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Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) Shaheen Shah Afridi had a challenging introduction to the Big Bash League on Tuesday, as his debut for Brisbane Heat against Melbourne Renegades at Simonds Stadium turned into a testing evening. The trouble began in the 18th over of the first innings, when Afridi delivered two dangerous waist-high…

Abhimanyu Easwaran (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Mumbai: He may have been unlucky not to have got an India cap despite having performed consistently in domestic cricket and for India A, and being part of several international tours, but Abhimanyu Easwaran has enjoyed a stroke of luck as the opener’s name has been included at the last…

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli kisses the Indian Premier League winners’ trophy during celebrations with fans at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India. (PTI) They came so close three times earlier too, close enough to see it, feel it, but not close enough to hold it. But their time came, finally, and Royal Challengers…

NEW DELHI: As the countdown begins for the IPL 2026 mini auction, one question continues to dominate discussions among fans and franchises alike: will teams be allowed to use the Right To Match (RTM) card in Abu Dhabi?Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The auction for the 19th season of the Indian…

Shubman Gill’s place in India’s T20I XI has come under scrutiny, especially after an in-form Sanju Samson was left out. (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Having grown up playing alongside Shubman Gill since they were 12 years old, Abhishek Sharma remains confident that his close friend’s lean patch in T20Is is only temporary and that big…

History is firmly against England, with only one team ever overturning a 2-0 deficit to win the Ashes — Don Bradman’s Australia in 1936-37. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: England are staring at a daunting task and “need a miracle” heading into Wednesday’s third Ashes Test in Adelaide, with Australia boosted by the return of Pat…

India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) Yashasvi Jaiswal underlined his white-ball credentials in emphatic fashion with a blistering hundred for Mumbai in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, steering his side to a four-wicket victory over Haryana at the DY Patil Academy in Ambi on Sunday. Making only his second appearance of the season for…

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) Sunrisers Hyderabad head into the IPL Auction 2026 with a reputation they have earned the hard way. Over the last three seasons, no team has swung between extremes quite like them. Wooden spoon in 2023, runners-up in 2024, and then a slide to sixth in 2025. For a…

Mumbai Indians’ Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians, in Hyderabad. (PTI Photo) The five-time champions and one of the league’s most ruthless teams, the Mumbai Indians (MI) have almost all their boxes ticked on paper heading into the IPL Auction 2026…

From left, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Shivam Dube celebrate (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) DHARAMSHALA: It’s a rarity in T20 cricket to see bowlers swinging the ball more than batters swinging their bats. It’s almost against the core marketing ethos of the format to see the ball dominating the bat, even as bowlers are fast being…