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New Delhi: A day after Mumbai Indians appointed Hardik Pandya as their captain ahead of 2024 IPL season, former India opener Wasim Jaffer said he was surprised that five-time champions have quickly moved on from Rohit Sharma as their skipper. On Friday, the franchise announced...

Navi Mumbai: India beat England by a massive 347 runs in the one-off women's Test here Saturday. India made a huge 428 in the first innings before bundling out England 136. India didn't enforce the follow-on and batted again before declaring their second innings at...

Mumbai: Deepak Chahar has informed the BCCI that he will not be available for the upcoming ODI series against South Africa due to a family medical emergency. The Men’s Selection Committee has named Akash Deep as his replacement, the BCCI said in a statement Saturday....

Navi Mumbai: India Women batter Shubha Satheesh was Saturday ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing one-off Test against England due to a broken finger, and it also made her a doubtful starter for the Test match against Australia starting here next week. India...

Kuala Lumpur: A profligate India will have to raise their game by leaps and bounds if they want to overcome a mighty Spain in the bronze medal play-off match of the junior men's hockey World Cup here Saturday. India wasted as many as 12 penalty...

Valencia (Spain): Indian women's hockey team suffered a 2-3 defeat to Spain in its opening match of the 5-Nation Tournament here Friday. Gurjit Kaur (13th minute) and Sangita Kumari (14th) scored a goal each for India, while Sara Barrios Navarro (2nd), Patricia Alvarez Nardiz (30th)...

Dubai: Ariful Islam's counter-punching fifty and a fiery spell by left-arm pacer Maruf Mridha helped Bangladesh score a facile four-wicket win over India to reach the final of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup here Friday. On a slightly double-paced pitch, Indian batters struggled to get...

Navi Mumbai: Deepti Sharma's stunning all-round show, a fifty and a fifer, provided India Women a perfect launching pad to record their maiden home victory in the traditional format over England after the second day of their one-off Test here Friday. After a patient 113-ball...

New Delhi: The BCCI has decided to 'retire' World Cup-winning captain M S Dhoni's No.7 jersey to honour his rich contribution to Indian cricket. The iconic India captain last played for the country in the 2019 World Cup semifinal against New Zealand. He announced his...

Brussels: World Cup-winner Lionel Messi, runner-up Kylian Mbappe, and Erling Haaland are the three finalists for the FIFA 2023 Best Men's Player award, as the world football announced the finalists for The Best FIFA Women’s Player, The Best FIFA Men’s Player, and FIFA Puskás Award....