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India’s batter Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the 2nd One Day International (ODI) cricket match between India Women and Australia Women, at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur in New Chandigarh on September 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana says the biggest change in the women’s team since the last T20 World Cup is the belief that every player is a potential “match-winner” now, a shift driven by greater focus on fitness and preparation.India will hope to break the jinx of never winning a women’s World Cup in the coming weeks,…

Lately, I have been testing multiple smartphones to find the best combination of ease of use and performance. Not long ago, I was caught raving about Samsung’s small yet solid Galaxy S25, especially harping about how a smaller phone can be the ideal size for the nifty rectangle that glows in your hands and pockets.Fast forward to now, I have been playing with the new Samsung Galaxy S25 FE. A visibly larger phone, with the FE being an abbreviation of ‘Fan Edition’. With nearly a fortnight of using the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, I am finally ready to share my…

India’s T20I batting sensation Abhishek Sharma, who has set the Asia Cup on fire with his dazzling display of strokeplay, is in line to earn his maiden ODI call-up for the Australia tour next month. The left-handed opening batter, who is the current leading run-scorer of the ongoing Asia Cup and has a career T20I strike rate nudging 200, was named in the India A squad for the home one-dayers against Australia, largley seen as a shadow series for the ODIs Down Under. Shreyas Iyer was named India A captain agauinst Australia A(AP) Abhishek has scored 248 runs at an…

Ravichandran Ashwin has created history by signing with the Sydney Thunder for BBL 15. With this he has become the first ever Indian male international cricketer to join the tournament. This landmark acquisition comes after Thunder’s impressive runs to the 2024-25 final, where they had to bow to the Hobart Hurricanes by seven wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin for the Chennai Super Kings(AFP) Thunder’s strong foundationThe Thunder demonstrated genuine title credentials in the BBL 2024-25 season under David Warner’s leadership. Key PerformersStatisticsImpactDavid Warner405 (12 matches)Second highest-run scorer in BBL 14Chris Green12 wicketsLeading Thunder bowlerTeam ResultRunners-upLost final to Hobart HurricanesPath to FinalKnockout →…

New Delhi: India T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav was summoned for an official hearing by the ICC match referee Richie Richardson at the ongoing T20 Asia Cup following a complaint filed by the Pakistan Cricket Board. TOPSHOT – India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav celebrates after the dismissal of Bangladesh’s Towhid Hridoy during the Asia Cup 2025 Super Four Twenty20 international cricket match between Bangladesh and India at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai on September 24, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (AFP) The India captain pleaded not guilty. He has been asked to refrain from making any comment that could…

Kolkata: India have recalled Devdutt Padikkal to the Test squad for the two-match home series against West Indies, dropping Karun Nair and Abhimanyu Easwaran. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been picked for the two-match Test series against West Indies. (Reuters) Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been picked as well, although the first Test in Ahmedabad starts on October 2, three days after the Asia Cup final in Dubai. With Rishabh Pant missing out due to the foot fracture sustained at Old Trafford in July, Ravindra Jadeja was announced as the vice-captain. Dhruv Jurel and N Jagadeesan are the two wicketkeeper…

The new deal comes after the White House delayed enforcement of the ban of the short-form video app four times.Published On 25 Sep 202525 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareUnited States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order outlining ByteDance’s divestment plan for the short-form video app TikTok. The plan shifts control of its US assets to a group of new investors, including Oracle.The order was signed on Thursday in the Oval Office and sets a period of 120 days for divestiture to take place.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIt is expected to satisfy a…

Reversing its 2019 decision to de-link the counting of postal ballots and votes polled on EVMs, the Election Commission on Thursday changed the counting process to ensure that the EVM tally is only completed after all the postal ballots are counted.“The penultimate (second last) round of EVM/VVPATs counting shall not be taken up until the counting of postal ballot papers is completed at the counting centre,” the EC said in instructions issued to the Chief Electoral Officers of all States and Union Territories. It said the decision was taken “in order to further streamline the counting process and to provide…

Kolkata: Three fifties have been hit by Indians in this Asia Cup so far, all by Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson. This is T20 though, so averages don’t matter. And going by strike rates only Shubman Gill (156.33) has been able to come anywhere close to Sharma’s (206.66) orbit. So probably it’s good that India’s two quickest strikers are opening the batting. India’s Abhishek Sharma (R) watches the ball after playing against Bangladesh at the Asia Cup 2025. (AFP) Here’s the thing though—the rest aren’t faring too well on the strike rate front as well. Hardik Pandya is striking at…

Years of uncertainty around a possible TikTok ban in the United States may finally be coming to an end.The Trump administration is reportedly very close to finalizing a deal with China to transfer US operations of the app to American control. Details are still murky, but right now it looks like the social media behemoth, which has around 170 million American users, will be run by a consortium of rich, right-wing investors, notably including the tech company Oracle and the Fox Corporation, which owns Fox News.If — and it is still an if — this deal is finalized, it would…