The IPL's crackdown on oversized bats, explained

Every batter who takes the field in the IPL is now having to go through a bat-gauge test. Here is why

The India mysteryspinner is still the No. 1-ranked T20I bowler, but eight of his 11 most expensive spells have come in the last four months

The pitch is as good as fresh, having hosted just one match in this T20 World Cup

A scratchy semi-final innings highlighted the widening gap between England's new T20 identity and their former talisman's declining form

Thirty-player training camp hastily rescheduled for Pretoria due to security situation in UAE

Sanju Samson and Jacob Bethell led the charge for their teams in a run-fest at Wankhede Stadium

Samson's 89 trumped Bethell's 105 on a night of pulsating drama, studded with 499 runs in 40 overs

"I did not miss two centuries. I have made 97 and 89 - it is a very big thing," Sanju Samson says of his back-to-back match-winning innings at the T20 World Cup

Jasprit Bumrah "a superpower that any captain will dream of", Faf du Plessis says after India quick changes the T20 World Cup semi-final against England with a special 18th over

Bethell's astonishing 105 from 48 balls almost got England home chasing 254

History, match-ups, physics… nothing could impede Sanju Samson once the mood took hold

Opener has been instrumental in taking India to the title decider

Master of predictability delivers his skills once again to derail England's epic run-chase

Sanju Samson and Jacob Bethell led the charge for their teams in a run-fest at Wankhede Stadium

Head coach admits team veered away from attacking game during Ashes, but praises white-ball 'identity'

Captain holds hands up over costly fielding error as England exit T20 World Cup in semi-final defeat to India

In a high scoring semi-final in Mumbai, where 499 runs were scored, Jasprit Bumrah bowled two economical overs at the death to shut down England's chase

Samson's 89 trumped Bethell's 105 on a night of pulsating drama, studded with 499 runs in 40 overs

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India went in with an unchanged XI

Neser pulled out by Cricket Australia after Ashes role earned him central contract

Labuschagne polled 20 votes after making four centuries in six innings, to finish one vote ahead of New South Wales batter Kurtis Patterson

In February 2025, Abhishek had smashed a fearless hundred at the Wankhede, against an England attack featuring Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid

Unlike modern T20 spinners, the England leggie looks to dismiss batters with his old-school skills of flight, dip and turn

The two teams are meeting in the semi-finals for the third straight edition, on the back of less than perfect campaigns, and seeking a historic third title

England captain leans into slow-bowling strengths ahead of crucial semi-final at the Wankhede

"I keep telling Varun that with the skill and variation he has, he has the ability to take a wicket almost every ball"

Where will the second T20 World Cup semi-final, between India and England at the Wankhede, be won and lost, and who will be the key protagonists in the drama?

The 37-year-old says there's no need to make any decisions on his future in the short term and has not ruled out playing on to 2028 if his body holds up