Giving a detailed plan for ‘RCB Cares’, Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Monday said that the foundation will work closely with IPL and the Karnataka State Cricket Association to design better crowd management protocols after 11 people were crushed to death in a stampede during the team’s trophy celebrations earlier this year. Having already announced Rs…
Akash Deep had to skip the Duleep Trophy due to the impact injury that he suffered during the final Test against England at The Oval, and the battered body needed healing after the gruelling tour in which his match-winning 10-wicket haul at Edgbaston stood out. Now that the injury has healed, the Bengal speedster will…
Saim Ayub and Hasan Nawaz struck half-centuries as Pakistan thumped the United Arab Emirates by 31 runs in Sharjah on Saturday, making it two wins from two in the T20 tri-series also featuring Afghanistan. Opener Ayub smashed a 38-ball 69, with four sixes and seven fours, while Nawaz’s 26-ball 56 included six maximums, which lifted…
Bangladesh and the Netherlands will face off in a three-match T20 International series, starting on Saturday, at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. The two teams will be locking horns in a bilateral series for the first time since 2012, when the two-match affair ended in a 1-1 stalemate. The series will provide crucial match practice…
Afghanistan and Pakistan will head to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a tri-series from August 29 to September 7. The tournament will serve as the final leg of preparation for these sides ahead of the eight-nation Asia Cup, which kicks off on September 9 in Abu Dhabi. All games in the tri-series will be…
The 2025-26 Duleep Trophy begins on August 28 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, launching the Indian domestic season. This will be the 62nd edition of the tournament, first held in 1961-62 and won by West Zone. Over the years, it has mostly followed a knockout format (45 editions), with occasional league (7)…
For many players, the Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament serves as the perfect platform to prepare for the domestic season, and Tanay Thyagarajan is no different. For the Hyderabad left-arm spinner, the matches offered an opportunity to test the work he put in during the off-season and find his rhythm before joining the South Zone squad…
Amid the ongoing logjam between USA Cricket and American Cricket Enterprises (ACE), U.S. Congressman Lance Gooden has called for federal intervention. Gooden, who represents Texas’s 5th District, has written to Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, urging an investigation into ACE. A copy of the letter was also marked…
The much-awaited cricket museum of the Mumbai Cricket Association was inaugurated on Saturday. While the cricket fans will be able to experience the MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Museum at the Wankhede Stadium premises from September 22, the museum will also house the Dr. HD Kanga Library. Despite being Asia’s largest cricket library, operations at the…
Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh and Cameron Green smashed blistering hundreds as Australia steamrollered South Africa by 276 runs in the final one-day international in Mackay on Sunday. South Africa had already clinched the series, which it won 2-1 after Australia claimed the T20 series between the sides, and the 50-overs world champion was left playing…