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108 articles tagged with "India cricket"

Jun 17, 2026

Gill and Kishan centuries power India to a series-sealing 170-run win over Afghanistan

Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan both made hundreds and shared a stand worth 224 as India racked up 402 in Lucknow, then bowled Afghanistan out for 232 t...

Jun 15, 2026

India look to seal the series against Afghanistan in Lucknow

India lead 1-0 and can wrap up the series when they face Afghanistan in the second ODI at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium on Wednesday. Gurbaz’s fireworks asi...

Jun 11, 2026

Hardik Pandya ruled out of the Afghanistan ODIs with a quad strain

India’s all-round plans for the Afghanistan ODIs have taken a hit, with Hardik Pandya sidelined by a quadriceps strain picked up in training.

Jun 11, 2026

Afghanistan’s white-ball strength meets a new-era India in the Dharamsala ODI opener

After the Test mismatch, the three ODIs shift to Afghanistan’s strongest format, with a Shubman Gill-led India beginning a new chapter when the series...

Jun 10, 2026

Siraj rested for the Ireland and England T20Is as Prasidh Krishna comes in

India have pulled Mohammed Siraj out of their T20I tour of Ireland and England on workload grounds, with Prasidh Krishna called up to replace him.

Jun 10, 2026

India face hosts England in their final World Cup warm-up at Derby

Fresh from a 26-run win over West Indies, Harmanpreet Kaur’s India meet hosts England at Derby on Wednesday in their last hit-out before opening the W...

Jun 9, 2026

Rohit and Hardik cleared to play as India set their Afghanistan ODI squad

India will have Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya available for the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan after both passed fitness tests at the BCC...

Jun 9, 2026

India seal their biggest Test win as Afghanistan fold by an innings and 300 runs

India turned a one-off Test in New Chandigarh into a record rout, beating Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs for the largest victory by an innings...

Jun 7, 2026

India’s batting riches are turning selection into a happy problem

Five fifties in one declared innings, two wicketkeepers in the same XI and a No. 7 making runs: India’s Test batting has become so deep that the only...

Jun 7, 2026

Suthar’s debut three-for puts Afghanistan in trouble after India’s 564

Debutant spinner Manav Suthar took three wickets to leave Afghanistan at 113 for five, still 451 runs behind, after India declared their first innings...

Jun 7, 2026

India turn to their World Cup warm-ups to find form before the Pakistan opener

A 2-1 series loss to England has left India searching for form, and warm-ups against West Indies and the hosts are the last chance to settle the side...

Jun 6, 2026

Shreyas Iyer named India’s new T20I captain as Suryakumar Yadav is dropped

The selectors have ended the captaincy guessing game. Shreyas Iyer takes over India’s T20I side for the Ireland and England tours, Suryakumar Yadav mi...

Jun 6, 2026

Gill and Rahul hundreds put India in command on day one in Mullanpur

India piled up 368 for 3 on the opening day of their one-off Test against Afghanistan, with captain Shubman Gill and KL Rahul both reaching centuries...

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...

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...