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Smriti Mandhana (C)

Pratika Rawal

Harleen Deol

Jemimah Rodrigues

Tejal Hasabnis

Richa Ghosh (W)

Deepti Sharma

Sayali Satghare

Saima Thakor

Priya Mishra

Titas Sadhu

Ireland Women

Gaby Lewis (C)

Sarah Forbes

Orla Prendergast

Laura Delany

Leah Paul

Christina Coulter Reilly (W)

Arlene Kelly

Georgina Dempsey

Ava Canning

Alana Dalzell

Freya Sargent

Aimee Kate Maguire

Amy Hunter

Arlene Nora Kelly

Cara Murray

Christina E Coulter Reilly

Gaby Hollis Lewis

Jane Maguire

Lara Ava McBride

Laura Katherine Delany

Louise Little

Rebecca Stokell

Amanjot Bhupinder Kaur

Arundhati Reddy

Bharti Shrikrushna Fulmali

Deepti Bhagwan Sharma

Kamalini Gunalan

Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar

Jemimah Ivan Rodrigues

Kranti Munna Gaud

Renuka Singh Thakur

Richa Manabendra Ghosh

Shafali Verma

Shreyanka Rajesh Patil

Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana

Sneh Rana

Nallapureddy Sree Charani

Vaishnavi Narendra Sharma

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WPL 2026

Gujarat Giants stormed into the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 playoffs after beating Mumbai Indians by 11 runs. MI failed to chase down the 168-run target

Gujarat Giants got the better of Mumbai Indians by 11 runs in their WPL 2026 clash

With this Gujarat Giants have made it to the WPL 2026 playoffs

Gujarat Giants' captain Ashleigh Gardner in frame. (X/Twitter)

WPL 2026: GG book playoff spot with thrilling 11-run win over MI

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)

Tennis

Rafael Nadal backed Carlos Alcaraz ahead of the Australian Open final against Novak Djokovic, while praising the Serb’s longevity and historic pursuit of a 25th Grand Slam title.


Nadal said he would “support Carlos” but admitted he’d be happy if Djokovic makes history with Grand Slam No. 25.

The Spanish legend believes Alcaraz may recover better than Djokovic after their grueling semifinal battles.

Rafael Nadal at an event to mark Kia?s 25th anniversary as a long-standing AO major partner during day 14 of the 2026 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 31, 2026 in Melbourne, Australia.

Rafael Nadal makes honest admission on his pic for Djokovic vs Alcaraz final

Carlos Alcaraz battled fatigue and a right-leg scare to outlast Alexander Zverev in an epic five-set semifinal, setting up a blockbuster Australian Open final against Novak Djokovic.


Alcaraz overcame a medical timeout and 5½-hour marathon to reach his first Australian Open final.

A win over Djokovic would make the 22-year-old the youngest player to complete the Career Grand Slam.

Carlos Alcaraz reaches maiden Australian Open final

Carlos Alcaraz injury report: Get the latest update on World No. 1's status

T20 World Cup 2026

The Australia speedster had been recovering from a back injury, but will not be able to regain full fitness in time for the T20 World Cup

Pat Cummins has been ruled out of T20 World Cup 

Ben Dwarshuis has been named as Cummins' replacement in Australia's squad

Pat Cummins trains on the ground at the lunch break during day two of the Fourth Test in the 2025/26 Ashes Series between Australia and England at Melbourne Cricket Ground (via Getty)

Body blow to AUS as Cummins ruled out of T20 WC, 31-year-old receives call-up

The all-rounder clinched a hat-trick against Sri Lanka in the first T20I and became just the second English player to do so after Chris Jordan

Sam Curran clinched a hat-trick against Sri Lanka in 1st T20I

England defeated Sri Lanka in the first T20I through DLS method

Sam Curran of England celebrates his Hat-trick wicket after dismiss Matheesha Pathirana (not in picture) of Sri Lanka during the 1st International T20 match between Sri Lanka and England (via Getty)

Curran scripts history, becomes second ENG player to achieve this feat in T20Is

U19 World Cup 2026

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Shayan has been ruled out of the U19 World Cup after being struck hard on the nose by a delivery

Mohammad Shayan has been ruled out of U19 World Cup

India to clash against Pakistan in the U19 World Cup on February 1

Abdul Subhan of Pakistan celebrates the wicket of Jaskaran Sandhuof New Zealand during the ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2026 Super Six match between Pakistan and New Zealand (via Getty)

India Women vs Ireland Women Playing XI

IND-W vs IRE-W 2nd ODI Playing XI - Rajkot (12 January 2025)

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