Yash Dayal, the Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat Titans fast bowler, has distanced himself* from a social-media post containing an Islamophobic cartoon, saying both that post and a subsequent apology “weren’t done by me”. The original Instagram post was removed, but not before screenshots were shared and debated widely on social-media. Not long after, the handle

Fourteen out of the 15 India players who feature in the World Test Championship (WTC) final were active in the IPL, which coursed through April and May at high intensity. Only two of the Australians – David Warner and Cameron Green – featured in the IPL, while Michael Neser, Steven Smith, Marcus Harris and Marnus

Two spinners and three fast bowlers? Or one spinner and four fast men including Shardul Thakur as bowling allrounder? Who should be wicketkeeper – the specialist KS Bharat or the X-factor player Ishan Kishan? These are among the key questions that have confronted India since they announced their squad for the WTC final. If you

Members of India’s 1983 World Cup-winning cricket team are “distressed and disturbed” at leading Indian wrestlers being “manhandled” by security personnel in the national capital of Delhi earlier this week. In a statement, the squad members also said they are “most concerned” that that athletes might be “dumping” their medals in the River Ganga as

India have picked the core of their under-19 team that won the 2023 U-19 Women’s World Cup in the India A squad for the Emerging Women’s Asia Cup in Hong Kong from June 12-21. The BCCI have also ensured continuity by appointing former allrounder Nooshin Al Khadeer as head coach. Khadeer had headed the backroom

MS Dhoni underwent surgery on his left knee in a Mumbai hospital on Thursday. Dhoni, who led Chennai Super Kings to their fifth IPL title, had flown to Mumbai from Ahmedabad after the final on Monday and consulted renowned sports orthopaedic surgeon Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, who is also on the BCCI medical panel and has

Anil Kumble and Robin Uthappa are among just a handful of cricketers who have expressed their anguish at prominent Indian wrestlers being “manhandled” by the police in Delhi, India’s national capital. Tweeting on Tuesday, two days after disturbing images of Vinesh Phogat, among other wrestlers, being dragged away from the site of their protest in

In the 2022-23 Ranji Trophy, he scored 315 runs in five matches, averaging 45.00, with one fifty and a century. He followed that season up with 213 and 144 in the Irani Trophy for the Rest of India against Madhya Pradesh. His aggregate of 357 runs in the match was the most for a batter

The schedule for the 2023 World Cup will be unveiled during the World Test Championship final at The Oval, BCCI secretary Jay Shah has said. The board has prepared a list of more than a dozen venues across India, and the final shortlist will be shared with the ICC soon. Shah made these comments during

The winners of the World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and Australia is set to become richer by US$ 1.6 million, while the runners-up will get $800,000, the ICC announced on Friday. The winners’ cheque is the same as that in the 2019-21 cycle, where New Zealand beat India in the final in Southampton.

The BCCI has signed a new partnership deal with global sportswear brand Adidas, which will run till March 2028. A BCCI release confirmed that Adidas will be the sole supplier of all “match, training and travel wear” for the men’s, women’s and youth teams. The Indian team will debut their new kits during the World

Jatin Kashyap, an Indian umpire, has been charged by the ICC with breaching two counts of the Anti-Corruption Code. Kashyap has 14 days from May 19 to respond to the charges, which relate to international games in 2022. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Kashyap, who is based in Bathinda, Punjab, was charged with attempting to corrupt

“First T20 series that comes up, play these guys [the youngsters], expose these guys. They [the selectors] should start blooding them right now,” Shastri said on ESPNcricinfo’s Runorder show, when asked about how soon players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jitesh Sharma and Tilak Varma should get a promotion. “Players like Rohit, Virat Kohli, they are proven,

Ravi Shastri feels that with the next men’s T20 World Cup just over a year away, Hardik Pandya will be handed the captaincy of the India team immediately. “Everyone can qualify to play, but I think Hardik will lead,” Shastri said on ESPNcricinfo’s Runorder. “The next two World Cups [after the 2023 ODI World Cup]

The PCB’s hybrid model solution to the Asia Cup will see four out of 13 matches being played in Pakistan with the rest – including the final – to be played at a neutral venue, which could be the UAE. Najam Sethi, the board head, told BBC’s Stumped podcast that he was still hopeful of

Australia have retained their No. 1 spot in the ICC men’s ODI team rankings following the annual update that dropped results from the 2019-20 season and reflects all matches completed since May 2020. With 118 rating points, Australia are two points clear of second-placed Pakistan after the update, which weights matches completed before May 2022