The selectors’ job is to pick winning teams, which sounds simultaneously obvious and odd. Winning is the final justification for any team picked on any criterion from performance to politics. The World Cup is for winning, not building for the future or playing fantastic cricket without a trophy to show for it Source link
Due diligence: Shafali said she wanted to get her eye in before going after the Lankan bowlers. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Shafali Verma’s unbeaten 34-ball 69 powered India to a seven-wicket victory in the second T20I against Sri Lanka at the ACA-VDCA Stadium here on Tuesday. While her blitz made light work of the … Read more
Hold the pose: Kohli’s mastery was once again on display. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Virat Kohli’s Bengaluru homecoming – albeit at the BCCI Centre of Excellence, a good 40km away from his beloved M. Chinnaswamy Stadium – began sweetly as he produced a fine century (131, 101b, 14×4, 3×6) to power Delhi to … Read more
Left-arm orthodox bowler Jayden Lennox has earned his first call-up in the New Zealand squad for the white ball tour of India in January, next year. Kyle Jamieson and Mitchell Santner are back with the former coming back in both the white ball sides. Santner has been named in the T20 side only, as part … Read more
Before the glitz and glamour of the Women’s Premier League and the adulation from India’s recent World Cup triumph, Arundhati Reddy had been a trailblazer on the domestic front. She featured for Railways from 2017-18 to 2022-23, during which time she played in 24 List-A and 21 T20s for the side as well as five … Read more
Virat Kohli plays a shot during the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 cricket match between Andhra and Delhi, at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE), near Bengaluru on December 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Rare is the occurrence when Virat Kohli has only a handful to cheer for him. Sparsely populated stadia and … Read more
Uttar Pradesh (UP) began its Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025 campaign with an 84-run win over Hyderabad at the Niranjan Shah Stadium here on Wednesday, thanks to its spin trio. List-A debutants Zeeshan Ansari (four for 31) and Prashant Veer (three for 47), along with Vipraj Nigam, effected a middle-over chokehold after a collective effort from … Read more
Mumbai’s Rohit Sharma in action during the Vijay Hazare Trophy Cricket Match against Sikkim at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday, December 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Rohit Sharma came, won hearts and eventually scored a century to guide Mumbai to a eight-wicket win against Sikkim in a Group C fixture … Read more
Virat Kohli plays a shot during the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 cricket match between Andhra and Delhi, at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground, in Bengaluru, on December 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI India batting star Virat Kohli on Wednesday (December 24, 2025) went past the iconic Sachin Tendulkar as the fastest to reach … Read more
Vaibhav Suryavanshi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Teen sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi went berserk en route to a blistering 84-ball 190, including hitting 15 sixes, while reaching the three-figure mark in just 36 balls for Bihar in their Vijay Hazare Plate Group match against Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday (December 24, 2025). At 14 years and … Read more