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Johannesburg : South Africa's white-ball captain Temba Bavuma on Thursday has been ruled out of the team's entire tour to England after sustaining an elbow injury during the five-match T20I series in India. In Bavuma's absence, Keshav…

St John's (Antigua) : Pacers Jayden Seales, Obed McCoy and pace all-rounder Odean Smith on Thursday earned their maiden West Indies retainer contracts in men's cricket for the period between July 1, 2022 and June 20, 2023. Cricket West…

Bengaluru : Madhya Pradesh cricket team coach Chandrakant Pandit has called batter Rajat Patidar a "great student of the game" and said that he picks up the line and length of the ball very quickly, quite like the legends of the game such…

Dubai : Pakistan skipper Babar Azam is now officially the top-ranked T20 batter in the world for the longest period of time, surpassing Virat Kohli's tenure, after he maintained his spot at the head of proceedings in the latest ICC T20…

Dublin : Ireland skipper Andrew Balbirnie rued the narrow four-run loss to India in the second T20I at Malahide, saying that it is rare for a team to get very close to a victory against a strong side like the visitors. With 17 runs needed…

Mumbai : As England's white-ball team soared to greater heights and became a force to reckon with, its fortunes in Test cricket were on a downward spiral, which hit the rock bottom when they were thrashed 0-4 in the Ashes in Australia and…

Gros Islet (St Lucia) : West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite and opener John Campbell completed the formalities, scoring the required 13 runs for victory on the fourth day of the match to make a clean sweep of the two-Test series against…

Mumbai : Ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been spearheading India's charge in spin bowling since his sparkling debut in 2011. But last year, Ashwin didn't feature in all four Tests India played in England as the visitors chose…

London : With a question mark hanging over skipper Rohit Sharma's availability for the rescheduled fifth Test against England starting at Edgbaston on July 1 as the charismatic batter continues his recovery from Covid-19, India have a…

Auckland : New Zealand will play a limited-overs series against India at home immediately after the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia in what promises to be one of the most keenly-contested fixtures in the busy schedule for the Black Caps this…