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Muscat: Batting all-rounder Aqib Ilyas has been named as Oman’s captain for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, beginning June 1. Ilyas was unveiled as skipper in the team’s squad announcement, with former captain Zeeshan Maqsood keeping his spot in the group. The 36-year-old...

Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has delayed the announcement of its World Cup squad until late May due to fitness and performance issues with some players. A PCB source said Pakistan would announce its World T20 Cup squad either May 23 or 24 May...

Chennai: Punjab Kings stand-in skipper Sam Curran elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League match Wednesday. Curran, who has been leading the side in the absence of an injured Shikhar Dhawan, has retained the same playing XI for the contest...

Colombo: Ahead of ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Sri Lankan bowlers are to be trained by Pakistan cricket legend Wasim Akram. The former seamer arrived in Sri Lanka Wednesday to conduct a two-day training program for national players, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced. During his...

New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Ambati Rayudu has voiced his discontent over Rinku Singh's exclusion from India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad, as the batter has been listed among the reserves instead. Rayudu claimed that apart from Ravindra Jadeja, India didn't have a reliable finisher...

Madrid: Rafael Nadal bid farewell to fans at the Madrid Open, the ATP Masters 1000 tournament that he won five times during his illustrious career, after a 5-7, 4-6 fourth-round loss to the Czech player Jiri Lehecka. The five-time champion of the tournament (2005, 2010,...

Kabul: Eight players featuring in the ongoing Indian Premier League have been named in the 15-member Afghanistan T20 World Cup squad to be led by star all-rounder Rashid Khan. Hashmatullah Shahidi, who captained Afghanistan at the 2023 ODI World Cup, has been left out of...

New Delhi: Mumbai Indians' (MI) captain Hardik Pandya has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during IPL 2024 match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Lucknow Tuesday. "As it was his team’s second offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of...

Melbourne: All-rounder Mitchell Marsh was formally announced full-time captain while veteran Steve Smith and young Jake Fraser McGurk were left out of the preliminary 15-member T20 World Cup squad announced by Australia Wednesday. It is the first time in a decade that Smith, a former...

Lucknow: Marcus Stoinis made a composed fifty to complement the splendid effort of the bowlers as Lucknow Super Giants strengthened their chances of a play-off berth with a nervy four-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the IPL here Tuesday. Mumbai Indians' top-order came a cropper...