Shreyas Iyer delivered a career-defining performance in the IPL 2025 Qualifier 2, blasting an unbeaten 87 off just 41 balls to steer Punjab Kings to a thrilling five-wicket win over Mumbai Indians and into the final. With this, Iyer made history as the first captain to lead three different franchises to the IPL final. Reacting…
With the incumbent Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, Roger Binny, set to turn 70 next month, Rajeev Shukla is likely to take over as the interim chief for a period of three months. According to the BCCI constitution, an office-bearer cannot hold a position beyond the age of 70, which makes…
Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians captains Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya were fined for their respective teams’ slow over-rate during the IPL Qualifier 2 in Ahmedabad, the Indian Premier League (IPL) said. While Shreyas was fined Rs 24 lakh, Hardik was docked Rs 30 lakh. “As it was his team’s second offence of the season…
Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell announced his retirement from ODI cricket on Monday. After making his debut against Afghanistan in 2012, Maxwell made 149 ODI appearances for Australia, scoring 3,990 runs at an average of 33.81 and a strike rate of 126.70. Maxwell also claimed 77 wickets in the 50-over format with his handy off-spin and…
Shreyas Iyer’s 41-ball 87 steered Punjab Kings to a thrilling five-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025 Qualifier 2 on Sunday. With this, Shreyas made history as the first captain to lead three different franchises to the IPL final. Punjab’s assistant coach James Hopes was full of praise for Shreyas’ match-winning knock and calm…
The ACC Women’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup, previously set to commence on June 6, in Sri Lanka, has been postponed, the Asian Cricket Council announced on Monday. The decision to postpone the tournament comes after consultations were held on a letter received from Shammi Silva, President Sri Lanka Cricket Board, seeking postponement of the event…
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday made it mandatory for all centrally-contracted and international players to play at least one domestic event during the season when free from national commitments. The PCB felt that the only way to improve the quality of players was to make the domestic structure more competitive. PCB Chairman Mohsin…
Mousley to Jurel, pushed to cover for a couple. Six!! Shorter in length, lofted over square leg for six. 200 up for India A. Four!! Full on off, driven uppishly through the covers for a boundary. Six!! A huge slog sweep for six by Reddy, comfortably clears the boundary at long on. Four!! Mousley goes…
South Africa wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen announced retirement from international cricket with immediate effect on Monday. Klaasen took to social media to make the announcement. “It is a sad day for me as I announce that I have decided to step away from international cricket,” Klaasen posted on Instagram. “It took me a long time to…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced that the upcoming edition of the eight-team women’s ODI World Cup will take place from September 30 to November 2 across five venues in India and Sri Lanka. The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru), ACA Stadium (Guwahati), Holkar Stadium (Indore), ACA-VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam), and R. Premadasa Stadium (Colombo) are…
