In the lead-up to the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, cricket pundits identified Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma as the key to India’s hopes of winning a second successive ICC title within six months.
Indian hockey star Manpreet Singh has equalled Dilip Tirkey's long-standing record of 412 international appearances and is set to become the most-capped player in the history of Indian men's hockey.
Gill, Kishan, Rohit and Iyer reached major landmarks as India posted 402 against Afghanistan. Here are five key records and milestones from the second ODI in Lucknow.
Captain Tilak Varma and Kumar Kushagra struck half-centuries before Nishant Sindhu claimed 4-31 as India A defeated Afghanistan A by 101 runs to qualify for the 50-over tri-series final in Dambulla.
Opener Devon Conway has returned to New Zealand Cricket's central contracts list for the 2026-27 season, while fast bowler Blair Tickner has also earned a recall. The duo replace Adithya Ashok and Muhammad Abbas in the 20-member contracted players' list announced by NZC.
On the final day on Wednesday, the Indian trio of Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu and Sameer won silver in the Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (RFP) Team event, going down to the Czech Republic 15-17 in a nerve-wracking final at the Changwon International Shooting range.
PM Modi, who met the Commonwealth-bound India athletes virtually, also said that it would have been a pleasure for him to meet them personally, but given that they were training in different corners of the world along with their coaches, and with the Parliament session on, he was wishing them virtually.
Pandya recently guided Gujarat Titans to IPL glory by leading from the front and showed his captaincy and all-round skills in ample measure during the white-ball series against Ireland.
During his eight years in Bayern, Lewandowski scored 344 goals to secure six Bundesliga top goalscorer titles. This summer the Polish striker decided to start a new challenge as he signed a 4-year contract with FC Barcelona.
After getting injured on the tour of West Indies, the 32-year-old pacer missed the IPL 2022, where he was due to represent Lucknow Super Giants and has been out of action until recently.
