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Int'l cricket stadium in Varanasi will boost Purvanchal's economy: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the stadium's pivotal role in fostering the growth of youth in Purvanchal, terming it a boon for the region

PM Modi lays foundation stone of international cricket stadium in Varanasi

To be built near the Ring Road in Rajatalab area, the stadium is likely to be ready by December 2025. The spectators' gallery of the stadium would resemble the steps of the ghats of Varanasi

Visa delay for World Cup forces Pakistan to cancel Dubai bonding trip

Pakistan's plans to travel to Dubai for a pre-World Cup team bonding trip have been cancelled as the team was still waiting for their visas to travel to India on Friday, according to ESPNcricinfo

ECB likely to bring in multi-year contracts for England players

In an effort to eliminate the possibility of franchise teams acquiring England's top cricketers, the England Cricket Board (ECB) has proposed special three-year contracts, as reported by ESPNcricinfo

CWC 2023: Gautam Gambhir says, beating Australia must to lifet the trophy

Former Indian batter Gautam Gambhir believes that to win the cricket World Cup, you need to defeat Australia as they have remarkable performance history in ICC events

I love to put myself in challenging situations: KL Rahul after win over AUS

India's stand-in captain KL Rahul believes it is always good to put himself in "challenging situations", especially after returning from a long injury lay-off.

You shouldn't feel low if you are not in playing XI: Shami after fifer

"When I was playing regularly, there must have been someone, who had to sit out and I wasn't guilty. So you can't feel low if you are sitting out because the team is winning," Mohammed Shami said

IND vs AUS 2nd ODI preview: Pressure mounts on Shreyas Iyer and Ashwin

Shreyas Iyer will be desperate for some runs after missing out on a flat track while skillful R Ashwin will be searching for wickets in the middle overs when India take on Australia in the second ODI

India rises to No 1 in ODIs, becomes top ranked team in all formats

This is only the second time in men's cricketing history that a side has achieved the No.1 ranking across the formats. Prior to this, only South Africa had achieved the feat back in August 2012

1st ODI: Surya's form, Shami's fifer, key highlights of IND's win vs AUS

While Shami did the destruction in the first innings, claiming five wickets, Suryakumar displayed brilliant batting skills, hitting most shots down the ground

India vs Australia 1st ODI Playing 11: Ashwin, Shreyas, Ruturaj in the XI

India decided not to play Sundar ahead of Ashwin in the 1st ODI vs Australia. Shreyas, Ruturaj and Suryakumar made comeback

Cricket World Cup: Pakistan announce squad; Hasan Ali replaces Naseem Shah

Pakistan also added an extra spinner to their World Cup squad, bringing in Usama Mir, who made his ODI debut against New Zealand early this year

Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India lose to Chinese Taipei in women football

Asian Games 2023 Highlights: The Indian women's football team lost 1-2 to Chinese Taipei while the men's football team beat Bangladesh 1-0. Women's cricket team moved to semifinal, Rowers did well

Double blow for South Africa: Magala, Nortje ruled out of Cricket World Cup

South Africa were dealt twin blows weeks ahead of the ODI World Cup after injured pacers Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala have been ruled out of the tournament in India, head coach Rob Walter said

Rajinikanth receives World Cup Golden Ticket after Tendulkar and Big B

Superstar Rajinikanth received the Golden Ticket from BCCI secretary Shah. Earlier, the ticket was also given to Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar. World Cup will take place from October 5, 2023

WPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore appoint Luke Williams as head coach

Australia's Luke Williams will take over as the head coach of the Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the second season of the Women's Premier League

He is one of India's trump cards: Ajit Agarkar praises Kuldeep Yadav

The Indian cricket team's chief selector Ajit Agarkar lauded the 28-year-old chinaman spinner Kuldeep Yadav and said that he will be one of the trump cards for the Men in Blue in ODI World Cup 2023

SBI Life joins BCCI as official partner for domestic, international matches

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced SBI Life as one of the official partners for the BCCI Domestic and International Season 2023-2026

Jos Buttler doesn't enojoy informing players about omission from squad

England captain Jos Buttler discussed how he felt responsible for informing their regular opener about his omission from the squad for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023

Asian Games 2023 women's cricket: India in semis after QF vs MAL called off

The India vs Malaysia cricket match was called off after the second rain break, and Women in Blue entered the last 4 on virtue of higher seeding.