WBBL 2023-24 – Smriti Mandhana to skip WBBL again with eye on domestic season
India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has opted out of the WBBL for the second year in a row, as she could play in the upcoming domestic season. She had skipped the…
Rohit Sharma – ‘I want to get into the phase I was in before the 2019 World Cup’
Rohit Sharma wants to “shut out” the external pressure and the weight of expectation that come with captaining the host nation in a World Cup. When the tournament last came…
Shreyas Iyer opens up about back injury: I was in excruciating pain
Shreyas Iyer, who is currently part of a six-day conditioning camp in Bengaluru for India’s Asia Cup-bound squad, admits to “panicking” about his back injury and that he “never imagined”…
Karun Nair, Shreyas Gopal move out of Karnataka
Karun Nair and Shreyas Gopal, two key members of Karnataka’s double-treble winning sides, have obtained NOCs from the KSCA to play for Vidarbha and Kerala, respectively, in the upcoming domestic…
BCCI president Roger Binny, vice-president Rajiv Shukla to visit Pakistan for Asia Cup
Pakistan, the hosts of the tournament, have been allotted just four of the 13 games after the BCCI expressed its inability to tour the country. This led to several flashpoints…
AB de Villiers: I think Virat Kohli is the perfect No. 4 batter
Who should be India’s No. 4 at the World Cup? If AB de Villiers were to make that call, it’d be his former Royal Challengers Bangalore team-mate Virat Kohli. De…
Asia Cup 2023 – KL Rahul’s fitness in the spotlight as India begin conditioning camp in Bengaluru
India’s Asia-Cup-bound players have begun arriving in Bengaluru for a six-day conditioning camp that begins on Thursday at the Karnataka State Cricket Association’s (KSCA) Three Ovals campus in Alur. While…
Recent Match Report – Ireland vs India 3rd T20I 2023
The captains of the two teams, Paul Stirling and Jasprit Bumrah, shook hands in the middle to draw the curtain on the three-match series. Bumrah was named Player of the…
World Cup warm-ups – India begin against England; Pakistan take on New Zealand
Less than 72 hours after they finish their three-match ODI series in Rajkot, India and Australia will begin their final round of dress rehearsals for the World Cup with warm-ups…
Match Preview – Ireland vs India, India in Ireland 2023, 3rd T20I
Big Picture – Will Bumrah give chances to Jitesh, Shahbaz and Avesh? India have largely achieved what they wanted from this Ireland series. Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna have made…