India set a competitive target of 176 against Pakistan in their T20 World Cup 2026 clash at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday. This is the third highest score Pakistan has conceded against India in the T20Is. The total of 175 is also the highest score in an India vs Pakistan fixture in…
The beleaguered Australian team that finds itself in a rut of injury setbacks and poor form could finally have something positive going for it this World Cup after news that captain Mitchell Marsh could feature in its do-or-die clash against Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Monday. The opening batter will participate…
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Opening batter Ishan Kishan recorded the third-highest T20I score by an Indian against Pakistan, during a T20 World Cup 2026 match in Colombo on Sunday. Kishan scored 77 from just 40 balls, smashing 10 fours and three sixes, to give India a strong start after it lost the toss against Pakistan. The left-handed Kishan began…
Australia seems to have had the misfortune of being struck by Murphy’s law in its ongoing T20 World Cup 2026 campaign. Injuries to Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins had already handicapped the 2021 champion heading into the tournament. A freak groin injury to skipper Mitchell Marsh during training and a shock 23-run loss to Zimbabwe…
Oozing confidence following his marathon knock in the quarterfinals, Sudip Gharami scored his second consecutive century to take Bengal to 249 for five on the opening day of its Ranji Trophy semifinal match against Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) at the Bengal Cricket Academy ground on Sunday. Thanks to Gharami’s unbeaten hundred (136 batting, 227b, 19×4,…
Indian opener Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for a four-ball duck during his side’s T20 World Cup 2026 match against Pakistan in Colombo on Sunday. Abhishek was caught at mid on, off the bowling of Pakistan captain Salman Agha in the first over of the game. This is Abhishek’s second duck of the T20 World Cup…
Annabel Sutherland, on Saturday, become just the fifth woman to win consecutive Belinda Clark medals, capping a dominant year in the green and gold as one of the team’s star all-format allrounders. The medal, awarded to Australia’s best woman cricketer for the year past, was handed to Sutherland at the Sydney Cricket Ground, beating two-time…
Sport is about competing hard while retaining its essential spirit centred around grace. Shaking hands with an opponent is a basic component of any sporting endeavour. Even if India against Pakistan on the cricketing turf, is seen as war minus the shooting, a certain etiquette was in vogue until the recent years. However, that warm…
India captain Suryakumar Yadav refused to shake hands with his Pakistani counterpart Salman Agha at the toss ahead of their T20 World Cup 2026 clash at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday. The move reflects a recent pattern involving Indian teams in matches against Pakistan, with the Women’s Asia Cup Rising Stars 2026…
