Sania Nehwal with Parupalli Kashyap. File | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre Indian badminton star Saina Nehwal and husband Parupalli Kashyap, who is also a top former shuttler, have announced their decision to part ways mutually. Taking to Instagram on Sunday, Saina shared the personal update that has taken the sporting world by surprise. “Life takes us … Read more
“It takes 20 wickets to win Test matches,” is an oft-repeated dictum pertaining to cricket’s oldest format. It is a statement that serves to underline the importance of bowlers in the five-day version. But when both teams take 20 wickets each, as England and India did in a humdinger at Lord’s, there has to be … Read more
Yashasvi Jaiswal will be eager to make substantial contributions in the fourth Test against England. | Photo Credit: – As Yashasvi Jaiswal hit the nets at the Beckenham County Ground, India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel rushed to the bowling end. Over the next thirty-odd minutes, the South African bowled to him at regular intervals. While … Read more
Ben Stokes led from the front as England pulled off a win against India in the third Test at Lord’s. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Ben Stokes led from the front as England went on to register one of its most thrilling wins against India in recent times at Lord’s. As things got tough and … Read more
Neeru Dhanda was a trifle unlucky to miss a medal in women’s trap as she was placed fourth in the Shotgun World Cup in Lonato on Saturday. Neeru shot 115 and qualified in sixth place by beating Alessia Iezzi of Italy 2-1 in the shoot-off. After 35 birds in the final, Neeru was tied in … Read more
Harikrishnan A Ra | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement For seven years, Harikrishnan A Ra remained an International Master. In the meantime, he competed in many tournaments in his quest to become a Grandmaster but fell short after coming agonisingly close to becoming one. The 23-year-old finally earned his third and final GM-norm in the La … Read more
Armed with multiple match-winners, India will look to continue their excellent build-up to the forthcoming World Cup when they face England in the potentially series-deciding second and penultimate women’s ODI in London on Saturday (July 19, 2025). India won the opener at Southampton by four wickets, and a victory at Lord’s will give the visitors … Read more
Ravindra Jadeja is seen during a practice session ahead of the fourth Test in Beckenham on July 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI India head coach Gautam Gambhir led the chorus of praise for experienced all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, describing his heroics in the Lord’s Test against England as an “incredible fight”. Jadeja remained unbeaten on … Read more
Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah during a training session at Beckenham on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI Jasprit Bumrah spent quite a bit of time at the gym, but did not bowl as India had a long practice session at the Beckenham county ground on Thursday. While it raised questions on whether he would be available … Read more
The clock had just ticked over to 1.46 p.m. on a warm Friday afternoon when Jamie Smith, the England wicketkeeper-batter, edged Mohammed Siraj to substitute wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel. In itself, it was a significant moment in the third Test. Smith had been a thorn in India’s side in both preceding Tests, had been dropped by K.L. Rahul at second slip … Read more
India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal at a training session in Beckenham on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI Some foot-tapping music at the gym, some banter and a lot of laughter – there were plenty of sunshine moments during India’s training session on a rather cloudy and gloomy Thursday at the Beckenham County ground. Resuming training after … Read more
Eagerly waiting: Kuldeep will be keen on making a mark with the series on the line. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO As India trained at the Beckenham County Ground on a cloudy Thursday morning, after a two-day break, Kuldeep Yadav bowled to Karun Nair and Abhimanyu Easwaran in one of the nets for about an … Read more
Deepti Sharma feels that Indian team is on the right track as far as preparations for the upcoming Women’s ODI World Cup are concerned but wants to focus on the ongoing England series as the marquee event is still two months away. | Photo Credit: Reuters Deepti Sharma feels that Indian team is on the … Read more
England’s Ben Stokes celebrates with Joe Root after taking the wicket of India’s Nitish Kumar Reddy in the third Test at Lord’s on July 12, 2025 | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters Ben Stokes’ lengthy bowling spells against India in the third Test shows the England all-rounder has full confidence in his body after … Read more
Amanjot Kaur celebrates after hitting four runs to win the match, with Deepti Sharma. | Photo Credit: Reuters Deepti Sharma showed enormous composure with an unbeaten half-century that powered India to a comfortable four-wicket victory in the opening women’s ODI against England. The dress rehearsals for India’s 50-over World Cup started in earnest as a … Read more
West Indies’ Andre Russell plays a shot during a cricket match. File | Photo Credit: AP Two-time Twenty20 World Cup winner Andre Russell will retire from international cricket at age 37 after the second T20 match against Australia on July 22 in his hometown of Kingston, Jamaica, Cricket West Indies (CWI) said on Wednesday. All-rounder … Read more
It wouldn’t be an understatement to say that England’s run-rate in the Lord’s Test against India was well under its usual lofty standards. Ever since coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes joined hands in June 2022, the Englishmen’s run-scoring graph has seen more crests than troughs. It was a different England that set out … Read more
Tough going: India is winless in its nine Tests at Manchester, with four losses and five draws. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO From playing a Test match under the leadership of the Maharaja of Vizianagram, back in 1936, to Sachin Tendulkar scoring his maiden international century — the Old Trafford has seen some of the … Read more
Bumrah has been the standout bowler for India. | Photo Credit: PTI Jasprit Bumrah has never played a Test match at Old Trafford, but it’s now that India needs him the most. As the team heads to Manchester, trailing 1-2 in the five-match series, the think tank has a tough task at hand as it … Read more
Harmanpreet Kaur. File | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters England skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt won the toss and elected to bat against India in the first women’s ODI here on Wednesday (July 16, 2025). England had lost the preceding five-match T20I rubber 2-3. Teams England: Tammy Beaumont, Amy Jones (wk), Emma Lamb, Nat Sciver-Brunt (capt.), … Read more
England captain Ben Stokes leaves the field with his team after winning the 3rd Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Lord’s Cricket Ground on July 14, 2025, in London, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The England cricket team slipped a rung to third position in the World Test Championship table on Wednesday … Read more
File picture of former West Indies player Viv Richards Only a day after West Indies endured one of its worst performances in nearly a century of playing Test matches, the president of the Caribbean cricket board was looking to the past to improve the future. WICB president Kishore Shallow on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) said … Read more
The experienced Zoravar Singh Sandhu asserted his expertise by shooting a series of 24, 25, 24 for the third-best score of 73 after three rounds of trap in the Shotgun World Cup in Lonato on Friday. With two more rounds of qualification left on Saturday, Zoravar could aspire for a final berth with a strong … Read more
Jofra Archer of England celebrates dismissing Washington Sundar of India caught and bowled during Day Five of the 3rd Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Lord’s Cricket Ground on July 14, 2025, in London, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images After missing four years of test duty due to injury, England speedster Jofra … Read more
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has picked Rishabh Pant’s dismissal in the first innings and Karun Nair’s wicket in the second essay as the key moments that tilted the third Test at Lord’s in England’s favour. England registered a narrow 22-run win to go 2-1 up in the five-match series, bowling India out for … Read more
The India Under 19 team was held to a tense draw after England Under 19 captain Hamza Shaikh led from the front with a fighting century on the fourth and final day of the first Youth Test here. Chasing a stiff target of 350, England ended on 270/7 in 63 overs, frustrating the visitors’ push … Read more
Lord’s was hot, and seeing Ben Stokes virtually bowl himself into the ground was tiring just watching from the stands. It was a final day tempered with the heat of Stokes and treated with the ice of Ravindra Jadeja. Exhaustion is not a feeling, it is a physical state; yet at the end of the … Read more
The Indian recurve men’s and women’s teams’ campaign ended early after they lost their respective second-round matches at the Archery World Cup Stage-4 here on Thursday. On the previous evening, B. Dhiraj and Ankita Bhakat emerged as the best Indians in individual qualifying rounds. The results: Recurve: Qualifying round: Individual: Men: B. Dhiraj (13th, 674), … Read more
Grandmasters R. Praggnanandhaa, Aravindh Chithambaram, five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand, GMs Karthikeyan Murali and M. Pranesh at the launch of Chola Chess, in Chennai on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran After he won the Uzchess Cup Masters by the end of last month, R. Praggnanandhaa became the World No. 4 (Elo 2779) in the … Read more
Karun Nair has yet to register a fifty in the series. | Photo Credit: PTI Karun Nair landed in England with the hope of reviving his Test career. A dominating domestic season meant he got one more chance to prove his mettle at the highest level. But three matches into the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, Karun has … Read more