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India Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill will join Lionel Messi for his last leg of GOAT India tour at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

Shubman Gill to meet Lionel Messi in New Delhi.

Lionel Messi arrival in Delhi delayed due to fog.

Lionel Messi and Shubman Gill

Big News: Shubman Gill to meet Lionel Messi at Delhi event

New Zealand tour of India 2026

New Zealand pacer Blair Tickner is likely to not feature in the white-ball tour of India that will commence in January

Blair Tickner is likely to be ruled out for the upcoming white-ball series against India

Tickner had dislocated his shoulder during the second Test against West Indies

New Zealand's Blair Tickner celebrates a wicket with a teammate during the second one-day international (ODI) cricket match between New Zealand and England at Seddon Park in Hamilton

Big blow to NZ as star pacer likely to be ruled out for white-ball tour of India

IPL 2026

Not shortlisted for the IPL 2026 mini-auction initially, Bengal captain Abhimanyu Easwaran is set to go under hammer on a franchise's last-minute request.

Abhimanyu Easwaran scored an unbeaten 130 against Abhishek Sharma's Punjab. 

Easwaran finished as top run-scorer for Bengal in SMAT 2025. 

Abhimanyu Easwaran, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant

India's discarded Test batter Abhimanyu Easwaran gets late entry in IPL auction

South Africa tour of India 2025

IND vs SA: A couple of days ahead of the fourth T20I, Axar Patel has been ruled out of the ongoing five-T20I series against South Africa.

Axar Patel will miss the remaining two T20Is against South Africa.

Patel and Jasprit Bumrah missed the third T20I against the Proteas in Dharamsala.

Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya

Huge setback for Team India, star all-rounder ruled out of T20I series vs SA

IND vs SA: Weeks ahead of T20 World Cup 2026, R Ashwin expressed his concerns about the batting lineup as Shubman Gill's lean patch stretches.

R Ashwin does not want Shubman Gill scoring at a lesser strike rate amid lean patch.

Ashwin feels that bowling looks settled ahead of T20 World Cup 2026.

Shubman Gill

Ashwin doesn't 'want to see Gill making runs at lesser strike rate' 

Ashes 2025-26

AUS vs ENG, Ashes 2025-26: After two consecutive defeats, England team management made one change to the playing XI.

Shoaib Bashir is yet to make his Ashes debut. 

Took 3 wickets in 2 games, Gus Atkinson has been benched.

Ben Stokes, Gus Atkinson

ENG announce playing XI for Adelaide Test, make one big change in bowling lineup

ILT20 2025: Desert Vipers registered their sixth consecutive win to book a place in the qualifiers. Dasun Shanaka's Dubai Capitals are placed third on the points table.

Sam Curran bagged 2 wickets and scored an unbeaten half-century.

Desert Vipers continued their unbeaten run in the tournament. 

Sam Curran, Gulbadin Naib

ILT20 2025: Rajasthan Royals' Sam Curran leads Desert Vipers to 6th straight win

India opener Abhishek Sharma has backed captain Suryakumar Yadav and vice-captain Shubman Gill to do well in T20 World Cup 2024.

Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav are yet to score a T20I fifty in 2025.

Gill and Suryakumar's strike rate has not been ideal either. 

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav

'Trust me, Suryakumar and Shubman will win matches for IND in WC': Abhishek

Michael Vaughan expressed his solidarity with the Australian people and narrated the horrific experience of being locked in a restaurant in Bondi.

Michael Vaughan was at a restaurant few hundred yards away from where terrorists attacked.

Vaughan hailed the person who tackled one of the terrorists. 

Michael Vaughan

'Being locked in a restaurant in Bondi was scary': Vaughan on terrorist attack

Suryakumar Yadav-led India defeated South Africa by seven wickets in the third T20I to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. 

India defeated South Africa by seven wickets. 

Abhishek Sharma scored 35 runs in third T20I vs South Africa. 

Aiden Markram reacts after playing a shot during third T20I

Aiden Markram credits Abhishek Sharma for 'taking match further away from SA'

India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav managed to score 12 runs in 11 balls in the third T20I against South Africa at HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala.

Suryakumar Yadav managed to score 12 runs in third T20I vs South Africa.

India defeated South Africa by seven wickets in third T20I.

Suryakumar Yadav walks back to the pavilion after his dismissal

Suryakumar Yadav's 'not out of form' response on lean patch goes viral

India registered a comfortable seven-wicket win against South Africa in the third T20I after a dominant bowling display restricted the hosts to 117. Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana struck early, putting South Africa on the back foot. In reply, Abhishek Sharma’s quick 35 gave India a fast start, while Tilak Varma held the chase together before Shivam Dube finished the match with a six and a four.


India beat South Africa by seven wickets. 

India take 2-1 lead in five-match T20I series. 

Hardik Pandya celebrating a wicket along with skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek Sharma Sets the Tone as India Defeat South Africa in Third T20I

India superstar Hardik Pandya becomes the first fast bowling all-rounder in the world to score 1000 runs and pick up 100 wickets in T20Is.

Hardik Pandya picked up his 100th T20I wicket during 3rd T20I vs South Africa.

Hardik Pandya completed 1000 T20I runs. 

India fast-bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya celebrating the wicket of South Africa's Tristan Stubbs during third T20I in Dharamsala

Hardik creates history, becomes first all-rounder to reach milestone in T20Is

India spin bowling all-rounder Axar Patel was unavailable for the selection because of illness, and on the other hand, Bumrah has travelled back to his home for personal reasons. 

Jasprit Bumrah travelled back to home before third T20I vs South Africa. 

Axar Patel was not fit for the selection due to illness. 

Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah

BCCI explains why Bumrah and Axar missing from India’s playing XI in 3rd T20I

Suryakumar Yadav won the toss in the third T20I against South Africa at opted to bowl at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. 

Suryakumar Yadav won the toss in third T20I against South Africa.

India opt to bowl in third T20I vs South Africa.

India vs South Africa five-match T20I series is currently levelled at 1-1.

India captain Suryakumar Yadav with South Africa counterpart Aiden Markram in Dharamsala

Bumrah, Axar misses out as India opt to bowl in third T20I vs SA

Ayush Mhatre-led India defeated Pakistan by 90 runs to seal their berth for the semifinal of the ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup.

India defeated Pakistan by 90 runs in ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup.

Aaron George scored 85 runs against Pakistan under-19 team

Aaron George after smashing half-century

India outclass Pakistan by 90 runs to seal semi-final berth of U19 Asia Cup

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26

Hemanth Reddy played a remarkable innings, scoring an unbeaten 109 to guide Andhra to a thrilling five-wicket win over Punjab in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Super League match. 

Hemanth Reddy smashed unbeaten 109 in SMAT clash vs Punjab. 

Andhra defeated Punjab by five wickets in SMAT Group Stage clash. 

Hemanth Reddy in action during SMAT clash against Punjab

SMAT: Reddy’s stunning 109 powers Andhra to thrilling 5-wicket win vs Punjab

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26

Former India captain Virat Kohli will feature for Delhi in Vijay Hazare Trophy after more than a decade. 

Virat Kohli's last VHT outing came in 2009-10 season.

Delhi's Vijay Hazare Trophy matches will take place in Bengaluru. 

Virat Kohli during an ODI clash against South Africa

Kohli to play in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025–26: Full schedule & venue details

BBL 2025-26: On Sydney Sixers' debut, opener Babar Azam departed after scoring just two runs from five balls against Perth Scorchers.

Babar Azam struggled to get on the top of the bounce in Perth.

Babar was dismissed in the 3rd over of the innings. 

Babar Azam

WATCH: Babar Azam's BBL debut ends early, Sydney Sixers opener falls for 2

T20 World Cup 2026

Mohammad Kaif believes that Suryakumar Yadav's lean patch with the bat is a bigger concern than Shubman Gill because the Gujarat Titans captain can be replaced with another opener, but Surya is irreplaceable since he is the captain.

Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill are going through a lean patch in T20Is. 

India will start their T20 World Cup 2026 campaign against USA. 

India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill going back to dressing room 

Format	Test	ODI	T20I	WPL	Domestic T20
M	0	0	1	0	0
Inn	0	0	1	0	0
NO	0	0	0	0	0
Runs	0	0	0	0	0
HS	0	0	0	0	0
Avg	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
BF	0	0	3	0	0
SR	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
100	0	0	0	0	0
50	0	0	0	0	0
6s	0	0	0	0	0
4s	0	0	0	0	0

Format	Test	ODI	T20I	WPL	Domestic T20
M	0	0	0	0	0
Inn	0	0	0	0	0
O	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Mdns	0	0	0	0	0
Balls	0	0	0	0	0
Runs	0	0	0	0	0
W	0	0	0	0	0
Avg	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Econ	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
SR	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
5w	0	0	0	0	0
4w	0	0	0	0	0

Format	Test	ODI	T20I	WPL	Domestic T20
Catches	0	0	0	0	0
Stumps	0	0	0	0	0
Run Outs	0	0	0	0	0