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1 day ago | espn.in | Nagraj Gollapudi

Cricketing greats Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson will have their names etched on prestigious silverware as ECB and BCCI have decided to name the Test series between England and India going forward the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. ESPNcricinfo has learned that both Tendulkar and Anderson will unveil the trophy at Lord's during the World Test Championship (WTC) final which gets underway from June 11.

3 days ago | espn.in | Nagraj Gollapudi

India's new Test captain Shubman Gill will not play the second unofficial "Test" between England Lions and India A, to be played in Northampton from June 6. While announcing the Test squad for the five-match series in England, the BCCI had said that Gill, along with Gujarat Titans (GT) opening partner B Sai Sudharsan, would join India A ahead of the game. But ESPNcricinfo has learned that Gill and Sai Sudharsan will now travel with the main squad, which lands in England on June 6.

4 days ago | espn.in | Nagraj Gollapudi

Since his last-minute inclusion in February in the first match of the home ODI series against England, Shreyas Iyer has been playing match-winning, as well as impact innings both for India and, in the past two months, in IPL 2025 where he is captain of Punjab Kings. The latest example of that came on Sunday evening in Ahmedabad where Iyer batted like a man possessed: his undefeated 87 helped PBKS make only their second IPL final, and the first since 2014.

4 days ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy |Nagraj Gollapudi

Big picture: The break-up of the holy trinitySeven teams have their names etched on the IPL trophy. One of them doesn't exist anymore. Two weren't part of the league when it began. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) have been IPL ever-presents. They've made four finals between them, but neither has won the title. RCB and PBKS have instead come to be grouped with Delhi Capitals (DC), another trophy-less OG franchise, into what social media refers to as the IPL's Holy Trinity.

1 week ago | espn.in | Nagraj Gollapudi

India A 409 for 3 (Nair 186*, Sarfaraz 92, Jurel 82 *, Hull 2 for 51) vs England LionsWhile the opinion might be divided whether Karun Nair should be in the India XI for the first Test against England starting June 20 in Leeds, the former Karnataka batter strengthened his case with a stroke-filled century on the opening day of the unofficial Test between India A and England Lions in Canterbury.