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….
Australia translated its overwhelming dominance over the last three days into a lop-sided 10-wicket win over India in the one-off women’s day-night Test in Perth on Sunday. Australia earlier did the ground work for its victory, bowling out India for 149 in its second innings, and then scaled down a nominal target of 25 without…
The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) three-day meet from March 25 to 27 in Doha, Qatar, has been postponed in the wake of the ongoing conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran. According to reports, the meeting has been rescheduled for next month in the same continent. A formal communication was reportedly sent to ICC members…
TOSS Australia won the toss and chose to field. PLAYING XIs Australia: Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Alyssa Healy (c), Annabel Sutherland, Beth Mooney (wk), Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Alana King, Lucy Hamilton, Darcie Brown. India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Kashvee Gautam,…
India is just one step away from creating history. Victory over New Zealand in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Ahmedabad will help the side become the first team to defends its world title. No team has also been able to win the T20 World Cup on home…
The trouble with mystery spinners is that the mystery eventually tends to turn on the best of them. It happened to Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis. Sunil Narine of the West Indies may also know a thing or two about it. Meanwhile, Indian fans can only hope the Varun Chakaravarthy code hasn’t been cracked. Not yet,…
India will feature in its fourth T20 World Cup final on Sunday when it will face New Zealand and hope to become the first team to defend the title in this tournament. When did India last win an ICC final? India had beaten New Zealand in the final of Champions Trophy 2025. When did India…
India became the first team to make it to four men’s T20 World Cup finals, after it beat England by seven runs in the semifinal at the Wankhede on Thursday. India had entered the title clash in 2007, 2014 and 2024. With its win on Thursday, India also became the third team to make it…
It was a Thursday with an early-weekend vibe and the fans relished every second. Despite Jacob Bethell’s incandescent ton, India prevailed over England by seven runs in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 semifinal here at the Wankhede Stadium. Chasing India’s 253 for seven, England finished with 246 for seven. The visitors lost Philip Salt…
England’s Jacob Bethell scored the second-fastest hundred in T20 World Cups, during his side’s semifinal against India at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. Bethell reached his hundred in just 45 deliveries, with a six against Hardik Pandya. On Wednesday, New Zealand’s Finn Allen had smashed a 33-ball hundred against South Africa in the…
