Sourav Ganguly, President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and former India captain, scored an unbeaten 53 and took a wicket but his effort for the BCCI President's XI went in vain as the BCCI Secretary's XI led by Jay Shah won by 28 runs a friendly match at Motera Stadium here on Wednesday. ....

Legendary left-arm spinner, Bishan Singh Bedi, who captained Delhi to two Ranji Trophy titles in late 1970s, has asked the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) to immediate remove his name associated with a stand the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. He has also renounced his membership of the DDCA. ....

Keeping aside the humiliating defeat in the first Test, Team India on Wednesday began their preparation for the second Test against Australia beginning Saturday. ....

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that India should not be satisfied with only one or two medals at the 2028 Olympic Games and instead aim to be in top 10 at the Los Angeles Games. ....

While the rivalry of the Test series between India and Australia this time was built around their pace attacks, both Nathan Lyon and Ravichandran Ashwin were also expected to dazzle and play important roles for their respective teams. Lyon and Ashwin are premier off-spinners in Test cricket and both have over 350 wickets respectively. ....

Star striker Lionel Messi has set yet another all-time world record as he has moved past the legendary Pele to become the highest goalscorer ever for a single club. ....

Left-handed Australia opener David Warner and fast bowler Sean Abbott have been ruled out of the Boxing Day Test against India because of their respective injuries. The duo will, however, rejoin the squad ahead of the third Test currently scheduled to be played from January 7 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). ....

The Indian cricket team management's lop-sided thinking while picking playing XIs continued during the first Test in Adelaide as they picked the talented but out-of-form Prithvi Shaw to play as opener alongside Mayank Agarwal even though the high-pressure game was a pink-ball Test, a day-nighter, Indias only second. ....

India pace bowler Mohammed Shami whose bowling hand was fractured while batting on the third day of the first Test match in Adelaide on Saturday has been advised six weeks' rest and will be flying out of Australia for India on Wednesday. ....

Former India batsman Wasim Jaffer has sent a coded message to India's stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane in Australia, and challenged him and his teammates to decode it. ....

Ace shuttlers and Kidambi Srikanth are part of the eight-member India squad which will participate in three tournaments in Bangkok, Thailand scheduled to be held in January, next year. ....