• Jharkhand 356/9 at stumps on Day 2 in their Ranji Trophy match against Delhi    • Jharkhand 136/3 at stumps on Day 1 of their Ranji tie against Delhi     • Chandigarh beat Delhi by nine wickets in Ranji Trophy    • Australia A beat India A by six wickets in second unofficial Test, at MCG    • KL Rahul falls for 4, Jurel hits 80 after BCCI include them for India A     • India clinch four golds, eight silvers in U19 World Boxing Championships    • Delhi beat Assam to clinch seven points, including bonus    • Delhi take first innings lead against Assam    • Delhi 214/6 in reply to Assam's 330 in first innings after Day 2    • Kho Kho World Cup 2025 to take place from January 13 to 19 in New Delhi    

International
Suryakumar Yadav asked me to play 'bindaas': Tilak Varma

The 22-year-old Tilak Varma, the left-handed batsman from Hyderabad, scored his first T20 International century to power Indian cricket team to a big win against South Africa in the second T20 International at Centurion
BCCI announces India women cricket team's fixtures for WI, Ireland series

The action will begin in December with a three-match T20I series at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai against West Indies Women, followed by three ODIs, which will take place in Baroda
Ricky Ponting calls Gautam Gambhir a prickly little customer

The former Australia captain defends his comments on Virat Kohli, saying that the talismanic India batsman would be concerned about it too and felt that loss to New Zealand has impacted India coach Gautam Gambhir

Mohammed Amaan to lead India Under-19 at Junior Asia Cup cricket

India U-19 will begin their campaign by facing Pakistan U-19 on November 30 in Dubai. India will then take on Japan U-19 and UAE U-19 on December 2 and December 4 respectively in Sharjah
Indian cricket team to tour Pakistan for World Cup for Blind awaits clearance

The Cricket Association for the Blin in India has received NOC from the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports on November 4, 2024, but the team awaits clearance from the Ministry of External Affairs
Who cares about social media, Gautam Gambhir fires back

The India coach addressed the media ahead of departure to Australia for the five-Test series that begins on November 22; he said he doesn't care about criticism on social media, praised KL Rahul's versatility, explained why Harshit Rana wasn't played for India A and why he isn't worried about Day-Night Test at Adelaide
Licence to kill: Gautam Gambhir's advice to Varun Chakravarthy

The India spinner, who took five wickets in India's loss to South Africa at Gqeberha, credits his new-found confidence to Gautam Gambhir's advice on his role
Australia have 100 percent record at Perth Stadium

The Australian cricket team has played four Test matches at the new venue at Perth and have won all four of them, including the inaugural one against India; Virat Kohli had a century in that Test

Dhruv Jurel, Prasidh Krishna, Marcus Harris press their case for first India-Australia Test

India’s search for an opener to accompany Yashasvi Jaiswal, on his first tour of Australia, however, continues unabated since Rohit Sharma is uncertain to play the first Test. All the options in the two unofficial Test matches failed
Don't know how but he is out: KL Rahul's unusual dismissal hurts his Test chances

The right-handed batsman, opening for India A, was bowled between his legs by Australia A off-spinner leaving everyone amused; India A stutter to 73/5
KL Rahul falls for 4, Jurel hits 80 after BCCI include them for India A

Rahul is, it can be surmised, being considered as an opener for the first Test against Australia at the Optus Park in Perth since Rohit Sharma is unlikely to feature in it due to family commitments
Harmanpreet returns to top 10 in ICC rankings

Kaur, who had slipped three slots after the first two matches, notched 59 not out off 63 balls to grab the joint-ninth spot even as opener Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma gained important rating points, said the ICC in a statement
Virat Kohli's birthday cake bitter as he ushers 36th with near worst Test year

Barring his debut Test year in 2011, when he played just three games, and 2020 when he played just two Tests due to Covid pandemic, this was Kohli's worst Test year leading to his birthday

Rohit Sharma's technique still good, failed due to impact of T20: Coach

The India skipper Rohit Sharma's childhood coach Dinesh Lad has backed the India skipper to return to form and blamed the impact of too much T20 cricket for his failure in the recent series
Shami likely to test Australia availability in Nov 13 Ranji tie vs MP

The first Test is scheduled to end on November 26 and the second Test is slated to begin on December 6. It means that there is still a month left for Shami to get back at his best if he plans to join the team for the second Test
Harbhajan defends India batsmen, blames pitches

The former India off-spinner has asked India to play on better pitches as pitches supporting turn are making every batsman look very ordinary
How Team India can still make it to the WTC Final

India's 3-0 loss to New Zealand means they have to win four Tests in Australia to qualify, but even if they don't win those many they can still make it provided other results fall their way
NZ inflict on India first whitewash at home, Rohit Sharma takes blame

Chasing 147, India had a horrendous start, getting reduced to 29/5 as Yashasvi Jaiswal (5), Rohit Sharma (11), Shubman Gill (1), Virat Kohli (1), and Sarfaraz Khan (1) were back in the pavilion
I failed as captain, batsman: Rohit Sharma after historic loss

I was not at the best of my leadership and that probably cost us the series, says the skipper after India suffered their first-ever whitewash in a series of three or more Test matches

A 70-80 run partnership, put bowlers under pressure: Shubman Gill explains India’s mantra

Shubman Gill says India will look to have a partnership worth 70-80 runs and put bowlers under pressure to throw them off their line like he and Rishabh Pant did in the first session on Saturday
3rd India-NZ Test: It happened quickly, didn't have time to react, says Jadeja

Ten minutes of madness at the end of the day saw India lose the advantage and end Day 1 facing the threat of a rare whitewash at home
Harshit Rana won't play the third Test: Gautam Gambhir

India coach Gautam Gambhir has swatted away speculations that the Delhi pace bowler will play the third and final Test against New Zealand saying that he is not in the squad
We need red-ball specialists for Test cricket: Gautam Gambhir

Ahead of the third and final Test against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India coach Gautam Gambhir has said that going forward they will have to identify red-ball specialists for India cricket team

Jasprit Bumrah doesn't deserve rest yet: Team India

The India cricket team's assistant coach Abhishek Nayar said that pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has bowled very little in the two Tests and has got ample rest, thereby hinting that he may play the third and final Test against New Zealand

Won't give up on Bazball, won't interfere in pitch preparation, hints India coach

India cricket team's assistant coach Abhishek Nayar has said that their approach showing intent to score in the second Test may not have come off but they will wait for the good times to come; he also said that they don't want to interfere in preparation of pitches and will play on whatever they are provided with

Why are India batsmen vulnerable against spin

Indian batting, led by Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, has been vulnerable against spin for a long time now. It is India’s bowling that has been carrying India with Ashwin and Jadeja even chipping crucially with the bat
India announce squads for Australia Tests and South Africa T20Is

The T20 Internationals will be played in November whereas the Tests in Australia will be played in November, December and January
New Zealand finally taste success in India after 13 attempts

In all, New Zealand have now played 38 Tests against India in India, losing 17 and drawing 17. They have now won four Tests, including these two
Sarfaraz Khan reveals secret behind his upper cut

Sarfaraz Khan scored 150 and added 177 for the fourth wicket with Rishabh Pant to help India erase the deficit. While he played shots all around, the upper cut shot caught everyone's fancy
Communication with leadership group has helped: Sanju Samson

The 29-year-old, who powered to 111 off 47 balls on Sunday, thanked the team management for giving him three weeks to prepare for the opening role

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