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Muhammad Jawadullah

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Ibrahim Zadran (C)

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Najibullah Zadran

Mohammad Nabi

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Qais Ahmad

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Fazalhaq Farooqi

Abdullah Ahmadzai

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Afsar Khan Zazai

Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar

Said Bahir Shah Mehboob

Bashir Ahmad

Bilal Sami

Darwish Abdul Rasooli

Fareed Ahmad Malik

Farmanullah Safi

Gulbadin Naib

Hashmatullah Shahidi

Ibrahim Zadran

Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai

Ikram Alikhil

Imran Mir

Ismat Alam

Karim Janat

Khalil Gurbaz

Mohammad Ishaq Shirzad

Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Nangeyalia Kharote Khan

Naveen-ul-Haq Murid

Noor Ahmad Lakanwal

Noor ul Rahman Akakhail

Qais Ahmad Kamawal

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Rahmat Shah Zurmati

Rashid Khan Arman

Sediqullah Atal

Shahidullah Kamal

Sharafuddin Ashraf

Wafiullah Stanikzai Tarakhil

Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi

Zubaid Akbari

Aayan Afzal Khan

Ahmed Tariq

Raja Akifullah Khan

Alishan Sharafu

Aryansh Sharma

Asif Behrooz Khan

Ethan Carl D'souza

Haider Ali

Harshit Kaushik

Jonathan Figy John

Muhammad Junaid Siddique

Matiullah Khan

Mayank Rajesh Choudhary Kumar

Mohammed Faraazuddin

Muhammad Arfan Khan

Muhammad Momand Farooq

Muhammad Rohid Bangesh Khan

Muhammad Shahdad

Muhammad Waseem

Muhammad Zohaib

Muhammad Zuhaib Zubair

Rahul Chopra

Muhammad Saghir Khan

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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

WPL 2026: Gujarat Giants captain Ashleigh Gardner revealed that she told Ayushi Soni that it was a team decision to retire her out.

Ayushi Soni scored 11 runs from 14 balls.

After retiring out Soni, Bharti Fulmali scored an unbeaten 15-ball 36. 

Ayushi Soni

Gujarat Giants batter becomes 1st to be retired out in WPL history, captain says

Harmanpreet Kaur starred with an unbeaten 71 to guide the Mumbai Indians to their highest successful chase in the WPL, leading a thrilling seven-wicket win over the Gujarat Giants. After early setbacks, Harmanpreet and Amanjot Kaur steadied the innings, with Nicola Carey finishing the job, while Harmanpreet also became the first Indian to cross 1,000 WPL runs.


Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Giants by 7 wickets.

Harmanpreet Kaur scored 71 runs against Gujarat Giants.

Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Harmanpreet Kaur playing a shot

Harmanpreet Kaur’s 71 leads Mumbai Indians to record WPL chase against GG

Gujarat Giants all-rounder Anushka Sharma is expected to be out for the next few matches after she sustained an injury while fielding against the Delhi Capitals

Anushka Sharma to be out of action for Gujarat Giants

Anushka had sustained an injury during the clash against Delhi Capitals

Gujarat Giants' Anushka Sharma 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)

Big blow for Gujarat Giants as all-rounder to be out of action due to injury

Ahead of England's tour of Sri Lanka, their Pakistan-origin spinners Adil Rashid and Rehan Ahmed are yet to receive their visas for India.

Adil Rashid and Rehan Ahmed's India visas have been delayed.

The ECB is confident that their Pakistan-origin players will get their visas in time. 

Adil Rashid, Rehan Ahmed

England's T20 WC'26 plans face setback, 2 Pakistan-origin players' visas delayed

There was a stark difference in statistics of Indian spinners and New Zealand's. The Kiwi spinners were economical whereas Indian spinners leaked runs.

Nitish Kumar Reddy bowled just a couple of overs.

Indian spinners, especially Kuldeep Yadav went for plenty while the Kiwi spinners were economical.

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India coach feels wrong selection call was made for 2nd ODI vs New Zealand

Becky Lynch defended her controversial title win on WWE RAW, denying she used the ropes for leverage while also calling for media personality Peter Rosenberg to be banned from WWE.


Becky Lynch dismissed accusations of cheating, claiming Maxxine Dupri was “acting like a madwoman” during their title match.

The Women’s Intercontinental Champion also lashed out at Peter Rosenberg, suggesting he deserves a lifetime ban from WWE.

Becky Lynch celebrates as the new WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship during Monday Night RAW at Barclays Center on January 5, 2026 in New York, New York.

Becky Lynch breaks silence on CONTROVERSIAL WWE title win on RAW

CM Punk has revealed he is targeting retirement around the age of 50, admitting he does not see himself wrestling deep into his later years despite feeling physically strong at 47.



CM Punk said he may “gracefully bow out” around 50, distancing himself from legends who wrestled into their 60s and 70s.

The reigning World Heavyweight Champion is set to defend his title against Finn Bálor on WWE RAW in Ireland.

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