Jun 5, 2026
A hat-trick, a five-for and now a World Cup: the rise of Nandani Sharma
Uncapped, 24 and fresh off a record-breaking debut WPL season, the Chandigarh pacer has gone from unknown to India’s World Cup squad in a matter of mo...
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Jun 5, 2026
KS Bharat retires from international cricket at 32 after a long wait behind Pant
India’s long-serving Test reserve keeper has walked away from the international game at 32, with a move to the overseas T20 circuit the likely next st...
Jun 3, 2026
Siraj a doubt for the Afghanistan Test as Gurnoor Brar waits on a debut
India have three days to settle their seam attack for the one-off Test against Afghanistan, and the biggest call is whether Mohammed Siraj plays at al...
Jun 1, 2026
Afghanistan return to India for a Test, eight years on from their first
A one-off Test and three ODIs against a Gill-led India hand Afghanistan a rare red-ball examination against a top side, and a white-ball series where...
May 23, 2026
Sooryavanshi at Stormont: the case India have to settle before they fly to Belfast
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 15, on top of the IPL 2026 Orange Cap charts, and one selection call from breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s youngest-India-debutant...
May 22, 2026
Three wickets, MI eliminated, England in July: the case for resting Bumrah on Sunday
Mumbai Indians’ season ends in a dead rubber against Rajasthan Royals on Sunday, and the smartest thing they can do for Jasprit Bumrah is keep him out...
May 21, 2026
Sandeep Patil names the Kohli-Rohit contradiction nobody else will: ‘It puzzles me’
Former India chief selector Sandeep Patil has called Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s T20I retirements puzzling while both continue to play the format i...
May 18, 2026
Prince Yadav’s IPL 2026 surge pushes him into the frame for an India ODI debut against Afghanistan
India’s selectors meet on Tuesday to finalise the ODI and Test squads for next month’s Afghanistan series, and LSG pacer Prince Yadav has worked his w...
May 15, 2026
Kohli’s 2027 World Cup demand is the most honest thing he has said in years
Virat Kohli’s RCB podcast quote about not being in the space to prove his worth is being read as an ultimatum. It is actually a request for the select...
May 11, 2026
Bhuvneshwar’s fourth 20-wicket IPL season puts him level with Bumrah and back in the India conversation
Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s 4 for 23 against Mumbai Indians in Raipur on Sunday lifted him to 21 wickets for the season, his fourth IPL campaign with 20-plus...
May 7, 2026
Puducherry, then five Tests across India: Australia’s BGT 2027 prep starts in September
Australia A’s two four-dayers and three ODIs in Puducherry between September 22 and October 11 are billed as a development tour, but the surfaces are...
May 5, 2026
India hold a 13-point lead at the top of the ICC Men’s T20I rankings after the May annual update
The ICC’s annual T20I team rankings update has left India clear at the top on 275 points, 13 ahead of England, with Australia, New Zealand, South Afri...
May 5, 2026
Mumbai’s playoff math is brutal, but Bumrah’s drift is the harder fix
Rohit Sharma’s comeback 84 papered over the question Mumbai cannot keep ducking. Three wickets in ten games and three no-balls in one spell suggest Ja...
Apr 21, 2026
Abhishek Sharma draws level with Virat Kohli on nine T20 hundreds for an Indian batter
Abhishek Sharma’s unbeaten 135 against Delhi on Tuesday was his ninth hundred in T20 cricket, drawing him level with Virat Kohli for the most by an In...
Apr 3, 2026
Two matches, zero wickets and too many runs: has Varun Chakravarthy’s mystery been solved?
Varun Chakravarthy finished the T20 World Cup as joint-highest wicket-taker with 14 scalps, but two IPL 2026 outings for KKR have produced 0 wickets f...
Mar 31, 2026
Vaughan urges BCCI to fast-track Sooryavanshi for England tour after explosive IPL knock
Michael Vaughan says the BCCI should include 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in India’s squad for the white-ball tour of England this summer, calling...
Mar 26, 2026
BCCI unveils India’s 2026-27 home season with 22 matches across 17 cities
The BCCI on Thursday announced a packed international home calendar for 2026-27 featuring tours from West Indies, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Australia, w...
Mar 20, 2026
Stirling steps down as Ireland T20I captain after World Cup exit but will keep leading the ODI side
Paul Stirling has given up the Ireland T20I captaincy following the team’s group-stage exit at the T20 World Cup 2026, though he will continue to capt...
Mar 19, 2026
Ashwin fears India’s bowling depth will suffer as batting dominance makes fast bowling less appealing
Ravichandran Ashwin has questioned who will lead India’s pace attack after Jasprit Bumrah, warning that the sport’s tilt toward batting entertainment...
Mar 15, 2026
Jay Shah says no country is bigger than the ICC but the T20 World Cup saga told a different story
The ICC chairman used a speech at the Indian Business Leader Awards to assert his authority after the Bangladesh withdrawal and Pakistan boycott threa...
Mar 13, 2026
From T20 World Cup heroes to 50-over regulars: the case for Samson and Kishan
Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan lit up the T20 World Cup at home, but India’s ODI wicketkeeping picture is anything but settled ahead of the 2027 World...
Mar 12, 2026
Gill set for BCCI Cricketer of the Year as Dravid earns lifetime achievement honour
Shubman Gill will be named BCCI Cricketer of the Year at the Naman Awards on March 15 in Delhi, while former India captain and coach Rahul Dravid rece...
Mar 11, 2026
India’s T20I captaincy conundrum: where does Shubman Gill fit after World Cup snub?
Shubman Gill captains India in Tests and ODIs, but his omission from the T20 World Cup squad has raised questions about whether the shortest format ha...
Mar 11, 2026
Arshdeep Singh fined by ICC for throwing ball at Mitchell in T20 World Cup final
India pacer Arshdeep Singh has been docked 15 percent of his match fee and handed one demerit point after the ICC found him guilty of throwing the bal...