With the T20 World Cup fast approaching, the teams have mapped out their final blocks of preparation. India, the defending champions, have the heaviest workload of all the Full Member teams ahead of the 2026 edition,

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India begun their T20 World Cup preparation with a massive 101-run win against South Africa. As India get closer to the world tournament, they really need to ask themselves this - does Shubman Gill deserve a spot in the T20I side?

New Zealand cricket team will face Australia in the second T20I match in Mount Maunganui on Friday. (Source: X) Home team New Zealand will be desperate to end a four-match T20I losing streak to Australia to keep the three-match Chappell-Hadlee Series alive ...

Pakistan won the Twenty20 tri-series after its spinners baffled Sri Lanka in a six-wicket victory in the final on Saturday. Sri Lanka lost its last eight wickets for just 16 runs and was bowled out for 114 in 19.

India keeper-batter Jitesh Sharma has clarity in his role and is firming to win a spot in the side's squad for next year's T20 World Cup.

IMAGE: Shubman Gill has failed to hit a single half-century in 13 T20 Internationals played in 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo Yet to stamp his authority in the shortest format, Shubman Gill would be eying major gains on home soil when a well-rounded India ...

All in all, this year has been a deeply disappointing one for Surya with the bat. His average with the bat is below 16 this year, the worst since his debut in 2021. Not just the dip in average, this year his strike-rate has been below 130, which is very low in comparison with his overall career strike-rate of 160 plus.