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Bangladesh’s historic win over Australia in Darwin has done more than strengthen their own World Test Championship (WTC) campaign. It has also made India’s route to next year’s final considerably more complicated. Before the two Tests in Darwin and Galle, Bangladesh sat fourth in the WTC table, one place above India. That position was easy […]

For 23 years, Bangladesh had to wait for a Test match in Australia. When the opportunity finally arrived, they made sure it counted. Najmul Hossain Shanto’s side completed a historic nine-wicket victory over Australia in Darwin on Sunday, winning their first Test on Australian soil. Chasing just 57 on the fourth morning, Bangladesh reached the

VVS Laxman is set to be appointed as the BCCI’s Director of Cricket, a designation that did not previously exist in Indian cricket’s administrative structure. Laxman currently heads the Board’s Centre of Excellence, overseeing junior teams, player rehabilitation and development pathways for men’s and women’s cricket. His contract will be extended by two years under

For Yashasvi Jaiswal, the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle will be another test of a skill that has defined his young career: knowing when to attack and when to wait. Jaiswal has shown that he can switch between defence and aggression, but the line between the two has occasionally been difficult to judge.

The India-Pakistan rivalry will have to wait at the 2026 Asian Games, with the men’s cricket draw ensuring that the two sides cannot meet in either the quarterfinals or semifinals. This means India and Pakistan will be kept apart until the final stages of the competition. They have both been directly seeded into the quarterfinals

India’s growing injury list has brought renewed scrutiny on the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE), with former India batter Mohammed Kaif questioning why the world’s richest cricket board has struggled to appoint a permanent head of sports science. Team India has been hit by a string of injuries in recent weeks, with Jasprit Bumrah ruled

India’s growing injury list has once again put the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) under scrutiny, with several players across formats currently dealing with fitness setbacks. Jasprit Bumrah is battling knee swelling and has been ruled out of the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka after failing to recover from the injury sustained during the

Afghanistan will host India for a three-match T20I series in New Delhi in September, marking the first time the Afghanistan Cricket Board will stage a bilateral series against India on Indian soil. The BCCI confirmed that the three matches will be played between September 13 and 17, with the Arun Jaitley Stadium hosting all three

The Duleep Trophy was once meant to be one of the clearest bridges between domestic cricket and India’s Test team. Its latest squads suggest that connection is becoming increasingly difficult to see. The timing is particularly striking. With fitness concerns forcing India’s national selectors back into the domestic First-Class system, two experienced performers aged 33

Jasprit Bumrah’s value to India is perhaps best understood not through his numbers, but through what his presence allows the rest of the attack to do. At Eden Gardens last November, South Africa had reached 57 without loss before Bumrah changed the game in consecutive overs, removing both set openers and finishing with 5/27 as