Hanuma Vihari has decided to “never play for Andhra” again, saying the treatment he received at the hands of the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) over the years has left him “humiliated”. He made his revelation not long after Andhra’s dreams of progressing to the Ranji Trophy semi-final for the first time came to a heartbreaking end as they lost to Madhya Pradesh by four runs in Indore. Vihari had led…
Hardik Pandya has made a return to competitive cricket for the first time since an ankle injury ruled him out midway through the 2023 ODI World Cup. Playing for Reliance 1 in the DY Patil T20 Cup in Navi Mumbai, Pandya opened the bowling and picked up 2 for 22 from his three overs on Monday afternoon. He then batted at No. 10 and saw off a tense chase along…
Ben Stokes refused to criticise his side’s second-innings batting effort after England saw an opportunity to square the series with victory in Ranchi slip by. Having taken a lead of 46 on first innings, England were bowled out for 145 on day three, in conditions Stokes described as close to “impossible”, as India regrouped to secure a five-wicket win on the fourth afternoon. Only Zak Crawley, who made his third…
All three of India’s wins in this series are among the top six Indian Test wins when it comes to having been out-numbered by the opposition’s Test caps. Their win in Chennai against Australia in 2000-01 came against a side that was 2.83 times more experienced than them. The wins in Visakhapatnam, Rajkot and Ranchi have come against a side more than twice as experienced, which has left Rohit Sharma…
India 307 (Jurel 90, Jaiswal 73, Bashir 5-119) and 192 for 5 (Rohit 55, Gill 52*, Jurel 39*, Bashir 3-79) beat England 353 (Root 122*, Robinson 58, Jadeja 4-67) and 145 (Crawley 60, Ashwin 5-51, Kuldeep 4-22) by five wickets India, led by the sixth-wicket of pair Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel, stood up to England’s threat to win the fourth Test inside four days and claim the series 3-1…
Madhya Pradesh 234 (Dubey 64, Mantri 49, Sasikanth 4-37) and 107 (Mantri 43, Nitish 4-28) beat Andhra 172 (Shinde 38, Anubhav 3-33, Kartikeya 3-41) and 165 (Vihari 55, Anubhav 6-52) by four runs In a game that wildly swung both ways in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, champions of 2021-22, held their nerve to inflict heartbreak on Andhra to enter the Ranji Trophy semi-finals. Playing a key role in their defence of…
Peshawar Zalmi 211 for 4 (Ayub 88, Babar 48, Powell 46, Afridi 3-33) beat Lahore Qalandars 203 for 6 (Van der Dussen 104*, Naveen 2-50) by eight runs Rassie van der Dussen‘s unbeaten 52-ball 104 went in vain against Peshawar Zalmi as two-time defending champions Lahore Qalandars lost their fifth straight game in the PSL on Sunday. Van der Dussen got to his century in 50 balls, but it wasn’t…
Table-topping Multan Sultans rounded off their home leg of the PSL by handing Quetta Gladiators a first defeat on Sunday. Half-centuries by Reeza Hendricks and captain Mohammad Rizwan provided Sultans with a strong total of 180 for 4 with Tayyab Tahir also contributing 35 off 22 balls in his first game of the season after Dawid Malan fell ill. Gladiators failed to capitalise on good starts and were restricted to…
Toss Mumbai Indians chose to bowl vs Gujarat Giants Harmanpreet Kaur won her second successive toss in WPL 2024 and Mumbai Indians opted to bowl against Gujarat Giants in Bengaluru. Once again it was the “dew factor” that forced Harmanpreet’s hand. Mumbai remained unchanged from the XI that clinched a last-ball win in the WPL 2024 opener on Friday night. But Harmanpreet wanted their bowlers to “be a bit disciplined….
Shoaib Bashir dedicated his maiden England five-wicket haul to his late grandfathers, as he braced himself for one last big push in the fourth Test in Ranchi, after a day of Indian dominance put the hosts on course for a series-sealing victory. Bashir bowled a marathon 44 overs in India’s first innings in claiming final figures of 5 for 119. That included a 31-over unbroken spell on the second afternoon,…