Shai Hope becomes the first West Indian with three T20I centuries
Another 102 not out, another West Indies win in India. Hope’s third T20I hundred powered a 24-run victory and levelled the series at 2–2.
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Hope and Rutherford power West Indies to the second-highest T20I chase in history
A 120-run partnership in 54 balls turned a near-impossible equation into a six-wicket win. India’s 249 was not enough.
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How the ICC Women’s Championship works, with the points system
The four-year ODI league decides who qualifies for the Women’s World Cup. India face Zimbabwe next week in their first bilateral meeting, and every match counts.
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Shreyas Iyer’s maiden T20I century completes the set
The captain reached 102 off 43 balls to chase down 172 with more than five overs to spare. He is now only the seventh Indian with centuries in all three formats.
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Harmanpreet Kaur steps down as India captain after a historic tenure
The first player to captain 150 T20Is finishes with an ODI World Cup, two Asian Games golds, and a record that may never be matched. Smriti Mandhana is the likely successor.
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India beat Pakistan by 19 runs to win back-to-back Asian Games gold
The first India–Pakistan final in Asian Games cricket history ended with India defending their title. Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma set up the total; the spinners protected it.
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Shai Hope’s 162* powers West Indies to their highest ODI chase and first win in India in seven years
The captain kept wicket for 50 overs in high humidity, then batted through the innings to break West Indies’ chase record. India lost despite KL Rahul’s unbeaten 129.
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Sri Lanka 45 all out, and India have a final they have never played
The joint-lowest T20I total by a Full-Member nation. A semi-final that lasted under ten overs. And on Saturday, the first India–Pakistan men’s cricket final in Asian Games history.
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Gill’s 223 rewrites the record book for ODI chases
The highest individual score in any ODI run chase. The fastest double century in ODI history. The second-highest successful chase ever. India chased 406, and Gill made it look routine.
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Virat Kohli becomes the second player to reach 15,000 ODI runs
The milestone came 74 innings faster than Tendulkar. The chase, the century, and what the numbers actually prove about where Kohli sits in ODI history.
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India finish silver as Uzbekistan win the Olympiad at home
The defending champions could not repeat. A final-round loss from the World Champion, a host nation peaking at the right moment, and the gold slips away.
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India beat Iran twice in one afternoon to defend both kabaddi titles
The men win their ninth Asian Games gold. The women win their fourth. And both finals came down to the same opponent.
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India’s men win bronze, and back-to-back medals for the first time in 40 years
A loss to China in the semi-final, a doubles win over the world champions, and a milestone that says more about depth than about this result.
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India crush Sri Lanka for second successive Asian Games gold
Mandhana became the first woman to reach 11,000 international runs, and India posted the highest total in Asian Games history. The final was over before it began.
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Shafali Verma scores the first women’s century at the Asian Games
The opener’s unbeaten 100 off 49 balls powered India past Bangladesh and into the final, on an afternoon that also saw Smriti Mandhana become the leading run-scorer in women’s T20I history.
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How kabaddi works at the 2026 Asian Games, and what India must defend
A group stage, knockout rounds, and no second chances. India have won eleven golds across the two events since 1990. This is how the format tests them.
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Abhishek Sharma breaks the T20I century record with 30 balls
The fastest hundred by any batter from an ICC Full-Member nation. What the record required, how the innings unfolded, and what it does not settle.
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Abhishek Sharma becomes the fastest Indian to 6,000 T20 runs
The milestone came off a six in the first over against Afghanistan. What the numbers say about how he bats, and what they leave out.
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India win a record eighth Women’s Asia Cup, and the opening stand settled it
Seventy per cent of the total came before the first wicket fell. What the opening stand actually did, and what a 72-run final still does not settle.
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India vs Afghanistan: two new captains, one brief series
Shreyas Iyer leads India. Ibrahim Zadran leads Afghanistan for the first time. Three T20Is in Delhi before both sides head to Japan.
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How esports works at the 2026 Asian Games, and where India stands
Eleven medal events across fighting games, MOBAs and battle royales. The format, the qualification, and what a medal would actually mean.
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Harmanpreet Kaur becomes the first player to captain 150 T20Is
No man or woman has led a national side in the format as often. The gap to second place is 29 matches and still growing.
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How the Chess Olympiad works, and why India start as favourites
A Swiss-system team event across eleven rounds. India arrive as defending champions with four of their Budapest five and a record field of 400 teams.
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Pakistan 55 all out: a historic low
Shree Charani and Prema Rawat claimed six wickets between them for 16 runs. Pakistan’s previous lowest T20I total was 56.
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