Cricket

Three contentious run-out decisions occurred in the closing stages of Delhi Capitals’ (DC) last-ball win over Mumbai Indians (MI) in Vadodara. In all three instances, third umpire Gayathri Venugopalan ruled not out, seemingly not considering the LED stumps lighting up as the point at which the wicket should be considered broken. Former India captain Mithali

Delhi Capitals 165 for 8 (Shafali 43, Prasad 35, Kerr 2-22, Matthews 2-31) beat Mumbai Indians 164 (Sciver-Brunt 80*, Harmanpreet 42, Sutherland 3-34, Pandey 2-14) by two wickets Barely 24 hours after 202 was chased down easily on the opening night of WPL 2025, a target of 165 proved to be tricky on the same

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 202 for 4 (Ghosh 64*, Perry 57, Ahuja 30*, Gardner 2-33) beat Gujarat Giants 201 for 5 (Gardner 79, Mooney 56, Renuka 2-25) by six wickets A run-fest that produced the highest aggregate as well as the highest successful chase in the WPL ended with defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru chasing down

“It was brilliant to watch,” Mandhana, who was out for 9 in the second over of the chase, said after the game. “They [Ahuja and Ghosh] have been doing that in the nets in the last seven to eight days to all our bowlers. So, really happy that things clicked on. But yeah, I think

New Zealand 243 for 5 (Mitchell 57, Latham 56, Naseem 2-43) beat Pakistan 242 (Rizwan 46, Agha 45, O’Rourke 4-43, Santner 2-20) by five wickets Despite injuries to Lockie Ferguson, Ben Sears, Matt Henry and Rachin Ravindra, New Zealand clinched the tri-series title in Karachi and sounded out a warning to the hosts, five days

Innings Sri Lanka 281 for 4 (Mendis 101, Asalanka 78*, Madushka 51, Abbott 1-41) vs Australia Experimenting in their final match ahead of the Champions Trophy, a new-look Australia bowling attack toiled on a benign surface in Colombo as Kusal Mendis and skipper Charith Asalanka powered Sri Lanka to 281 for 4 in the second

Brendon McCullum, England’s head coach, has rejected suggestions that his players did not take their preparation seriously on the tour of India, saying it was “factually incorrect” that the team had not done enough training during the T20I and ODI series, both of which ended in one-sided defeats. During a discussion on TV commentary for

Rajat Patidar has been appointed captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for IPL 2025, which begins on March 21. The development was contrary to wide speculation that Virat Kohli would lead RCB again after they did not retain Faf du Plessis, their captain from 2022 to 2024, before the mega auction. RCB made the announcement

Incoming PCA chair Oliver Hannon-Dalby has welcomed the sudden influx of cash into English cricket brought about through the Hundred sale, and urged the ECB to spend it wisely to address a number of issues, including closing the gender pay gap in the flagship competition. The veteran Warwickshire seamer, who has been elected as the

GMR Group have, as expected, secured a stake in Southern Brave to conclude the ECB’s process of selling equity in the Hundred. GMR, co-owners of IPL team Delhi Capitals, were already the majority shareholders of host county Hampshire, having bought out former owner Rod Bransgrove last year. GMR Group, an Indian infrastructure conglomerate, owns teams