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India captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 58 in the women's Test match at Lord's — and with it became the first Indian player, male or female, to post fifties across Tests, ODIs and T20Is at the venue.
It's a rare club. Only a handful of cricketers have registered fifties in all three formats at the historic ground, and Kaur's now among them.
The ICC named Sourav Ganguly, Anjum Chopra and Kevin Pietersen to its Hall of Fame on Friday. Ganguly gets in for captaining India across 60 Tests and 146 ODIs — he won series in England, Australia and Pakistan. Chopra, who played 127 ODIs and scored 2,850 runs, was instrumental in building India's women's cricket. Pietersen, England's attacking force in 104 Tests (8,181 runs at 47.7), was part of the 2010 T20 World Cup win.
The Hall of Fame now has 106 members. The three will be formally welcomed at a ceremony later this year.
Sourav Ganguly was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame on his 54th birthday. He's the 10th men's cricketer from India to join the select group — only 12 Indians have the honour in total.
Ganguly thanked ICC chairman Jay Shah for the recognition.
Kieron Pollard has become the leading run-scorer in T20 cricket history. He surpassed Chris Gayle's previous record total.
The milestone adds to Pollard's long career across franchise leagues and international cricket. No specific match date or innings details accompanied the announcement.
Chamari Athapaththu scored an unbeaten century to guide Sri Lanka Women to a nine-wicket win over Ireland Women in the Women's T20 World Cup. Shadley van Schalkwyk's deceptive off-cutters have delivered strong economy figures in Major League Cricket this season.
India left-arm spinner Shree Charani has risen to number one in the ICC Women's T20I bowling rankings. She overtook England's Linsey Smith after taking 10 wickets in three Women's T20 World Cup matches at an economy rate of 7.32.
The achievement came during the ongoing tournament, where Charani earned a career-best rating. Updates to the rankings also showed Georgia Voll retaining the top spot among batters.
Chamari Athapaththu scored an unbeaten 106 off 61 balls as Sri Lanka Women defeated Ireland Women by nine wickets at Bristol on June 23, 2026. New Zealand Women chased 132 against Scotland Women on the same day, winning by six wickets with contributions from Izzy Sharp's 62 and Brooke Halliday's unbeaten 41.
India stays at No. 1 in the ICC men's ODI rankings, but New Zealand's gap has closed to just five points—down from eight.
India's held onto the number one spot in the ICC men's ODI team rankings after the latest annual update. What's changed: New Zealand's crept closer. The gap used to be eight points. It's now five. That kind of squeeze doesn't happen by accident—it reflects how quickly the middle of the pack can tighten when form shifts.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi won five IPL 2026 awards at age 15, including the Orange Cap and MVP.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi won five major awards in IPL 2026 — Orange Cap, Most Valuable Player, Emerging Player of the Season, plus two others — at 15 years old. He's the first player in the tournament's history to collect five such honours in a single campaign.
Kagiso Rabada singled out the teenager's talent, saying he's a player who forces teams to drop their age-based playbooks. That kind of pressure from a peer matters.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's number 03 is now in the same demand tier as Dhoni, Kohli, and Rohit — after a 97 off 29 balls in an IPL eliminator.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's jersey number 03 is suddenly in the same demand bracket as MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma. The 15-year-old scored 97 off 29 balls at a strike rate above 335 in Rajasthan Royals' IPL eliminator — three runs short of a century. He told broadcasters afterward he'd stayed calm under knockout pressure, and in the same innings set a new record for most sixes in an IPL season by a teenager.
Kohli's unbeaten 105 off 60 balls took RCB past KKR and pushed him past 14,000 T20 runs. He's now got nine IPL centuries — more than any other player.
Virat Kohli hit his 10th T20 century — an unbeaten 105 off 60 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders — and became the first Indian batter to reach that mark. He's also the fastest to 14,000 T20 runs, doing it in 409 innings. At Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, he set a new venue record.
RCB chased down 193 in 19.1 overs. Devdutt Padikkal (39 off 27) stuck with Kohli in a 92-run second-wicket stand that did the real damage. KKR's Angkrish Raghuvanshi hit 71 off 46 to get them to 192 for four, but it wasn't enough.
Kohli's now played 279 IPL matches and holds the competition's century record with nine hundreds. He shook off two ducks earlier in the tournament. RCB moved to the top of the table after this win.
GT posted 168/5 and bowled out SRH for 86 to win by 82 runs, securing 16 points and top table position.
Gujarat Titans beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 82 runs at Narendra Modi Stadium and moved to the top of the IPL 2026 table with 16 points from 12 matches. B Sai Sudharsan made 61 off 44 balls and Washington Sundar hit 50 off 33 to push GT to 168/5, though the pitch was two-paced and early innings wasn't easy. SRH never recovered. They collapsed to 86 all out in 14.5 overs.
Kagiso Rabada took 3-28 from four overs — economy of just 7.00 — while Jason Holder grabbed 3-20 and Prasidh Krishna took 2-23. It's GT's fifth straight win. SRH slip to third on 14 points, with Rabada now leading the Purple Cap race on 21 wickets after running through their top order. Travis Head fell for a duck. GT's powerplay bowling — Praful Hinge went 2-17 from three overs — suffocated SRH before they could build anything.
Sudharsan is now second in the Orange Cap with 561 runs across three straight IPL seasons where he's passed 500. RCB sit second overall on 14 points from 11 games.
Patel made 65 off 23 with eight sixes in CSK's five-wicket chase of 204 at Chepauk.
Urvil Patel scored a fifty off 13 balls for Chennai Super Kings against Lucknow Super Giants at MA Chidambaram Stadium. The effort equalled Yashasvi Jaiswal's IPL record and powered CSK to chase 204 with five wickets in hand. Patel made 65 off 23 balls including eight sixes for his maiden IPL fifty.
Jamie Overton took three for 36 to hold LSG to 203 for eight after Josh Inglis scored 85. Anshul Kamboj claimed two for 47 in CSK's bowling. The win marked CSK's third straight victory and lifted them to fifth on the points table.
Urvil Patel credited his coach's advice on a stable base and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad's pitch reading tips, per Times of India. He said he just wanted to play simple shots in the post-match comments.
Allen hit 10 sixes including the winning blow after KKR's spin choked DC.
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Capitals by eight wickets at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday. Finn Allen scored an unbeaten 100 off 47 balls with five fours and ten sixes to chase 143 in 14.2 overs. Cameron Green added 33 not out off 27 balls after DC made 142 for eight with Pathum Nissanka's 50 off 29 top-scoring.
KKR restricted DC through spin as Sunil Narine took one for 17 and Varun Chakravarthy claimed wickets in the collapse from 74 for one. Anukul Roy took two for 31, Vaibhav Arora one for 29, and Kartik Tyagi two for 25 for KKR. Axar Patel returned one for 27 for DC.
The win gives KKR four victories from ten games for nine points as they chase playoff spots. DC lost their second straight after an eight-wicket defeat to CSK. Allen earned player of the match for his fourth IPL hundred.
Sudharsan passed Chris Gayle's IPL runs mark after 50 games with 2178. GT chased 164 with one ball to spare.
Gujarat Titans won by four wickets against Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium. They chased 164 with one ball left. Sai Sudharsan scored 57 off 41 balls. Washington Sundar finished 40 not out off 23. Jason Holder took 4 for 24 to earn Player of the Match. GT claimed their third straight win. They level points with PBKS now.
Punjab Kings made 163 for 9. Suryansh Shedge hit 57 not out off 29 balls. They recovered from 47 for 5. Marcus Stoinis added 40 off 31. But GT's bowlers struck back. Mohammed Siraj took 2 for 28. Kagiso Rabada got 2 for 22. Rashid Khan picked 1 for 32. Sudharsan broke Chris Gayle's record for most IPL runs after 50 matches. He reached 2178. Fastest to 2000 runs in 47 innings since his 2022 debut. PBKS lost their second game in a row.
GT builds around players like Sudharsan. He provides steady starts every chase. Holder adds control with good lengths. This setup differs from teams chasing big overseas names. Homegrown talent brings stability. Imports bring risk in auctions. GT's three wins show the approach works. Playoff hopes revive. PBKS stay top with 13 points but slip. Squad philosophy matters more in IPL's churn.
KL Rahul tops IPL 2026 run charts with 433 ahead of Abhishek Sharma's 425 and Klaasen's 414 post-DC's win over RR.
KL Rahul leads the Orange Cap with 433 runs. Abhishek Sharma's at 425, Heinrich Klaasen third with 414.
Rahul scored 75 off 40 balls in DC's seven-wicket chase of 226 against RR at Sawai Mansingh, while Pathum Nissanka added 62 off 33 in a century stand. Riyan Parag had already taken RR to 225 for six with a 90 off 50.
DC sit sixth on eight points from nine games; RR stay fourth with 12 from 10.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar grabbed the IPL 2026 Purple Cap with 14 wickets. His 3 for 5 against Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley did it. Economy sits at 7.61. Anshul Kamboj and Eshan Malinga hold 14 each.
That haul marks his 20th IPL three-wicket bag. Only Bumrah has more among pacers, with 22. Josh Hazlewood took 4 for 12. RCB chased in 6.3 overs. Their biggest win by balls remaining. Times of India notes it equals the lowest sixth-wicket score ever.
Bhuvneshwar bowled three overs for those figures. Swing cleaned up DC's top order. Once written off after SRH days, he's revived at RCB midway through the season. Purple Cap races tighten. His economy edges the tied pack. Swing endures in T20. Pitches grip.
PBKS chased T20's highest total of 265 vs DC despite Rahul's 152*; SRH overhauled RR's 229 after Suryavanshi 103 as 59 sixes flew.
Punjab Kings chased 265 against Delhi Capitals on April 25, the highest T20 chase ever. Prabhsimran Singh scored 76 and Shreyas Iyer hit 71 not out to overhaul DC's total despite KL Rahul's 152 not out, the highest individual score by an Indian in a losing cause. That game alone produced massive numbers, but Rajasthan Royals versus Sunrisers Hyderabad added more chaos with Vaibhav Suryavanshi's 103 off 37 balls for RR. SRH still chased 229 thanks to fifties from Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma. Across 77.2 overs in those two matches, batsmen hammered 986 runs and 59 sixes while fielders shelled 16 catches.
Bowlers leaked runs at a brutal clip -- economies pushed past 10 in spots, tell you everything about flat tracks and short boundaries. Rahul's knock set IPL records, including most runs in a losing effort, yet PBKS powered home with Priyansh Arya starring too. Suryavanshi, with RR, became the youngest to 1000 T20 runs and quickest to four hundreds, but SRH's openers flipped the script. Drops killed momentum; 16 in total meant batsmen feasted unchecked (his 152* sat there begging for a breakthrough that never came). Powerplay explosions from Abhishek and Kishan set SRH's tone, chasing anything under 250 feels routine now.
This Saturday feast marks T20's evolution into run orgies. Fielding lapses amplified the carnage -- 59 sixes don't happen without butterfingers. PBKS rewrote records, SRH joined the party, and bowlers paid the price on pitches offering zero seam. Rahul's century spree at DC continues, but even that couldn't save them. IPL 2026 shrugs off low-scoring days; high chases dominate as teams adapt or drown.
KL Rahul's unbeaten 152 with nine sixes proves his T20 reinvention amid DC's high-scoring loss to PBKS.
KL Rahul smashed 152 not out off 67 balls against Punjab Kings. It was the highest score by an Indian in T20s at Arun Jaitley Stadium. He cleared the ropes nine times and reached his IPL ton in 47 balls.
Delhi Capitals posted 264 for 2, powered by Nitish Rana's 91 off 44 balls. They shared a mammoth 220-run stand, but PBKS chased it down with six wickets in hand. Prabhsimran Singh blazed 76 off 26, while Shreyas Iyer finished unbeaten on 71 off 36. Axar Patel took 1 for 44, and Kuldeep Yadav claimed 2 for 46.
Per ESPNcricinfo, Rahul has worked on his six-hitting to adapt to T20 demands at a career's critical juncture. He's starting aggressive now, and the power shift shows in the numbers. CricViz tracks his boundary rate up 28% this season after DC folded for 195 chasing 242 in the previous SRH game.
Dropped first ball, Kohli piled 81 with eight fours and four sixes to hit twin milestones and chase 206.
Virat Kohli edged uppishly through the slips on nought off Rabada. Though the GT fielder missed it, the ball raced for four. He drove the next ball to long-on with precise timing. This secured his 800th IPL four after early momentum.
Devdutt Padikkal smashed six sixes in 27 balls while partnering Kohli's explosive 81 off 44. Their 115-run stand ate into GT's 205 for 3, which Shubman Sudharsan built with a hundred off 58 balls including 11 fours and five sixes that thrilled Chinnaswamy fans. RCB chased it in 18.5 overs with five down. The Friday crowd spilled onto the concourse early, roaring in celebration over the dominant win.
Kohli hit his 303rd IPL six against GT in this rout, leaving him eight shy of 9000 runs. Gayle holds the record with 357 sixes, while Rohit has 310 as next rival. Padikkal made 55 before late wickets fell. Yet he accelerated into power hitting, piling fours on sixes to energize fans in the thrilling chase.
North Zone won the final on first-innings lead. Sushma Verma faced 498 balls.
Sushma Verma scored 237 off 498 balls. Second-highest score in women's first-class cricket. North Zone took the Inter-Zonal multi-day trophy. First-innings lead sealed it.
Key partnerships held firm. She survived chances. Broke Mithali Raj's record. Fell two short of 242. Prep work paid off. Nets against pace bowlers. Focus stayed sharp. 'Lost it on two balls only,' she said.
Multi-day tests demand patience. 498 balls test endurance. South Zone couldn't break through. Trophy to North Zone. Her average climbs.
Chakravarthy grabs Buttler and Sundar to cross 100 KKR wickets. Gill surges ahead of Kohli.
Gill picked up the ball from outside off and lofted it over cover. Four. Then another, wristier this time. KKR's spinners watched from mid-off as Gujarat Titans edged closer to 181.
He fell short of the target, caught by Green off Arora for 86 off 50 balls—eight fours, four sixes. GT still won by five wickets in 19.4 overs at Motera. Gill's knock lifted him to 251 runs, past Kohli's 228 for the Orange Cap. His third win pushed GT into the top four.
Varun Chakravarthy leaked 34 in four overs but snared two. Those strikes—Buttler and Sundar—took him to 102 for KKR. First Indian to 100 wickets for the franchise, in 88 matches. KKR stayed stuck on zero from six.
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