India v Australia, Tournament Preview: Can Australia upset heavy favourites?

Australia have a decent side, but beating India, playing in familiar conditions and with Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah back, is a hugely difficult task.

Gill ton in vain as Bangladesh stun India

The Asia Cup delivered another last-over thriller as Bangladesh edged past India by just six runs in Colombo to end their Super 4 campaign on a high note. After half-centuries from Shakib al Hasan and Towhid Hridoy took Bangladesh to 265, the Tigers produced an inspired collective bowling effort to defend the score. Shubman Gill […]

Rahul, Iyer return to India squad for Asia Cup

Long-term injury absentees KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have returned to the team India squad for the upcoming Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. The two batters join Mumbai Indians youngster Tilak Varma in the 17-man squad selected by chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar on Monday. Shreyas Iyer completed a full recovery after sustaining a back […]

Kohli, du Plessis lift RCB to statement victory over MI

RCB enjoyed a perfect homecoming at the Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday night as they delivered a statement performance to beat the Mumbai Indians by eight wickets in Bangalore. Glorious half-centuries from RCB openers Virat Kohli (82* off 49) and Faf du Plessis (73 off 43) cancelled out Tilak Varma’s sublime unbeaten 84 to help the […]

Australia remain on top despite Axar half-century

It was another absorbing day of cricket on day two of the second Test between India and Australia in Delhi. Nathan Lyon starred for the visitors with the ball, picking up five wickets to skittle India to 139 for seven before Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin stitched together a match-saving 114-run partnership to take India […]

Hooda, Mavi star as India beat Sri Lanka in last-over thriller

India took a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka with a nail-biting two-run win over the visitors at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Deepak Hooda and Axar Patel shined for the Men in Blue in this nervy encounter, with the pair adding 68 runs to take the hosts to a defendable […]

India wrap up 2-0 Test series victory to finish unbeaten home season

After winning the first Test in Mohali in three days, team India were even more ruthless in the pink-ball Test in Bengaluru as Rohit Sharma’s side wrapped up the 238-run victory over Sri Lanka in less than eight sessions to complete a straightforward 2-0 series win. The hosts picked up the remaining nine wickets with […]

3 Things We Learned from the India New Zealand Test Series

After the nail-biting finish in the fading light in Kanpur, India landed the knockout punch and wrapped up the series victory in style in Mumbai, handing New Zealand their heaviest Test defeat by 372 runs. This win takes the hosts back above the Blackcaps in the ICC rankings as the world’s number one Test team, […]

Ashwin picks up 6 wickets on Day 4 of the 1st Test

The pace of the game picked up on Day 4 of the 1st Test Match between India and England in Chennai. The fourth day was an evenly fought contest which nicely sets up the series opener as it heads to day 5 with all three results still possible. India ended the day at 34-1, chasing […]

IPL 2020 auctions: Players, countries, specialities, prices

A total of 332 cricketers – 186 Indians, 146 overseas – have signed up for the IPL 2020 auctions.