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Shafali Verma and Shubman Gill were named the ICC men’s and women’s Player of the Month award. | Photo Credit: AP/PTI India captain Shubman Gill was on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) named ICC men’s Player of the Month for a record fifth time following his outstanding performance in the ODI series against the West Indies,…
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To be installed the overwhelming favourite ahead of any major sporting extravaganza is a double-edged sword. The moniker is suggestive of a formidable individual (or team) clearly more skilled, more temperamentally adjusted, and the most likely to go all the way, but it also comes with a rider. You are marked; the rest will be…
India’s Ishan Kishan plays a shot during the second semifinal T20I cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, at the 20th Asian Games, in Nisshin, Japan | Photo Credit: PTI Ishan Kishan’s unbeaten 80 off 46 balls and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 21-ball 38 on a turning pitch took India to 169 for seven against Sri Lanka…
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India’s Axar Patel, Sanju Samson and Arshdeep Singh arrive ahead of the men’s cricket Quarterfinal 2 between India and Afghanistan at the 20th Asian Games, at Korogi Athletic Park in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Incessant rains have deprived India of crucial training and competition time in Japan,…
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The players reached Nagoya from Tokyo via the iconic bullet train and expectedly enjoyed the journey. (Photo: X/@BCCI) India will face an inexperienced Afghanistan in their Asian Games opener on Monday (September 28, 2026), with the overwhelming favourites looking to quickly acclimatise to the unfamiliar conditions in Japan. India would not know what to expect…
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Indian players celebrate after winning the women’s gold medal T20 cricket game between India and Sri Lanka on September 22, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP The Indian women’s cricket team reasserted its continental dominance by clinching a second successive gold medal at the Asian Games, thrashing familiar foes Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the…
Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur have also been among the runs, but beyond them and Shafali, things have not been rosy. File | Photo Credit: R V Moorthy Nine days after facing off for continental dominance in the Asia Cup final in faraway Dubai, India and Sri Lanka will once again meet in another title…
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Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the second semifinal T20I cricket match between India’s women and Bangladesh’s women in the ongoing Asian Games 2026 on September 20, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI India opener Smriti Mandhana became the leading run-scorer in women’s T20Is, surpassing New Zealand great Suzie Bates’ tally of 4,758 runs during India’s…
Pakistan won by three wickets after being a set a target of 92 by Thailand in a truncated match due to wet conditions. File | Photo Credit: Pakistan Cricket Board Bangladesh entered the semifinals without even stepping on to the field, while Pakistan had to toil hard against unfancied Thailand in a low-scoring thriller before…
File photo of Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill. Both the names were not included in the Asian Games longlist of names submitted to the IOA by the BCCI. | Photo Credit: AP India’s current T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav, along with Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill, are the two prominent names missing, while teen sensation…