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Marcus Stoinis, the star Australian all-rounder, has decided to retire from the fifty-over format with immediate effect. He announced his retirement on February 6.  He further added that he wants to focus on T20 cricket. Stoinis featured in 71 ODIs for Australia since his debut in 2015. He was named in the Champions Trophy 2025…

Australia is facing a crisis in their team for the Champions Trophy 2025. They will have to make as many as four changes to their team for the upcoming ICC tournament.  Now, it is revealed that their captain Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood have been officially ruled out of the tournament. They will stay out…

India has added another spin bowler Varun Chakaravarthy to the national squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against England set to begin from 6th Feb.  Varun was seen training with the Indian team in Nagpur on Tuesday. However, he isn’t included in the Champions Trophy 202 squad, which includes four spinners. His national call-up…

At the Australian Cricket Awards 2025, Travis Head won his maiden Allan Border Medal. He got 208 votes in total to get that medal. Next on the list was Josh Hazlewood with 50 fewer votes and the next was Pat Cummins with 61 fewer votes.  Travis Head has had a superlative 2024 and performed well…

The speed sensation from India, Jasprit Bumrah, has been awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2024. The 31-year-old pacer has been bestowed this honor ahead of the likes of Joe Root, Travis Head, and Harry Brook.  With this feat, Bumrah is the only fifth Indian to receive…

Australia is set to play Sri Lanka in a two-match from 29th January.  Australia has finalized Travis Head as the opening partner of Usman Khwaja in the first test match. During the Border Gavaskar Trophy, Khwaja was partnered by Nathan McSweeney and Sam Konstas.  It looks like Australia is switching back to the old formula…

Virat Kohli is all set to play in the next Delhi game in the Ranji Trophy.  He has now departed for Delhi after spending some time with Sanjay Bangar in Alibaug. The ace Indian batter worked intensely on his batting technique with the former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar at a Reliance cricket facility in…

Cricket Australia has appointed Ada Griffith as the new pace bowling coach for their team. Griffith, the former Tasmanian first-class cricketer, will be aligned with the country’s men’s teams and will be in charge of “development and preparation of pace bowlers.”  Griffith is the current assistant coach of the Victoria team. He will take up…

BCCI has handed a one-match ban to Ankit Bawne from Maharashtra for contesting an umpire’s decision during a Ranji trophy fixture last year.  Due to this ban, he will miss out on a match against Baroda in Nashik. The BCCI has informed the Maharashtra squad of this decision during their Group A fixture in Nashik. …

There is an official directive for Indian players to play domestic cricket when available.  According to Indian selector, Ajit Agarkar, “It’s not a diktat, but I think everyone should play when available.” He defended the directive for international players to participate in domestic cricket. Now, a host of Indian international cricketers have started to appear…