UP Warriorz captain Meg Lanning said they were disappointed with their batting performance and also credited Royal Challengers Bengaluru for their superb showing in the 18th fixture of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 season.
Pakistan defeated Australia by 22 runs in the first T20I of the three-match series at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday. Saim Ayub shone with both bat and ball for the hosts, while captain Salman Agha and Abrar Ahmed also contributed to the team's win in the series opener.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and opted to bowl first against the Meg Lanning-led UP Warriroz (UPW) in the 18th fixture of the ongoing Women's Premier League (WPL) season 2026, on Thursday at the BCA Stadium, Kotambi, Vadodara.
Bhavesh Pawar, captain of the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) T10 franchise Tiigers of Kolkata, praised the tennis-ball cricket league, saying that the ISPL creates opportunities for players from across the country and is set to thrive for many years to come.
Australia U19 captain Oliver Peake (109 off 117 balls) scored his maiden century in U19 World Cup which helped his side set a big target of 315 runs for the Windies. The opening pair Will Malajczuk and Nitesh Samuel saw the Aussies off to a frantic and aggressive start.
The Australian women's team saw a change of guard as Sophie Molineux took over as the all-format captain from Alyssa Healy. Her first assignment as the new Australia captain will be a multi-format series against India at home, starting on February 15.
The post-mortems of pilot Captain Sumit Kapoor and co-pilot Captain Sambhiav Pathak were conducted at the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Government Medical College in Baramati. Following the procedure, the bodies were released to their respective families.
England men's test captain Ben Stokes and the former England player Moeen Ali are set to join another former cricketer, Andrew Flintoff, on the England Lions coaching setup for a white-ball series against Pakistan Shaheens in Abu Dhabi in February-March.
Actor Anupam Kher recently had a pleasant surprise when he "accidentally" bumped into former Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma, and the unexpected meeting clearly made his day.
Captain Harry Brook and veteran batter Joe Root's unbeaten hundred, followed by a comprehensive bowling performance, helped England register a comfortable 53-run victory over Sri Lanka in the third and final ODI at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday.
Apart from Harmanpreet, former India men's team captain Rohit Sharma will be conferred with the Padma Shree award, along with para high jumper Praveen Kumar and hockey star Savita Punia, and others. Tennis legend Vijay Amritraj to receive the Padma Bhushan after the list of 2026 awardees was