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Fans are expected to wait a bit longer for Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to return to action this year since the limited-overs series against Bangladesh seems to be cancelled or postponed over the diplomatic tension between the neighbouring nations in recent years.
Birmingham/IBNS: England landed themselves in trouble at stumps on day two after India scored a mammoth total of 587 in the first innings of second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Thursday.
Birmingham/IBNS: India captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday slammed his seventh Test century and second consecutive in the series to help India fight back against England on day one of the second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
Birmingham/IBNS: England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Wednesday.
Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff, who is known for playing some memorable knocks for his national side, has revealed he nearly ended up joining the WWE and was even close to fighting The Undertaker.
England fast bowler Lauren Bell and India’s stand-in skipper Smriti Mandhana have registered huge gains in the ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings after stellar performances in the opening match of their five-match series in Nottingham.
Former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's application for trademark 'Captain Cool' has been accepted, media reports said.
Former Pakistani all-rounder Azhar Mahmood has been appointed as acting head coach of country's men's side.
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has regretted getting dismissed in the 80s and 90s on "too many" occasions denying himself opportunities to slam more international hundreds.
England opener Ben Duckett has reached a career-best eighth position in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings after his outstanding performance in the opening match of the ICC World Test Championship series against India at Headingley in Leeds.
Leeds/IBNS: India's five centuries from four batters went in vain as England triumphed over India by five wickets in the inaugural Test match at Headingley in Leeds on Tuesday.
Indian vice-captain Rishabh Pant has been handed an official reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third day of the first Test against England in Headingley on Sunday.
Mumbai/IBNS: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) expressed profound grief and sorrow at the demise of former India cricketer and left-arm spinner, Dilip Doshi, who passed away at the age of 77.
Leeds/IBNS: In what would be a mouthwatering final day cricket, England will on Tuesday need to score 350 runs more to win the inaugural Test against India at Headingley, Leeds.
Kolkata/IBNS: Putting all speculations to rest, former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly said he has "no interest in politics" but "open" to coaching Team India in future.
Leeds/IBNS: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar took a dig at the Indian team's poor fielding against England blaming three dropped chances and a no ball for denial of a nine-wicket haul for Jasprit Bumrah in the first innings at Headingley in Leeds on Sunday.
The first Test match is balanced evenly after India put up 90 runs for the loss of two wickets against England in their second innings at the end of the third day, taking a lead of 96 runs on Sunday.
Leeds/IBNS: Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has made a bold prediction in responding to an X post by cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, who called India's commanding batting at Headingley was much like the 2002 Test against England.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill scored prolific tons to shoulder India’s batting push against England on the opening day of the five-match ICC World Test Championship series at Headingley in Leeds on Friday.
Indian Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra clinched his first title of 2025 by winning at the Paris Diamond League on Friday despite not throwing a 90-metre magic.
Yashasvi Jaiswal (101) and Shubman Gill (127*) hit centuries to put India in a comfortable position at the end of the first day's play of the Test match against hosts England on Friday.
The much-anticipated first Test between India and England is currently underway in Leeds, with skipper Ben Stokes winning the toss and opting to field first on Friday.
Leeds/IBNS: India's new vice-captain Rishabh Pant has revealed skipper Shubman Gill will bat at number four in the first of five Tests against England beginning in Leeds on Friday.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bengal Pro T20 League Season 2 began with unmatched fanfare at the iconic Eden Gardens here on June 11.
West Indies women’s players, Aaliyah Alleyne and Qiana Joseph have been found guilty of breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct in the second Women’s ODI against South Africa at the 3Ws Oval in Barbados over the weekend.
Cricket icon VVS Laxman will oversee the Indian team's preparation for the first Test against England in the absence of head coach Gautam Gambhir, media reports said.
Riding on a sensational century by Aiden Markram (136), South Africa defeated Australia by five wickets to clinch the World Test Championship at Lord's on Saturday.
London/IBNS: Aiden Markram and skipper Temba Bavuma's gritty knocks on day three of the World Test Championship 2025 Final powered South Africa to inch closer to their second ICC trophy at the Lord's in London.
Indian cricket team coach Gautam Gambhir urgently returned home ahead of the beginning of the Test series between England and India in the upcoming days.
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