All-rounder Deepak Hooda became the 243rd Men's ODI cricketer for India as the hosts won the toss and elected to bowl first in the series opener at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Sunday. The match also marks India's landmark 1000th appearance in the ODI format. ....

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly congratulated Team India for winning the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2022 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, in Antigua on Saturday. ....

India produced a clinical all-round performance to beat England by four wickets in the final to win the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2022 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, here on Saturday. ....

Ahead of the U-19 ICC Cricket World Cup final against England, India skipper Yash Dhull said that his team would like to control the rivals' attacking game by bowling "as many dot balls as possible" to win the contest and claim their fifth title at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here later on Saturday. ....

Former Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting on Saturday termed Australian head coach Justin Langer's resignation, five months before his term expired, "a really sad day", while another stalwart, Matthew Hayden, castigated Test skipper Pat Cummins for failing to publicly endorse the 51-year-old Langer to get a new contract. ....

Australian cricket team head coach Justin Langer resigned from his post on Saturday, unhappy with the short-term contract extension offered by Cricket Australia (CA) after a marathon seven-hour board meeting. ....

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the response of Delhi Police on a regular bail petition moved by wrestler Sushil Kumar, who is currently lodged in jail, in connection with the murder of a youth at Chhatrasal stadium. ....

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will appoint a bowling consultant to help 21-year-old right-arm fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain rectify his bowling action after Cricket Australia's (CA) independent expert found his bowling action to be illegal. ....

Head coach Chris Silverwood became the second big casualty of England's Ashes debacle with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announcing his departure and saying that an interim coach will be appointed shortly. ....

Sourav Ganguly, the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), is hopeful of senior Test players Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane featuring in the Ranji Trophy and score lots of runs. In the 2-1 series loss to South Africa in January, Rahane and Pujara could score just one half-century in six innings, amassing only 136 and 135 runs in six innings. ....

Giving comic lovers and M.S. Dhoni fans a reason to rejoice, Virzu Studio in association with MIDAS Deals, has released the motion poster of its upcoming mega-budget graphic novel 'Atharva - The Origin'. ....