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India tour of Sri Lanka 2026Big guns return, a rookie earns his stripes: India name their squad for the Sri Lanka Tests
Jasprit Bumrah and Jadeja are back as India named a 15-man squad for the two-Test tour of Sri Lanka, with uncapped Madhya Pradesh off-spinner Saransh Jain the standout inclusion. B…
India tour of Sri Lanka 2026A decade of grind rewarded: who is Saransh Jain, India's surprise Test call-up?
After more than a decade on the domestic grind, Madhya Pradesh off-spinning all-rounder Saransh Jain has finally earned a maiden India call-up for the Sri Lanka Tests at 33. His 18…
Pakistan tour of West Indies, 202614 wickets, one wild day: Greaves' five-for and Abbas' fury leave Tarouba on a knife-edge
A breathless third day at Tarouba yielded 14 wickets and left the first Test delicately poised. Justin Greaves' career-best 5 for 27 — including five straight wicket-maidens — tore…
India tour of Sri Lanka 2026India's injury pile-up deepens: three all-rounders in doubt as Sri Lanka Tests loom
India's mounting fitness crisis has spilled into the red-ball arena. Washington Sundar is ruled out of the first Sri Lanka Test with a leg injury and only a doubt for the second, w…
Pakistan tour of West Indies, 2026Masood answers his critics as Pakistan's fightback puts them on top in Tarouba
Restored to the ranks after losing the captaincy, Shan Masood produced a defiant unbeaten 88 to spearhead Pakistan's fightback on Day 2 of the first Test against the West Indies. H…
India tour of Zimbabwe 2026From dropped to dominant: 15-year-old Sooryavanshi answers his critics with a Harare masterclass
Weeks after being dropped in England, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi turned his fortunes around in stunning fashion, sweeping the Player of the Match and Player of the Series awards as India…
India tour of Zimbabwe 2026Prove it or perish: the Indian players walking a tightrope in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe should be a soft landing, but for a handful of Indian players it feels more like a final audition. Teenager Vaibhav Sooryavanshi returns hunting the runs that eluded him i…
-- No series (general news) --The end of an era: Shahidi walks away from the Afghanistan captaincy on his own terms
Hashmatullah Shahidi has resigned as Afghanistan's ODI captain with immediate effect, ending a four-and-a-half-year reign that took in a memorable 2023 World Cup and the 2025 Champ…
No more dead rubbers: inside the ICC's radical redesign of the 2027 World Cup
The ICC has torn up the blueprint for the 2027 ODI World Cup, adding two brand-new stages — a Super Series and a Super 7 — to a four-phase gauntlet. The 14-team event in South Afri…
India tour of Zimbabwe 2026Another name on the treatment table: Sundar's Sri Lanka Test tour hangs in the balance
Washington Sundar's place on India's Sri Lanka Test tour is under serious threat after the hamstring injury that ruled him out of the England ODI decider. Harsh Dubey was drafted i…
Bangladesh tour of Australia, 2026Full strength at last: Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon return as Australia name their Bangladesh squad
For the first time in a year, Australia have a fully fit Test attack. Captain Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon all return from injury in a 13-man squad for the two-Test…
Gaikwad takes charge as Prithvi Shaw earns a shot at redemption with West Zone
Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead a heavyweight West Zone side in the 2026-27 Duleep Trophy, with Shams Mulani as his deputy. The headline story is the return of Prithvi Shaw, handed a fre…