Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the 1st ODI match of Women’s Tri-Nation Series between India and Sri Lanka being played at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. PREVIEW The Indian women’s cricket team faces its Sri Lankan counterpart to kick-off the Tri-Nation ODI series in Sri Lanka on Sunday at the R. … Read more
Pakistan women’s team veteran Nida Dar has withdrawn from national selection because of mental health issues, a first in the country’s cricket. Nida, 39, a former captain of the national women’s team, said in a social media post on Friday that she has taken a break from cricket. “In the past few months, a lot … Read more
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced the formation of a dedicated task force to support displaced Afghan women cricketers. In a landmark initiative, the ICC has joined hands with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), and Cricket Australia (CA) to assist athletes from the … Read more
With all six teams at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Qualifier having played a game each, four sides returned to action on Day 3. While Pakistan and Scotland had won their opening fixtures, West Indies and Ireland had dropped points. We take a look at how the second round of games featuring the … Read more
Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was fined 10 percent of her match fee for breaching the Code of Conduct in the victory against UP Warriorz in the Women’s Premier League on Thursday. She admitted to the Level 1 offence, which pertains to showing dissent at an umpire’s decision. The 35-year-old has been guilty of losing … Read more
Priya Mishra slots into the archetype of a modern-day leg-spinner favouring the bustling nature of the white-ball formats. All of 20 years old, the diminutive bowler from Delhi is inclined to homing in on the stumps and deceiving batters with a well-masked wrong ’un as opposed to giving her leg-break a mighty rip. Over the … Read more
Gujarat Giants bowling coach Pravin Tambe said that the long gap between matches helped the side prepare for the new conditions despite the team losing to Delhi Capitals on Tuesday at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. The Giants returned to WPL action after seven days and kicked-off its Bengaluru leg with a six-wicket defeat to the … Read more
India international Sneh Rana defended Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s batting strategy after her side was beaten by UP Warriorz by virtue of a Super Over, the first-ever in Women’s Premier League history, on Monday at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. After Sophie Ecclestone’s heroic batting in the death overs took the match to a Super … Read more
UP Warriorz mentor Lisa Sthalekar praised new skipper Deepti Sharma’s all-round effort despite the team’s six-run loss to Gujarat Giants on Sunday. “Thought the way that Deepti batted was really well. She had a pretty good all-round game and actually showed the fight. Whilst wickets were falling, she knew her plan and stuck to it,” … Read more
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have signed Sneh Rana as a replacement for the injured Shreyanka Patil for the remainder of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 season on Saturday. Shreyanka, who has played 15 matches for RCB and has scalped 19 wickets, is ruled out of the third edition of the WPL due to an … Read more