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Once feared, then forgotten & now giant-slayer of T20—the roller coaster journey of Zimbabwe cricket

Zimbabwe’s T20 WC victory against Australia revives memories of their 80s-90s heyday. Is this the start of the long-awaited revival of a team that rivals consider ‘easy points’?

He worked at a pizza shop & played on weekends. Today, he’s key to Italy’s T20 World Cup team

Sri Lanka-born Crishan Kalugamage, who won player of the match when Italy beat Nepal Thursday, talks discipline, hard work and ambition, terms Virat Kohli his inspiration.

Highs & lows of USA cricket: ICC suspensions, ‘green card’ tag & fighting spirit on & off field

As USA faces Netherlands in T20 WC today, more than just a cricket match is at stake. USA stunned Pakistan in 2024 T20 WC, but since then the team & board have suffered setbacks.

Cheeky digs at Trump, Pakistan & ICC from ‘remote volcanic rock’. Meet man behind Iceland Cricket’s X

Iceland Cricket has amassed admiration, and followers, on X with its frosty & humourous take on cricket politics, World Cup, its own weak standing in game & even ‘the orange one’.

No boycott, Pakistan now says cricket team will play against India in T20 World Cup clash

This was after the Pakistan government directed its national cricket team to play against India on 15 February in Colombo.

India lift U-19 World Cup for record sixth time as England blown apart by Sooryavanshi’s knock

The Ayush Mhatre-led side piled up a mammoth 411 runs before bowling England out for 311 to clinch one of the most dominant wins in the tournament’s history.

Jaws drop, records tumble: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi plunders 175 runs against England in U19 World Cup final

On Friday, the southpaw became the second fastest centurion in U19 World Cup history, after Australia’s Will Malajczuk. India went on to win the final match by 100 runs.

32 boundaries, only 3 sixes: RCB batters had a clear plan in WPL final against Delhi Capitals

Final went down to the wire as RCB lost three wickets in just 14 balls. With eight needed off four balls, Radha Yadav blasted two consecutive boundaries to clinch the win.

Pakistan’s refusal to play India in T20 WC is cynical and self-defeating

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

After Pakistan decides to not play India in T20 World Cup, ICC says move ‘undermines spirit of sport’

PCB’s move signals solidarity with Bangladesh, who were dropped from the tournament after refusing to travel to India over 'security concerns'.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.