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[ad_1] Mohammed Shami. (Pic Credit – X) Mohammed Shami‘s return to competitive cricket has been further pushed back after the veteran pacer was not named in the Bengal squad for the next two rounds of the Ranji Trophy against Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. Bengal will take on Karnataka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here from…

[ad_1] Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (AFP Photo) The gruelling Test tour of South Africa had finished in early January of 2007 and towards the end of that month, India were playing West Indies in a bilateral ODI series as a tune-up to the 50-over World Cup set to be played in the Caribbean in…

[ad_1] MS Dhoni. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images) Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes Chennai Super Kings (CSK) might strategically rest MS Dhoni in the upcoming IPL 2025 season. This comes after CSK retained the former Indian captain for the next season of the IPL. Ponting suggests that this strategy could help CSK…

[ad_1] India women’s team (X Photo) India will host Australia and England in high-profile home series as the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday gave significance to Test matches and bilateral rubbers while announcing women’s cricket Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the 2025-29 cycle. Apart from the storied rivals, India will also face Bangladesh and…

[ad_1] Mitchell Starc (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) Australian pacer Mitchell Starc overtook legendary compatriot Brett Lee to become the fastest bowler to achieve 100 ODI wickets in his country. Starc accomplished this feat during the first ODI against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). During the game, Starc delivered a fine performance with…

[ad_1] NE WDELHI: New Zealand stunning India 3-0 at home for an unprecedented series win has left Australia wary as pacer Josh Hazlewood feels that the embarrassing loss might awaken a ‘sleeping giant’ ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Under. The Kiwis on Sunday completed a stunning series sweep, handing India their first-ever 3-0 whitewash…

[ad_1] Australia narrowly defeated Pakistan by two wickets in a tense first One Day International at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.Chasing a target of 204, Australia found themselves in a precarious position at 185/8. However, a composed captain’s knock of 32 not out from Pat Cummins saw them…

[ad_1] Virat Kohli scored 4 and 1 in the two innings of the third Test in Mumbai. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: India’s batting vulnerabilities against spin were thoroughly exposed in the recently concluded Test series against New Zealand where the hosts succumbed to an embarrassing 3-0 whitewash.The plan from India was to trap the Kiwis…

[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Pat Cummins proved once more he is the man for a batting crisis as he guided world champions Australia to a tense two-wicket win in their series-opening one-day international against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday.Playing his first ODI since last year’s World Cup in India, Cummins produced a nerveless knock…

[ad_1] Ravichandran Ashwin (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: It is not a common sight that premier India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin turns ineffective in home conditions and that too when the pitches are conducive to spin bowling.But the rare happened during the recently concluded India vs New Zealand series where Ashwin’s dip form with the ball was…