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Indian cricket is a crowded market-place. It is tough to stand out and even tougher to consistently do so. But even in this chaotic and unpredictable setting, Dhruv Jurel performs like a solid blue-chip stock – reliable, always growing and unaffected by the upheaval all around him. On Thursday at the BCCI Centre of Excellence…
It is unusual for a player to take the blame for a team’s defeat, as Smriti Mandhana did after India’s loss to England in the Women’s World Cup. A defeat by a small margin, four runs in this case, always sets off speculation on where those runs might have come from in the course of…
With seven wickets in two matches in the ongoing Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuldeep Yadav is relishing bowling on pitches he terms as ‘perfect for wrist-spinners’. The left-arm wrist-spinner was part of India’s victorious ICC Champions Trophy campaign in Dubai in February-March this year, but said the pitches back then…
Ever since the BCCI issued a mandamus that top players should be available for domestic matches when there were no international commitments, rosters have looked star-studded. It was no different when squads for the 2025-26 Duleep Trophy were first announced, with Test skipper Shubman Gill the leading name. However, on Thursday, as the Duleep Trophy…
Ben Stokes might not agree, but there is something poetic about a draw in cricket. Not the damp squib kind, washed out by monsoon or apathy, but the edge-of-the-seat kind, where time runs out — time, that most important element in a five-day game. Where Kipling’s ‘If-’ is evoked in the dressing room. If only…
The Indian team management seems to have taken the wait-and-watch approach before deciding on Jasprit Bumrah’s availability for the fifth Test. Before the series got underway, it was decided that Bumrah would feature in only three fixtures to manage his workload. He has already played his quota, but with the series on the line, the…
Kuldeep Yadav in action. | Photo Credit: AP Former England spinner Monty Panesar believes it’s time for India to unleash Kuldeep Yadav at the expense of seam-bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur in the second Test in Birmingham where spin is likely to play a bigger role. India lost the first Test on Tuesday (June 24, 2025)…
DC vs GT Live: Here are the Playing XIs – Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Sameer Rizvi, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh…
DC vs GT Live: Here are the Playing XIs – Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Sameer Rizvi, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh…
Delhi Capitals finally broke their silence over the Kuldeep Yadav–Rinku Singh slap controversy that stunned the internet on Wednesday. Following the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Kuldeep was having a conversation with Rinku and few other cricketers at the ground. In a video going viral on social media, Kuldeep was seen slapping (most…
