Sumeet Kavthale

IND vs BAN, 2nd T20I: Playing in his only second international game, the batting all-rounder Nitish Reddy smashed 74 runs off just 34 balls and Rinku Singh scored 53 runs to help India post their biggest-ever T20I total against Bangladesh.

The experienced wicketkeeper batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka's squad for the first time since January 2023 after impressive performances in the recent Caribbean Premier League and Lanka Premier League.

In-form Joe Root scored 176* off 277 balls and Harry Brook smashed unbeaten 141 runs on Day 3 of the opening Test match against Pakistan in Multan. The duo added an unbeaten 243 runs for the fourth wicket to set a new partnership record for England in red-ball cricket.

"We have picked a very young team. Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem and Varun Aaron had all retired after last season so we had to rethink our strategy. Ishan is capable of leading this young side and we're confident of doing well this Ranji season," chairman of Jharkhand's selection committee said.

IND vs BAN 2nd T20I Live: The Indian cricket team registered a massive seven-wicket win in the opening game in Gwalior with Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakravarthy taking three wickets each and Hardik Pandya scoring a match-winning innings.

"After three long years, it was definitely emotional for me. Feels nice to be back in the Blues. It feels like a rebirth, I just want to stick to the process, that's what I have been following in the IPL as well," Varun Chakravarthy said.

Indian Army polo team of Prithvi Singh, Yatinder Kumar, Mrityunjay Singh and RK Gautam registered an impressive 13-10 win over the US Military in the arena polo game played between two nations for the first time since 2019 in Sacramento.

They have been playing good cricket but this game (against Pakistan) will give us the momentum. We were not up to the mark in the batting. We were 10-15 runs short," Smriti Mandhana said after India's win over Pakistan in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024.

Captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and India elected to bowl first in the opening T20I game against Bangladesh in Gwalior. The speedster Mayank Yadav and the pace all-rounder Nitish Reddy were included in India's playing XI for the first time.

IND vs BAN, 1st T20I: The returning spinner Varun Chakravarthy and the in-form pacer Arshdeep Singh picked three wickets each to help India bowl out Bangladesh to 127 in 19.5 overs in the first game of the series in Gwalior.

PAK vs ENG pitch report: Pakistan cricket team will be looking to end their poor run of form in Test cricket at home when they host England at Multan Cricket Stadium in the opening game starting on October 7. Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the first match after failing to recover from his injury.

Captain Fatima Sana top-scored with 30 runs to help Pakistan score a challenging total of 116 after the early collapse and then also dismissed Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu to guide her team to a big win in the second match of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024.

Indian football legend Sunil Chhetri shared his post-retirement life and talked about sharing fatherhood with cricketing legend Virat Kohli who welcomed his second baby earlier this year. Chhetri retired from international football while Kohli said farewell to T20I cricket in 2024.