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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally done what should have happened years ago. In a massive move, the BCCI has approved a sharp hike in match fees for women domestic cricketers, bringing their earnings almost on par with their male counterparts in India’s domestic circuit. It was already the case on the international level. Women’s domestic match fees get upgraded Under the revised structure, senior women cricketers will now earn ₹50,000 per day for every domestic one-day and multi-day match they play. That figure applies to all members of the playing XI. Non-playing squad members will receive ₹25,000 per match. In T20 competitions, the playing XI will earn ₹25,000 per match, while reserves will take home ₹12,500. To put that into perspective, senior women players were earlier paid ₹20,000 per match if they were in the XI and ₹10,000 if they were on the bench. The jump is not marginal. It is transformational. Junior women cricketers have also been included i...

Delhi Capitals will have a new captain in 2026. Lucknow Super Giants have started IPL 2026 preparations. The BCCI will review India’s Under-19 team’s loss in the Asia Cup. The selectors were divided on whether to select Shubman Gill. Stars will play 2025-26. Vijay Hazare Trophy and why Rohit Sharma contemplated retirement. Cricket 15 mins No Kohli vs Williamson clash as Kane picks SA20 over IND vs NZ ODIs Agarkar vs other selectors Chairman of Selectors Ajit Agarkar wanted Shubman Gill in India’s squad for the T20 World Cup. However, newly appointed selectors RP Singh and Pragyan Ojha didn’t agree with it. They and another selector, one of Shiv Sunder Das and Ajay Ratra, sided with them, and Gill was left out . BCCI to review Pakistan loss BCCI will conduct a review after India lost the Under-19 Asia Cup 2025 final to Pakistan by 191 runs. It’s standard practice to ask for the team manager’s report, but this time around, the BCCI will have a word with head...

Some defeats don’t just stay on the scoreboard. They sit quietly in the mind, replaying themselves long after the crowd has gone home. November 19, 2023 was one such day for Indian cricket , and for Rohit Sharma, it was a breaking point. No Indian fan wants to utter that date, as they all have a dark memory of watching Glenn Maxwell hit those winning runs and crushing India’s deserving win. For the entire tournament, the Men in Blue were a better team than Australia but when it mattered the most, India failed. Australia, on the back of Travis Head, liberated. India had swept through the ODI World Cup unbeaten, dominant and ruthless. Ten wins on the trot. One last step to glory, at home, in Ahmedabad. And then, it all slipped away. Australian pacers set it up before the batters chased down 241 with ease, leaving behind silence, disbelief and a captain who had given everything. More than a year later, Rohit has finally spoken about what that defeat did to him. He wasn’t seen in piblic f...

BCCI is looking for India’s next T20I captain. Did Yashasvi Jaiswal deserve a spot over Ishan Kishan? Pakistan’s selector has admitted following India’s method in T20I cricket. Pakistan has won the 2025 Under-19 Men’s Asia Cup. RCB and KKR fight for the same players, and what is Ravichandran Ashwin’s XI for CSK? Cricket 11 mins India ‘unselected’ XI for T20 World Cup 2026: No Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer captain over Rajat Patidar New India T20I captain? BCCI’s plan hasn’t worked out. The board wanted Shubman Gill to take over as captain after the T20 World Cup. However, Gill has been dropped due to non-performance. Although the BCCI has to change its course, it remains adamant. They wish to move on from Suryakumar Yadav after the ICC event. RCB goes after KKR Abhishek Nayar has spoken about the failure of buying back Venkatesh Iyer. The KKR head coach revealed that they expected to get Venkatesh cheaply. Abhishek added that RCB and KKR have similar interes...

Shubman Gill’s exclusion from India’s T20 World Cup 2026 squad has left many surprised, and Sunil Gavaskar is also in that camp. Gill, India’s current Test and ODI captain and the T20I vice-captain until the South Africa series, was left out when Ajit Agarkar announced the T20 World Cup and New Zealand T20I squads. Instead, the selectors went with Ishan Kishan and brought back Rinku Singh, while Jitesh Sharma also missed out. Fans thought it was a foregone conclusion that the management would continue to back their decision of drafting in Shubman Gill in the T20I setup. However, as it turns out, they weren’t sure either. They gave Gill the entire Asia Cup, the series against Australia and also three games against South Africa. But the star player didn’t manage to score a fifty as well. Sunil Gavaskar reacts to Gill’s exclusion Reacting on Star Sports, Gavaskar admitted he did not see this coming at all. “ Not a bit of a surprise, it is a surprise ,” he said, showing just how unexpe...

The unexpected happened as India announced their squad for the T20 World Cup 2026. Shreyas Iyer has been backed to make his T20I comeback and potentially replace Suryakumar Yadav. Virat Kohli has commenced training for his Delhi comeback. Cricket 38 mins Rating RCB squad after IPL 2026 auction: Buying Venkatesh Iyer over Ravi Bishnoi, a mistake? Samson picked over Gill Shubman Gill has been excluded from India’s squad for the T20 World Cup. Having featured against South Africa as the vice-captain, Gill has been dropped. Ajit Agarkar clarified that the 26-year-old was omitted to ensure a keeper plays up top. Later, it was revealed that Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav had decided to go ahead with Sanju Samson on December 17. Ishan Kishan comeback In a surprising turn of events, Jitesh Sharma has been dropped. Given that Samson will open, the selectors have brought Rinku Singh into the team as the finisher. Instead of Jitesh, Ishan Kishan will be the ba...

It was yet another eventful day in cricket on Friday as India added yet another series win to their name after defeating SA 3-1 in the series. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant are all set to return to the Vijay Hazare Trophy after a long gap and will take part in at least a couple of games before IND vs NZ ODIs. Meanwhile, Brisbane Heat completed the highest run-chase in the history of the Big Bash League. In other news, the India squad for the T20 World Cup 2026 will be announced on Saturday. On that note, let’s take a look at the top headlines from Friday (December 19). Samson > Gill Sanju Samson wasted no time in proving that he is a better opener for the team in T20Is than Shubman Gill in the IND vs SA 5th T20I. raced to 37 runs off 22 deliveries, striking 4 fours and 2 sixes during his knock. Such was the elegance and class displayed by the Kerala keeper-batter that former India head coach Ravi Shastri couldn’t help but wonder why he was not in the playing XI au...