s team. After weeks of speculation, the signing was formally confirmed by BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Wednesday. Morkel replaced former India fast bowler Paras Mhambrey, and his appointment completes India’s coaching staff, which comprises head coach […]

Rishabh Pant is set to make his comeback in red-ball cricket with the 2024-25 Duleep Trophy, as the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee picked the squads for the first round of the tournament. This is the first time Pant will play first-class cricket since his car accident in December 2022. Mohammed Shami, however, isn’t part of […]

The club said that legspinner Chahal, 34, will link up with the squad ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Canterbury for the game against Kent and then be available for the rest of the red-ball campaign. Chahal had spent time at Kent in the 2023 season, and took nine wickets in two games. Northamptonshire head coach […]

India lost the three-match ODI series 2-0 to Sri Lanka but Rohit was the top run-getter across the two teams with 157 at an average of 52.33. His sequence of scores was 58, 64 and 35. That took him up one spot, exchanging positions with Gill, and to 765 points. Babar is well ahead, though, […]

The match officials involved in the tied first ODI of the recent Sri Lanka-India series made the mistake of not taking the game to a Super Over as per the ICC’s playing conditions. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the on-field umpires Joel Wilson and Raveendra Wimalasiri, along with the match referee Ranjan Madugalle, TV umpire Paul […]

The BCCI has made two changes to India’s home season schedule, moving the first T20I against Bangladesh on October 6 from Dharamsala to Gwalior, and swapping the venues of the first and second T20Is against England, which will now be played in Kolkata and Chennai respectively, in January 2025. The change in venue for the […]