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New Delhi: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam expressed his desperation late on Wednesday evening to play the T20 World Cup 2026 after ICC 's final deadline, mentions a report on Cricbuzz. After the ICC board members met earlier in the day, Bangladesh team was finally given the last deadline of 24 hours to convey their decision of travelling to India for the showpiece event beginning February 7. With ICC not agreeing to their demands of shifting the World Cup venues for them citing security concerns in India, BCB have been left with just an option of travelling to India tom play the marquee event and if they decide against it, they will be replaced by Scotland. Meanwhile, Islam said that they can still take part in the big ICC event if the global governing decides to change their mind and relocate their games. While Bangladesh 's plea was rejected by the ICC, the BCB still has some hopes of help from the Bangladesh government in resolving the issue and...
New Delhi: Flamboyant Abhishek Sharma once again proved to be the magician for Team India as the hosts secured a big victory over New Zealand in the first T20I match of the five-game series. By virtue of the victory in the series opener in Nagpur on Wednesday, India lead the series 1-0 with four more matches to go. Abhishek smashed a blistering knock of 84 runs in the first innings while Rinku Singh scored unbeaten 44 runs to help India post the highest-ever total of 238/7 against the Kiwis in the shortest format. Chasing a mammoth total of 239, the Kiwis could only muster 190/7 in the stipulated 20 overs to go down in the encounter by 48 runs. Glenn Phillips steals the show Glenn Phillips played a blistering knock of 78 runs off just 40 balls including 4 fours and 6 sixes for the Kiwis but failed to take the visitors past the finish line. Mark Chapman and Daryl Mitchell also tried their best with scores of 39 and 28 runs but could not take the Kiwi innings further. Skipper Mitchell...
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has finally taken a firm stand with regards to Bangladesh 's participation in the forthcoming T20 World Cup 2026. The ICC, in a board meeting on Wednesday, asserted that if Bangladesh continues to refuse to travel to India for next month 's showpiece event, they will be shown the door, confirms ESPNcricinfo . During the meeting attended by directors of all the full member countries, the ICC members told the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to inform their government that if Bangladesh cricket team refuses to travel to India citing security concerns for the marquee event beginning February 7, they will be expelled and replaced by Scotland. The global governing body has further given a day 's chance for the side to get back to them and covey their stance on the travel to India. The decision during the meeting was followed by a vote of all the members where majority of the members voted in favour of replacing Bangladesh with...
New Delhi: Australia 's under-19 batter Will Malajczuk smashed the fastest century in the history of the under-19 World Cup as the Aussie side raced to a 8 wicket victory over Japan in a game on Tuesday. Malajczuk, who played a splashing innings, struck the quickest hundred un just 51 balls, to steer Australia to a convincing win. Chasing a score of 202 runs, the opening batter scored half of the runs scored by his innings with a stunning 102 runs off just 55 balls to set the under-19 World Cup stage on fire. By virtue of his lethal knock, Australia registered the second win of its title defence at the marquee competition, along with a place in the Super Sixes. Will Malajczuk breaks U19 WC record Malajczuk broke the record of Pakistan player Qasim Akram who had struck a hundred in 62 balls in a under-19 T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka back in 2022. Indian player Raj Bawa holds the record for the third quickest hundred in the history of under-19 cricket, having hit a century...
New Delhi: Indian women 's team is set to travel to South Africa for a five-match T20I series ahead of the women 's T20 World Cup 2026. The women 's showpiece event is set to take place in June this year while India women are set travel to South Africa for the T20I series in April, which will serve as a build-up to the marquee event. On Tuesday, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced that they will host India for the five-T20I matches beginning at the Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium on April 17 and run until April 27 across three cities - Durban, Johannesburg and Benoni. The series is set to open with two matches at Durban 's Kingsmead on April 17 and 19 before it shifts to the DP World Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg for the third and fourth T20Is on April 22 and 25. The fifth and final match of the series will be played at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni on April 27. Last assignment for both IND and SA before T20 WC This will serve as the final official assignment...
New Delhi: Indian spinner Vaishnavi Sharma, on Tuesday, replaced injured wicketkeeper-batter G Kamalini in the Mumbai Indians ' squad for the remainder of the Women 's Premier League (WPL) 2026. This development came after Kamalini picked up an unspecified injury during the ongoing women 's league and was subsequently ruled out of the entire tournament. Spinner Vaishnavi will join the franchise for Rs 30 lakh, the WPL confirmed in a release on January 20. Meanwhile, the 17-year-old Kamalini opened for the Indians in four out of five matches she played in the ongoing edition of the league but could not impress managing just 75 runs at a strike rate of 97.40, before picking up an injury. Vaishnavi, who was a member of India 's under-19 World Cup winning squad 2025, made her international debut against Sri Lanka last month in a five-match T20I series which India comfortably won 5-0. The 20-year-old cricketer created a good impressions with her perfect left-arm spin...
New Delhi: Meg Lanning and Phoebe Litchfield starred with the bat while Shikha Pandey excelled with the ball as UP Warriorz bagged their second successive win against Mumbai Indians in the Women 's Premier League 2026 . Both Lanning and Litchfield slammed brilliant half-centuries to help the UP side score a competitive 187/8 in the stipulated 20 overs, which the Indians failed to chase. Despite a brilliant stand of 83 runs between Amelia Kerr and Amanjot Kaur for the sixth wicket, Mumbai fell short of 22 runs towards the end as the score seemed to be huge and he UP bowling pitch perfect. Apart from Shikha, who played a major role in containing the side with regular scalps and economical spell, other bowlers in the line up shared four wickets between them to constantly dent Mumbai in the chase. Lanning and Litchfield lead sensation recovery After winning UP were put into bat first, Lanning and Litchfield led a sensational recovery for the side after they lost their opener Kiran...
New Delhi: Ahead of the beginning of first Grand Slam of the season Australia Open , it was legendary Roger Federer who grabbed all the limelight on the eve of the season-opening major. At the Australian Open 's first formal opening ceremony, Federer was invited to grace the occasion and as expected, the veteran tennis player stole the show. In between a capacity crowd of almost 15000 seat stadium, there was a packed house, the band, playing a set of four hits and Federer, who was there to play an exhibition match, became the talk of the evening. Even Rod Laver, the great Australian player of Grand Slam fame, was in the house, sitting in the Rod Laver Arena which is the centre court at the Melbourne Park named in his honour but even he did get so much attention as received by the 20-time Grand Slam winner and one of the greatest players of all time in the modern era. Federer, who has claimed the Australian Open men 's single title six times in his esteemed career, partnered...
New Delhi: Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj on Saturday backed star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja to rediscover his form in the series-deciding third and final ODI against New Zealand. Men in Blue and the Kiwis lock horns in the series-decider on Sunday in Indore and both the sides would be aiming to clinch a victory and pocket the series. Meanwhile, Siraj said that it would take only one wicket for the left-arm spinner to return to his best form and make a difference in the encounter. This comes after Jadeja went wicketless in the first two matches of the series conceding 44 and 56 runs respectively. In the preceding three-match series against South Africa, the seasoned all-rounder could scalp only one wicket. 'I don 't think there is any concern about Jadeja’s form. It is a matter of just one wicket. Once you get that breakthrough, you will see a different bowler altogether, ' Siraj said at the pre-match press conference on Saturday. Indian bowling unit remains confident:...
New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) continued their unbeaten run in the Women 's Premier League (WPL) by thrashing Gujarat Giants (GG) in a match on Friday. RCB rode on a century stand between seasoned Radha Yadav and Richa Ghosh and a five-wicket haul by spinner Shreyanka Patil to beat Gujarat by 32 runs. Aged 23 years and 169 days, Shreyanka became the youngest bowler to get a 5-wicket haul in the history of WPL. After they were sent into bat first by the Giants, Radha and Richa scored 66 and 44 runs respectively to register a 105-run stand for the fifth wicket in the first innings after RCB lost the first few wickets quickly in the innings. The innings from both the players guided the side to a competitive score of 182 for 7 after being 43 for 4 in the sixth over. This is also the first time that RCB have started the WPL with three straight wins. Nadine de Klerk also added 26 runs to the overall score after the first few batters failed to impress, including skipper...
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