India’s Women’s World Cup campaign suffered another heartbreaking twist in Indore as they collapsed from a position of dominance to lose against England. Despite strong efforts from Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma, India failed to finish the job, exposing once again their struggle to close out big games, which now threatens their semifinal hopes.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s return to international cricket ended in disappointment as both fell cheaply to Australia’s pace attack. While Rohit was undone by Josh Hazlewood’s precision, Kohli repeated an old mistake against Mitchell Starc.
India suffered a heartbreaking 4-run defeat against England in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, losing their third consecutive match. Fans criticised the team’s inability to close games as Harmanpreet Kaur called it a heartbreaking moment.
Pakistan dismissed the ICC’s statement on the deaths of three Afghan cricketers as biased and unverified. Pakistani minister questioned ICC's neutrality, while the Afghanistan Cricket Board urged decisive action against PCB following the Paktika airstrike.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s poor returns in their ODI comeback against Australia highlighted the challenges they, as well as the team, might face ahead. As they eye the 2027 World Cup, both veterans must get ready for a tough road that comes with lack of match practice and long breaks.
India found themselves playing catch-up with Australia after they were reduced to 25/3 inside the powerplay, with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli departing cheaply on their grand return to international cricket and captain Shubman Gill following them to the pavilion shortly after.
Australia stunned India in the 1st ODI at Perth, winning by seven wickets to end India’s one-year unbeaten run in ODIs. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli failed on return to the national side as Shubman Gill’s ODI captaincy began on a sour note.
Australia vs India 1st ODI Highlights (Australian cricket team vs Indian cricket team 1st ODI full scorecard): Captain Mitchell Marsh remains unbeaten on 46 while Josh Philippe (37) and Matt Renshaw (21 not out) chip in with handy knocks as Australia chase down the 131-run target (DLS method) with nearly five overs to spare.
Australian cricket team will not be chasing 137 in the Perth ODI against India. The have been handed an adjusted target of 131.
The first ODI between India and Australia at Perth has witnessed dour rain breaks, disrupting India’s batting the reducing the match to a 26-over game.
Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Agha are reportedly on the verge of getting sacked as Pakistan cricket team captains due to poor results in 2025.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s quick and cheaply dismissals on their return to international cricket after over seven months did not go down well with a few Indian cricket fans as stinging criticism was seen on social media.
Rohit Sharma was dismissed cheaply on his return to international cricket after joining an elite list during the India vs Australia 1st ODI in Perth.
Mohammed Shami is not ready to relent as despite BCCI selector Ajit Agarkar stating that the fast bowler is not fully fit, the pacer has once against refuted that claims.