A frustrating start to day 2 at the Greater Noida Stadium. While the wait was for the toss to begin, our correspondent Shayan Acharya has been seeing grounstaff dig up the ground instead. #AFGvNZ

Riding on the captain’s sensational game and his ability to get the teams to back each other in a format as convoluted as #UTT, Harmeet created plenty of firsts over the last three weeks at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, @Karhacter writes trib.al/JxFzrke

It doesn't mean the fault lies with the ACB. It was the responsibility of the UPCA - or whosoever is administering the stadium - to make it Test standards. And if the local machinery was inept, the BCCI should have ideally taken things in its own hands or told the ACB to relocate

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He has 16 fifties and 180 wickets in 38 FC matches. Shams Mulani has yet again showed his mettle with a rescue act - with his partner in prime Tanush Kotian at the other end - for India A. Can he notch up his maiden FC hundred tomorrow morning? Irrespective, an ideal time to

Ishan Kishan is the story of the day #DuleepTrophy

If you are a fan of Sachin Tendulkar, this episode should be archived! If you are an entrepreneur/ branding specialist/ creative mind, this is a master-class in all these crafts. Thank you, Gautam Govitrikar DMD Indraneel Chitale Rugwed Deshpande Varun Narvekar and Lele kaka :) Sunandan Lele

If Sportstar Aces 2025 has a Spirit of Sports category, time to fly down the Czech Republic women's chess team

Shreyas Iyer chips one to mid-on for a duck. Got the sense he was expecting the short ball. Did well to evade one from Khaleel, but couldn’t stay on to make an impact. India D 6/2 early on day two.

For the first time in nearly 26 years, a Test match was abandoned without a ball being bowled. Shayan Acharya wraps up what proved to be a disappointing five days for all parties involved in the Afghanistan vs New Zealand Test.

AVINASH SABLE FINISHES 9th AT THE DIAMOND LEAGUE FINAL 💎 Asiad Champ & NR Holder Sable finished 9th (out of 10 competitors) in his first #DLFinal clocking 8:17.09! Olympic Champ El Bakkali was upset by Amos Serem in 8:06.90 to win the Diamond League Trophy!

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Return of the rest day during a Test ketch #SLvsNZ

It was supposed to be his first public appearance after being announced as the ICC's chair-elect but Jay Shah skips the book release on Sunil Gavaskar - with the legend himself present along with his family, editor Debasish Datta and publisher Shyam Bhatia - at CCI due to "an

Surendra Harmalkar - the newly elected councilor in Mumbai Cricket Association - and president Ajinkya Naik celebrate with a hat-trick sign to make a clean sweep of a mini-election season in MCA. Missing from the frame is Abhay Hadap, whose elevation from a councilor's post to

One of those proud "i-was-there" moments

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