Anshul Gupta

Rishabh Pant was acquired by the Lucknow Super Giants for a whopping sum of Rs 27 crore at the IPL 2025 auction, making him the most expensive player in the tournament's history. Pant has led the Delhi Capitals in the IPL thus far in 43 matches across three seasons, with 24 wins.

With Anrich Nortje and Evin Lewis out injured and Liam Livingstone flying to India for national duty, Pretoria Capitals had to call in a couple of overseas replacements in a bid to resurrect their ongoing SA20 campaign with just one win and two washouts in?five?matches.

West Indies made short work of Bangladesh women in the first ODI of the three-match series in Basseterre on Sunday, January 19. Captain Hayley Matthews led from the front with an unbeaten hundred after Bangladesh were restricted to 198/9.

Paarl Royals have made a substantial turnaround in the SA20 as one more win and the Men in Pink will attain the top spot on the points table. The Royals are coming off pulling off the highest successful chase in SA20 and Jorburg Super Kings will have their task cut out, especially coming off a loss.

All 20 wickets were taken by the Pakistan spinners for a third Test match in a row at home but that didn't count as a problem for skipper Shan Masood. Pakistan took a 1-0 lead in the two-match series against the West Indies in Multan.

Indian pacer Mohammed Shami is set to return to the national fold with the three-match T20I series against England, for the first time since the World Cup 2023 final. Shami had a lengthy first session with the Indian team in 14 months as he bowled his heart out.

England had a chance in Melbourne in the second ODI to topple Australia for once but ended up choking rather badly and lost the series 3-0. Now, England are in a must-win situation in the remaining games - three T20Is and a Test - and can't afford to lose a single game, starting in Sydney on Monday.

Karun Nair produced an all-timer of a season in the Vijay Hazare trophy leading Vidarbha to the final, scoring 779 runs in eight innings but didn't find a place in India's ODI squad. India announced their squad for the ODI series against England and the Champions Trophy without many surprises.

Captain for the Test team in Sri Lanka, Steve Smith's preparations has been hit after he suffered an elbow injury during his final appearance in the Big Bash League for Sydney Sixers against the Thunder. Australia are set to get down to Dubai for a week's preparatory camp before flying to Sri Lanka.

West Indies saw a glimmer of hope after bowling out Pakistan for just 157 in the second innings in the ongoing Test in Multan owing to Jomel Warrican's exceptional 7-wicket haul. Pakistan set the West Indies a target of 251 runs to chase to win?the?first?Test.

Durban's Super Giants since that jailbreak against the Pretoria Capitals in their opening fixture, have gone on to lose a couple of games and had a washout. The runners-up of last season have gone awry and need to get their campaign back on track against the Sunrisers, who just found some form.

Paarl Royals and MI Cape Town notched up their respective third wins of the ongoing SA20 as Pretoria Capitals and Joburg Super Kings went down on Saturday's double-header. Royals' skipper David Miller created T20 history by a South African batter before Faf du Plessis got to a couple of milestones.

Pakistan marched ahead in the first Test against the West Indies in Multan after taking a 93-run lead in the first innings and adding 109 over and above it as 19 wickets fell on the second day. The spin duo of Sajid Khan and Noman Ali decimated the West Indies top order before the tail wagged a bit.

The Indian men and women's teams prevailed over South Africa in their respective semi-finals of the ongoing inaugural Kho Kho World Cup 2025 in New Delhi. Both the Indian teams will be up against their Nepalese counterparts in the respective finals in a bid to win the maiden title on Sunday.

MI Cape Town with a couple of wins in the first three games seemed to have good things going for them but haven't been consistent and will be tested against the Joburg Super Kings, who have been the top team, but will rue the two points lost due to rain against the Pretoria Capitals.

India will fine-tune their preparations ahead of the Champions Trophy against England in a three-match ODI series starting February 6 in Nagpur. England and India are in two different groups in the Champions Trophy with the 2013 champions commencing their campaign against Bangladesh on February 20.

A few of the Indian Test players including Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill are set to feature in the next round of Ranji Trophy, set to kick off on Thursday, January 23 after the head coach Gautam Gambhir urged his players to play domestic cricket following the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.

It was almost reminiscent of the Suresh Raina knock in the IPL 2014 qualifier where the left-hander had smacked a 25-ball 87 against the then Kings XI Punjab in the qualifier. Fernando played at a whopping strike rate of 300 as the Sharjah Warriorz notched up their second win of the ILT20.