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Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Ibrahim Zadran (C)

Karim Janat

Azmatullah Omarzai

Mohammad Ishaq (W)

Gulbadin Naib

Sharafuddin Ashraf

Abdullah Ahmadzai

Noor Ahmad

Fareed Ahmad

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

United Arab Emirates

Muhammad Waseem (C)

Alishan Sharafu

Muhammad Zohaib

Asif Khan

Rahul Chopra (W)

Harshit Kaushik

Haider Ali

Muhammad Farooq

Muhammad Rohid

Junaid Siddique

Simranjeet Singh

Abdul Malik

Afsar Khan Zazai

Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar

Said Bahir Shah Mehboob

Bashir Ahmad

Bilal Sami

Darwish Abdul Rasooli

Fareed Ahmad Malik

Farmanullah Safi

Fazalhaq Farooqi

Hashmatullah Shahidi

Ibrahim Zadran

Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai

Ikram Alikhil

Imran Mir

Ismat Alam

Khalil Gurbaz

Mohammad Ishaq Shirzad

Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil

Nangeyalia Kharote Khan

Naveen-ul-Haq Murid

Noor Ahmad Lakanwal

Noor ul Rahman Akakhail

Qais Ahmad Kamawal

Rahmat Shah Zurmati

Rashid Khan Arman

Sediqullah Atal

Shahidullah Kamal

Wafiullah Stanikzai Tarakhil

Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi

Zubaid Akbari

Aayan Afzal Khan

Ahmed Tariq

Raja Akifullah Khan

Aryansh Sharma

Asif Behrooz Khan

Basil Hameed

Dhruv Parashar

Ethan Carl D'souza

Jonathan Figy John

Muhammad Junaid Siddique

Matiullah Khan

Mayank Rajesh Choudhary Kumar

Mohammed Faraazuddin

Muhammad Arfan Khan

Muhammad Momand Farooq

Muhammad Jawadullah

Muhammad Rohid Bangesh Khan

Muhammad Shahdad

Muhammad Waseem

Muhammad Zuhaib Zubair

Rahul Chopra

Muhammad Saghir Khan

Mohammad Sohaib Khan

Syed Muhammad Haider Shah Wasi Shah

Yayin Kiran Rai

Zahid Ali

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Harleen Deol delivered a strong reply with the bat as she powered UP Warriorz to a commanding win over the Mumbai Indians in the WPL 2026. The unbeaten 64 came just a day after she was retired out in the previous match, a decision that had raised eyebrows.


Harleen Doel played an unbeaten 64 run knock against Mumbai Indians.

UP Warriorz defeated Mumbai Indians by seven wickets. 

Harleen Doel after UP's dominating win against Mumbai Indians

Harleen Deol opens up on being retired out following UP’s Dominant Win vs MI

UP Warriorz rode on Harleen Deol's special to register their first win of the Women's Premier League 2026 as they crushed Mumbai Indians by seven wickets

UP Warriorz got the better of Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in their WPL 2026 clash

Harleen Deol played a match-winning knock and scored a quickfire 39-ball 64

UP Warriorz's Harleen Deol (R) and Chloe Tyrol in this frame. (X)

WPL 2026: UPW return to winning ways with 7-wicket victory over MI

UP Warriorz mentor Lisa Sthalekar shared her verdict on the team deciding to retire out Harleen Deol at a crucial point during the match against Delhi Capitals

UP Warriorz mentor Lisa Sthalekar ended her silence on retiring out Harleen Deol

Deol was retired out for 47 runs against Delhi Capitals

Harleen Deol bats for UP Warriorz in the WPL match against Delhi Capitals (via X)

'It isn't normal...': UP Warriorz' mentor breaks silence on retiring out Harleen

Harleen Deol and Shweta Sehrawat were left perplexed in the middle as head coach Abhishek Nayar made the call to retire out the set batter in slog overs.

UP Warriorz head coach Abhishek Nayar made the call to retire out Harleen Deol.

After the 17th over, everyone from UP Warriorz team management were on the same page.

Harleen Deol, Abhishek Nayar

Harleen in disbelief to get retired out on 47, UP Warriorz's tactics backfire

Delhi Capitals managed to pull off a nail-biting seven-wicket win over UP Warriorz in a last-ball thriller in their Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 clash

Delhi Capitals nicked past UP Warriorz by seven wickets in their WPL 2026 clash

DC managed to overhaul the 155-run target in a last-ball thriller

Delhi Capitals' Lizelle Lee (R) in action in this frame. (Getty)

WPL 2026: DC eke out seven-wicket win over UPW in last-ball thriller

T20 World Cup 2026

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) refused to send their team to India for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 after the BCCI advised KKR to release Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman from their IPL 2026 squad.


T20 World Cup 2026 is scheduled to start from February 7.

Bangladesh will start their T20 World Cup 2026 campaign against West Indies.

Mustafizur Rahman, T20 World Cup and Manoj Tiwary

Manoj Tiwary calls for Bangladesh’s exclusion from T20 WC 26 amid travel dispute

ICC is yet to take a decision on Bangladesh's request of changing their venues for the T20 World Cup and it remains to be seen as to where will the team play their share of matches from the tournament

ICC officials will hold meeting with BCB members in Bangladesh

Bangladesh have refused to travel to India for the 2026 T20 World Cup

Bangladesh's players celebrate after winning the first one-day international (ODI) cricket match between Bangladesh and West Indies at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (via Getty)

ICC officials to hold meeting with BCB members in Bangladesh amid T20 WC row

Former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary believes that head coach Gautam Gambhir may have influenced Ajit Agarkar in the decision to replace Rohit Sharma as India’s ODI captain after the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.


Rohit Sharma-led India won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

Shubman Gill is currently leading India in ODIs and Tests.

Ajit Agarkar along with Gautam Gambhir, Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma

Ex-KKR star alleges Gambhir influenced Agarkar in Rohit's ODI captaincy removal

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The 2026 India Open badminton tournament in New Delhi made headlines for unexpected reasons. Matches were repeatedly interrupted as players and fans dealt with monkeys in the stands and pigeons on the court. 

Monkeys and pigeons disrupt India Open 2026 matches.

Players cite pollution and hygiene issues; BWF promises fixes.

Officials seen cleaning the bird droppings during Mens Single match between Indian shuttler HS Prannoy and Loh Kean Yew from Singapore on third day of Yonex Sunrise India Open 2026 (Getty)

India Open 2026 faces disruptions as Monkeys and Pigeons interrupt matches

New Zealand tour of India 2026

Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin questioned Arshdeep Singh's exclusion from the team's playing XI in the first two ODIs against New Zealand. The left-arm speedster has played 14 ODIs, where he picked up 22 wickets.

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