| RISHABH | First name of the India Test wicketkeeper-batter who moved from Grade B to Grade A in the Central Contracts.(First Name) (7) |
| WAYMARK | Method used to grade a signpost? (7) |
| OUTOFSTEP | Ejected from grade for disagreeing with the rest (3,2,4) |
| ELHI | It goes from grades 1-12 |
| SCORES | Son takes heart from grades (6) |
| PANT | Indian wicketkeeper-batter who hit 12 fours and six sixes to score a century in the Test match at Headingley.(Last Name) (4) |
| LES | Identify the first name of this former English cricketer who is the only wicketkeeper-batter to score a hundred First-class hundreds. (3) |
| BETH | Australia Women wicketkeeper-batter who made 106 against England Women in the 2025 Women's Ashes Test in Melbourne (4,6) |
| MOONEY | Australia Women wicketkeeper-batter who made 106 against England Women in the 2025 Women's Ashes Test in Melbourne (4,6) |
| UMESH | Indian pacer who moved from the Royal Challengers Bangalore to Delhi in the 2021 IPL (first name only) |
| SAMSON | Wicketkeeper-batter who scored 97* to lead India to semis. (Last name) (6) |
| ISHAN | Wicketkeeper-batter who scored 54 in the cricket final. (First name) (5) |
| SARDAR | ... Singh, who has been recently appointed as the coach of the India A hockey team. (6) |
| BENNETT | The fourth pick in the 2014 NHL draft, who moved from Calgary to Florida in 2021 |
| ROHIT | Captain of the India national cricket team in ODIs and T20Is (First name) |
| BAVUMA | Phehlukwayo and this player were the only members of the India-bound South African squad left unsold during the recent SA20 auction. (6) |
| RATRA | India Test wicketkeeper who made an unbeaten 115 against West Indies in St. John's in 2002 (5) |
| AJAY | India Test wicketkeeper who made an unbeaten 115 against West Indies in St. John's in 2002 (4) |
| AMES | Identify this former cricketer from England who is the only wicketkeeper-batter to score 100 First-class centuries. (3,4) |
| NICHOLSON | Artist who moved from still life to white reliefs, whose wives Winifred, Barbara Hepworth and Felicitas Vogler were respectively a painter, a sculptor and a photographer; or, his father, William, who |
