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ODI World Cup: Former India womens captain Harmanpreet Kaur reflected on the lessons she learned while leading the national side for more than a decade, saying the responsibility taught her to face both criticism and success head-on while remaining committed to the teams progress. Harmanpreet, who took over the captaincy in 2012 and recently stepped down after leading India at the Asian Games, said leadership had taught her to take responsibility through every phase of the teams journey. The cr

ODI World Cup: Former India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur believes that her team is in safe hands with Smriti Mandhana taking over the captaincy baton, backing her long-time teammate to take the team forward after a leadership journey that spanned more than a decade. Harmanpreet, who took over the responsibility of leading India in 2012, stepped down as captain across all formats on Tuesday, bringing an end to a significant chapter of her career. Her decision came after Indias Asian Games campaign,

ODI World Cup: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday paid tribute to Ajit Agarkar, thanking the former chairman of the senior mens selection committee for his contribution to a successful period in Indian cricket. Agarkars tenure officially ended on Tuesday after the BCCI invited applications to fill the vacant position in the five-member selection panel. A tenure marked by some truly special moments for Indian cricket three ICC trophies, two Asia Cup titles and back-to

Cricket World Cup: The elevation of star opener Smriti Mandhana as captain of the Indian womens cricket team has inspired a musical tribute from Kerala, with a cricket historian penning a song celebrating her remarkable career. Professor Vasisht, a cricket historian from Kerala and an ardent admirer of Mandhana, has written the lyrics for the song, while his former student Silu Fathima has composed the music and lent her voice to it. The song has been released on social media and has been attra

Both Joburg Super Kings: The stage is set for the SA20 season 5 player auction as four franchises prepare to battle it out for 19 available squad slots with a total purse of 2.10 million USD here on Wednesday. With Durban's Super Giants and Paarl Royals having already finalised their squads following an increase in the salary cap to 2.54 million USD for season five, the remaining four teams - Joburg Super Kings, MI Cape Town, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, and Pretoria Capitals, will enter the bidding

T20 World Cup: Newly appointed India women's cricket team captain Smriti Mandhana and middle-order batter Jemimah Rodrigues on Wednesday paid rich tributes to outgoing skipper Harmanpreet Kaur following her decision to step down from leadership across all formats. The BCCI on Tuesday named Smriti as the new captain of the women's national team after Harmanpreet resigned from the position. Harmanpreets leadership future came under scrutiny at a BCCI review meeting in Guwahati on Monday following

T20I Batting Rankings: India T20I captain Shreyas Iyer has surged 18 places to achieve a career-best seventh position in the latest update to the ICC Mens T20I Batting Rankings following his explosive maiden century against the West Indies in Lucknow. Iyers unbeaten 102 off just 43 balls - a masterclass in captains knock in the shortest format, was laced with 10 boundaries and six sixes and guided the reigning World Champions to a comfortable eight-wicket victory with 32 balls to spare at the B

Indian T20I: Sunil Gavaskar has described Shreyas Iyers 102-run innings against the West Indies as a timely statement from the India captain, while also calling for patience with Sanju Samson after the openers early dismissal in the first T20I. Gavaskar opined that Iyers century answered recent questions over his batting form and argued that Samson should retain his place ahead of teenage prospect Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for the ongoing series. Iyer's unbeaten century came in a chase of 172 and pr

Narendra Modi Stadium: Left-arm spinner Tanmay Baloda delivered a masterclass in spin bowling by taking a staggering 14 wickets in the match, including eight in the second innings, to propel India Under-19 to a comprehensive ten-wicket victory over Australia Under-19 on day of the second four-day game here at the Narendra Modi Stadium B Ground on Wednesday. The result also meant India U-19 won the red-ball series 2-0. Baloda, who was drafted into the squad as a late replacement for the suspende

Big Bash League: Star all-rounder Ellyse Perry on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the Australian womens cricket teams light schedule in the home season, adding that the absence of international fixtures during the peak months is a sad development. Australia, the world's top-ranked ODI and T20I side will feature in six white-ball matches over the next fortnight three ODIs against Bangladesh are followed by as many T20Is against New Zealand. But after this, Australia will enter a five-mo

Tilak Varma: Evolving from an emerging middle-order prospect into a key finisher and now being Indias T20I vice-captain, left-handed batter Tilak Varma has credited his off-field observations of Rohit Sharma for shaping his understanding of leadership nuances and match awareness. I haven't played under Virat bhai's captaincy but have played under Rohit bhai's captaincy, both in MI and also in the Indian team. So, I have learned a lot of things from him. On the ground, the intensity is very high

BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia: India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday paid a glowing tribute to outgoing chief selector Ajit Agarkar, adding that history will be kinder to him for the silverware the senior mens team won in his tenure. Agarkars tenure as chairman of the senior mens selection committee officially ended on Tuesday after the BCCI formally invited applications to fill the vacant slot in the five-member panel. Dear Ajit Bhai, an absolute honour to work with you. Those 3 ICC tro

T20 World Cup: It's been a little over 24 hours since Harmanpreet Kaur announced about stepping down as Indias captain across all formats, and Hemlata Kala, the former women's chief selector, believes the one quality that will forever define her leadership tenure was the knack of drawing the best out of her players. Kala, who was appointed a selector in 2015 and became panel chief in the following year, was in charge when Harmanpreet was named Indias T20I captain in 2016. She was also around wh

ICC World Test Championship: Australia have been dealt a huge blow ahead of the opening Test against South Africa, with head coach Andrew McDonald confirming that Cameron Green will miss the first match of the series at Kingsmead, Durban. Green sustained an abdominal strain while playing a hook shot during the third ODI against South Africa and has been racing against time to regain full fitness. He was absent from Australias two-day warm-up fixture in Potchefstroom and has been restricted to m

Local Organising Committee CEO Qondisa: Demand for the 2027 ICC Mens Cricket World Cup has surged past one million ticket applications less than three days after the ballot opened, underlining the global anticipation for the tournament in Africa. More than 320,000 fans have already registered for the ticket ballot, with applications submitted for over 1.1 million tickets for matches to be played across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the ICC informed on Tuesday. The India-Pakistan clash is

Indian Premier League: With most SA20 squads already taking shape, the Season 5 auction may be smaller in scale, but former South Africa all-rounder JP Duminy expects plenty of intrigue when players go under the hammer on October 7. Duminy, who has experienced the auction from both sides, as a player at multiple Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions and later as Paarl Royals head coach in the inaugural SA20 season, believes the focus this time will be on plugging specific gaps rather than rebuil