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Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice president Rajeev Shukla told IANS that the board is waiting for the government to announce the election dates before finalising the schedule for the 2026 edition of the Indian Premier League. Shukla also stated that Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have been asked to decide their home venue by the end of this week. Elections will soon be conducted across various states in India, but the BCCI is wait

International Cricket Council: As the International Cricket Council (ICC) is expected to make a final decision on Bangladeshs participation in the 2026 mens T20 World Cup on Wednesday, BCCI sources said they have no information about Scotland being approached as a replacement if Bangladesh refuses to travel to India, adding that the global governing body will decide what it deems best for cricket. Bangladesh have reportedly refused to play their T20 World Cup matches in India, citing security co

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Former India captain Mithali Raj lauded Delhi Capitals recent win against Mumbai Indians and highlighted skipper Jemimah Rodrigues composed, match-winning knock under pressure while also assessing the tough road ahead for MI against an in-form Royal Challengers Bengaluru. DC clinched a seven-wicket victory over MI in the 13th match of the Womens Premier League (WPL) on Tuesday as the defending champions suffered their fourth defeat in the tournament. I think this win

T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier: International Cricket Council (ICC) chair Jay Shah met with leaders of the Africa Cricket Association in Windhoek and emphasised the ICC's commitment to expanding cricket across Africa. He also expressed his delight at watching future stars in action during an Under-19 World Cup match at Cricket Namibias newly developed NCG venue. A productive day in Windhoek meeting with cricket leaders from the Africa Cricket Association as @ICC looks to grow and support the spo

Jemimah Rodrigues: After leading her team, Delhi Capitals, to the second victory of Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 with a commanding half-century, captain Jemimah Rodrigues praised Marizanne Kapp's outstanding Power-play spell that set the tone for their victory over Mumbai Indians. Delhi built a strong foundation with the ball, led by an impressive performance from Marizanne Kapp. Kapp was exceptional at the start, bowling 16 dot balls. She gave away just eight runs in her four overs and did

Mumbai Indians: Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet Kaur admitted that her side was 20 runs short after slumping to their third straight defeat as Delhi Capitals thrashed them by seven wickets in Vadodara. Kaur pointed to continued Power-play execution issues with both bat and ball as a key factor in their defeat. Delhi built a strong foundation with the ball, led by an impressive performance from Marizanne Kapp. Kapp was exceptional at the start, bowling 16 dot balls. She gave away just eight ru

Skipper Jemimah Rodrigues: Skipper Jemimah Rodrigues' unbeaten 51 after brilliant opening batting from wicketkeeper-batter Lizelle Lee (46) helped Delhi Capitals beat Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in the 13th match of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Tuesday. The chase for a modest 155 almost stumbled midway, but Rodrigues made sure there was no late drama. Instead of relying on brute force, she focused on right placement and consistent running betwee

Head Coach Michael Klinger: After two wins and three losses, including one at home in Vadodara, Adani Sportsline-owned Gujarat Giants will go all out in their final three matches of the WPL 2026 as they fancy their chances of making the playoffs at Kotambi Stadium. Addressing the Vadodara media on Tuesday, players and coaches of the Adani Sportsline-owned team reflected on the season so far and underlined the significance of returning to Kotambi Stadium and playing in front of their home support

IND vs NZ, 1st T20I , Cricket Tips :Team India suffered an embbarsing defeat in the recently-concluded ODI series against New Zealand. The visitors succeeded in recording a historic win and beat India 2-1. They will be keen to take that confidence forward into the T20Is. These two sides are scheduled to play five T20Is in January. The first game will be played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, on January 21 at 7 PM IST. India have been undefeated in this format for almost a year

KT Global School Ground: Defending champions Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and hosts Odisha made it to the semifinals of the Womens National Cricket Tournament for the Blind 2026 with commanding performances in the quarterfinals on Day 5 of the elite competition. With Tuesday's matches, the tournament entered the decisive knockout phase, paving the way for two exciting semifinal clashes scheduled on Wednesday. Played across venues in Bhubaneswar and Khordha, the quarterfinals witnes

Mumbai Indians Women: An unbeaten 65 by all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur's (41) guided Mumbai Indians to 154/5 in 20 overs against Delhi Capitals in the 13th match of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Tuesday. Nat Sciver-Brunt made sure the Mumbai Indians Women turned a shaky start into a strong finish, recovering to post a fighting total. Facing pressure during the Power-play, Mumbai found stability with Sciver-Brunts unbeaten 6

AFG vs WI, 2nd T20I , Cricket Tips :Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, and the bowlers led Afghanistan to beat West Indies in the first T20I in Dubai by 38 runs. The Caribbean side didn't have an answer to the Afghans. Though they started well with two early wickets, after that Afghanistan dominated the whole cricket match. These two sides will be back in action on Wednesday as they head into the second T20I at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Rashid Khan and his men will be eyeing a 2-0 unas

T20 World Cup: India players Tilak Varma and Washington Sundar have checked into the BCCIs Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru in a bid to regain full fitness ahead of the 2026 Mens T20 World Cup starting on February 7. Tilak, a mainstay in Indias T20I set-up, was ruled out of the first three games of the five-match series against New Zealand, starting in Nagpur on Wednesday, after undergoing an emergency surgery in Rajkot earlier this month for a lower abdominal issue while playing for Hyde

New Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium: Skipper Suryakumar Yadavs performance will be closely watched when India starts a five-match T20I series against New Zealand at the New Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Wednesday. This series is the last chance for both teams to prepare for the T20 World Cup, starting on February 7. Since he became captain in 2024, Suryakumar has led India to an impressive series of results. The team has won eight T20I series in a row and holds a 29-5 re

Delhi Capitals Women: Three-time finalists Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field against defending champion Mumbai Indians in the 13th match of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Tuesday. While the Mumbai Indians have made several changes to their playing XI, the Delhi Capitals have only made one adjustment. They handed a debut to 16-year-old Deeya Yadav in place of Mennu Mani. G Kamalini has been ruled out of the tournament after picking up an

BWF Super Series: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh congratulated Olympic medalist Saina Nehwal, one of India's most outstanding badminton players, who has announced her retirement from competitive sports after nearly two years of absence due to a chronic knee issue. The 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist last played a competitive badminton match at the 2023 Singapore Open and had not officially announced her retirement until Monday, when, during a podcast, the ace shuttler mentioned that

T20 World Cup: Asif Nazrul, the Sports Advisor for Bangladesh's government, stated on Tuesday that Bangladesh has remained firm in its position and is opposed to travelling to India for their T20 World Cup matches. Bangladesh are refusing to play their T20 World Cup matches in India, citing security concerns, and have asked the ICC to move their matches to co-hosting nation Sri Lanka, after the BCCI asked Kolkata Knight Riders to release their pacer Mustafizur Rahman for the upcoming IPL 2026 am

Nathan Ellis: Hobart Hurricanes have been dealt a significant setback ahead of their BBL Knockout clash with Melbourne Stars, with skipper Nathan Ellis sidelined for the crucial encounter. The Hurricanes confirmed Ellis sustained an injury during their match against the Brisbane Heat, though the exact details were not disclosed. The club added that his status for the rest of the finals series will be assessed in the coming days. The Hurricanes squad for the Knockout sees two changes from their m

The Event Technical Committee: Rehaan Ahtif has replaced Dylan Thakrar in Tanzanias U19 World Cup squad after the latter was ruled out due to an injury to his left middle finger during their second Group D match against South Africa and was unable to continue his participation in the remainder of the tournament. The Event Technical Committee of the U19 Men's Cricket World Cup approved Ahtif as a replacement for Thakrar in the teams squad. Replacing a player requires prior approval from the Commi

South Africa Women: Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday announced that they will host world champions India for a five-match T20I series, scheduled to take place in Durban, Johannesburg and Benoni from April 17 to 27. The T20I series begins with two matches at Kingsmead Stadium on April 17 and 19. The action will then shift to the Wanderers Stadium for consecutive games on April 22 and 25. The series will conclude with the fifth and final T20I at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on April 27. This se

ICC U19 Women: Mumbai Indians (MI) wicketkeeper-batter G Kamalini has been ruled out of the remainder of the WPL season due to an injury, with defending champions MI picking Vaishnavi Sharma as a replacement for the remainder of the WPL 2026. Seventeen-year-old Kamalini had played 5 matches in the ongoing season before being ruled out of the season due to an injury. Mumbai Indians (MI) picked Vaishnavi Sharma as a replacement for G Kamalini for the remainder of the Womens Premier League (WPL) 20

T20I Player Rankings: Orla Prendergast's rise persists as the talented Ireland all-rounder significantly improved her position in the latest ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings. Prendergast kicked off the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier in Nepal with an impressive half-century, leading her team to victory over Papua New Guinea. The 23-year-old scored 56 off 44 balls, leading Ireland to a winning total of 146/6 at Mulpani Cricket Ground. The European team secured a 41-run win, aiming to qualify

The New Zealand Herald: As the T20 World Cup in India approaches, New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson stated that he has no intention of retiring after the tournament and expressed his willingness to represent South Africa in next years ODI World Cup. Now 34 and having not represented the Black Caps in 2025 because of injury, Ferguson finds himself at a similar stage of his career to Trent Boult, who was the same age when he announced the previous T20 World Cup would be his last for New Zealand. L

The Bollywood film Dhurandhar is one of the success stories of the year 2025. Akshaye Khanna is flavour of the time, and a lot is being written about his film background as he is son of Vinod Khanna, who was a famous film star in his time. An almost unknown fact about Akshaye Khanna is that he has a very strong cricket connection also. He is the grandson of India's one of the most reputed and world-wide famous cricket commentator AFS Talyarkhan (popularly known as AFST or Bobby Talyarkhan). The

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengalurus Gautami Naik received a surprise video message from her idol, India all-rounder Hardik Pandya, after her teams victory against the Gujarat Giants at the Womens Premier League (WPL) 2026 on Monday. RCB confirmed their place in the tournaments playoff after a 32-run victory over GG, extending their unbeaten streak in the tournament to five games. The 2024 champions are the only side to lose a game so far this year, having won five games con

BCCI Apex Council: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will discuss possible changes to the India mens central contracts system at its next Apex Council meeting, as per proposals from the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee. Sources in the BCCI told IANS on Tuesday that the five-member selection panel has made some proposals, though it is understood that the boards top brass haven't received them yet, and a formal discussion will take place at the upcoming meeting. A possibility of

Sunrisers Eastern Cape: New Zealand have added young all-rounder Kristian Clarke to their squad for the first three games of their upcoming T20I series against India, starting on Wednesday in Nagpur, as seamer Adam Milne and experienced spinner Michael Bracewell are both battling injuries in the lead-up to the series. Clarke played a starring role in his maiden ODI series, claiming seven wickets, including Virat Kohli twice across the three games, while also adding useful lower-order runs and ta

Alyssa Healy, one of the greatest cricketers of all time, has announced retirement. She will retire after the upcoming multi-format series against India. Leave aside plethora of runs and the number of victims, the list of trophies in her cabinet and the honours she has received, are unparalleled: *Two ODI World Cups * Six T20 World Cups * One Commonwealth Games Gold * Four Ashes series *ICC Womens T20I player of the year * Belinda Clark Award, Australias highest honour in womens cricket, in 2019

Cricket's governing body has told Bangladesh to agree to play their matches at next month's T20 World Cup in India or risk being kicked out of the tournament, reports said Monday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is refusing to play in India, citing security concerns, and have asked the governing International Cricket Council to shift their matches to co-hosts Sri Lanka. The BCB held talks in Dhaka at the weekend with ICC officials over the impasse, but no agreement was reached. During the dis

DC-W vs MI-W, Match 13, Cricket Tips :The second season winner Royal Challengers Bengaluru, have qualified for the next round with five consecutive wins. Now, only two spots are remaining to fill. The next game of the WPL 2026 will be played between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians on Tuesday. This contest will start at 7:30 PM IST at BCA Stadium. MI-W have lost two back-to-back games against UP Warriorz and are struggling with the bat at the moment. Their openers have struggled to provide th

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: A delighted skipper, Smriti Mandhana, heaped praise on Gautami Naik's brilliant knock of 73 off 55 deliveries under pressure, which helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) recover well and put a good target on the board against Gujarat Giants in Match 12 of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 on Monday. Asked to bat first, RCB had another shaky start. Renuka Singh Thakur struck in the opening over, dismissing Grace Harris for 1. Kashvee Gautam followed by removing

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Gujarat Giants skipper Ashleigh Gardner was disappointed with their 61-run defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and rued missed chances and dropped catches as the difference, while stressing that the team must regroup quickly and win their remaining two games despite the growing frustration. Sayali Satghares impressive three-wicket burst, along with a strong batting performance led by Gautami Naik (73), propelled RCB to their sixth straight victory in WPL hist

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: Sayali Satghares impressive three-wicket burst, along with a strong batting performance led by Gautami Naik, propelled Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (RCB-W) to their sixth straight win in the Womens Premier League (WPL) as they defeated Gujarat Giants by 61 runs in the 12th match at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Monday. This decisive victory not only gave RCB five wins out of five matches this season, securing their spot in the playoffs, but also set a new

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Indias seam-bowling all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar is set to link up with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) after arriving in Vadodara on Monday. Pooja has been out of competitive action since late 2024 due to a shoulder injury requiring surgery in 2025. She had been undergoing rehabilitation at the BCCIs Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru and was to link up with RCB ahead of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026. But two days before her release, she unfortunat

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: A commanding maiden fifty in the WPL from Gautami Naik (73) and Richa Ghosh's late burst of 27 helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) reach 178/6 in 20 overs against Gujarat Giants in Match 12 of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Monday. The RCB ended strong, scoring 17 runs in the final over and 40 runs in the last three overs. This turned a steady innings into a tough challenge for the Gujarat Giants. Earlier, the Giants

ODI World Cup: Veteran England batter Heather Knight said her appointment as womens General Manager at London Spirit should not be seen as a signal that she is preparing to end her playing career. Heather has missed two of the last four editions of The Hundred due to injury, including last years campaign when a hamstring tear forced her into a mentoring role during the teams run to the title clash. But Heather, who captained England to the 2017 Womens ODI World Cup win, said representing England

English County Cricket Club: English County Cricket Club, Kent, have signed South Africas spin-bowling all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy for the majority of the 2026 county season, the club announced on Monday. Muthusamy will feature in the entire 20-over campaign and is also available for eight County Championship matches. He will join the club on May 22 for the start of the T20 Blast and will remain with them until the end of the season. Im looking forward to the challenge of playing County Champi

Tech Medical College Ground: Defending champions Madhya Pradesh, hosts Odisha, Karnataka, West Bengal, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh made it to the quarterfinal stage of the Womens National Cricket Tournament for the Blind 2026 as teams wrapped up the league stage and confirmed their places in the last-eight stage. With the league stage now concluded, the tournament moves into the quarterfinal phase on Tuesday. At the Hi-Tech Medical College Ground in Bhubaneswar, Madhya Pradesh will face Maharash

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 12th match of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 at the Kotambi Stadium. Gujarat Giants have made two changes to their playing XI, bringing in Anushka Sharma and handing a debut to Happy Kumari. The duo replaces Shivani Singh and senior spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad. Gujarat Giants captain Ashleigh Gardner said, We are going to bowl first. It's awesome to have a home sup

Saurashtra CA President Jaydev Shah: Star Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is all set to play the upcoming Ranji Trophy clash for Saurashtra against Punjab at his home ground, the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot, on January 22. Ravindra Jadeja called us and confirmed his availability for the teams upcoming Ranji Trophy match against Punjab, scheduled to be played in Rajkot from January 22. I dont know if he will play the matches after that, but he will definitely feature in the game against Pu

Cricket World Cup: South Africa smashed their way to posting a mammoth 397/5 against Tanzania, which is now the highest score by a team in the 2026 ICC Men's U-19 Cricket World Cup at the High Performance Oval on Monday. Its also South Africas best total in their history of participating in the tournament. South Africa were powered to the gigantic score by centuries from captain Muhammad Bulbulia and Jason Rowles. The score of 397/5 also surpassed South Africa's previous U-19 World Cup record of

The Pakistan Cricket Board: Acting on its threat to withdraw from the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup in support of Bangladesh's demand to move its matches out of India, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has halted its teams preparations for the event, to be organised by India and Sri Lanka next month, according to a news report. A day after Pakistan threatened to pull out of the T20 World Cup if Bangladeshs demand to relocate its matches out of India was not accepted, the PCB has acted and aske

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Gujarat Giants (GG) veteran all-rounder Sophie Devine said her side is relishing the chance to play in front of home fans and wishes to keep things simple as they prepare to face table toppers Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to kickstart the Vadodara-leg of Womens Premier League (WPL) on Monday evening. GG will be looking to bounce back after suffering a 32-run defeat to RCB three days ago at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Firstly, I think it's really excitin

The Indian Premier League: The Indian Premier League (IPL) has played a crucial role in helping overseas cricketers acclimatise to the pressure of playing in front of intimidating Indian crowds, said former England captain Nasser Hussain said ahead of the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup starting next month in India and Sri Lanka. As an opposition, you are also taking on the crowd in India. Recently, in the World Cup semi-final between Australia and India Women, you could see from the crowd interaction

T20 World Cup: Australian batting great Steve Smith has come to terms with his omission from Australias T20 World Cup preliminary squad, but the veteran is far from done with his international 20-20 ambitions. Although missing out on the squad was a setback, Smith remains determined to represent Australia at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The 38-year-old batter, who is in splendid form in the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL), admitted that even after some amazing knocks, he was not in contention to

T20 World Cup: South Africa all-rounder Donovan Ferreira is in doubt over playing the 2026 Mens T20 World Cup, which starts in India and Sri Lanka next month, after suffering a shoulder injury during the SA20. Ferreira injured his left shoulder while fielding for Joburg Super Kings against Pretoria Capitals in a crucial clash in the six-team competition. He dived to prevent a boundary on the final ball of the innings but landed awkwardly and later retired hurt after facing one delivery. Standing

Asia Cup Rising Stars: The Womens Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from February 13-22, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) said on its social media accounts on Monday. The tournament, scheduled in the T20 format, aims to highlight emerging womens cricket talent from the A teams of four full-member nations with ODI status and four top associate teams from the Asian region. The event was originally scheduled to begin on June 6 in Sri Lanka last year, but was postpon

T20 World Cup: Australias chief selector George Bailey provided an update on Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Tim Davids participation in the T20 World Cup, saying Test and ODI captain Cummins will miss the opener while, David will be ready for the start of the tournament, despite a setback in his recovery from a hamstring injury. Cummins, who was rested for the upcoming three T20Is against Pakistan, will not travel to Sri Lanka before the World Cup, as Bailey said the pacer would only join the s

The Pakistan Super League: Pakistan Super League (PSL) will transition to a Player Auction Model, replacing the traditional Player Draft system, from the 11th season, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday. The Pakistan Super League has announced a series of landmark developments ahead of its 11th edition, reinforcing the Leagues continued growth, competitiveness, and commitment to innovation. This strategic shift is aimed at enhancing competitive balance, increasing transparency, and provi

Shri Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple: India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy visited the sacred Shri Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple and attended the divine 4:00 am bhasma aarti on Monday, after concluding his assignment with the Indian team, who lost the three-game ODI series to New Zealand on Sunday at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. After the darshan, he was warmly welcomed and felicitated by the temple committee. Before the third ODI, former India captain and batting stalwart Virat Kohli, alon