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Bengaluru: Indian tennis icon Sania Mirza, who played her last Grand Slam at the Australian Open last month, was roped in by the Royal Challengers Bangalore team as its mentor in the upcoming Women's Premier League. "It is a pleasure for me to join the...

Cape Town: Having got the better of Pakistan in the lung-opener, India would endeavour to put up an improved bowling show against West Indies in their second Women's T20 World Cup match here Wednesday. The Indian batters, without vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, managed to complete their...

New Delhi: Veteran Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was full of praise for teammate Cheteshwar Pujara saying the latter is one of the greatest at playing percentages against spin adding that "his game is just an extension of his stubborn personality." Pujara will join the elite...

Mumbai: At the end of player auction ahead of the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League, Mumbai Indians owner Nita M Ambani hailed the auction as "a very special day for women's cricket". "Auctions are always exciting but today was really special. It was...

Cape Town: Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Anushka Sanjeewani has been fined 15 per cent of her match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during Sri Lanka's Group 1 match against Bangladesh in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 Sunday. The...

Ranchi: Tokyo Olympian Priyanka Goswami and Akashdeep Singh qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics and World Athletics Championships 2023 after meeting the qualification mark in the women's and men's 20km race walk, respectively, at the National Open Race Walking Championships Tuesday. In the women's 20km...

Dubai: India's Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh have moved to the 11th and 36th spots respectively among batters in the latest ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings released Tuesday. The duo progressed after guiding India to victory against Pakistan in the Women's T20 World Cup opener....

New Delhi: Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey has brushed off criticism from former Test captain Allan Border on Steve Smith's thumbs-up gesture to Ravindra Jadeja by saying "that's probably what gets Smith pretty focused". During the second innings of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series opener in Nagpur,...

New Delhi: Former India cricketer Deep Dasgupta showered praise on star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja for his scintillating performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener after coming off a six-month injury layoff. Jadeja was brilliant with both bat and ball, bagging five wickets and scoring a gritty...

New Delhi: The second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia beginning here Friday is set to be played in front of a packed house. Delhi is hosting its first Test since December 2017. India won the opening Test in Nagpur inside three...