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Manhas is credited with reshaping Jammu & Kashmir cricket ©Cricbuzz Aakash Chopra and Mithun Manhas were once travelling by train from Delhi to Mumbai for a domestic match. Chopra, having just bought a new pair of sneakers, feared they might get filched. Before going to sleep, he requested Manhas to keep an eye on them. Manhas reassured his friend and, true to his word, rested his foot on Chopra’s pairs. By the time they reached Mumbai, though, it was Manhas’ own pairs that had been stolen. “Poor thing,” Chopra, a former India opener, ruefully recalls. “That shows his character.” He…
Nicola Carey starred with the ball as Tasmania claimed their first win of the 2025-26 WNCL season South Australia v Tasmania | WNCL Tasmania have bounced back to claim their first points of the Women’s National Cricket League season, cruising to a six-wicket win over South Australia. Two days after going down to SA by 36 runs in their tournament opener, the Tigers responded with an inspired display with the ball led by Nicola Carey. Carey (4-48) set the tone from ball one of the match at Karen Rolton Oval, producing a hooping in-swinger to bowl SA opener Emma de…
Pakistan will be facing India for a third time today at 7:30pm PST as the arch-rivals clash in a potentially testy Men’s Asia Cup 2025 final at the Dubai International Stadium. Pakistan were beaten comprehensively twice, first in the group stage and then in Super Fours, by the Indian team. The Indian juggernaut has crushed every opposition on its path before swaggering into the final of the eight-team tournament looking every inch the reigning 20-over world champions. India survived a scare in Friday’s dead rubber when they edged out Sri Lanka via Super Over after Sri Lanka managed to tie…
Pakistan’s pace spearhead has scored runs at scorching strike rates during the Asia Cup to take his side to decent totals, turning his lower-order contributions into impactful knocks. In a game that had turned into a virtual semi-final, a transformation was nearing its completion. It had taken time but the necessary trust had been gained — a tottering Pakistan were pinning hopes on Shaheen Shah Afridi to dig them out of a hole and, for a change, with the bat. Bangladesh had reduced Salman Ali Agha’s men to 58-5 in their 2025 Asia Cup Super Four clash and Pakistan were…
Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana have been pioneers of transforming women’s cricket in the country ©BCCI On the outskirts of all-expanding Bengaluru, on a mundane Thursday afternoon, when a handful of cricket enthusiasts looked just behind their lunch cart, the cameraphones came out in a flash. A couple of brave ones climbed up a nearby tree angling for a clearer view, or at least a semi-decent frame. But all they likely managed to capture were the video analysts from the India and England women’s teams, quietly setting up their gear. Thus began the earnest attempt to gain entry in the…
INJURY WOES Litton is said to need at least three weeks to recover © Cricbuzz Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batter Litton Kumar Das is set to miss the upcoming white-ball series against Afghanistan due to a back injury. Team sources confirmed that Litton, who has been in fine form, will need at least three weeks to recover. The injury had already ruled him out of the Super Four games against India and Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup. Bangladesh lost both matches and failed to qualify for the final. “I think he will need at least three weeks to recover so chances are…
HISTORIC [File photo] Nepal stunned West Indies by 19 runs in first T20I © Getty Nepal registered their first win against a Test playing nation as they defeated the West Indies by 19 runs to take a 1-0 series lead in the three-match T20I series, in Sharjah. After 180 internationals, Nepal have finally defeated a Full Member nation on a historic day for the country. After the Nepalese middle-order took them to a decent score of 148 for 8, they produced a collective bowling performance to restrict the West Indies. West Indies sent Nepal in to bat and after a…
CAN Pakistan do it? Nobody expects them to. India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav, or SKY for short, doesn’t even think that Pakistan deserve being called rivals. But here they are, the “non-rivals” with a chance to upset India’s pre-scripted march to glory in the Asia Cup. T20 cricket is certainly a game of skill, but it is also a game of chance. And Pakistan, the underdogs, the non-rivals, have a chance. The first two games in this minor trilogy of contests between the ex-rivals were one-sided and ill-tempered. It isn’t partial to say that India brought the bad vibes. Haris Rauf…
Once a ‘fresh face’ on the international cricket scene at the 2022 World Cup, Alana King is now preparing to play a major role with ball in hand at the 2025 tournament in India and Sri Lanka. King debuted just weeks before that 2022 event in New Zealand, handed her shot in the green and gold in place of an injured Georgia Wareham.Across the three years and five months since Australia lifted the trophy in Christchurch, she has cemented herself as Australia’s first-choice leg-spinner in the 50-over format and has been a key wicket taker across the same period –…
DUBAI: Pakistan will be gunning for revenge, but an unbeaten India look firm favourites to retain the Asia Cup title when the arch-rivals clash in a potentially testy final on Sunday, with political and on-field friction overshadowing their first-ever title clash in the regional tournament. The Indian juggernaut crushed every opposition before swaggering into the final of the eight-team tournament, looking every inch the reigning 20-over world champions. Pakistan secured their place in the final after edging past Bangladesh by 11 runs on Thursday, setting the stage for a blockbuster meeting with the defending champions. The showdown comes months after…