Author: 4xSports

Harshit Rana has been ruled out of India’s Afghanistan T20Is and Asian Games campaign after suffering a rectus femoris strain. Yash Thakur replaces him in both squads.

India will defend both Asian Games cricket gold medals in Japan. Save the confirmed men’s and women’s fixtures, squads and medal-match dates.

Your complete guide to Aichi-Nagoya 2026: official dates, 43 sports, India’s participation, full cricket schedule, venues, viewing information and FAQs.

Ishan Kishan produced a monumental 270 in the Duleep Trophy final, returned after retiring hurt and powered East Zone to an imposing 708 in Chennai.

Bangladesh Women and UAE Women meet in a decisive Group B fixture, with the remaining Women’s Asia Cup semi-final place at stake.

Pakistan Women can secure a semi-final place against Hong Kong Women in the final Group A match of the Women’s Asia Cup 2026.

Harshitha Samarawickrama held her nerve with an unbeaten 48 as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by four wickets and reached the semi-finals.

Shafali Verma reached 3,000 women’s T20I runs aged 22 years and 220 days during India’s Asia Cup victory over Pakistan.

Smriti Mandhana’s 124 against Hong Kong moved her past Mithali Raj with 10,880 international runs and a record 18 centuries.

Cricket is the most popular sport in India, it has supporters and fans heavily engage in the game by supporting and showing loyalty towards their favourite players. Players are well-liked and get opportunities to modify their fame into financial gains through brand endorsements and advertising. However, fame does not guarantee financial stability for players. After leaving professional cricket, lots of former players have had very little sponsorship offers, high medical costs, or very few sources of earnings left. Some platforms casually use the term, ‘’poor cricketers,’’ to share the statistics and approximate data for these players, that might not be…