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India and Pakistan locked horns three times in 15 days in the recently concluded Asia Cup, and more than the action on the field, the off-field made the headlines. It all started with the Indian team avoiding the handshake with Pakistan players on September 14 after the group stage clash. The same policy was followed in the next two matches as well, even as tempers flared among players as well with provocative gestures from Pakistan cricketers. Meanwhile, India and Pakistan's women's teams are also set to lock horns on Sunday (October 5) in Colombo, and the no handshake saga is likely to spill into the ongoing Women's World Cup as well. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/QNhnKt4 via IFTTT

India U19 and Australia U19 have locked horns in the first Youth Test of the two-match series at the Ian Healy Oval in Brisbane. The visitors, like they did in the ODI series, are dominating the proceedings in the longest format as well, thanks to Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who has played an explosive knock in the first innings. In the process, he also broke his captain Ayush Mhatre's all-time record for India. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/ZKm7qdR via IFTTT

The prestigious Irani Cup is set to be played from today between the Ranji Trophy champions from last season, Vidarbha, and the Rest of India, the team made out of the best players in the domestic circuit in the country. The match will be played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/ok5FnDX via IFTTT

It’s interesting that International League T20, which may not be considered in the same vein as leagues like IPL, BBL, SA20 or the Hundred, has been in the buzz for the last month or so, probably due to the increased Indian participation in the tournament. The first-ever player auction is not the only different aspect about the fourth edition of the ILT20, which has shifted to the January window due to the T20 World Cup being scheduled to be held in February-March, and will have players from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, mandatorily in the squad. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/T7m1Hrl via IFTTT

The 13th edition of the Women's World Cup is here and it couldn't have been at a better place than India, where the popularity and following of women's cricket, especially after three seasons of the WPL, is at its tipping point. It's been 12 years since the Women's World Cup took place in India and the landscape has changed 180 degrees in the last decade. The interest and the following have increased and hence the celebration and scrutiny. As Meg Lanning mentioned, a home World Cup brings a lot of pressure with it, and how the Indian team handles it, will go a long way in deciding how far they go in the tournament. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/E8sYZX5 via IFTTT

Nepal bullied the big boys from the Caribbean to register their first-ever bilateral series victory over a full-member nation and quite convincingly at that. Yes, the West Indies rested most of their first-choice T20 XI, probably taking the Nepali cricket team too lightly and had to pay for it in a big way as the latter were too good with both bat and ball in two games in a row in Sharjah. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/lHzVNMw via IFTTT

The Women's World Cup has returned to India after 12 years, being a much more widely watched product, with much higher stakes, including reputations, a lot more money involved and probably an event for the ages for women's sport in the country. The 1983 World Cup is still considered 'the' moment which put Indian cricket on the sporting map of the world and as per Sachin Tendulkar, who witnessed it first-hand, feels that the CWC 2025 could be for women's cricket what the tournament 42 years ago did for the men's game in the country. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/qORm3AW via IFTTT