RCB’s IPL title, 5 wickets in an over and more: 10 firsts that defined cricket in 2025

Cricket in 2025 didn’t merely produce champions; it produced new categories of history. The year’s defining moments weren’t all about volumes of runs or the inevitability of greatness; they were…

Crowds turned up for stars, will they stay for cricket?

Mumbai: One-day cricket is the least favoured of formats in international cricket nowadays. Only during the build-up to the ICC World Cup do the cricket boards take it seriously. This…

SA20 and its growing role in South African cricket

New Delhi: As the SA20 returns on December 26, the league is no longer just another addition to a crowded T20 calendar. Entering its fourth season, it has established itself…

Smriti Mandhana shatters another barrier on return to cricket, scripts India first during 1st Sri Lanka T20I

Smriti Mandhana marked her return to international cricket with a bang, adding another feather to her already illustrious cap during the first T20I against Sri Lanka Women at the ACA-VDCA…

Lionel Messi leaves Kuldeep Yadav awestruck as Argentine meets India cricket star – Watch viral video

In videos shared on social media, Messi was seen receiving a signed javelin from Antil, and Nishad got his spikes autographed. Meanwhile, Kuldeep was left awestruck. It was a promotional…

Zero accountability, no remorse for Lucknow T20I disaster as Indian cricket concedes another own goal

It’s been a season of own goals so far as Indian cricket is concerned. It started with the appointment of Shubman Gill as captain of the One-Day International side and…

Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, and Arshdeep Singh: Punjab’s three ‘brothers’ leading India’s next cricket powerhouse

For the first time in Indian cricket history, three players from Punjab are set to play together in the national team in their home state. Headlining what has been a…

‘Don’t have the mindset’: Harbhajan’s searing attack on Indian batters for lack of temperament in Test cricket

Former Indian off-spinner, Harbhajan Singh, has delivered a sharp warning on the state of the country’s Test cricket, saying the current generation “does not have that much patience” for the…

Why India are failing the transition game in Test cricket

New Delhi: The Indian national team is big into blocking outside noise. Just as ‘process’ and ‘intent’ had once become the keywords for previous generations, ‘outside noise’ it is for…

Gambhir-Agarkar’s selection ripped apart after India’s humiliating defeat: ‘Test cricket is a game of specialists’

India’s 408-run implosion in Guwahati has triggered the usual noise about intent, technique, and temperament. But Parthiv Patel went straight for the jugular on Star Sports – not the player’s…