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Cricket: Women’s T20 World Cup will expand to 16 teams in 2030, says ICC

July 23, 2024 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, July 23: Women’s T20 World Cup will expand to 12 teams for the 2026 tournament, scheduled in England, and increase to 16-nation competition for the 2030 season, the media reported on Monday. The International Cricket Council said, “The ICC board has approved the expansion of the Women’s T20 World Cup to 16 teams […]

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Cricket: Four major tournaments in cricket

February 8, 2024 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, Feb 8: The four major tournaments in cricket are: ICC World Cup: It is an international championship held every four years For the first time, it was played in England in 1975 and West Indies became the first winner. Currently, it is among the most-watched sporting events in the world. ICC Champions Trophy: […]

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Creation of the International Cricket Council

January 25, 2024 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global governing body of the game of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference (1909) renamed first as the International Cricket Conference (1965) and then as the International Cricket Council (1989). The original ICC was formed on June 15, 1909, by representatives from South […]

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Sports: What makes India great in cricket history?

January 18, 2024 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The history of cricket in India began in the 17th and 18th centuries through sailors and traders of the British East India Company. Thereafter, the Indian cricket team started growing every day. Indian cricket has grown by leaps and bounds and won several accolades over the years. It has never looked back. What […]

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SA vs IND: Arshdeep, Samson lead India to historic series win in South Africa

December 22, 2023 Vinayak Barot

KL Rahul became only the second Indian captain to win an ODI series on South African soil as Team India beat the rainbow nation by 78 runs, claiming the series 2-1 in Paarl on Thursday. The only other captain to have achieved this feat is Virat Kohli, when his men clinched the ODI series 5-1 […]

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Pakistan Should Not Play Against India In ICC T20 World Cup 2022: Former Pakistani Cricketer

October 20, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president recently made a statement regarding Asia Cup 2023, which is making headlines. Jay Shah said, “The Indian team will not tour Pakistan for the 2023 Asia Cup.” Many former Pakistani cricketers are expressing their opinion on this statement, […]

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Cricket: India and Pakistan will not play bilateral series Till 2027

October 14, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Mumbai: The Indian Cricket Board has released its program from 2023 to 2027, and the board has kept the columns for games against Pakistan ‘blank’. The Indian team will not play any bilateral series against Pakistan in the coming five years. India and Pakistan share strained political relations and for that reason, the Board of Control […]

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Cricket: England to play test series in Pakistan after 17 years

August 23, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Pakistan Cricket Board director Zakir Khan has said, “We are pleased that Pakistan and England Test rivalry, which has historically produced close and tight matches, will return to our backyards in December,” The hosts of the matches on Monday announced the schedule and said, “England’s first Test series in Pakistan in 17 years will […]

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Cricket: Australia tour of South Africa 2021 postponed due to Pandemic

February 2, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The sudden outbreak of coronavirus in the South Africa forced ‘cricket Australia’ to postpone its tour. The Australian side was scheduled to head to South Africa later this month, but all the plans have now come to a halt after CA’s interim chief executive Nick Hockley said “travelling to South Africa posed ‘unacceptable’ […]