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Jasprit Bumrah, Smriti Mandhana named Wisden’s leading cricketers of 2024

India duo Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana have been crowned the world's leading cricketers in the latest edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Bumrah won the honour in the men's section after a stellar 2024 when he excelled across formats and was named player of the tournament as India won the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies. "In an eventful year for Indian cricket, their success depended largely, if not entirely, on one factor: whether or not he had the ball," the publicatio...

October 9, 2024 12:15 PM

India take on Sri Lanka in must win encounter of Women’s T20 World Cup

The Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian side will lock horns with Sri Lanka in the 12th match of the ongoing ICC Women's T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. Sri Lanka came out on top when these two rivals met in the final of the Asia Cup in July, and the island nation will be looking for a similar result again here to keep their chances of reaching the knockout stages alive. Losses to Pakistan and Australia at the start of their campaign mean Sri Lanka will need to w...