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 UP Warriorz edged out Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a dramatic Super Over finish in the Women’s Premier League at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Monday. With 18 runs needed in the final over of regulation play, UP Warriorz tailender Sophie Ecclestone hammered pacer Renuka Singh for two sixes and a four. Sophie Ecclestone |…

Vidarbha on Monday (February 24, 2025) retained their 17-member squad to take on Kerala in the final of the Ranji Trophy which will be played at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur in Jamtha from Wednesday (February 26, 2025). “VCA’s senior selection committee, which met on Monday (February 25, 2025), decided to retain the same squad…

Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel plays a shot during a One Day International (ODI) cricket match of the ICC Champions Trophy between India and Pakistan, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, in Dubai, UAE, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Top-order batsman Saud Shakeel said Pakistan must be better in every facet after a six-wicket defeat…

India’s Hardik Pandya with captain Rohit Sharma and teammates celebrates a wicket during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025- Group A match against Pakistan, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Sunday, February 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Injured Australia captain Pat Cummins believes India have a “huge advantage” to be based in Dubai…

Former winners Vidarbha will rely on their red-hot form to stake claim for a title that they last won over five years ago, while first-time finalists Kerala will be driven by grit when the two contrasting teams clash in the summit showdown for the 90th Ranji Trophy, starting in Nagpur on Wednesday (February 26, 2025)….

A battered England will hope to keep their Champions Trophy hopes alive when they face a dangerous Afghanistan in a crucial group B match in Lahore on Wednesday (February 26, 2025). A defeat would severely dent both the teams’ dreams of a semifinal berth in the tournament, as South Africa and Australia have already notched…

Pakistan’s cricket team continued to invite scathing criticism a day after being knocked out of the Champions Trophy with the great Sunil Gavaskar saying that it would struggle to beat even a second-string Indian team. India, the 2023 ODI World Cup finalists, defeated defending champions Pakistan by six wickets in the Champions Trophy in Dubai…

Groundsmen cover the pitch and field area due to low rain fall before start of the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between Australia and South Africa, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on February 25, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP The Champions Trophy match between Australia and South Africa was abandoned in Rawalpindi on Tuesday (February 25, 2025)…

Former UAE leg-spinner Karthik Meiyappan, bought by Siechem Madurai Panthers for ₹9.2 lakh in the 2025 TNPL auction, shifted base to Chennai last February. This was after the Jolly Rovers CC (TNCA I div league) coach J. Hariesh asked him to come down for the Sanmar Group-owned teams (Rovers and Alwarpet CC) to have a…

Relentless rain led to the abandonment of the Champions Trophy group stage fixture between Australia and South Africa at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. As it rained since early morning, the groundstaff had little scope to get the playing arena ready. Even though there was a cut-off time of 7.32 p.m. (local time)…