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Priyansh Arya was bowled for 199 in his third first-class game, and Badoni’s hundred has Delhi on 381 for 4

Delhi lost their Ranji Trophy opener in Kalyani. A week on, Arya and their captain added 234 for the fourth wicket against Gujarat at Palam.

Oct 18, 2026

Brendan Taylor passed Andy Flower’s record at 40, and Zimbabwe beat a Bangladesh side without Litton Das by 99 runs

Zimbabwe recovered from 24 for 3 to make 271 for 8 in the UAE tri-series opener in Abu Dhabi, then bowled Bangladesh out for 172.

Oct 18, 2026

Shami bowled 35.3 overs in Bengal’s win over Delhi, and two days after his India snub he is not in their XI against Services

Bengal have left Mohammed Shami out of their second Ranji Trophy game, at Palam in New Delhi, and the official reason is rest.

Oct 18, 2026

India were 118 for 5 when the Bengaluru rain came back, and West Indies leave with the T20I series shared 2-2

Ishan Kishan and Naman Dhir got India going in a nine-over decider at the Chinnaswamy, and West Indies never got to bat.

Oct 17, 2026

Aaryavir Sehwag made 173 and lost to a 167, and Anvay Dravid’s 151 took Karnataka into the knockouts

Virender Sehwag’s son made 173 for Delhi and still lost to Chandigarh. Rahul Dravid’s son made 151 as Karnataka chased a revised target of 352 in the...

Oct 17, 2026

Bumrah and Jadeja are in India’s Test squad for New Zealand but not the ODIs, and Iyer will captain the last two

India have named three groups for New Zealand: one for the first three ODIs under Shubman Gill, one for the last two under Shreyas Iyer, and a Test sq...

Oct 17, 2026

India were 19 for 4 chasing 115, and debutant Niki Prasad saw them home against Zimbabwe in Raipur

Deepti Sharma’s 49 and an unbeaten 39 from Niki Prasad on debut rescued India’s chase as they beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in the first women’s T20I.

Oct 16, 2026

Arshdeep Singh was hit by a Shamar Joseph bouncer, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar could make his India return at the Chinnaswamy

India have added Bhuvneshwar Kumar to their squad for Saturday’s series decider against West Indies in Bengaluru, with Arshdeep Singh in doubt after a...

Oct 16, 2026

Punam Raut top-scored in the 2017 World Cup final, and she has retired from international cricket at 37

Punam Raut, India’s top scorer in the 2017 World Cup final and one half of the 320-run opening stand with Deepti Sharma, has retired from all internat...

Oct 16, 2026

Zimbabwe have lost all 18 T20Is this year, and Mandhana starts her captaincy against them in Raipur tonight

India Women meet Zimbabwe for the first time at 7pm IST, with Shafali Verma as the new vice-captain and the No. 3 spot still open.

Oct 16, 2026

Prasidh Krishna lasted five overs in Guwahati, and his hamstring is one reason India’s New Zealand ODI and Test squads are still unnamed

The selectors are waiting on Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana and Rishabh Pant before they pick the 50-over and red-ball groups, with the squads due to f...

Oct 16, 2026

Shai Hope has 261 runs in four innings, and India get one more go at him in Bengaluru on Saturday

India and West Indies are level at 2-2, and the five-match T20I series will be settled at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on 17 October.

Oct 15, 2026

Tristan Stubbs made 32 and 1 in Durban, and South Africa have dropped him for the Gqeberha Test

Matthew Breetzke comes into the 17-man squad on the back of an ODI hundred, and Ryan Rickelton takes the gloves for the second Test against Australia.

Oct 15, 2026

Chad Laycock took five wickets in one over, and KZN Inland still lost to Titans by 21 runs

The KZN Inland quick finished with 6 for 26 in Pietermaritzburg, the first five-wicket over in South African T20 cricket and the best figures in Pro20...

Oct 15, 2026

Parthiv Patel was tipped to replace Agarkar, and he let the selectors’ deadline pass without applying

The BCCI’s window for the West Zone seat on the senior selection panel closed at 5pm on Wednesday, and Pragyan Ojha now looks set to stay on as chairm...

Oct 15, 2026

Natarajan took 19 wickets in Sunrisers’ run to the 2024 final, and they have bought him back for less than half his Delhi fee

Delhi Capitals have traded the left-arm seamer back to Hyderabad at INR 5 crore, with leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari heading the other way ahead of IPL 20...

Oct 15, 2026

Shai Hope is the first West Indies batter with three T20I hundreds, and his 102 not out has sent the series to a decider

West Indies beat India by 24 runs in Hyderabad, with Keemo Paul taking five wickets, and the five-match series goes to Bengaluru on Saturday at 2-2.

Oct 14, 2026

Jammu and Kashmir were 12 for 5 chasing 326, and rain saved the Ranji champions against Madhya Pradesh

Shubham Sharma made 79 and an unbeaten 106 in Srinagar, and MP took three points from the defending champions’ first game.

Oct 14, 2026

Karnataka were 43 for 3 and still 101 behind, and Karun Nair’s unbeaten 155 saved them against Andhra

Andhra took the first-innings points in Vijayawada, but they could not get past Karun Nair on the last day of the Ranji Trophy opener.

Oct 14, 2026

Umesh Yadav took five on his Punjab debut, and he says Vidarbha’s coach wanted him out of the picture

The 38-year-old says Mohammed Shami got backing from Bengal that he never had at Vidarbha, and wants India’s selectors to tell senior players where th...

Oct 14, 2026

Rinku Singh and Madhav Kaushik made hundreds on the first day, and UP beat Bihar by an innings and 267 in Rajgir

Bihar lost 18 wickets on Tuesday as Uttar Pradesh opened their Ranji Trophy season with an innings win inside three days.

Oct 14, 2026

Kusal Mendis is now Sri Lanka’s top T20I run-scorer, and his 87 not out beat Pakistan in Rawalpindi

Kusal Mendis made a career-best 87 not out off 48 balls as Sri Lanka chased 169 with 17 balls to spare, though Pakistan still took the T20I series 2-1...

Oct 13, 2026

Ayush Mhatre was back for one innings after six months out, and a hamstring tear has him out for another month

Mumbai beat Chandigarh by an innings and 155 runs at the Wankhede, but their new vice-captain tore his right hamstring on the first day.

Oct 13, 2026

South Africa lost their last four wickets for five runs, and Hazlewood’s 6 for 49 gave Australia a 214-run win in Durban

Aiden Markram batted 237 balls for 75, but the second new ball finished South Africa’s chase of 421 at Kingsmead and handed Temba Bavuma his first Tes...