Anshul Gupta

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.

New Zealand continued to take a cautious approach with regard to former captain Kane Williamson and his groin strain, with a three-match Test series against England starting next month. Williamson last played in the Galle Test against Sri Lanka in September.

Matthew Wade, a T20 World Cup winner for Australia and one of the best flexible batters across the batting order while being really safe behind the stumps, has decided to call it a day as far as his international career is concerned. Wade will continue to ply his trade in BBL and domestic cricket.

Spain and Manchester City's Rodri beat Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham to be named the best player in the world as he got his hands on the Ballon d'Or title for the first time. Arriving in crutches, Rodri has been sidelined from the game with a long‑term anterior cruciate ligament injury.

South Africa registered a rather comfortable victory in the opening Test of the series against Bangladesh in Dhaka and will be keen to seal the series 2-0 in Chattogram to continue their ascent on the World Test Championship table.

Former Australia captain Tim Paine talked about India's chances in the upcoming five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy the last one in Australia 2020-21 and his memories of the same. After losing the series opener in Adelaide, India had come back to win the series 2-1.

England were beaten hands down by Pakistan in the last two Test matches as the visitors lost by 152 runs and 9 wickets in Multan and Rawalpindi respectively after having begun with a win. Geoffery Boycott has come down heavily on Ben Stokes and Co after being hammered on turning tracks.

MS Dhoni at an event recently narrated a hilarious incident where his wife Sakshi was schooling him about stumping in cricket. Dhoni, known to have two of the fastest hands in world cricket, has had some of the greatest and most memorable stumpings and run-outs in the game.

After Gary Kirsten's appointment, Pakistan lost a T20 series to England and failed to qualify for the Super Eight in the T20 World Cup in June in the Caribbean and the USA. Kirsten reportedly has had disagreements with players and the PCB and is unlikely to travel to Australia with the side.

Australia will name a new T20 captain but not just yet ahead of the series against Pakistan with the Test players - the likes of Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head and Pat Cummins among others - set to miss the three-match assignment, which ends on November 18, four days before the start of India Tests.

New Zealand levelled the series in Ahmedabad on Sunday, October 27 in the second ODI with a magnificent all-round performance. The White Ferns had reduced India to 108/8 before a heroic comeback gave India a glimmer of hope before falling short by 76 runs.

Hobart Hurricanes will open their Women's Big Bash League 2024-25 campaign against Sydney Thunder at Bellerive Oval on Monday, October 28. Hurricanes and Thunder have been two underperforming sides at the WBBL of late and with some new signings, will hope to break the rut in the 10th edition.

Ollie Pope's form has become a huge concern for England, especially away from home. His meagre returns in Pakistan have forced the former cricketers and experts in England to come up with suggestions for a new number three in Tests for England.

Virat Kohli returned with scores of 1 and 17 in the Pune Test against New Zealand. Kohli hasn't had a great run of late in Test cricket and with the World Test Championship final spot on the line and the Australia tour on the horizon, India need one of their stalwarts back in form and firing.

Brisbane Heat began their Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) campaign with a cracker of a win by beating the defending champions Adelaide Strikers in the opening clash of the new season, a repeat of last year's final. Charli Knott and debutant Shikha Pandey starred for the Heat on Sunday, October 27.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the annual retainership contracts for the men's team for 2024-25 with former captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan being the only ones in category A. There were quite a few changes from the last time around with five new inductees.