Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc are among several Australian players likely to miss the upcoming ODI tour of Pakistan because of a scheduling clash with the IPL 2026 playoffs.
The decision to leave Shubman Gill out of India’s squad for the recently concluded ICC Men's T20 World Cup may serve as added motivation for the India Test and ODI captain as he looks to guide Gujarat Titans to the title in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026.
Sundar reported acute discomfort in his left lower rib area while bowling during the first ODI at the BCA Stadium on Sunday.
New Zealand has named its T20I and ODI squads for the upcoming India tour. Mitchell Santner leads the T20I side, while Michael Bracewell captains the ODIs.
A strong fightback from Matthew Breetzke (72 off 80), Marco Jansen (70 off 39) and Corbin Bosch (67 off 51) kept the game alive deep into the chase.
When the Women's ODI World Cup was last played in India in 2013, it came and went without much fanfare. Though a few thousand fans trickled into the stadiums, most games were played largely to silence, and only a handful of the world's best players were recognised.
“To be honest, the 2007 T20 World Cup that India won inspired me to start playing cricket, but it was the 2011 World Cup at home, with Sachin sir being part of it and everything that happened that year, that really left a mark on me,” she recalled.
After producing a resounding turnaround to beat Australia by 102 runs in the second ODI in New Chandigarh on Wednesday, India will be aiming to do an encore of that result when they take the field for a tantalising series decider, to be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.
Raza, who scored 92 and an unbeaten 59 along with a wicket in the two-match series against Sri Lanka in Harare, edged past Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai and Mohammad Nabi, now second and third, respectively.
Ahead of the ODI series against England, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has welcomed a rare and welcome dilemma—one of abundance.
