Hyderabad captain C.V. Milind picked up three wickets as the team bowled out J&K for 112 in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match in Kolkata on Thursday. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Nitin Sai Yadav scalped three and Tanay Thyagarajann scored his maiden half-century to propel Hyderabad to a four-wicket win over Jammu and Kashmir … Read more

Shafali Verma in action. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini India opener Shafali Verma, whose blazing 87 and two key wickets powered the country to its maiden ICC Women’s World Cup title, was on Friday (December 5, 2025) named in the ICC Player of the Month shortlist for November. Shafali, drafted into the squad as … Read more

West Indies’ Shai Hope celebrates his century on day 4 of the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch on December 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP A New Zealand team with a crowded medical ward met stiff resistance and was unable to finish off the West Indies on the fourth day of the first … Read more

Australian players celebrate a wicket during the second Ashes Test in Brisbane. | Photo Credit: Reuters Joe Root finished unbeaten on 138 after Engand was dismissed for 334 on Friday (December 5, 2025) in the third over on Day 2 of the second Ashes cricket test. The No. 1-ranked batter in test cricket posted his … Read more

After waiting a dozen years and 15 test matches, Joe Root took a little extra time to savor his first Ashes hundred in Australia. He took off his batting helmet, kissed the badge and held up his bat to celebrate the milestone in front of a capacity crowd of 37,117 at the Gabba on Day … Read more

Sunil Narine. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Known for his variations for the longest time, mystery spinner Sunil Narine etched his name in history after becoming the first bowler to claim 600 wickets in competitive T20 cricket. He achieved the milestone during the World ILT20 game for his franchise Abu Dhabi Knight Riders against … Read more

New Zealand’s batters Rachin Ravindra, left, and Tom Latham encourage each other while batting against the West Indies on day 3 during their cricket test match in Christchurch, New Zealand, on December 4, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Big centuries by Tom Latham and Rachin Ravindra put New Zealand firmly in control of the first … Read more

Kerala captain Sanju Samson stumps Shivam Dube off Vignesh Puthur in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match in Lucknow on Thursday.  | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Mumbai’s star-studded batting line-up imploded spectacularly as the defending champion squandered a winning position and slipped to a 15-run defeat against Kerala in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at … Read more

The dictionary definition of a machine is ‘a piece of equipment with moving parts that is designed to do a particular job. It usually needs electricity, gas, steam etc. in order to work.’ Sometimes conveniently, mostly lazily and almost out of compulsion, we have tended to label Virat Kohli as a run-machine. How much further … Read more

Abhishek Sharma, third right, followed up his nine-ball 34 with a three-wicket haul. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI While Hardik Pandya’s return to action gave Baroda a big boost in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, it also saw the organisers scrambling, with more than 10,000 turning up on Tuesday to watch the star India all-rounder … Read more