Vinesh Phogat kick-started her campaign at the Paris Olympics in the most sublime fashion possible. The 29-year-old wrestler defeated the defending champion Yui Susaki of Japan in her first match to end her 82-match-long winning streak.
Pakistan are desperate to win the series against Bangladesh. They are sixth on the World Test Championship (WTC) points table with two wins and three losses. Their PCT (Points Percentage) is 36.66.
England are placed seventh on the World Test Championship points table. The Three Lions have won six and lost as many games out of the 13 that they have played in the ongoing WTC 2023-25 cycle.
The first edition of the Delhi Premier League will conclude on September 8, 2024. A total of 40 matches will be played in the inaugural edition of the marquee tournament, including 33 games in the men’s category and 7 in the women’s category.
Vinesh Phogat was highly unfortunate to miss out on a medal at the Paris Olympics. She even filed a plea in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for a shared silver medal but the ad-hoc committee rejected her plea and she had to return to India empty-handed.
Central Delhi Kings (CDK) lost their first match of the Delhi Premier League (DPL) at the hands of East Delhi Riders (EDR) whereas North Delhi Strikers (NDS) went down to West Delhi Lions (WDL) in their tournament opener.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has moved the second Test against Bangladesh from the National Bank Cricket Arena in Karachi to the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium owing to the ongoing construction work at the venue.
England are placed seventh on the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points table with six wins and as many losses in 13 games. On the other hand, Sri Lanka are fourth with two wins and as many losses in four games.
Alyssa Healy captained Australia women to a white-ball series win in Bangladesh in March-April. The Australia women won the three-match ODI series 3-0 and followed it up with another clean sweep (3-0) in the T20I series.
Aamer Jamal was the leading wicket-taker for Pakistan in their away series against Australia. He had picked 18 wickets in three Tests against the Aussies Down Under. However, he has been facing back issues since May this year.
Australia would need a bigger role from their all-rounders for their front-line fast bowlers to play all five matches of the Border-Gavaskar series against India. Cummins feels the team would draw upon the all-rounders more for the upcoming summer.
Cricket Australia released the list of 20 players for the Women's and Men's Big Bash League draft. Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues are the Indians in the women's draft, while Shamar Joseph headlines the men's draft.
India TV Sports Wrap on August 19: Oval Invincibles have clinched their second Hundred title after defeating Southern Brave in the final on Sunday. London Spirit won the women's title after overcoming Welsh Fire in the summit clash.
Oval Invincibles defended their men's Hundred title after defeating Southern Brave in the final on Sunday. London Spirit won the women's title after beating Welsh Fire to win their maiden Hundred crown. Here are all the winners, winning captains and players of the series of all the editions.
Southern Brave were in control to clinch their second title but pacer Saqib Mahmood displayed a brilliant spell of reverse swing to turn the tide towards the Oval Invincibles and help them retain their Hundred crown. Captain Sam Billings now finds himself in the history books.
After losing the Test series, the West Indies look to salvage something from the three-match T20I series against South Africa at home. Batters Rovaman Powell and Nicholas Pooran remain part of the team but two star all-rounders miss out.
After an impressive bowling spell, the star Indian spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma smashed a match-winning six when London Spirit needed four runs off the last three balls to beat Welsh Fire and win The Hundred Women 2024 title.
The experienced Indian pacer Mohammed Shami last played competitive cricket during India's ODI World Cup final against Australia in November 2023 and then underwent ankle surgery. He is likely to return to make a full recovery ahead of the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy.
"Don't get me wrong, India is an absolute superstar side and extremely challenging but I'm extremely hungry to turn things around and make sure we get that trophy back," Nathan Lyon said on Australia's recent poor record against India in Tests.
West Delhi Lions vs North Delhi Strikers, DPL 2024: Hrithik Shokeen's West Delhi Lions won the toss and elected to field first against Pranshu Vijayran's North Delhi Strikers at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
Live Scorecard
Top News
Latest News
