Images from Day 3 of the fourth Test between Australia and India at the MCG on Saturday.
Dropped catches and batters' lack of intent in the middle overs cost India dear, remarked skipper Harmanpreet Kaur as South Africa secured their first win on their multi-format tour with a 12-run victory in the first women's T20I in Chennai on Friday.
Kapil Dev bows to Bumrah's bowling prowess
Ravichandran Ashwin has the second most wickets by an active player in Test cricket. Australia's Nathan Lyon leads the list with 530 wickets and Ashwin can overtake him in the second Test in Kanpur.
While the IPL 2025 mega auction is expected to reward several young talents with huge pay cheques, a few seasoned stars could also steal the show.
This will mark Malinga's second involvement with Mumbai's support staff, following his mentoring role in 2018.
'Pathum Nissanka is easily one of the best batters to have come out of Sri Lanka in the recent past and he has delivered once again,' he tweeted with an applause emoji.
He is the ninth bowler and fifth spinner to complete the feat in Tests.
Former skipper Ricky Ponting predicted that the Baggy Greens will dominate the Rohit Sharma-led side in the five-match series.
2024 saw some of the most competitive and captivating cricket being played on the field.
Cricket icon Sunil Gavaskar celebrates a magnificent 75th birthday on July 10th. Rediff.com picks 15 facts about Sunil Gavaskar you need to know:
Afghanistan started their T20 World Cup campaign with a comprehensive 125-run victory over debutants Uganda.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday
Ravichandran Ashwin became the second Indian bowler after former skipper Anil Kumble to take 500 Test wickets.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the first Test against Bangladesh?
Spinner Shams Mulani (5/71) and Himanshu Singh (4/77) wreaked havoc by sharing nine wickets between them as defending champions Mumbai crushed Odisha.
The dawn of a new era had begun under Sourav Ganguly's aggressive leadership. With Ganguly and Coach John Wright at the helm India had transitioned into a force to be reckoned with.
The T20 World Cup 2024 promises to be a tournament dominated by bowlers, particularly spinners.
After several losses in the early years of the new century, a resurgent India notched up two consecutive series wins in Australia to become the Aussies' nemesis.
He finished a stellar T20 International career, registering the record for most by runs any player in T20 World Cups -- 1,292 runs in 35 matches.
Who do you think should be part of the Indian team for the T20 World Cup Super 8s match against Bangladesh?
Yashasvi Jaiswal's dream season just got better as he single-handedly seized the initiative from England with a sizzling century, putting India in complete control.
'For me, the lowest point was the phase between 2018 and 2019.'
Job is far from done for Mumbai against Vidarbha, says Shams Mulani
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja took 7/32 as Saurashtra thrashed Rajasthan by 218 runs.
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, fresh from a five-wicket haul in the one-off Test against Bangladesh, is enjoying 'one of the best phases' of his career.
After winning their fifth IPL title in 2020, Mumbai twice crashed out in the league stages in two successive seasons in 2021 and 2022, while they made it to the play-offs last year, but lost in the Qualifier 2 match to the Pandya-led Gujaraat Titans.
Gujarat Titans star spinner Rashid Khan stated that he isn't "happy" with his wickets tally in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) but is happy to play "little" roles, which helps his team to clinch victory.
'India have a good bunch of fast bowlers.' 'Umesh is doing really well and so are Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ishant.'
Having been there and done that, Graeme Swann is now mentoring a group of young England spinners, who would feature in a 'Shadow Tour' of India next month with a couple of them in contention to make it to senior team for five-Test series, starting January 25.
Dharamsala is colder than usual for this time of the year keeping the pacers interested but considering no grass has been left on the surface.
India Women produced a spotless effort to crush Australia by nine wickets in the first T20I
Ben Duckett said England deserves credit for inspiring players in the opposition camp to bat aggressively in Test cricket.
After hitting runs all over the ground throughout a two-decade glorious career filled up with many centuries and fifties, legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, widely regarded as the greatest batter after Sir Don Bradman, turned 51 on Wednesday.
Uday Saharan's India won hearts and held out promise of a bright future for the Fab 15.
Abhishek stole the show with his belligerent knocks for runners up SRH, while Fraser-McGurk emerged a surprise batting hero for DC and Rana was one of KKR's best bowlers.
Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal says he would prefer England over India to undergo an informal bowling test on his corrected action in a bid to revive his international career.
The defeat in the Centurion Test was India's fifth in a row in SENA countries under Head Coach Rahul Dravid.
