Category: Cricket

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday named Ravindra Jadeja as the replacement for Axar Patel, who injured himself during a practice session. The five-match one-day series against Australia will start on Sunday at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Axar sprained his left ankle and has been advised rest. The BCCI medical team is monitoring his […]

West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite was rewarded for making an 8,000-mile round trip to Chester-le-Street as the tourists beat England by 21 runs in a lone Twenty20 international on Saturday. England, set 177 for victory, were bowled out for 155 at a chilly and rainswept Riverside. Barbados-born Brathwaite, 29, had been West Indies’ star with the bat when they beat […]

Faf du Plessis was appointed South Africa’s one-day international captain on Monday in place of AB de Villiers, giving him the top job in all three formats of the game. “He has established himself as one of the best leaders in world cricket and this was reflected in his appointment as the captain for the World XI currently engaged in […]

India’s left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja has lost his top spot after sliding a place to be at the second position in the ICC Test bowlers rankings, released on Sunday. Jadeja’s teammate Ravichandran Ashwin, meanwhile, retained his third spot in the table.

Skipper Virat Kohli’s blazing blade ensured a comfortable seven-wicket win in the lone Twenty20 game as the visitors completed a 9-0 rout of Sri Lanka, here on Wednesday. It was the first time that an Indian cricket team registered an all-win record across formats in an overseas tour.

Cricket Australia insisted on Tuesday it is comfortable with security in Bangladesh following an incident in which a window on the team bus was smashed. CA said the window was broken by a “small rock or stone” as Australia’s players were returning to the team hotel after Monday’s opening day in the second Test in Chittagong. No one was injured. […]