Not Shubman Gill or Sanju Samson! Former India coach picks this cricketer as India’s ideal T20 blueprint | Cricket News

Shubman Gill and Sanju Samson (Photos by PTI) NEW DELHI: India’s left-handed opener Abhishek Sharma has emerged as the embodiment of the fearless, high-tempo style the team wants to take into next month’s ICC T20 World Cup, according to former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar. With India set to begin their title defence against the…

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Delhi Capitals 47/4 in 5.4 Overs | DC vs RCB, WPL Live Score: Smriti Mandhana’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru win toss, opt to bowl against Jemimah Rodrigues’ Delhi Capitals

DC vs RCB, WPL Live Score: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of WPL Match 11, featuring an exciting showdown between Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women and Delhi Capitals Women at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai. As the league phase gathers pace, this encounter arrives with two teams carrying very different narratives…

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Babar Azam BBL controversy: ‘Screw up’ – Steve Smith breaks silence | Cricket News

Steve Smith (Photo by Ayush Kumar/Getty Images) A scintillating century partnership between Steve Smith and Babar Azam in Sydney Sixers’ BBL clash against Sydney Thunder at the SCG on Friday took a dramatic turn when Smith chose to deny a single to Babar during the key power surge. The decision briefly sparked visible frustration from…

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Handshake drama returns at U-19 World Cup! India, Bangladesh captains refuse pleasantries at toss – WATCH | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: India captain Ayush Mhatre and Bangladesh vice-captain Zawad Abrar skipped the customary handshake at the toss ahead of their Group A clash in the ICC Under-19 World Cup at the Queens Sports Club on Saturday, underlining the strain in relations between the two neighbouring nations.The toss was delayed by over 15 minutes due…

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UP Warriorz 0/0 in 0.0 Overs | MI vs UPW, WPL Live Score: Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur opts to field vs UP Warriorz

MI vs UPW, WPL Live Score: Having finally got the monkey off their backs with the season’s first win in their fourth attempt, UP Warriorz will enter the Women’s Premier League match against Mumbai Indians with a spring in their step om Saturday. Winless in the first three outings, the Warriorz opened their account on…

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Damien Martyn’s emotional ‘I’m back’ post after beating Meningitis: ‘I was placed into a paralysed coma’ | Cricket News

Damien Martyn (Image credit: Instagram) Former Australia batter Damien Martyn returned home from hospital on Saturday after recovering from an “awful” bout of meningitis, an experience he said made him realise “how fragile life is.”Martyn was taken ill on December 27, 2025, and was placed in an induced coma in the intensive care unit. He…

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India’s bowling conundrum: Why Arshdeep Singh is still on the bench | Cricket News

Arshdeep Singh (Getty Images) As New Zealand, powered by Daryl Mitchell’s 131* and Will Young’s 87, cantered to a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the second ODI in Rajkot against a largely toothless Indian bowling attack, there were questions raised over pacer Arshdeep Singh’s continued exclusion from the playing XI. Not only is the…

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A different Rohit Sharma: Why India’s opener is batting more cautiously now | Cricket News

Soon after India were beaten by England in the semifinal of the T20 World Cup in 2022, Rohit Sharma acknowledged India’s white-ball batting template was close to being outdated. Soon, there was a marked shift in the way India went about constructing innings in both T20Is and ODIs. The results followed, with Rohit himself setting…

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