Kumar Rupesh

Pakistan's chances of reaching the final of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle are very slim. They are languishing in the eighth spot with just two wins and five losses in seven games.

Chloe Tryon, Ayabonga Khaka, Marizanne Kapp and Sune Luus are four of the most experienced players named in South Africa's squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 in UAE.

Team India have been fairly consistent in the previous two World Test Championship (WTC) cycles. They suffered an eight-wicket loss at the hands of New Zealand in their first WTC final appearance and lost to Australia in the summit clash by 209 runs in their second attempt.

Bangladesh had registered their first win over Pakistan in the red-ball format in the first Test of the series in Rawalpindi. The Bangla Tigers now have three wins and as many losses in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. This is also their eighth Test win on foreign soil.

Shakib Al Hasan had appealed for time-out against the former Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews during the 38th match of the ODI World Cup 2023 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

Rohit Sharma led India to the final of two marquee ICC tournaments in the form of the ODI World Cup 2023 and the ICC World Test Championship 2021-2023. India lost to Australia in both tournaments.

Mohammed Shami was benched for the first four games during the ODI World Cup 2023. He got his first opportunity to play against New Zealand at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamsala.

Kane Williamson and Devon Conway had declined the central contracts. It has forced New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to look for new faces who could take them in the right direction moving forward.

Suryakumar Yadav has played only one red-ball game for India thus far. His Test debut came against Australia during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in February 2023.

Ravichandran Ashwin made his international debut under the leadership of MS Dhoni and played a sizeable number of games under Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's captaincy.

Yogesh Kathuniya had also clinched the silver medal in the Men's Discus Throw F56 event at the Tokyo Paralympics with his season-best attempt of 44.38m.

Samit Dravid has earned his maiden India U19 call-up for the multi-format home series against Australia. Samit recently represented Mysuru Warriors at the Maharaja KSCA T20 Trophy.

Rohit Sharma won his first ICC tournament as captain in 2024 as the Men in Blue defeated South Africa in the final of the Men's T20 World Cup by seven runs. On the other hand, Dhoni won three ICC tournaments as captain.

Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni pair was one of India's most prolific run-scoring pair in the ODIs. Together the two batters aggregated 3105 runs in 67 matches at an average of 51.75, including 10 century and 13 half-century partnerships.

The Indo-Aussie pair of Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden crashed out of the US Open after a third-round loss to the Argentine duo of Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni in 66 minutes.

Emma Navarro's win has put an end to the No.3 seed Coco Gauff’s title defence and her 11-match winning streak in New York. Gauff came into the US Open 2024 as one of the top contenders to claim the title.

Ollie Pope is copping a fair amount of criticism from several cricket pundits for his dry run with the willow in hand since taking up the reins of Test captaincy in the absence of regular skipper Ben Stokes.