Anshul Gupta

The 12th edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will kick off on Thursday, August 29 in Antigua with the new franchise Antigua and Barbuda Falcons taking on the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the opener. The tournament will open in Antigua and St Kitts before moving to other four venues.

England will be up against Sri Lanka in the second Test of the three-match series at Lord's, starting Thursday, August 29. Sri Lanka put up a valiant fight, especially with the bat in the second innings, however, the first innings cost them dearly. England would aim for a much more clinical show.

The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) or the 'biggest party in sport' as it is called is back for its 12th edition starting Thursday, August 29 with the newest franchise Antigua and Barbuda Falcons taking on the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the opener.

England batter Dawid Malan, who last played an international match in 2023 in the ODI World Cup in India, has announced his retirement. Malan, who was once a top-ranked T20 batter for the longest time, will end his career with 4,416 runs for England across three formats in 114 matches.

Indian batter Shreyas Iyer imitated his KKR teammate Sunil Narine's bowling action while playing for Mumbai in the Buchi Babu red-ball tournament against the TNCA XI in Coimbatore on Day 1 of the competition. TNCA XI scored 294 runs on the opening day with three players scoring fifties.

The failed defence of both the World Cups, T20 and ODI, has meant that England have instilled fresh blood to the white-ball squads for the upcoming Australia series at home. Jonny Bairstow is a prominent name missing given he was part of the team across all three formats till a couple of months ago.

West Indies clinched the three-match T20 series against South Africa 3-0 after winning the rain-hit finale by eight wickets in Trinidad while the current BCCI secretary Jay Shah was elected as the new independent ICC Chairman unopposed. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on August 28.

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been allowed to keep playing for now despite being named in the FIR last week alongside 146 others for a murder during the unrest in the country. Shakib was key in Bangladesh's thumping win over Pakistan in the first Test in Rawalpindi.

West Indies proved too good for South Africa in the three-match T20 series as the hosts clinched the third and final match, a rain-curtailed one, by eight wickets with relative ease. Nicholas Pooran provided the finishing touches but Shai Hope and Romario Shepherd were the stars yet again.

South Africa and skipper Aiden Markram would be disappointed with their efforts in the series so far as they haven't been good enough either with bat or ball. West Indies have already clinched the series but the visitors have an opportunity to avoid the clean sweep.

Paris Olympics bronze medallist and India's youngest individual medal winner in the Summer Games history, Aman Sehrawat sat down at Chhatrasal Stadium with India TV in an exclusive chat to speak about his reception back at home, the expectations before going to Paris, those 10 hours and much more.

Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah was just frustrated at the press conference after Day 4 of the opening Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi because of the repetitive nature of the flat surfaces at the venue, which have made Test cricket at home for them uninteresting and result-less.

Indian wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul opened up on trolling and the infamous Koffee With Karan episode, and how it changed him. Rahul was suspended by the BCCI apart from being fined for seemingly 'sexist' comments and some questionable remarks alongside Hardik Pandya on the show, back in 2019.

A rest day in Test matches returns as Sri Lanka announced their two-match home Test series against New Zealand in September. The two-match series forms part of the World Test Championship and both teams will be keen to get into the reckoning for the final of the current cycle.

Indian middle-order batter Jemimah Rodrigues reckoned that she'd used the Women's CPL opportunity to get herself accustomed to the T20 World Cup, which kicks off in 40 days. Jemimah made her debut for the Trinbago Knight Riders Thursday night in Tarouba against the Barbados Royals.

Pakistan vs Bangladesh 1st Test Highlights: Bangladesh have responded well with the bat as four of their batters have scored half-centuries. Litton Das and Rahim are still unbeaten and are taking Bangladesh to safer shores.

Jamie Smith with his third fifty in four Tests so far in his short career, continued to impress one and all as he stayed unbeaten on 72 after the second day's play in Manchester on Thursday, August 22. England took a minor lead but Sri Lanka aren't out of it just yet, all thanks to Asitha Fernando.