Murali Vijay - He Came, He Conquered, He Faded Away Silently !!!

A well-oiled orthodox batsman from Tamil Nadu landed himself in the Indian Test team in 2008. Despite initial hiccups, the stylish batsman managed to cement his place in the team and produced some incredible performances. After 61 Tests, 17 ODIs and 9 T20I appearances for the national side, Murali Vijay - 'The Monk', has called it a day in Indian cricket circles !!!

India cruised to a 168-run victory over New Zealand in Ahmedabad to claim the T20I series, by virtue of an excellent century from Shubman Gill and a magical spell from skipper Hardik Pandya.

It was on the 1st of Februrary, 1981 that Graeme Smith was born, who arguably us the greatest ever Test captain to have played the game. Leading South Africa at the age of 22, he conquered the world in his career seeing him take the Proteas to the top of the world. In this special, we ask Smithy on the art of captaincy and more.

Relive our watchalong for the 3rd T20I match between India and New Zealand on Wednesday.

Hardik Pandya's name was synonymous with big-hitting in death overs, along with his bowling duties of course. Yet, he was never seen as a dependable batter who could shape up an innings single-handedly. However, things have changed. Hardik Pandya 2.0 brings much more to the table. The talented all-rounder has transformed his batting abilities and as well as his approach and is likely to play key role in India's 2023 ICC World Cup campaign later this year.

The inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League is set to kick-start later this year, with five teams officially announced to take part in it !! High-profile players like Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma and Smriti Mandhana are expected to lead one side each, but who are the others that could complete the list?

India claimed the inaugural edition of the U19 T20 Women's World Cup, by defeating England in the final by seven wickets !! After a string of loses in the finals of international events, the Indian eves finally clinched a silverware under the stewardship of their star batsman Shafali Verma.

Join us in our watchalong for the 2nd T20I match between India and New Zealand on Friday, from 6:50 pm (IST)! Get involved with us during the match as our in-house experts provide insight, live reaction and commentary and of course lots of banter too! Ask us anything in the comments and we will answer them rightaway!

Aged 24, Rashid Khan has 500 T20 scalps in his bag and he is set for another 500 of them!

New Zealand inflicted a convincing 21-run victory over India in their T20I series opener in Ranchi. Daryl Mitchell and Mitchell Santner delivered for them with the bat and the ball respectively.