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Rain spoils IPL restart as Kolkata exit play-off race

Kolkata with six defeats and five wins bow out of the play-off race. Bengaluru with eight victories top the 10-team table and are all but through to the playoffs.
17 May 2025, 17:47 PM

Nasum to return home after Rishad, Nahid’s visa issues resolved

Nasum had been flown to Dubai on Friday as a contingency measure after Rishad and Nahid were stranded at Dubai International Airport for three consecutive days due to invalid entry visas.
17 May 2025, 14:22 PM

Shakib touches down in Pakistan to boost Qalandars' PSL hopes

The Qalandars announced his arrival with a Facebook post that read: "Wait is over! Shakib Al Hasan has touched down in Pakistan."
17 May 2025, 10:34 AM

Roston Chase named West Indies Test captain

After Brathwaite stepped down in March, CWI put short-listed candidates through a process that included "psychometric testing to evaluate leadership style" before choosing the 33-year-old Chase, the board said in a statement on Friday.
17 May 2025, 09:08 AM

Rishad, Nahid join squad after visa clearance, available for first T20I

The first of the two-match T20I series is scheduled to begin at 9:00pm, Bangladesh time.
17 May 2025, 08:36 AM

South African players return to IPL with WTC final looming

The IPL will resume on Saturday after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire following days of fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
15 May 2025, 11:42 AM

Kohli one of the greatest, but India’s talent runs deep: Anderson

Speaking to TalkSport, the 42-year-old also cautioned England against taking a depleted India side lightly, stressing the depth of talent in the visitors’ ranks.
14 May 2025, 04:29 AM

Green back in Australia squad for WTC final

Green was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his lower back during the one-day international series in England last year and had surgery in October but returned playing for Gloucestershire in English county cricket last month.
13 May 2025, 03:48 AM

Cricket world reacts to Kohli's Test retirement

India batsman Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday, bringing down the curtain on a sparkling career in the longest format
12 May 2025, 09:50 AM

Tait appointed as Bangladesh’s new pace bowling coach

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has named former Australia fast bowler Shaun Tait as the new fast bowling coach of the Bangladesh national team till November 2027.
12 May 2025, 09:41 AM

Rishad ‘regrets misunderstanding’ caused by his comments on PSL teammates

Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain on social media expressed regret over ‘misunderstanding’ caused by some of the comments he made to the Bangladeshi media about the reaction of some overseas cricketers who were stuck in Pakistan alongside him during the India-Pakistan conflict.
12 May 2025, 09:11 AM

Virat Kohli: Indian batting great and hero to hundreds of millions

Virat Kohli is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished batsmen of his generation and is a hero to hundreds of millions of Indian fans.
12 May 2025, 07:56 AM

Virat Kohli announces retirement from Test cricket

India's Virat Kohli announced his immediate retirement from Test cricket on Monday, just days before India name their squad for a tour to England.
12 May 2025, 06:42 AM

Liton’s challenge in balancing captaincy and performance

Liton Das’ form has been poor for a while, not having scored a fifty in ODIs since the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup, but as a skipper he impressed with his tactics in a 3-0 T20I series sweep in West Indies last year.
11 May 2025, 17:30 PM

Cowper, first Test triple-centurion on Australian soil, dies aged 84

Bob Cowper, the first batsman to score a Test triple-century on Australian soil, has died at the age of 84 after a prolonged battle with illness, Cricket Australia said on Sunday.
11 May 2025, 07:30 AM

BCCI eyes IPL resumption in May following India-Pakistan ceasefire

“The war has stopped. In this new situation, BCCI office bearers, officials, and the IPL governing council will meet tomorrow (Sunday) to discuss the best way forward,” BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla stated in an interview with PTI Videos.
11 May 2025, 04:14 AM

‘A’ team win series but DPL star batters flop

Many of the top performers of the recently-concluded Dhaka Premier League (DPL) couldn't deliver impactful performances for the Bangladesh 'A' team in their three-match one-day series against New Zealand which concluded yesterday in Sylhet.
11 May 2025, 02:30 AM

‘Tried to keep family calm’, says Rishad after returning from Pakistan

The 21-year-old returned to Dhaka this afternoon along with pacer Nahid Rana after the PSL was suspended due to escalating India–Pakistan tensions and an incident near the Rawalpindi Stadium.
10 May 2025, 15:07 PM

UAE batters retire en masse to beat the rain and Qatar

UAE reached 192-0 in 16 overs with captain Esha Oza making 113 off 55 balls before deciding to finish their innings early to avoid a washout.
10 May 2025, 11:50 AM

Kohli wants to retire from Tests: Reports

India’s veteran batter Virat Kohli has told the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that he wants to retire from Tests, reports multiple Indian news outlets.
10 May 2025, 07:24 AM