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BCCI VP Rajeev Shukla hails India’s win over Australia in WC SF

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president Rajeev Shukla lauded the Indian women's cricket team for their stunning semifinal victory over Australia, calling it a brilliant performance and expressing confidence that the side will go on to defeat South Africa in the Women's World Cup final on Sunday, November 2.

2025-10-31T06:44:05.691451+00:00 IST

Chak De India!: Bhagwant Mann hails India’s win over Australia

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann congratulated India's Women's Cricket on winning the semi-final clash against defending champions, Australia Women, and gave best wishes to the side for the ICC Women's World Cup final 2025 against South Africa Women in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.

2025-10-31T05:44:00.807289+00:00 IST

"Huge achievement": Bhuvneshwar after India's win over Australia

Team India's fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar hailed the IWomen in Blue after their thrilling victory over Australia in the semifinal, calling it a "huge achievement" and a testament to their quality as they stormed into the Women's World Cup final.

2025-10-31T04:50:03.479945+00:00 IST

Golden opportunity for India Women to win World Cup: Jwala Singh

After India's stunning chase of 338 in the Women's World Cup semifinal against Australia Women, Yashasvi Jaiswal's childhood coach, Jwala Singh, hailed the team's performance, calling it a "golden opportunity" for the women's side to script history for the nation.

2025-10-31T03:39:13.021743+00:00 IST

Rodrigues following India's historic run chase against Australia

Following a memorable, match-winning knock in the ICC Women's World Cup semifinal against Australia at Navi Mumbai, Jemimah Rodrigues believes that after seeing the Aussies score, she knew India could chase it down.

2025-10-30T20:51:00.342642+00:00 IST

Healy on next ODI CWC after semi-final defeat against India

Australian skipper Alyssa Healy, playing her last ODI World Cup, expressed disappointment over Australia's loss to India in their Women's World Cup semi-final clash, praising her team's overall contribution in the tournament.

2025-10-30T20:48:46.651723+00:00 IST

Jemimah thanks god following historic WC semis knock against Aus

Rodrigues, who had a poor start to the tournament with just 65 runs in four innnings, including two ducks and was dropped for the match against England in the league stage, produced an innings for the ages as her 127* in 134 balls (with 14 boundaries) helped India chase down 339 runs, the highest-ever run-chase in women's ODI cricket and in the knockout matches across both men's and women's ODI World Cups.

2025-10-30T20:36:32.733461+00:00 IST

Saikia hails Team India's "never-say-die" attitude after SF win

In one of the most show-stealing run-chases in women's cricket history, a masterclass century by Jemimah Rodrigues and yet another big match knock by skipper Harmanpreet Kaur helped India pull off a run-chase of 339 runs, the highest-ever in women's ODIs and the best-ever run-chase in 50-over World Cup knockout games across men's and women's competitions.

2025-10-30T20:23:57.597834+00:00 IST

'Big Match Harman' continues flawless ODI WC knockout games run

Helping India overcome a tense situation of 59/2 in chase of 339 runs, the skipper unleashed a powerful counter-attack with Jemimah Rodrigues, scoring 89 in 88 balls, with 10 fours and two sixes, with her runs flowing at a strike rate of 101.14.

2025-10-30T20:15:27.856999+00:00 IST

Gambhir, Jemimah, the number 5s clutching for India in CWC

Back in 2011 World Cup final, Gambhir played one of the best innings of his life smashing 97 runs while chasing a massive target of 275 against Sri Lanka, he came out to bat at number three playing with stain on his Indian jersey, something which was again witnessed by Jemimah masterclass against Aussies in the Women's CWC semi-final clash in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.

2025-10-30T19:57:12.969243+00:00 IST

Harmanpreet hails "mathematician" Jemimah Rodrigues

Rodrigues and Harmanpreet's record-breaking 167-run stand helped India secure a historic win over Australia by five wickets, setting up a final clash against South Africa on November 2, which would crown a brand new world champion. India made history by becoming the first team to knock off a target in excess of 300 runs in a World Cup knockout match, and also ended their 15-match winning streak that started from the 2022 edition of the tournament.

2025-10-30T19:34:10.655779+00:00 IST

Indian cricket fraternity hails India's historic win against Aus

Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar hailed India's women's cricket team's historic win over Australia by five wickets in a thrilling semifinal match to storm into the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 final on Thursday.

2025-10-30T19:15:13.419203+00:00 IST

India end Australia’s 15-match World Cup streak

Jemimah Rodrigues (127* in 134 balls, with 14 fours) and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (89 in 88 balls, with 10 fours and two sixes) registered their names in history with India's highest partnership for any wicket in a women's World Cup knockout match of 167 runs, helping India chase down a massive target of 339 runs, the highest-ever run-chase in history of women's ODIs.

2025-10-30T18:29:07.154248+00:00 IST

Ilamparthi A R becomes India's 90th Chess Grandmaster

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has hailed Ilamparthi AR on becoming the state's 35th and overall India's 90th chess Grandmaster, saying that he has added another jewel to TN's "crown of champions".

2025-10-30T18:23:29.813340+00:00 IST

Harry Brook on consecutive ODI defeat against Kiwi's

England's white-ball captain Harry Brook admitted his team was "hammered" by New Zealand, expressing frustration and confusion over their struggles in the ODI format, particularly highlighting their batting collapse in the second ODI, where they were bowled out for 175.

2025-10-30T18:10:16.233122+00:00 IST

Rahul Dravid on Vaibhav Suryavanshi's aggressive approach

Indian legendary batter Rahul Dravid praised Vaibhav Suryavanshi's mindset, stating it's about attitude and that can't be coached.

2025-10-30T18:04:59.900816+00:00 IST

India's women's cricket team storms into ICC Women's World Cup

India successfully chased down 338/10 from Australia, with 9 balls to spare, setting a new record for the highest successful run chase in Women's World Cup history.

2025-10-30T17:34:33.704484+00:00 IST

Royal Champs announce squad for Abu Dhabi T10 

At the helm is Head Coach Sir Courtney Walsh, who brings decades of international experience, leadership and an unwavering belief in the game's evolving dynamics

2025-10-30T17:29:40.128206+00:00 IST

Asian Youth Games: Boxing leads India's campaign with 7 medals

With this remarkable performance, India topped the Girls' Boxing section, reaffirming the nation's growing dominance in youth boxing on the Asian stage. In the Girls' Boxing category, India finished in first place with four gold medals and one silver medal, as per a press release from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).

2025-10-30T15:52:28.990592+00:00 IST

Sheffield Shield: Khawaja scores 87, Renshaw, Marnus struggle

Starting day three at 349/5, New South Wales posted a total of 429/7 declared, with Steve Smith (118) and Kurtis Patterson (122) posting centuries. Queensland was solid in their response, ending their day at 238/4, trailing by 191 runs. Khawaja (87 in 127 balls, with 12 fours) had a 94-run opening stand with Matt Renshaw (29), the recent ODI debutant, while Labushagne could make just four runs. While for Labuschagne it was a small slip after two centuries each in Shield and One Day Cup cricket, Khawaja received a major confidence booster with his knock.

2025-10-30T15:39:48.369762+00:00 IST

Dravid credits India's "off the charts" T20I batting to Rohit

Under Rohit, India won the T20 World Cup, unbeaten for eight matches. Since the T20 WC 2024, India has won 30 out of 36 matches, lost just three, tied two and one ended in a no-result, the most amongst Test-playing nations.

2025-10-30T15:32:30.767447+00:00 IST