India eye clean sweep against Afghanistan in final ODI
India will look to complete a 3-0 ODI series sweep over Afghanistan when the two sides meet in the third and final match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.
India will look to complete a 3-0 ODI series sweep over Afghanistan when the two sides meet in the third and final match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.
Back in India's ODI setup after a long layoff, Ishan Kishan said it was a proud moment to wear the national jersey again and expressed his desire to carry forward the same approach to help the team win more matches..
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.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur credited the bowlers for setting the tone for an emphatic 88-run win over Pakistan in the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup clash at the R Premadasa Stadium, adding that she hoped everyone back home was very happy with the victory in Sunday’s clash.
The selection committee, led by former India fast bowler Ajit Agarkar, convened on Saturday in Ahmedabad, shortly after India’s innings-and-140-run victory over the West Indies in the first Test.
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.
