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Kranti Gaud scripts history with five-for as India dominate England at Lord’s

Kranti Gaud scripts history with five-for as India dominate England at Lord’s

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Kranti Gaud etched her name into cricket history by becoming the first woman to feature on the Lord’s Honours Board after claiming a five-wicket haul as India tightened their grip on the one-off Test against England on Saturday. The 22-year-old fast bowler returned figures of 5/37 to help bowl England out for 170 in reply to India’s first-innings total of 285, giving the visitors a lead of 115. India then extended their advantage by reaching 154/1 at stumps on the second day, taking an overall lead of 269 runs. Gaud, who had dismissed Tammy Beaumont late on the opening day, continued her impressive spell by removing Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey and England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt before completing her maiden five-wicket haul. In doing so, she became the first woman to earn a place on the iconic Lord’s Honours Board. Mandhana extends India’s advantage England’s resistance came through Amy Jones, who scored 52, and Sciver-Brunt, who made 44. The pair added 84 runs for the fifth wicket, but the hosts collapsed after Jones’ dismissal, losing their …

Deepti’s record-breaking five-for powers India past Pakistan in Women’s T20 World Cup

Deepti’s record-breaking five-for powers India past Pakistan in Women’s T20 World Cup

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India launched their Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 campaign in emphatic fashion, defeating arch-rivals Pakistan by 64 runs in a Group 1 encounter at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Sunday. The victory extended India’s dominance over Pakistan in the format, marking their 14th win in 17 Women’s T20 internationals between the two sides. After being asked to bat, India recovered from an early wobble to post 170/6, thanks largely to a fluent 68 from Smriti Mandhana and a late assault from wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh. India’s innings got off to a shaky start with Shafali Varma and Jemimah Rodrigues dismissed inside the first four overs. However, Mandhana and captain Harmanpreet Kaur combined to steady the innings with a crucial partnership. Mandhana struck her 34th T20I half-century and looked set throughout her 44-ball knock before falling in the latter stages. Harmanpreet contributed 36 and, in the process, overtook Mithali Raj to become India’s highest run-scorer in Women’s T20 World Cup history. Richa then provided the finishing touches with a rapid 34 off 17 deliveries, helping India push past …

KKR Collapse as Mohsin Khan Bags a Five-For at Lucknow

KKR Collapse as Mohsin Khan Bags a Five-For at Lucknow

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Lucknow Super Giants’ Mohsin Khan delivered a stunning spell, picking five wickets in the IPL 2026 game against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 26 at Ekana Cricket Stadium. He went on to bag the wickets of Ajinkya Rahane, Tim Seifert, Rovman Powell, Cameron Green and Anukul Roy in his four-over quota on Sunday’s clash. After being invited to bat first, Ajinkya Rahane and Tim Seifert opened the innings while, Mohammed Shami opened the bowling attack. Mohsin Khan bagged the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane and Tim Seifert for 3 and duck respectively. Rahane got dismissed on a slower delivery where he miscues the ball towards mid-off where Aiden Markram takes the catch. Meanwhile, Tim Seifert got dismissed after chipping the ball to Mukul Choudhary in covers. With Angkrish Raghuvanshi was dismissed after considered as obs, Kolkata Knight Riders lost three wickets for 27 runs. With Rovman Powell and Cameron Green at crease, Kolkata Knight Riders went on to post 31 runs in the powerplay. Mohsin Khan bagged his third wicket dismissing Rovman Powell for 1 runs. …

Can Akash Madhwal, the first bowler to snare a five-for in IPL play-offs, revive CSK? | Cricket News

Can Akash Madhwal, the first bowler to snare a five-for in IPL play-offs, revive CSK? | Cricket News

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3 min readNew DelhiApr 23, 2026 05:48 PM IST For the fourth season in a row, Uttarakhand seamer Akash Madhwal will find himself playing in the IPL. He sparkled in his debut season, snaring 14 wickets in eight games, five of them coming in a play-off against LSG in 2023, for Mumbai Indians. But a modest 2024 edition saw him being let off. Although Rajasthan Royals grabbed him, he failed to make a significant impact to be retained. Now CSK have drafted him to revive their flailing bowling and season. His journey from Uttarakhand Roorkee is dreamy. Until he was 24, he had never bowled with a cricket ball, confining his tricks to the tennis-ball circuit. Upon his friends’ insistence, he randomly underwent trials and the Uttarakhand state team’s coaches were pleased. “When he came for the trials in 2019. We all were very impressed. He is skiddy and quick with a smooth action. There was an X-factor in him. Wasim (Jaffer) bhai roped him in straight away,” coach Manish Jha had told this newspaper. …

Sneh Rana makes a statement again, five-for spins India to a thrilling win against South Africa

Sneh Rana makes a statement again, five-for spins India to a thrilling win against South Africa

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“I will not give up, that’s my mantra.” That was Sneh Rana’s response when she was asked about what’s key to making one comeback after another. As she collected her player-of-the-match award in Colombo on Tuesday after a five-for against South Africa in the Tri-Series, that sentiment rang true. It cannot be easy being Sneh Rana, often in and out of the national side, performing when opportunities come her way one day, finding herself out of reckoning on another. India have a problem of plenty when it comes to picking right-arm offspinners, that’s part of the Rana puzzle, but with her start to this Tri-Series – 3/31 and 5/43 – she has made a strong statement to the selectors and team management. She was perhaps the more deserving recipient of the PoTM award on Sunday against Sri Lanka too, because the bowlers did more than the batters in a low-scoring match. But there could have been no arguments over the decision on Tuesday. In a match where South Africa were in control of the run-chase …

Son of fisherman, Kerala’s MD Nidheesh grabs a five-for to rattle Jammu & Kashmir in Ranji Trophy quarter final | Cricket News

Son of fisherman, Kerala’s MD Nidheesh grabs a five-for to rattle Jammu & Kashmir in Ranji Trophy quarter final | Cricket News

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It’s unclear why Jammu & Kashmir chose Pune’s misty MCA stadium as their preferred venue for the Ranji quarterfinals. But Mattakandathil Dineshan (MD) Nidheesh knew his ears pricked up when he heard Kerala would travel away from the usually preferred flat wickets or turners, aiming for the semifinal. Nidheesh, the right-arm outswing specialist conjuring wicked angles, knew he was On. His time to strike, was now. MCA’s serene field and spicy pitch have plenty of fans in both Ranji teams, notably their quicks. “This was like heaven for us!” Nidheesh would say after his 5-for 56 from 23 overs, regularly stubbed out flickers that J&K batsmen lit, while reaching 228/8 in 85 overs on Day 1. Story continues below this ad It wasn’t just the 5 wickets and the fact that he put in 27 percent of the overs Kerala bowled, maintaining impressive stump-to-stump discipline with variations thrown in when least expected. It was the fact that he removed four dangerous J&K batsmen, right when they were threatening to let loose. Seasoned opener Shubham Khajuria …

Shivam Sharma’s five-for guides UP to an innings win against Bihar; Kerala salvage draw against MP

Shivam Sharma’s five-for guides UP to an innings win against Bihar; Kerala salvage draw against MP

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Patna, Left-arm spinner Shivam Sharma picked up five wickets as Uttar Pradesh bowled out Bihar for 236 to secure an innings and 119-run victory, their first in six games, in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match here on Sunday. HT Image Needing 225 runs to force Uttar Pradesh to bat again, Bihar resumed their second innings at 130 for 5, hoping for a remarkable recovery to salvage a draw. However, they could manage only 106 more runs before being dismissed. Uttar Pradesh, who had declared their first innings at a massive 603 for 2, put up a clinical bowling performance to finish off Bihar’s innings with ease. Overnight batters Ayush Loharuka and Sachin Kumar put up a dogged show in the first session, taking Bihar to 176 for 5 in 71 overs. But Shivam Sharma made the crucial breakthrough when he trapped Loharuka in front after lunch, triggering a collapse. Sachin completed his half-century before being run out by Shivam Mavi, as Bihar slipped to 191 for 7. Sharma then took the wickets of …

Meet Lucy Hamilton, the youngest to a five-for in Big Bash League | Cricket News

Meet Lucy Hamilton, the youngest to a five-for in Big Bash League | Cricket News

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Until Sunday morning, left-arm seamer Lucy Hamilton had not grabbed a single wicket in seven Big Bash League games. But the 18-year-old struck with her second ball of the day, when the Brisbane Heats bowler castled Melbourne Stars’s batter Yastika Bhatia. The penultimate ball of the over, she snared her wicket, that of Annabel Sutherland. The evening turned brighter as she dismissed her idol Meg Lanning caught behind with the first ball of her second over, Tess Flintoff and Deepti Sharma to return with stellar figures of 4-1-8-5, thus becoming the youngest to pick up a five-for in the league at 18 years and 193 days. Her effort restricted Stars to 138, a target the Heats overcame in 17.3 overs. Her craft was simple. She bowled a good length on stumps and moved the ball both ways. The left-arm quick, which itself is a rarity in women’s cricket, from Bundaberg was drafted into the BBL when she was only 16, after her performance in the Under-19 World Cup squad in 2022, where she picked up …

Chhattisgarh’s Shubam Agarwal stuns Tamil Nadu with a five-for

Chhattisgarh’s Shubam Agarwal stuns Tamil Nadu with a five-for

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Into his ninth domestic season, putting all three formats together, the legspinner Shubam Agarwal has played only 42 matches for Chhattisgarh. He has even played a lone IPL fixture for Gujarat Lions in 2017 – the first from his state to do so. But for years, he has just been looked at as an old piece of furniture who the team doesn’t want to let go off, but doesn’t give enough attention either. With Ajay Mandal and Jivesh Butte in the mix, Agarwal in many ways depicts the plight of a leg-spinner in India’s domestic circuit. On Monday, the 30-year-old Agarwal had his best moment under the sun, grabbing his maiden five-wicket haul to allow Chhattisgarh dream of a famous away win against Tamil Nadu. Having resumed the day at 23/1 in response to Chhattisgarh’s total of 500, Tamil Nadu were bowled out for 259 in their first innings, with spinners taking nine wickets. With just two points in their kitty and seven points there for the taking, Chhattisgarh made TN to follow-on and they …

Abhimanyu Easwaran Stands Firm For India B Even As Anshul Kamboj’s Five-For Wreaks Havoc

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India B opener Abhimanyu Easwaran continued to bat confidently as he scored a defiant century to guide his team to 309 for 7 against India C, which still looked in control to enforce a follow-on in their Duleep Trophy match on Saturday. Despite Easwaran’s unbeaten 143, India B trail India C by 216 runs and require 66 more runs to avoid a follow-on with just three wickets in hand. India C had scored a mammoth 525 in their first innings with Ishan Kishan scoring a century. The Day 3 of the tie belonged to the India B skipper, who scored a patient 262-ball 143 amid a procession of wickets with India C pacer Anshul Kamboj’s five-wicket haul (5/66 in 23.5 overs) bringing Easwaran’s team on its knees. Undaunted by the fall of wickets at the other end, Bengal batter Easwaran kept frustrating the India C bowlers, though he still has work to do on Sunday to avoid a follow-on. Commencing the day at 124 for no loss with Easwaran (overnight 51 not out) …