Anshul Gupta

Indian ace shuttler Lakshya Sen won his third consecutive men's singles match in Group L at the Paris Olympics. During his 21-18, 21-12 win against Jonatan Christie, Sen played one of the most ridiculous shots by a shuttler recently that had everyone's jaw dropped to the floor.

South Africa are set to play Afghanistan in a three-match ODI series in September in the UAE. Afghanistan, following their T20 World Cup heroics, have been in demand as they will play a Test match against New Zealand for the first time followed by a maiden bilateral series against the Proteas.

Sri Lanka have announced a 16-member squad for the three-match ODI series against India starting on Friday, August 2 in Colombo. Charith Asalanka has replaced Kusal Mendis as captain in the ODIs as well, which means that the left-hander might be the white-ball skipper going forward for Sri Lanka.

India beat Sri Lanka in a thriller as the Men in Blue sealed the series 3-0 as the hosts bottled a rather comfortable chase losing seven wickets for just 22 runs. Rinku Singh and Suryakumar Yadav got wickets before the match went to the Super Over where India sealed the victory.

Rashid Khan, who went wicketless in the MLC 2024 eliminator against the Texas Super Kings, got those two wickets in his first appearance in the fourth edition of the Hundred for Trent Rockets against the Manchester Originals to reach the remarkable feat of 600 wickets in the T20 format.

Zak Crawley became the latest Englishman to sign up for the SA20, especially for the players who play Test cricket predominantly given that England are scheduled to play a white-ball series in January against India. The third season of SA20 is set to be played from January 9 to February 8.

India will look to seal the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka 3-0 as they take on the hosts in the finale on Tuesday, July 30 in Pallekele. Sri Lanka, especially their top-order batters, have fought hard but the middle-order collapses in the first T20Is haven't helped their cause.

Preceding the respective global events, the T20 World Cup in 2026 and the ODI World Cup in 2027, the 2025 Asia Cup will take place in the T20 format and the 2027 edition will happen in the 50-over format. India won the last ODI Asia Cup in 2023 and Sri Lanka won the T20 one in 2022.

The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) on Monday, July 29, confirmed a six-team Delhi Premier League set to take place in the second half of August at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the city. The auction of six teams took place on Sunday, July 28 with a total of INR 49.65 crore being spent.

India got a lucky escape in their second Pool B encounter against Argentina as they held the South American side to a 1-1 draw at the Paris Olympics. Argentina was in the lead for 36 minutes, more than half of the game and could have won if not for a penalty stroke saved by PR Sreejesh.

Dutch beach Volleyball player Steven van de Velde had a mixed welcome from the crowd at Paris Olympics as he took the field in the quadrennial event. Van de Velde, a convicted child rapist, was playing at the Olympics and not everyone was happy with his presence.

Ireland beat Zimbabwe to register their second win in Test cricket in their ninth appearance in the longest format of the game. Andy McBrine starred for the hosts taking seven wickets with the ball and scoring 83 runs including an unbeaten 55 to help Ireland chase down a 158-run target.

Sri Lanka beat India to turn their luck around in the Women's Asia Cup finals against the Women in Blue to clinch their maiden title in the continental tournament. Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama smashed fifties to make short work of a 166-run chase.