Dubai: The ICC has banned Sri Lanka player Praveen Jayawickrama from all cricket for one year, of which six months are suspended, after he admitted breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code, parent body said in a press release on Wednesday. The charges relate to international cricket and the Lanka Premier League.

Star batter Babar Azam on Wednesday announced that he was stepping down as Pakistan captain in the white-ball format. This decision comes after he had stepped down from the role in 2023, only to be reinstated in 2024, replacing Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Mumbai: India and Mumbai pacer Tushar Deshpande underwent an ankle surgery in London after missing the second round of the recently-concluded Duleep Trophy.

The 75-year-old coach Klaus Bartonietz and Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra of India, a legendary German-Indian combination, are about to part ways as the former feels it's time to spend more time with his family in his native country. After the current season, Bartonietz, who helped Chopra make history by winning an Olympic gold medal, two World Championship medals, and an Asian Games gold, will be leaving.

Kanpur: Yashasvi Jaiswal scored another half-century as India defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in the weather-hit second Test to make a clean sweep of the two-Test series here on Tuesday.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a 13-year-old left-handed opener, made history on Tuesday by scoring the fastest century in U19 Tests for India during the ongoing youth Test match against Australia.

Kanpur: Indian batting superstar Virat Kohli on Monday became only the fourth player in history to complete 27,000 runs in international cricket across formats, a feat that he achieved on the fourth day of the ongoing second Test against Bangladesh here.

Mominul Haque hit a patient hundred on a placid pitch but India maintained pressure on Bangladesh with a couple of stunning catches, reducing the visitors to 205 for six at lunch on day four of the weather-hit second Test here here Monday.