Former India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday reacted after the side’s T20 World Cup 2026 win at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. India is now the only team to win the T20 World Cup three times, and the first to win successive editions. “Phenomenal win for Team India in Ahmedabad. Absolutely no match for…
Sanju Samson credited the influence of Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar after winning Player of the Tournament at the T20 World Cup 2026. Speaking at the post-match presentation after the final, Samson revealed that he had contacted Sachin after India’s tour of Australia in which he was left out of the side after appearing just…
Sanju Samson’s third consecutive half-century of the tournament propelled him to third in the leading run-scorers charts after the final between India and New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The opener scored a 46-ball 89 to register the highest individual score in a T20 World Cup final. He has aggregated 326 run is just five…
Opener Sanju Samson became the highest-scoring Indian in a single T20 World Cup edition during the final against New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Sanju overtook former Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who recorded 319 runs during the 2014 edition. With a sparkling 89 in the final, Sanju ended his T20 World Cup 2026 campaign with…
Indian opener Sanju Samson scored a rapid 89 in the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 against New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. With this knock, he equalled the fourth-highest score by a batter in a T20 World Cup knockout game. Samson had also smashed a 42-ball…
India head coach Amol Muzumdar hailed his team’s character despite a crushing defeat to Australia Women in the pink-ball Test, saying the players showed commendable fight in difficult conditions in Perth. India lost the one-off Test by 10 wickets inside three days as only Jemimah Rodrigues and Pratika Rawal could score fifties, while other big…
All-rounder Amelia Kerr broke a 44-year record by registering the best bowling figures by a New Zealand bowler during the second ODI against Zimbabwe in Dunedin on Sunday. Kerr returned figures of 7/34 in 9.1 overs in New Zealand’s thumping eight-wicket win, surpassing fellow leg-spinner Jackie Lord’s 6/10 against India in 1982. The 25-year-old also…
India will look to complete its T20 World Cup title defence with victory over New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, March 8. English duo Richard Illingworth and Alex Wharf, both members of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, have been appointed as the on-field officials for the final. Allahuddien…
History beckons both teams. India has been the undisputed leader in the shortest format in this World Cup cycle. The form translated at this tournament as well as India marched onto its second straight final. However, it did not come without its share of surprises and concerns. India was defeated by South Africa in the…
Abhishek Sharma’s swashbuckling approach at the top was one of India’s strengths in the build-up to the T20 World Cup 2026. In this World Cup cycle, the southpaw had scored 749 runs in the PowerPlay at a whopping strike rate of 184.48. This was the second-best scoring rate by a batter from a Full-Member nation….
