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Australia vs South Africa, WTC 2025 final Live Updates: Temba Bavuma opts to bowl as Proteas eye historic ICC title

South Africa will be chasing history when they take on Australia in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Lord’s on Wednesday. Led by Temba Bavuma, South Africa are playing their maiden WTC final while Australia are the defending champions, having beaten India by 207 runs in the 2023 final at […]

‘Shubman Gill has all the ingredients to be a good leader’: Robin Uthappa and Gary Kirsten back young India captain for long haul | Cricket News

Shubman Gill (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s decision to hand over the Test captaincy to 25-year-old Shubman Gill for the upcoming five-match series against England has earned high praise from former cricketers Robin Uthappa and Gary Kirsten. With Rohit Sharma announcing his retirement from the longest format, Gill has been entrusted with leading a new-look […]

WTC Final: Unbeaten streaks on the line as South Africa face Australia | Cricket News

Temba Bavuma will put his unbeaten record as South Africa Test captain on the line in the WTC Final against Australia. (Getty Images) When South Africa face Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s, one unbeaten streak will have to end.It is another opportunity for South Africa to banish their reputation as serial […]

WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS: Temba Bavuma pre-match press conference

South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has acknowledged that it’s going to be tough for their team to face Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final 2025. However, the Proteas captain has faith in his team’s strength to come out on top of in the all-important clash beginning from June 20 at the Lord’s. Source […]

Argentina Vs Colombia, World Cup Qualifier: Luis Diaz hits solo goal to beat Argentina 1-0; ‘He deserves to be captain’

Luis Díaz dribbled past several defenders and scored in the 24th minute and Colombia leads Argentina 1-0. It was an impressive score from the Liverpool standout. The dynamic winger was at his dazzling best, slicing through defenders with the finesse of a matador before unleashing a pinpoint strike that found the back of the net, […]

3rd T20I: Ben Duckett blasts England to series sweep over West Indies | Cricket News

Jamie Smith (R) of England raises his bat after reaching his fifty as Ben Duckett looks on. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Ben Duckett‘s explosive 84 off 46 balls propelled England to a dominant 37-run win over the West Indies, completing a 3-0 sweep in the T20I series on Tuesday in Southampton. Duckett, […]

Ace Indian race walker Priyanka Goswami notches first win of season

Ace Indian race walker Priyanka Goswami notched her first win of the season, taking the top spot in the women’s 10km event at the Austrian Race Walking Championships in Innsbruck. Goswami clocked 47 minute and 54 second to win the 10km race walk on Monday. Her pet event is, though, 20km race walk in which […]

The concentric circles of guilt in a sports-loving city

For no fault of the players, RCB’s first IPL title will always be associated with death and disaster. Rajat Patidar and his boys deserved better, as did the lakhs of fans who turned up that Wednesday morning to share in the triumph. Sport is a life-affirming activity, and to die in its support goes against […]

England (ENG) vs West Indies (WI) Live Score, 3rd T20I from Rose Bowl, Southampton

01:04 IST: Not much went right for the Windies with the ball, as they were taken apart with ease. Their pace attack lacked penetration and struggled for control, allowing England’s batters to dominate from the outset. The spin duo of Akeal Hosein and Gudakesh Motie did manage to pick up a wicket each, but by then the […]

Who made their presence count in the India A vs England Lions unofficial Tests ahead of five-match series? | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: AAnshul Kamboj starred on the final day with a maiden First-Class fifty and two wickets as India A’s second unofficial Test against England Lions ended in a draw on Monday. Chasing an improbable 439-run target in the final session of the four-day match, the Lions stumbled to 32 for 3 before both captains […]