BCCI announces central contracts for women’s team: Harmanpreet, Smriti in Grade A; Shreyanka in Grade C

India women’s team skipper Haramanpreet Kaur and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana were retained in Grade A of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) central contract list, announced on Monday. All-rounder Deepti Sharma was also retained in the Grade A category. There were only four players in Grade B with Rajeshwari Gayakwad, whose last … Read more

Australia drubbing shows India risks being perpetual learners who fail the big tests

A home ODI World Cup beckons in under a year and the Indian team looks like a jigsaw puzzle with the parts all mismatched if the 3-0 humbling by Australia is anything to go by. Frequent experimentation, persistently ordinary fielding standards and a batting order that has looked disjointed continue to plague the Harmanpreet … Read more