Jasprit Bumrah set to miss India's Champions Trophy campaign

In what is a significant jolt to India, Jasprit Bumrah, their premier fast bowler, is set to miss the 2025 Champions Trophy. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Bumrah is yet to completely recover from the discomfort in his back, an injury he picked up during the Sydney Test in January that also ruled him out of the white-ball series against England. While the latest scan, which Bumrah underwent in Bengaluru over…

February 11, 2025
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'I thought I played well in WTC final 2023' – Rahane on getting dropped from Test team

Continuing his splendid form in domestic cricket this season, Mumbai captain Ajinkya Rahane struck a match-winning 108 in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Haryana to set up his side’s comfortable entry into the semi-finals. His returns in first-ball cricket have come as a solid follow-up to his performance in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) T20 competition, where he was the highest run-getter in the tournament. But Rahane, 36, brushed…

February 11, 2025
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Lanning seeks WPL glory without 'changing too much' in Delhi Capitals

Two seasons, two top-of-the-table finishes. Two finals, but no trophies. Delhi Capitals (DC) came close to title wins in WPL 2023 and 2024, before falling short in the final against Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, respectively. But for captain Meg Lanning, continuing to do what they’ve done the last two seasons along with a “few little changes” is all the team needs to go one step ahead and clinch…

February 11, 2025
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Nair, Dubey set up Vidarbha's semi-final date with Mumbai

Vidarbha 353 (Nair 122, Malewar 75, Dubey 69, Vijay 3-75) and 272 (Rathod 112, Dubey 64, Sai Kishore 5-78) beat Tamil Nadu 225 (Siddarth 65, Paul 48, Thakare 5-34) and 202 (Sonu Yadav 57, Paul 53, Bhute 3-19, Dubey 3-40) by 198 runs Harsh Dubey starred with bat and ball, while Karun Nair continued his glorious run from the 2024-25 Vijay Hazare Trophy as Vidarbha beat Tamil Nadu by 198…

February 11, 2025
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ICC bans Bangladesh's Shohely Akhter on corruption charges

The ICC has banned Bangladesh cricketer Shohely Akhter from all cricket for five years. Akhter, who has played two ODIs 13 T20Is, “admitted to breaching five provisions of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code”, an ICC statement said. The charges against her “relate to corrupt approaches made in relation to matches in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 held in South Africa.” Akhter, 36, was not part of the Bangladesh playing…

February 11, 2025
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Shanaka in trouble with SLC after two matches in two countries in one day

Sri Lanka Cricket will conduct an inquiry over allegations that Dasun Shanaka left a first-class match in Colombo hours early, in order to play for the Dubai Capitals in the UAE that same evening, on February 2. The board’s chargesheet to Shanaka includes the allegation that first-class match referee Wendell Labrooy had been led to believe Shanaka had a concussion, in order to approve a substitute. This is according to…

February 11, 2025
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Todd Boehly beats KKR owners to Trent Rockets stake

The Todd Boehly-backed Cain International have succeeded in securing a stake in Hundred side Trent Rockets. The group, led by Chelsea director Jonathan Goldstein and backed by the football club’s joint-owner Boehly, put in the winning bid for a 49% stake in Rockets, valuing 100% of the team at what ESPNcricinfo understands to be around £80 million. The two parties will now finalise their agreement over an eight-week period that…

February 11, 2025
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Mumbai ride on Dias, Rahane, Shardul efforts to seal Ranji semi-final spot

Mumbai 315 (Kotian 97, Mulani 91) and 339 (Rahane 108, Suryakumar 70, Thakral 4-70) beat Haryana 301 (Ankit 136, Shardul 6-58) and 201 (Dalal 64, Sumit 62, Dias 5-39) by 153 runs A maiden five-wicket haul from left-arm seamer Royston Dias studded Mumbai’s 153-run win over Haryana at Eden Gardens. Up next in the semi-final will most likely be Vidarbha, in what could be a repeat of last year’s finale….

February 11, 2025
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Urvil Patel, bowlers lead Saurashtra's demolition in Sheldon Jackson's farewell game

Gujarat 511 (Urvil 140, Jaymeet 103, Jadeja 5-120) beat Saurashtra 216 (Jani 69, Gaja 4-48, Desai 2-35) and 197 (Desai 54, Jadeja 4-32, Nagwaswalla 3-54) by an innings and 98 runs Urvil Patel, who had smashed the second-fastest T20 fifty in November, carried his fine form into the red-ball format to hit a maiden first-class century in Gujarat’s innings-and-98-run over Saurashtra in their quarter-final match of the Ranji Trophy in…

February 11, 2025
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Klaasen boost for hamstrung South Africa in virtual semi-final against Pakistan

Big Picture: The knockout before the knockout The original Champions Trophy started as a knockout tournament so, as we build up to this year’s edition, here’s a bit of a throwback: Wednesday’s match between Pakistan and South Africa in the mini tri-series is a winner-takes-all affair, with New Zealand already through to Saturday’s final. It won’t be quite so do-or-die in the Champions Trophy, but groups of four mean that…

February 11, 2025
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