Anshul Gupta

India suffered their first-ever home Test series whitewash as New Zealand pounded them 3-0. With the Australia tour scheduled very close, the tough calls will probably be taken after January with regards to the Test team as far as the transition is concerned.

Australia's search for a Test opener has reached its last stages with Ricky Ponting finalising his pick. The likes of Sam Konstas, Marcus Harris or Cameron Bancroft haven't really made their mark in the ongoing game for Australia A against India A and Ponting has leaned towards the experienced one.

Shai Hope slammed his 17th ODI century as West Indies posted a massive score of 328 runs on the board in the second game of the three-match series in Antigua. Hope equalled West Indies great Desmond Haynes for most ODI tons for the region while achieving a massive feat in the current decade.

Rishabh Pant after being with the Delhi Capitals for nine seasons and playing for eight of them has parted ways with the franchise ahead of the 2025 edition of the IPL. Pant is touted to be the most expensive Indian player in IPL auction history with at least three teams searching for a new captain.

Mohammad Rizwan's captaincy stint in white-ball cricket for Pakistan will kick off with a three-match ODI series against Australia. The series marks the return of the big three of Pakistan cricket including Babar Azam while for Australia skipper Pat Cummins comes back having missed England series.

Ravindra Jadeja had a stunning turnaround after an average outing in Pune as he is staring at a 10-wicket haul in the Mumbai Test against New Zealand having picked a fifer in the first innings and four in the second. On Day 2 of the Mumbai Test, Jadeja achieved a massive WTC feat.

R Ashwin left his wicketless first-innings performance behind as he was back to his best in the second for India against New Zealand. Ashwin bowled magnificently on the second day of the Mumbai Test and it was his use of carrom ball that got him a couple of key scalps.

New Zealand will rue their missed chances as they first let India take a lead and then didn't show up with the bat in the second innings, apart from Will Young. R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja with their quality, guile and ability to utilise the wicket came at a crucial time for India win Mumbai.

India's mixed results with the bat in the ongoing Test series against New Zealand continued in Mumbai as even though Shubman Gill scored a 90, the hosts were bowled out for 263 with three batters going for a duck. India despite all the chaos were able to get a 28-run lead in the first innings.

Lucknow Super Giants had a tricky decision to make ahead of the retentions announcement regarding KL Rahul. The public outrage after how the owner Sanjiv Goenka had reacted while talking to Rahul last season might have some role to play as the former captain hasn't been retained.

Sunrisers Hyderabad had a problem of plenty after the season they had in IPL 2024, finishing runners-up. The Sunrisers may have been able to retain all five capped players, however, that has meant a straight deduction of INR 75 crore from their purse.

Delhi Capitals have a new coach and a new director of cricket in place in Hemang Badani and Venugopal Rao, respectively with GMR set to control the operations as part of the co-ownership deal with JSW taking the back seat for a couple of years and that had a lot to do with their retention choices.

Devdutt Padikkal was the highest scorer for India A with 36 runs as the visitors were folded cheaply by Australia A for just 107 riding on Brendan Doggett's six-wicket haul. Test hopefuls Abhimanyu Easwaran and Nitish Kumar Reddy too didn't make a mark in Mackay on Thursday morning.

West Indies will take on England in a three-match ODI series with the opener set to take place in Antigua on Thursday, October 31. A young English side led by Liam Livingstone will be keen to continue finding its feet as the visitors will be without Jos Buttler yet again for the ODIs at least.

The D-Day is here as far as the IPL is concerned. The loyalties will be tested, how far the negotiations were successful will be seen and crores of money will be at play as all 10 teams get their planning implemented ahead of the IPL 2025 auction with the deadline coming to a close.

PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi confirmed that a new white-ball coach will be appointed in time for the Zimbabwe white-ball series with Jason Gillespie to stand-in for the Australia series after Gary Kirsten's premature exit.