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Vijay Hazare Trophy: Playing without Virat Kohli, Delhi beat Saurashtra by three wickets; Priyansh Arya, Navdeep Saini shine | Cricket News

Priyansh Arya. (File photo/PTI) Opener Priyansh Arya and middle-order batter Tejasvi Dahiya scored quick half-centuries as Delhi overcame captain Rishabh Pant’s modest return to beat Saurashtra by three wickets in a Group D Vijay Hazare Trophy match on Monday.Chasing a target of 321, Arya scored 78 off 45 balls and Tejasvi made 53 from 51 […]

Can Ramakrishna Ghosh become CSK’s trump card in IPL 2026? How can Maharashtra pacer aid five-time champs?

Ramakrishna Ghosh put Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on notice with a seven-wicket haul in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy, giving a timely reminder to the five-time champions ahead of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Playing for Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Maharashtra, the pace-bowling all-rounder ran riot against Himachal Pradesh in Jaipur. On a […]

Vijay Hazare Trophy: How much did Vaibhav Sooryavanshi score in his latest appearance for Bihar against Meghalaya? | Cricket News

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo) Bihar have continued to be dominant in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Plate 2025-26. On Monday, they picked up an easy eight-wicket win over Meghalaya at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi. This was Bihar’s third win in a row, and they did it in convincing fashion by eight wickets.With Bihar winning […]

Lamine Yamal brushes aside Cristiano Ronaldo comparisons: I want to build my own path

Lamine Yamal has played down comparisons with Cristiano Ronaldo after being named Best Forward at the Globe Soccer Awards, insisting he is focused on carving out his own identity in the game. The 18-year-old, already one of football’s most decorated teenagers, said he has little interest in being measured against past greats and would rather […]

Surinder Amarnath Follows Father’s Footsteps with Century on Test Debut

New Delhi, 29 December – Former Indian cricketer Surinder Amarnath belongs to a family that has produced several legendary players for India. His father, Lala Amarnath, was a celebrated Indian cricketer. This father-son duo holds a unique record of scoring centuries on their Test match debuts. Lala Amarnath made his Test debut in December 1933 […]

36 wickets in 2 days: ICC rates MCG pitch ‘unsatisfactory’; hands Ashes venue one demerit point | Cricket News

Andrew McDonald, Head Coach of Australia, inspects the pitch at Melbourne Cricket Ground (Photo credit: Morgan Hancock/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The ICC on Monday rated the pitch used for the fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as unsatisfactory, handing the venue one demerit point after match referee Jeff Crowe […]

Ashes: Mitchell Starc eyes historic feat after relentless, record-setting series

Mitchell Starc keeps turning up, and that alone has made this Ashes summer unusual. As he prepares for the Sydney Test, the left-arm quick is on the verge of achieving something no Australian fast bowler has managed in nearly 70 years. Three straight home summers without missing a Test now feels less like a streak […]

Vijay Hazare Trophy: RCB’s Rs 7 crore buy fails to fire, falls cheaply | Cricket News

File photo – Venkatesh Iyer (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Venkatesh Iyer’s outing in the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Kerala at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad did not unfold the way many had anticipated. The moment the Madhya Pradesh all-rounder walked out to the middle, expectations were high that he would fire in […]

Ashes: England suffer huge blow as pacer Gus Atkinson ruled out of 5th Test | Cricket News

Gus Atkinson (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: England fast bowler Gus Atkinson was on Monday ruled out of the fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia due to a hamstring injury, becoming the third pace bowler from the touring side to be sent home early during the series. The Surrey right-armer had hobbled off early on […]

MCG Meltdown: ‘Might drop ‘very’ from ‘very good”: Sunil Gavaskar’s razor-sharp sarcasm after another two-day Test in Australia | Cricket News

England team at MCG; and Sunil Gavaskar NEW DELHI: The Melbourne Cricket Ground, long celebrated as one of the sport’s grand theatres, became the stage for another uncomfortable debate about pitch quality after the Boxing Day Test ended inside two days, prompting biting sarcasm from batting great Sunil Gavaskar.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube […]