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.
England Test captain Ben Stokes made a public appeal on social media to get the robbers found as his house was robbed on October 17 when he was in Pakistan. Stokes mentioned that quite a lot of valuables including jewellery and personal items were taken away.
Kagiso Rabada was reinstated as the World No 1 Test bowler in the ICC Rankings and on the very same day, he surpassed a couple of Test greats on the list of leading wicket-takers. South Africa are in a pole position to seal the second Test and the series against Bangladesh in Chattogram.
The defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru have led the way in signing the first pre-season trade ahead of the 2025 edition of the Women's Premier League. Wyatt was with the UP Warriorz in the second edition of WPL after going unsold in the inaugural season.
Sunrisers Hyderabad seem to have locked in their retentions ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. The last season's runners-up are likely to go in with one RTP option into the player auction with all five capped retentions ahead of the new season.
South Africa were in firm control of the second Test after having Bangladesh four down in their first innings in Chattogram, having conceded 575 runs with the ball. The Proteas had as many as three batters smashing centuries as they piled on Bangladesh's misery with a 1-0 lead already in the series.
South Africa piled on 575 runs before declaring their innings on Day 2 of the second Test in Chattogram as three batters went on slam tons. The Proteas also achieved a massive record with their batters hitting as many as 17 sixes in the first innings of the Test match.
Spainiard Rodri won his maiden Ballon d'Or title as he pipped the likes of Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham to the footballing crown. Real Madrid had boycotted the event after they got to know that Vinicius wasn't winning as the Brazilian forward came up with a strong response on social media.
India Women vs New Zealand Women Highlights: Smriti Mandhana's century guided India to a six-wicket win over New Zealand in the third ODI. Mandhana broke Mithali Raj's all-time India record for most ODI centuries as she got to her 8th ton in the format. The victory saw India bag the series 2-1.
New Zealand earned a couple of crucial World Championship points with a strong comeback win in the second ODI against India women with skipper Sophie Devine starring with all-round performance. India have some work to do especially regarding planning their run-chase as they look to win the series.
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