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Rishabh Pant set the record for the most expensive player signed at an IPL auction after being bought by the Lucknow Super Giants for INR 27 crores. Pant surpassed the INR 26.75 crores that Punjab Kings shelled out to sign Shreyas Iyer earlier in the first marquee set of the IPL 2025 mega auction. LSG…
Test cricket on speed. It’s in vogue, and not just in the country that seems to be obsessed with it the most. Of course it’s mainly associated with fast-scoring and batters playing outrageous shots, with bowlers basically there just for the taking. Or taken for granted either way, on pitches which are designed to encourage…
Rain played spoilsport in the fifth and final T20I between West Indies and England as only five overs of play was possible at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St. Lucia before the heavens opened up. In those five overs, Shai Hope and Evin Lewis continued from where they had left in the fourth…
India National Cricket Team skipper Rohit Sharma has made the decision to skip the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. In the absence of Rohit Sharma, the designated vice-captain, Jasprit Bumrah, will be leading the Indian team in the first Test in Perth, which is scheduled to begin on November 22. Devdutt Paddikal asked to stay back…
India has informed the International Cricket Council it will not travel to the Champions Trophy. Ongoing political tensions mean the two countries have not played each other outside of men’s major tournaments since 2013, while India have not played in Pakistan for 16 years. Pakistan are due to host a global event for the first…
Chennai Super Kings Category Details Retention 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad (18 cr) Retention 2 Matheesha Pathirana (13 cr) Retention 3 Shivam Dube (12 cr) Retention 4 Ravindra Jadeja (18 cr) Retention 5 MS Dhoni (4 cr) Purse Spent (out of 120 crore) INR 65 crore Purse Remaining for Auction INR 55 crore No. of RTMs Available…
VVS Laxman will be the head coach for India’s short white ball tour of South Africa. He will step in as incumbent national coach, Gautam Gambhir, will be Australia-bound for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The decision was confirmed to Sparrow News by a top official of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on…
South Africa 308 (Verreynne 114, Mulder 54, Taijul 5-122) and 106 for 3 (De Zorzi 41, Stubbs 30*, Taijul 3-43) beat Bangladesh 106 (Mulder 3-22, Rabada 3-26, Maharaj 3-34) and 307 (Mehidy 97, Jaker 58, Rabada 6-46) by 7 wickets South Africa have moved up to fourth place on the World Test Championship table after a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh…
India were given an early jolt after losing captain Rohit Sharma for a nine-ball duck before the close of play in Pune. They were 16/1 in 11 overs, trailing New Zealand by 243 runs. Washington Sundar delivered the goods with a maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket. He finished with excellent bowling figures of 7/59…
India vs Bangladesh Highlights 3rd T20I:Â A record-breaking night for India in Hyderabad here as Sanju Samson (111) and Suryakumar Yadav (75) powered the Men in Blue to the highest T20I score by a Test-playing nation – 297/6 in 20 overs. The Bangladesh batters had a tall task ahead of themselves and they crumbled under pressure…