Kerala leg spinner Asha Sobhana picked six wickets as the side romped to a 111-run win over Saurashtra on Sunday at the Taurian World School Ground in Ranchi in the Senior Women’s One Day Trophy 2025-26. The southern State had badly lost to Railways in their campaign opener but bounced back in incredible fashion to…
South Africa skipper Aiden Markram on Sunday said his team enters the T20 World Cup with confidence and self-belief boosted by its World Test Championship (WTC) triumph last year. Runner-up in 2024, South Africa begins its campaign in the 20-team tournament against Canada at the world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday. The Proteas…
The trend of associate nations stretching Test teams to the hilt in the Men’s T20 World Cup continued on the second day as Nepal almost pulled off a heist against title contender England at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Will Jacks, the Player-of-the-Match, gave full credit to Nepal for living up to the challenge right…
New Zealand suffered a group stage exit in the last edition of the T20 World Cup, and the loss against Afghanistan was its final nail in the coffin. The sides met again in Chennai on Sunday for the Group D opener in the ongoing T20 World Cup, and at the end of the first innings,…
PowerPlay wickets are the ultimate currency in T20 cricket. While it is the speedmerchants that usually get to ply their trade in the first six overs, some spinners have redefined these pre-assigned roles. Chief among them is Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Ur Rahman, whose tally of T20I PowerPlay wickets (43 scalps) is second only to Bangladesh’s Shakib…
Italy captain Wayne Madsen on Sunday hoped that his side’s history-making entry into the T20 World Cup would inspire the country’s four-time FIFA World Cup-winning football team, which is currently in danger of missing a third successive global final. Italy, once a football royalty, has struggled in recent qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and…
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s Highlights of the T20 World Cup 2026 match between Sri Lanka and Ireland, held at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on February 8. PLAYING XIs Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (wk), Pavan Rathnayake, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dunith Wellalage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana….
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi, on Sunday, met his Bangladesh counterpart Aminul Islam and International Cricket Council (ICC) deputy chair Imran Khwaja in Lahore, as efforts to resolve the standoff over Pakistan’s proposed boycott of the T20 World Cup match against India gathered pace. The meeting took place at the Gaddafi Stadium. Khwaja…
Kusal Mendis and Kamindu Mendis impressed with the bat before Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana’s incisive spin bowling powered Sri Lanka to a 20-run win over Ireland in their T20 World Cup clash in Colombo on Sunday. Kusal scored a gritty 56 not out off 43 balls, while Kamindu provided the late impetus with a…
Football powerhouse Italy will get a chance to make a mark in cricket’s biggest stage when it faces Scotland in a historic ICC T20 World Cup debut game in Kolkata on Monday. Winner of four FIFA World Cups, the Azzurri will now give way to Gli Azzurri, who find themselves scripting an unlikely cricketing chapter…
