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The Punjab and North Zone pacer, who has been fast-tracked into the India ODI and Test set-up, is neither averse to operating for long periods on unhelpful wickets nor holds himself back from bowling at high pace

With the Men in Blue heading to Japan to defend their Asian Games gold later this month, they may look to tread cautiously with their pace spearhead

Lad who was Mumbais highest run-scorer in the Ranji Trophy last season has been appointed the teams captain for the forthcoming Ranji Trophy season, replacing Shardul Thakur

The opener makes a breezy 40 while the skipper guides the team home with an unbeaten 39after pacers Mukesh and Shamibowl Central out for 158; North fights hard against South in the other last-four clash

Justice C.V. Karthikeyan appoints an advocate commissioner to record the evidence of the cricketer in Chennai between October 20 and December 10, 2025

The sweeping changes come after Pakistan suffered heavy defeats in the first two Tests at Leeds and Lord's

The 15-year-old became the youngest half-centurion in Duleep Trophy history, breaking Rajasthan batter Laxman Singhs record for Central Zone from January 1969 when the latter was 16

The duos 175-run stand for the sixth wicket rescues the side after North pacer Gurnoor runs through the South top-order; Sooryavanshis blistering knock helps East match Centrals 266 first-innings score; Harsh Dubey scalps four

The 39-year-old lost to Mariano Navone in a five-set marathon that lasted four hours and 36 minutes

The decision-makers continued to invest their belief in him and the batter has responded in style. Towards the end of June, he was a part of the India A squad that travelled on the shadow tour of Sri Lanka for two unofficial Tests

Ollie Robinson was Pakistan's chief tormentor again as he took four wickets for 24 to go with the four for 11 he bagged in the first innings, taking his total in the two tests to 16.

England supporters are getting excited about having four seamers who are winning test matches with a home Ashes series against Australia on the horizon

India is now in a must-win situation in the Test Championship cycle

The flamboyant opener smashed eight fours and three sixes in her 36-ball knock before Thailand's spinners, led by Suleeporn Laomi's three-wicket haul, triggered an inexplicable Indian collapse to restrict the seven-time champions to 159/9

The twice Grand Slam winner retired in the first set of her Cincinnati quarter-final match against Iga Swiatek on August 20 with an ankle problem

Federer, who was inducted alongside broadcaster and journalist Mary Carillo, reflected on his storied career in a speech that brought him to tears a few times.

Roger Federer will have a chance to reflect back on it all on August 28 when he is enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport

England's four seamers feasted on a Pakistan batting order that wasn't boosted by the return of captain Babar Azam

The road ahead is critical and coach Gambhir and skipper Gill have to forge a squad that will prosper both at home and away

The contracted players have been divided into three grades, with Grade A players receiving 12 lakh annually, Grade B 8 lakh and Grade C 6 lakh

Anaya Bangar formerly trained and played as a top-order batter and all-rounder in Mumbais youth divisions, alongside notable names including Indian Test cricketer Sarfaraz Khan

Dear @icc & @bcci Vaibhav for Ind A recently & now Jaiswal... if you keep letting them get away with such behaviour, you train them to repeat such behaviour. It's not good for the sport & crucially their own future too, Manjrekar wrote on 'X'

To ignore provocation needs a particular temperament, and Yashasvi Jaiswal will discover this soon enough

Rishabh Pant, returning after retiring hurt on Day 1, battled through a barrage of short balls to remain unbeaten on 63, while Dhruv Jurel made 59

Rishabh Pant, who scored three off 15 balls, received treatment from the team physiotherapist before walking off in visible discomfort

Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Dilip Vengsarkar, Arjuna Ranatunga, Clive Lloyd, Nasser Hussein, are among some of the former skippers who have signed the letter

I think it was a very proud moment as a team, and we showed our character and discipline in the first Test, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said.

India have an unassailable 1-0 lead in the two-match series, having won the opening Test at Galle by a massive 165 runs

Resuming at 165-8 in reply to the visitors' 64 all out, the hosts added 45 more to the total, with all-rounder Green top-scoring. Steve Smith chipped in with 42 and Nathan Lyon was not out 32.

The pitch is quite dry and will be good for batting in the first two days. In terms of combination, we will have the same two seamers and two spinners

The left-armer removed both Bangladesh openers, captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and wicketkeeper Litton Das, for ducks to leave Bangladesh at 12 for five.

After being bundled out for 85 by Kovai Kings at Dindigul, the team piles up 197 against Dragons;the total proves enough as Antony and Easwaran help secure a much-needed victory

Starting from a wobbly 84 for four, the end looked nigh for Sri Lanka. But Dinusha and De Silva, the two overnight batters, added 95 runs off 202 balls to deny the Indians success for well over an hour into the opening session