Team India spinner Varun Chakaravarthy has created history by becoming India's highest-rated T20I bowler. Varun, who is the world number one T20I bowler, currently has 818 rating points. He broke the previous record held by Jasprit Bumrah with 783 rating points. Overall, the record is held by Pakistan's Umar Gul with 865 rating points.

The fourth T20I between India and South Africa at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow has been abandoned without a ball bowled due to fog in a rare instance. The match officials carried out six inspections before deciding to call off the match. The five-match series is currently led 2-1 by India.

All-rounder Prashant Veer and wicketkeeper-batter Kartik Sharma were the only players to receive bids from five different franchises on Tuesday. The duo were bought by CSK for ₹14.2 crore each. LSG, MI, CSK, RR and SRH bid for Prashant, while MI, LSG, KKR, CSK and SRH bid for Kartik.

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025, raising the FDI limit in the insurance sector to 100%. The Bill was cleared by a voice vote in the upper house, a day after its passage in Lok Sabha. Earlier, foreign direct investment in insurance was capped at 74%.

In IPL 2026 auction, uncapped wicketkeeper-batter Kartik Sharma and all-rounder Prashant Veer were bought by CSK for ₹14.2 crore each, 47.3 times their base price of ₹30 lakh. They are followed by J&K all-rounder Auqib Nabi Dar, who fetched ₹8.4 crore, 28 times his base price. Mangesh Yadav was bought by RCB for ₹5.2 crore, 17.3 times his base price.