Anshul Gupta

England and Australia will be playing their respective first series after last year's World Cup and this will be the start of their preparation for the Champions Trophy. Apart from Pat Cummins, all the big boys are back for Australia while Buttler-less England have got a few of the Test guys back.

Afghanistan didn't get to play the Test match against New Zealand due to poor conditions and weather in Greater Noida, but will now get back into action in the ODI series against South Africa in Sharjah. South Africa have picked a young squad and would hope to find some new heroes during the series.

Ajaz Patel got the big wicket of Kamindu Mendis late in the day, however, the first day belonged to Sri Lanka because of his fourth Test hundred. Mendis scored 114, his fourth century in 11 innings as Sri Lanka scored 302 runs on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma suggested that the two-time World Test Championship finalists will come hard at Bangladesh saying that no series is easy and every match played for country is crucial. Rohit also mentioned that a lot of things were and will be said but they have to focus on themselves.

Sri Lanka will be on a high after a win at the Oval as they avoided a clean sweep against England and will be keen to start positively against New Zealand, who lack match practice and will be playing two Test matches in conditions that are a bit alien for them.

India won a hard-fought final against China 1-0 with Jugraj Singh scoring the winner in the 51st minute. The defence of both teams was spot-on as several chances were kept at bay and India prevailed in the end to clinch their fifth title and defend the one won last year.

Commonwealth Games 2026 finds itself in limbo with Glasgow stepping in at the last minute to host the quadrennial event. It seems like the number of sporting disciplines might have a heavy reduction from 19 in Birmingham in 2022 after several prospective cities refused to host the event.

Stallions suffered a colossal loss at the hands of Markhors in their second match of the Champions One-day Cup in Pakistan having been bowled out for a paltry 105, however, the team's skipper's "I am happy that we lost" comment has gone viral.

Ajinkya Rahane has been ruled out of the rest of the County Championship for Leicestershire due to a couple of niggles while India will face China in the final of the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy after beating South Korea 4-1 in the semis. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on September 17.

Barbados Royals, the table-toppers will be up against the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, the team at the bottom in their final home game in the ongoing edition of the CPL. The Royals came back from their only defeat beating the Guyana Amazon Warriors in their last game riding on Quinton de Kock's ton.

Sri Lanka take on New Zealand in a two-match Test series starting Wednesday, September 18 in Galle. It is an important series from the World Test Championship point of view given the Kiwis are in third spot and Sri Lanka have risen to fifth place after the win at the Oval against England.

Sri Lanka have announced their squad for the two-match Test series against New Zealand at home starting Wednesday, September 18. The Lankans have made a few changes from the squad that lost to England 1-2, by adding a couple of more spinners, which was expected given the change in conditions.

England women's cricket team scripted history during the second T20I against Ireland in Dublin. Ireland levelled the series with a magnificent run-chase led by Orla Prendergast as they recorded their first-ever T20I win over England women.

England's regular captain Jos Buttler is set to miss the ODI series as well after being ruled out of T20Is against Australia due to a calf injury while Ireland recorded their first-ever T20I win against England in Dublin on Sunday, September 15. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on Sept 16.

England's regular white-ball skipper Jos Buttler's time on the sidelines got extended as he is still recovering from the right calf injury. Buttler hasn't played any competitive cricket since the T20 World Cup and missed the Hundred as well as the T20 series against Australia.

Babar Azam exhibited his aggressive strokeplay in the Champions Cup match between the Stallions and the Markhors in Faisalabad on Sunday, September 15. Babar took Shahnawaz Dahani for 20 runs in an over including five fours but still couldn't help his side win the contest.

Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan gave a suggestion to Babar Azam while naming Virat Kohli during a press event in Karachi. Babar has been struggling for form of late, with his last fifty-plus score coming in May against Ireland.