T20 World Cup: Harshit Rana under injury cloud after limping off in warm-up

“My mother died and I couldn’t handle the circumstances. Just that,” Sadanand Viswanath’s voice suddenly became emotional as his co-passengers in a second AC train compartment, which included an American tourist, a cricket reporter and a young businessman, heard in rapt attention. It was a journey from Gwalior to Delhi after the completion…

India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana took responsibility for the team’s heartbreaking four-run loss to England in the Women’s World Cup in Indore, admitting her dismissal triggered the batting collapse and that her teammates’ shot selection “could have been better”. Set a target of 289, India appeared well on course with opener Mandhana (88) stitching two crucial…

Australia faces the possibility of going into the fourth Test without pace spearhead Pat Cummins and veteran spinner Nathan Lyon. Cummins played his first Test since July in Adelaide after a long layoff with lower back issues and, while he came through unscathed, he said he might skip Melbourne to be on the safe side….

Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan hit a 206-ball double hundred in a Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad on Friday. Earlier, Sarfaraz had hit his 17th First-Class hundred and his first of the 2025-26 season. Only two others – Amandeep Khare and Anustup Majumdar – have scored more Ranji tons than Sarfaraz since the 2019-20 season. Published…

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) in their IPL 2025 clash by pulling off a brilliant run chase, but there were sprinkles of typical Australian sledging and banter in between, as SRH opener Travis Head and PBKS all-rounders Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis clashed on the pitch. There seemed to be an…

Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has once again opened up on Virat Kohli’s decision to step away from Test cricket, this time after watching Joe Root register his 41st hundred in the format. The milestone reignited the long-running comparison between the modern greats, with Root, Steve Smith, Kane Williamson and Kohli once grouped together as…