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November 7, 2026 12:45 AM

Shami retires from Test cricket, to continue playing white-ball formats

Out-of-favour India pacer Mohammed Shami on Friday announced his retirement from Test cricket, bringing an end to a 12-year career in which he claimed 229 wickets from 64 matches. The 36-year-old, who has been out of the Indian team since the 2025 Champions Trophy, announced his decision through an Instagram post, adding that he would continue to play white-ball cricket. "I am leaving the white jersey, but never the memories connected to it. When I first wore India's Test jersey, I had only a ...

October 23, 2026 10:39 AM

South Africa level series with win over Australia in second test

South Africa bowled out Australia for 295 to win by an innings and 31 runs in the last session of the second test at St George’s Park in Gqeberha on Thursday to level the three-match series, winning a race against looming bad weather. The hosts’ pace trio of Wiaan Mulder, Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen took the last four wickets required as Australia’s resistance crumbled after a century from Travis Head and a doggedly defiant test high 40 by nightwatchman Scott Boland. Mulder, w...

October 7, 2026 12:24 AM

Cricket: Mandhana named new India captain as Kaur steps down

India named top-order batter Smriti Mandhana as their new captain after Women’s World Cup-winning skipper Harmanpreet Kaur announced her decision to step down from the role on Tuesday. Kaur, 37, captained India in five tests, 51 one-day internationals and 155 Twenty20 internationals, leading the side to their first-ever 50-over World Cup triumph on home soil last year. Under Kaur, India also won four T20 Asia Cup titles and two Asian Games gold medals, most recently this month at the Aichi-N...

August 26, 2026 5:43 PM

2nd Test, Ind Vs SL: Team India on verge of series win despite Sooriyabandara, Mendis fight

Sri Lankan batters were defiant in phases but the Indian bowlers made a timely intervention to reduce the hosts to 229 for six in their second innings on day four of the second and final Test here on Wednesday. Sonal Dinusha (7) and Keshara Nuwantha (3) were in the middle at stumps when the now customary evening rain and bad light stopped play. But India will be eager to end Lanka's last vestige of hope and wrap the match and series on day five. Before Indian bowlers established their dominat...

August 26, 2026 8:30 AM

2nd Test, Ind vs SL: Sonal Dinusha resists India as rain ends day 3 early

Sonal Dinusha produced another determined knock against India as Sri Lanka reached 265/8 at stumps on a rain-hit third day of the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club on Tuesday. India remain firmly in control after taking a 238-run first-innings lead. India had declared at 503/9 before Sri Lanka began their reply. The hosts, who resumed Day 3 at 8/2, lost wickets at regular intervals but found considerable resistance from their middle and lower order. Dinusha was the standout performer, r...

August 19, 2026 1:33 AM

Ind vs SL, 1st Test: Sri Lanka top order falters, India sense victory

India set Sri Lanka a daunting target of 372 before reducing the hosts to 84-4 on day four of the opening test in Galle on Tuesday, remaining firmly on course for victory. Sri Lanka's top order faltered for the second time in the match against India's disciplined attack, ending the day 288 runs short of the target with six wickets in hand. Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva was batting on 31 at stumps with first-innings centurion Sonal Dinusha on 25. With a first-innings lead of 178, India...

August 17, 2026 7:32 PM

Ind vs SL First Test: Suthar, Jadeja bundle out Sri Lanka for 284 as India take 178-run lead in Galle

Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar and veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja shared seven wickets as India bowled Sri Lanka out for 284 on Day 3 of the first Test at the Galle International Stadium on Monday, securing a commanding 178-run first-innings lead. India, who had posted 462 in their first innings, appeared on course to enforce the follow-on after reducing Sri Lanka to 99/5. However, a determined sixth-wicket partnership between Sonal Dinusha and Niroshan Dickwella briefly revived the hosts' ...

August 15, 2026 7:21 PM

1st Test: Devdutt Padikkal’s maiden century puts India in command against Sri Lanka

Devdutt Padikkal struck a superb maiden Test century as India dominated Sri Lanka on the opening day of the first Test at the Galle International Stadium on Saturday, reaching 288/2 in 73 overs before bad light and rain brought play to an early close. Padikkal, playing his first Test since November 2024, remained unbeaten on 131 off 178 balls, hitting 12 fours and a six. Rishabh Pant was unbeaten on 27 off 36 balls at stumps. India, playing their 600th Test, won the toss and elected to bat. Ya...

July 13, 2026 10:24 AM

Former England captain Heather Knight to retire after Lord’s Test vs Team India

Former England captain Heather Knight has announced her retirement from international cricket after a 16-year career, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Saturday. The 35-year-old will make her final appearance during the current Test match against India at Lord’s, the venue where she famously led the team to World Cup glory in 2017. Knight, who debuted in 2010, bows out as England Women's all-time record appearance-maker with 320 caps. She captained the side 199 times between ...

July 8, 2026 3:43 PM

Second Test: West Indies win series against Sri Lanka after North Sound run-fest ends in draw

West Indies sealed a 1-0 victory over Sri Lanka on Tuesday, their first test series win in three years, after the rain-affected second and final test in North Sound ended in a draw. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat, piling up 549-9 before declaring their first innings, with opener Lahiru Udara top-scoring for the tourists with 188. West Indies replied with 499, built on centuries from player-of-the-match Justin Greaves (180) and Shai Hope (112). Sri Lanka then declared their second i...