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42-time champions Mumbai are not taking any team lightly

When Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy captain Siddhesh Lad made his first-class debut in 2013 under Zaheer Khan, there used to be four-five title favourites. Among them would be Mumbai, Delhi, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Over the past 10 years, the 34-year-old Lad, who also played a season for Goa, has seen the level of competition change…

Sophie Molineux: The Two Sides of Australia’s New Cricket Captain Who Silenced Her Doubters - Allora! Italian Australian News

Quiet, composed and fiercely competitive on the field, Sophie Molineux reveals a completely different personality away from the pressure of international cricket. Just months after her surprise appointment as Australia’s women’s captain, she led the team to a historic seventh T20 World Cup title. Now, with another injury interrupting her leadership, the 28-year-old faces a…

‘Nobody can stop Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar’: Ashwin’s bold prediction as pacer makes India return after four years

Bhuvneshwar Kumar NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s return to international cricket could open the door for a remarkable comeback to India’s ODI squad and potentially take the veteran pacer to next year’s 50-over World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.Bhuvneshwar, who returned to India colours after nearly four years…

"Excessive burden of expectation": Sohail Tanvir on Babar Azam's lean patch in international cricket

Dubai [UAE], October 7 (ANI): Former Pakistan speedster Sohail Tanvir has backed star batter Babar Azam to overcome his recent struggles, saying the Pakistan batting mainstay is carrying an excessive burden of expectations because the team lacks another batter of comparable stature. Babar Azam ended an 83-innings century drought across formats in November 2025, when…