Cricket

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam started trending globally after a parody Twitter account's tweet accusing the cricket of allegedly sexting a teammate's girlfriend went viral online.

The BCCI on Monday announced that Viacom 18 had grabbed the media rights for the upcoming Women's IPL for a whopping Rs 951 crore for five years, pipping other bidders, including Disney Star and Sony, in the auction.

Opener Shweta Sehrawat smashed an unbeaten 92 after skipper Shafali Verma blazed away to a 16-ball 45 as India crushed South Africa by seven wickets in the Women's U-19 World Cup 2023.

Despite their exploits in T20Is in recent times, both Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan were not considered for the first two ODIs against Sri Lanka in the ongoing three-match series, leaving the fans and a few former players surprised.

KL Rahul is having to work harder for his dual role of a wicketkeeper-batter in ODIs but he has no complaints as his priority is to be in the playing eleven.

Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday announced it has withdrawn from the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan, saying it is "unable to proceed" with the fixture amid the Taliban's growing restrictions on women and girls.

Mumbai’s Prithvi Shaw scored a triple hundred against Assam in the Ranji Trophy on Wednesday in Guwahati; makes second-highest score of all time in the tournament.

Former Indian skipper and ex-BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has broken his silence over Ishan Kishan's exclusion from the Guwahati ODI against Sri Lanka and stated the wicketkeeper-batter's 'time will come'.

Sri Lankan skipper DasunShanaka, whose base price was Rs 50 lakh, went unsold at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 auction held in Kochi last month.

An authoritative Virat Kohli headlined India's utterly dominant performance with his 45th ODI hundred as the hosts hammered Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the first of the three-match series in Guwahati on Tuesday.