Ex-Australia captain Ricky Ponting urged Australia all-rounder Cameron Green to keep things simple and not to tinker a lot with his game in Tests. He noted that Green should use skills that worked for him in domestic cricket in Test matches. Green has scored 76 runs at an average of 19 and taken two wickets so far in Ashes series.

Mumbai defeated Sikkim by eight wickets in their Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 Group C match at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Wednesday. Batting first, Sikkim scored 236-7 in their 50 overs, with Mumbai captain Shardul Thakur picking up two wickets. Former India captain Rohit Sharma's 155 off 94 balls then helped Mumbai chase down the 237-run target in 30.3 overs.

Former Team India captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday smashed his highest score in 50-over cricket for Mumbai. The 38-year-old scored 155 runs off 94 deliveries, including 18 fours and nine sixes against Sikkim in Vijay Hazare Trophy match in Jaipur. His previous highest score for Mumbai in List A cricket was 100.

Former Australia head coach and cricketer Darren Lehmann defended England after media scrutiny over allegations that England players drank heavily during the Noosa break between the second and third Ashes Tests. "They were actually really well behaved. They mixed with the locals, had a good time," he said. Lehmann added that a campaign is being run against the visitors.

Three of the four fastest List A (50-over) hundreds by Indians were scored today. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit fourth-fastest ton off 36 balls for Bihar against Arunachal Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. In the same match, Bihar captain Sakibul Gani smashed the fastest hundred off 32 balls. Jharkhand skipper Ishan Kishan struck the second-fastest ton off 33 balls against Karnataka.

Former Team India captain Rohit Sharma smashed a 62-ball hundred for Mumbai against Sikkim on his return to Vijay Hazare Trophy after seven years. It is Rohit's 37th hundred in List A cricket. Mumbai are batting second, with Sikkim setting them a target of 237 runs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

India batter Shafali Verma said cricket constantly teaches lessons and accepting weaknesses is important as it is the only way for a player to improve. "My endeavour is to improve every day and you will certainly see that in my game," she added. Shafali was adjudged Player of the Match after hitting 69*(34) against Sri Lanka in the second T20I.

Ex-India wicketkeeper-batter Robin Uthappa agreed with an interviewer's opinion that Shubman Gill was dropped from India's T20 World Cup 2026 squad because Suryakumar Yadav isn't making runs. "With World Cup sides...you can carry up to one player who isn't in great form; you can't carry more than that," Uthappa explained. He added, "I'm not saying Gill deserved to be there."

After Bihar's 14-year-old opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 190(84) in their Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Arunachal Pradesh, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra took to X and wrote, "Whatever he is doing is nothing short of extraordinary." "If he replicates this form in the IPL, he will break down the door for Team India," he said. Aakash added, "Unstoppable."

Bihar on Wednesday became the first team to breach the 550-run mark in List A (50-over cricket history). Bihar registered a total of 574/6 against Arunachal Pradesh in their Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 match and broke world record for registering the highest-ever List A total. The previous highest total (506/2) was recorded by Tamil Nadu against Arunachal Pradesh in 2022.