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Abhishek Sharma

Arshdeep Singh

Axar Rajeshbhai Patel

Dhruv Chand Jurel

Hardik Himanshu Pandya

Harshit Pradeep Rana

Ishan Pranav Kumar Pandey Kishan

Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah

Jitesh Mohan Sharma

Rahul Kannaur Lokesh

Kuldeep Yadav

Mohammed Siraj

Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy

Muralikrishna Prasidh Krishna

Ravi Bishnoi

Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja

Rinku Khanchand Singh

Rishabh Rajendra Pant

Rohit Gurunath Sharma

Ruturaj Dashrat Gaikwad

Bhardwaj Sai Sudharsan

Sanju Viswanath Samson

Shivam Dube

Shreyas Santosh Iyer

Shubman Singh Gill

Suryakumar Ashok Yadav

Namboori Thakur Tilak Varma

Varun Chakaravarthy Vinod

Virat Kohli

Washington Sundar

Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal

New Zealand

Adithya Ashok

Ajaz Yunus Patel

Bevon-John Jacobs

Blair Marshall Tickner

Daryl Joseph Mitchell

Devon Philip Conway

Finnley Hugh Allen

Glenn Dominic Phillips

Henry Michael Nicholls

Inderbir Singh Sodhi

Jacob Andrew Duffy

James Douglas Sheahan Neesham

Jayden Richard Lennox

Kane Stuart Williamson

Kristian David Charles Clarke

Kyle Alex Jamieson

Lachlan Hammond Ferguson

Mark Sinclair Chapman

Matthew James Henry

Michael Gordon Bracewell

Michael David Rae

Mitchell James Hay

Mitchell Josef Santner

Nathan Gregory Smith

Rachin Ravindra

Timothy Blake Robinson

Tim Louis Seifert

Thomas Ackland Blundell

Thomas William Maxwell Latham

William Alexander Young

Zakary Glen Foulkes

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WPL 2026

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have sealed the Women's Premier League 2026 final spot after hammering UP Warriorz by eight wickets on January 29

RCB stormed into the WPL 2026 final after bulldozing UP Warriorz by 8 wickets

RCB chased down the 144-run target with 41 balls to spare

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Smriti Mandhana in this frame. (Getty)

WPL 2026: RCB seal WPL 2026 final spot after crushing UPW by 8 wickets

UP Warriorz batter Phoebe Litchfield has been ruled out of the remainder of WPL due to injury and wicketkeeper-batter Amy Jones has been named as her replacement

Phoebe Litchfield has been ruled out of WPL 2026 due to injury

UP Warriorz have named Amy Jones as the replacement

UP Warriorz's Phoebe Litchfield plays a shot during the Women's Premier League (WPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai (via Getty)

Blow to UPW's playoff hopes as star batter ruled out of WPL, replacement named

Jemimah has been fined INR 12 lakh after her team maintained a slow over-rate in the Women's Premier League clash against Gujarat Giants

Jemimah Rodrigues has been fined INR 12 lakh for slow over-rate 

Gujarat Giants defeated Delhi Capitals by 3 runs in WPL

Delhi Capitals' captain Jemimah Rodrigues runs to her fielding position during the Women's Premier League (WPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals at the DY Patil Stadium (via Getty)

DC skipper Jemimah Rodrigues fined for slow-over rate in WPL clash vs GG

WPL 2026: Gujarat Giants edge Delhi Capitals by 3 runs in last-ball thriller

Gujarat Giants defeated Delhi Capitals by three runs.

Gujarat Giants' Renuka Singh (C) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket (Getty)

WPL 2026: Star all-rounder Sciver-Brunt smashed the first-ever WPL century as the Mumbai Indians defeated the RCB by 15 runs in their seventh WPL clash.

MI defeated RCB by 15 runs.

Sciver-Brunt smashed first-ever WPL century.

Mumbai Indians celebrating their WPL 2026 win against RCB

WPL 2026: Richa Ghosh’s fightback in vain as Brunt leads MI to 15-run win vs RCB

Football

A look at the Champions League playoffs draw as Real  Madrid, PSG, Newcastle, and more teams learn their fate. Who is facing whom? Let us find out.

Five Premier League teams had already booked their spots in the direct qualification of the Round of 16

Real Madrid who were denied the last eight spot by Benfica, are set to face Jose Mourinho’s side once again

UEFA Champions League

UCL playoffs draw as Real Madrid, Newcastle learn their fate

Tennis

Novak Djokovic has defeated Jannik Sinner to deny his three-peat in a five-set thriller to fix a clash against No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz

Alcaraz is in his maiden final in Melbourne Park and is aiming to win his first title in Australia

Djokovic was outplayed for the better part of two hours before opponent, Lorenzo Musetti, called it quits

Novak Djokovic denies Jannik Sinner three-peat in five-set thriller; reaches Australian Open final to face No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz

Novak Djokovic

Djokovic denies Sinner three-peat in five-set thriller; reaches AUS Open final

New Zealand tour of India 2026

India's batting coach Sitanshu Kotak is upbeat about Ishan Kishan's availability for the fifth T20I against New Zealand. Kishan missed the fourth match due to niggle

India's batting coach Sitanshu Kotak has hinted at Ishan Kishan's availability for 5th T20I against New Zealand

Ishan Kishan missed the fourth T20I against New Zealand due to niggle

India's star wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan in this frame. (Getty)

Will Ishan Kishan play IND vs NZ 5th T20I? India's batting coach has his say

T20 World Cup 2026

India's batting coach Sitanshu Kotak has come to embattled Sanju Samson's rescue and said that team management wants the star batter to be in good mindset

India's batting coach Sitanshu Kotak isn't worried about out-of-form Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson is yet to make a mark with the bat in the T20I series against New Zealand

India's star batter Sanju Samson in this frame. (Getty)

Will Sanju Samson get long rope heading in T20 World Cup? India coach reveals

Real Madrid will again play their nightmare, aka Jose Mourinho’s Benfica, in the do-or-die Champions League playoffs. 


Jose Mourinho’s squad beat the Spanish giants 4-2 in their final game of the league phase to deny them a spot in the last eight

A 98th-minute goal by goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin helped Benfica snatch the last play-off spot ahead of Marseille

India vs New Zealand Playing XI

IND vs NZ 5th T20I Playing XI - Thiruvananthapuram (31 January 2026)

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