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Outlook Sports Desk Updated on: 4 September 2026 1:11 pm Published at: 4 September 2026 1:07 pm

The European T20 Premier League (ETPL) has commenced its second week following a successful opening phase that has highlighted the quality of cricket, broadcast production, and growing support for Europe’s emerging professional cricket league.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India held a review meeting on Thursday, September 3, to assess the team’s recent performances and chart the course for the next year. The gathering brought together India’s Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill, T20I captain Shreyas Iyer, head coach Gautam Gambhir, VVS Laxman in his role as…

Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has made history by surpassing her role model Mithali Raj to become the leading run-scorer in Women’s Internationals, a milestone she humbly admitted she ‘never imagined’ achieving.

MUMBAI: Former India captain Diana Edulji feels it’s time to appoint vice-captain and superstar batter Smriti Mandhana as captain of the Indian women’s team “in all three formats of the game.”Mandhana became the leading run-getter in women’s internationals, en route to her hundred (124) in the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 on Thursday against Hong Kong…

Smriti Mandhana produced a record-breaking 124 against Hong Kong in the Women’s Asia Cup on Thursday, an innings that took her past Mithali Raj as the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket. The India vice-captain also became the first Indian woman with two T20I centuries and admitted she had never imagined overtaking her childhood role…

Smriti Mandhana became the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket. | Photo Credit:

Smriti Mandhana walks back after becoming the highest run scorer in women’s international cricket (Photo credit: BCCI/Twitter)

Homesportscricket ‘I definitely never imagined to do that’ | Smriti Mandhana on surpassing Mithali Raj’s featHistory was created at Dubai as the Indian vice-captain went past Mithali Raj’s tally of 10,868 International runs.

Kwena Maphaka’s projected stardom needs to start reaching the brightness of its promise in the upcoming season, with the left-arm seamer’s ability facing greater scrutiny at domestic and international level.