Jasprit Bumrah (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah revealed he declined the Test captaincy role before Shubman Gill‘s appointment, citing workload management concerns for the upcoming five-match England series starting June 20 at Leeds. Despite being vice-captain and a frontrunner to replace Rohit Sharma, who stepped down in May, Bumrah chose to…
India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana on Tuesday moved up to the top spot in ICC ODI batting rankings for the first time since 2019 after South Africa skipper Laura Wolvaardt lost 19 rating points in the latest update. Mandhana has a total of 727 rating points followed by England captain Natalie Sciver-Brunt at 719. Wolvaardt is…
Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah admitted that he was considered as captain for the Test team, after Rohit Sharma’s retirement, but gave up the opportunity as part of his workload management. Speaking to former Indian cricketer and broadcaster Dinesh Karthik in an interview with Sky Sports Cricket, Bumrah, who has led India in two Tests, explained…
West Indies Women takes on South Africa Women in the third One-Day International of a three-match series at Three Ws Oval in Barbados on Tuesday. The series is tied at 1-1 after the visitor won the second match by 40 runs. Sune Luus starred with a 65-ball 76. In the opener, West Indies won the…
India cricket team players during their inter-squad match in England. (BCCI) In the landscape of modern Test cricket, few rivalries command the depth, history and global intrigue of India’s long-standing battles with England and Australia, especially since bilateral ties with Pakistan were severed. India’s overseas Test calendar has been dominated by tours to these two…
Siddarth Kaul in action for Sunrisers Hyderabad (Image via X/@shivsingh_sp) Former Indian pacer Siddarth Kaul has entered the Big Bash League draft, while 15 Indian women cricketers have also registered for the women’s tournament, Cricket Australia announced on Tuesday in Melbourne.Kaul, who represented India in three ODIs and three T20Is before retiring from international cricket…
Taylor Swift (Screengrab) England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler has compared the atmosphere of the iconic Wankhede Stadium to a Taylor Swift concert.Speaking on For the Love of Cricket, his new podcast with Stuart Broad, Buttler said playing away games against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium is difficult as the noise gets so deafening.“In all the…
NEW DELHI: India are set to kick off their five-match Test series against England on June 20 at Headingley in Leeds. The visitors will be without stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, both of whom recently retired from Test cricket. Will England gain an upper hand in the absence of these two Indian superstars? Former…
Former India pacer Siddarth Kaul has registered for the men’s Big Bash League (BBL) draft, while 15 compatriots did the same for the women’s tournament, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday. Kaul, who played three ODIs and as many T20Is for India before retiring from international cricket last November, is the lone Indian male player to…
File photo of Smriti Mandhana. Indian cricket star Smriti Mandhana has returned to the top position in the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings, displacing South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt who held the position for over six months. Mandhana, who last held the number one spot in November 2019, now leads with 727 rating points, while Wolvaardt…
