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"If Just One Team Struggles...": Twitter Trolls Australian Team On Nagpur Test Loss

Rohit Sharma-led Team India outplayed Australia by an innings and 132 runs in the first Test at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Saturday. The win helped India take a 1-0 lead over the guests in the series of four matches. Even before the start of the series, the pitch for the match was in limelight due to reports that claimed that India were preparing the surface in different parts as per their strengths. The Australian media took it as a tool to lash out at the hosts, but as it turned out, the Australian team lost the match by an innings and 132 runs.

WPL Auction 2023 Live Updates: 2nd Accelerated Round Underway, Smriti Mandhana Costliest At 3.4 Crore

Women's Premier League Auction 2023 Live Updates: The auction for the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) is underway at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. The second accelerated round of auction is underway. India opener Smriti Mandhana has been the top buy so far in the auction with RCB splurging Rs 3.4 crore for her. Meanwhille, Ashleigh Gardner and Nat Sciver fetched a sum of Rs 3.2 crore each after being roped in by Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians, respectively. Deepti Sharma fetched a sum of 2.60 crore from UP Warriorz while Jemimah Rodrigues got 2.2 crore from Delhi Capitals. (LIVE AUCTION-CENTER)

PSL 2023: Cricket enters metaverse as Islamabad United herald new era

Cricket is crossing new frontiers every day and it was only a matter of time before it moved over entirely into the digital world.

Amid Debate Around 'Non-Striker Run-Out', Marylebone Cricket Club Alters Rule

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Thursday conceded there was some ambiguity in the law regarding running out a batter at the non-striker's end, and added that they were changing the wording of the law to remove all confusion. The change of wording comes weeks after an incident involving Australian spinner Adam Zampa in the Big Bash League (BBL). The Melbourne Stars skipper tried to effect a 'Mankad' dismissal against Melbourne Renegades batter Tom Rogers but found himself being 'stumped' by the TV umpire, much to the embarrassment of the off-spinner.

Ireland vs England, Women's T20 World Cup, Live Score Updates: Ecclestone Shine As England Bowl Out Ireland For 105

IRE vs ENG, Women's T20 World Cup Match Live Updates:Three-wicket haul from Sophie Ecclestone helped England in bundling out Ireland for 105 in the Group B match of the ongoing Women's T20 World Cup on Monday at the Boland Park in Paarl. Opted to bat first, Ireland lost quick wickets as Ecclestone scalped three while Charlotte Dean took two. Apart from them, Laura Bell and Katherine Sciver Brunt took one wicket each. For Ireland, Gaby Lewis became the highest scorer with 36 runs as no other batter was able to cross the 20-run mark. Earlier, Ireland skipper Laura Delany won the toss and opted to bat against England. It will be an interesting clash as both the teams will be putting their best foot forward. (LIVE SCORECARD)

ICC Women's T20 World Cup: India begin campaign against Pakistan, hope to tick right boxes

The Shafali Verma-led side won the inaugural edition in Potchefstroom last month and the senior side, which is chasing an elusive ICC Trophy, will open their Women's T20 World Cup campaign at the other end of South Africa, in Cape Town on Sunday.Bunched in group B along with Pakistan, England, Ireland and West Indies, first up for the previous edition's runners-up are the neighbours marshalled by Bismah Maroof.While the storied battles between the two famed opponents spans over seven decades in men's cricket, it is relatively new among women with the first match between the two sides played in 2005. That said, the freshness of the rivalry takes nothing away from the intensity or spotlight surrounding it.

Watch: WPL Auction - Renuka Singh's Family Distributes Sweets After Rs 1.5 Crore Move To Royal Challengers Bangalore

Renuka Singh has established herself as a major part of the Indian women's cricket team in the recent past and her impact was clear from the fact that Royal Challengers Bangalore ended up paying a massive Rs 1.5 crore in the Women's Premier League (WPL) auction. She joined India teammates Smriti Mandhana and Richa Ghosh at the Bangalore franchise just one day after featuring in the win against Pakistan in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup. The scenes at her village in Himachal Pradesh were captured in a video published on Jio Cinema's Twitter account and it showed her mother and other family members distributing sweets among the people who congratulated her.

"Hope They Not Searching For A Jadeja Duplicate": Ex-India Star's Dig At Australia Ahead Of 2nd Test

India outplayed Australia by an innings and 132 runs in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The match in Nagpur saw India dominating the game throughout. Guest skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat first. The visitors had prepared themselves with some intense traning sessions, but it all seemed to make no difference as the duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin were just too good to be faced on the Nagpur surface that offered a fair amount of help to the spinners.

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"If Just One Team Struggles...": Twitter Trolls Australian Team On Nagpur Test Loss

WPL Auction 2023 Live Updates: 2nd Accelerated Round Underway, Smriti Mandhana Costliest At 3.4 Crore

PSL 2023: Cricket enters metaverse as Islamabad United herald new era

Amid Debate Around 'Non-Striker Run-Out', Marylebone Cricket Club Alters Rule

Ireland vs England, Women's T20 World Cup, Live Score Updates: Ecclestone Shine As England Bowl Out Ireland For 105

ICC Women's T20 World Cup: India begin campaign against Pakistan, hope to tick right boxes

Watch: WPL Auction - Renuka Singh's Family Distributes Sweets After Rs 1.5 Crore Move To Royal Challengers Bangalore

"Hope They Not Searching For A Jadeja Duplicate": Ex-India Star's Dig At Australia Ahead Of 2nd Test