Indian domestic cricket

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Sep 4, 2026

Padikkal and Siraj are in South Zone’s squad, and East Zone have Shami and Mukesh Kumar

India’s player of the series in Sri Lanka and one of his Test team-mates were added to South Zone’s squad on Friday. The Duleep Trophy final starts at...

Sep 4, 2026

Rohit Yadav took six wickets on debut in July, and now he is banned for two years

The Bengal legspinner was found holding three birth certificates giving three different years of birth. CAB has flagged more than 60 other cricketers...

Sep 3, 2026

India A get three four-dayers in New Zealand, and that is the only red-ball preparation before the Tests

India A will play New Zealand A in three four-day matches from October 24 to November 10, finishing nine days before the first Test in Wellington. It...

Sep 2, 2026

Tilak Varma was not out twice, and South Zone play East Zone in Chennai on Sunday

South Zone’s captain finished the semi-final unbeaten in both innings. The Duleep Trophy final against East Zone starts in Chennai on 6 September.

Sep 2, 2026

North Zone lead by 139 with three wickets left, and a draw still sends South Zone through

The second Duleep Trophy semi-final goes to a final day in Bengaluru on Wednesday. South Zone’s first-innings lead of 117 means North have to win the...

Sep 1, 2026

Mukesh Kumar took seven, and East Zone are in their first Duleep Trophy final since 2012-13

Central Zone were bowled out for 158 before lunch on the third day in Bengaluru, and East Zone knocked off the 159 they needed for the loss of six wic...

Aug 30, 2026

Mumbai now pays its men and women the same retainer, and the BCCI’s own gap is tenfold

The MCA is the first state association in India to hand annual contracts to both its men’s and women’s players at identical rates, which is one thing...

Aug 29, 2026

Andre Siddarth turned 20 at Chepauk, and Kovai Kings won the TNPL final by 84 runs

Kovai Kings bowled Madurai Panthers out for 98 to take the Tamil Nadu Premier League title by 84 runs. Andre Siddarth made 82 off 47 on his 20th birth...

Aug 27, 2026

Two Duleep Trophy semi-finalists have not played a match yet, and both of them were in last season’s final

Central Zone and South Zone were seeded straight into the last four, while East Zone and North Zone reached it by winning quarter-finals that could no...

Aug 27, 2026

Trichy were 0 for 3 after three balls, and Kovai are in the TNPL final

K Deeban Lingesh took a hat-trick with the first three balls of Trichy Grand Cholas’ chase, and Kovai Kings won Qualifier 2 by 84 runs to set up a fin...

Aug 26, 2026

Abid Mushtaq took 9 for 99, and West Zone’s chase ended 6.3 overs into the final morning

North Zone needed three wickets on the last morning in Bengaluru and had them inside seven overs. Abid Mushtaq’s nine-wicket match puts them into a Du...

Aug 26, 2026

The TNPL playoffs have produced seven and a half overs, and Qualifier 2 decides who plays Madurai

Rain has already sent two teams through the TNPL knockouts without a completed match. Trichy Grand Cholas and Vida Kovai Kings meet at Chepauk on Wedn...

Aug 25, 2026

West Zone were 195 for 3 chasing 287, and lost four wickets for 25 before stumps

West Zone were cruising at 195 for 3 in pursuit of 287 in the Duleep Trophy quarter-final. By the close of day three they were 220 for 7, and North Zo...

Aug 25, 2026

Shahbaz Ahmed made 167 and took four wickets, and East Zone won inside three days

Two five-wicket hauls, a 167 from the player of the match, and a quarter-final that never got close. East Zone are through to the Duleep Trophy semi-f...

Aug 24, 2026

North East Zone lost four wickets on 111, and by stumps they were batting again

Four North East Zone wickets fell on the same score in Bengaluru, and they were following on by the close. In the other quarter-final, Abid Mushtaq’s...

Aug 24, 2026

North Zone were 161 for 7, and their No. 9 hit five sixes to drag them to 251

Anshul Kamboj walked in with North Zone seven down and was the last man out, top-scoring with 60 off 52 balls. West Zone closed day one of the Duleep...

Aug 23, 2026

East Zone lost five wickets for 138, and Gharami and Shahbaz added 150 together

The Duleep Trophy quarter-finals opened in Bengaluru with East Zone recovering to 355 for 6 and Anshul Kamboj hitting five sixes from No. 9 for North...

Aug 23, 2026

Three TNPL teams finished on eight points, and Nellai missed the playoffs by 0.133

Kovai Kings, Tiruppur Tamizhans and Nellai Royal Kings all finished the TNPL league stage on eight points, and net run rate sent two of them through....

Aug 22, 2026

The Duleep Trophy starts on Sunday, and two of the six zones are already in the semi-finals

India’s red-ball season opens on 23 August with two quarter-finals in Bengaluru, while Central Zone and South Zone wait a week for their reward for la...

Aug 21, 2026

Four TNPL teams are level on eight points, and Salem Spartans have lost all six

Thursday night at Chepauk left the Tamil Nadu Premier League with four teams tied at the top and one league game each to play. The playoffs begin on S...

Aug 19, 2026

Jammu and Kashmir have six of North Zone’s fifteen, and their keeper is captain

North Zone have made Kanhaiya Wadhawan their Duleep Trophy captain six months after he kept wicket in Jammu and Kashmir’s first Ranji Trophy final. Fi...

Aug 17, 2026

The BCCI is putting anti-corruption officers in every state T20 league, and the TNPL is why

For the first time the BCCI’s anti-corruption unit will cover every T20 league run by a state association, after finding bookies in contact with playe...

Aug 14, 2026

Kovai Kings vs Trichy Grand Cholas: TNPL 2026 match 20 preview and prediction

Kovai are the only side in TNPL 2026 yet to bat second, and Trichy lead the run-rate table on their bowling rather than their batting. A look at Satur...

Aug 14, 2026

Shyam Sundar’s unbeaten 104 sinks the champions, and Trichy go second

Trichy Grand Cholas beat holders iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans by 17 runs at Dindigul on Thursday night. S Shyam Sundar batted through the innings for 104...