Jitesh Sharma has been announced as the captain, while Naman Dhir will serve as his deputy. The squad comprises players who have delivered at the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL), including Ramandeep Singh, Abishek Porel, Suyash Sharma, Ashutosh Sharma, Nehal Wadhera and Dhir.
Kolkata Police has busted a match-fixing and betting racket and has arrested two people, who have "accepted their crime" after receiving a complaint from the Indian Football Association about some team managers and players in connection with alleged match fixing in the Kolkata Premier League
The FIDE World Cup 2025 is a single-elimination knockout tournament featuring 206 players from 82 countries competing for the coveted Viswanathan Anand Cup, named after the Indian legend.
Shafali lived up to her words spoken in the presser before the semifinals against Australia, delivering the "good" that the "god" had sent her for in the final of the ICC Women's World Cup against Proteas, first, a record-breaking knock of 87, the highest by an Indian women's player in a WC
Jonathan Trott, who took charge of the Afghanistan National Team in 2022, has worked closely with the players over the past few years, contributing to the team's development and rising international competitiveness.
Indian Cricket Team players Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, and Jasprit Bumrah took to their official social media handle and applauded the Indian Women's players following their exceptional performance in the 2025 edition of the ICC Women's World Cup.
Former skipper Diana Edulji hailed the Indian women's team's maiden ICC Women's World Cup victory, calling it a proud moment for the country and describing it as "our 1983 moment." She also congratulated the players, the BCCI, and the ICC for their efforts in promoting women's cricket.
The recent reforms over the last two to three years by BCCI, such as the equaling of match-fees of men's and women's players and the introduction of the WPL, have finally bore fruit as India lifted their maiden ICC Women's World Cup, beating South Africa by 52 runs in a clinical title cla
Harmanpreet, one of India's women's cricket's longest serving players, finally fulfilled her World Cup dream with the captaincy armband on her, as India beat South Africa by 52 runs in a clinical performance during the title clash. During the final, after Shafali's 87 had lifted India to 298
Deepti delivered one of the all-time great World Cup campaigns, scoring 215 runs in seven innings at an average of 30.71 and a strike rate of 90.33, with three fifties and a best score of 58 and topping the wicket-taking charts with 22 scalps in nine innings at an average of over 20, with a
Player of the match in the ICC Women's World Cup Final 2025, Shafali Verma, revealed that watching Sachin Tendulkar in the stadium during the match gave her an incredible boost.
With her incredible consistency throughout the tournament, Deepti became the first player in Women's World Cup history to achieve the double of 200 runs and 20 wickets in a single edition across men's and women's World Cups. Across nine matches and seven innings, she scored 215 runs at an