Followers of the Indian Premier League will identify Vikram Solanki as the Director of Cricket with Gujarat Titans, the champions on debut in 2022. The Udaipur-born Solanki, who celebrated his 49th birthday on Tuesday, played 51 ODIs and three T20Is for England between 2000 and 2007 with modest returns, but he will go down in history books as … Read more
GT captain Shubman Gill, and Mohammed Siraj, during the training session ahead of the IPL 2025 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Gujarat Titans (GT), in Bengaluru on April 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to field first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru … Read more
The Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati will become the newest Test venue in India when it hosts South Africa (second and final Test, Nov. 22 to 26) later this year. It was confirmed when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced the fixtures for the India men’s home season from October … Read more
Tomokazu Harimoto in action at the WTT Star Contender, in Chennai | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Tomokazu Harimoto has been in the public eye ever since he was 12 years old. In 2015, he became the youngest player in history to reach the main draw of an International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour event, … Read more
Kolkata Knight Riders’ mentor Dwayne Bravo. | Photo Credit: Reuters Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Dawyne Bravo thinks a combination of smart bowling and reckless batting has resulted in a drop in high-scoring aggregates in the ongoing Indian Premier League. Analysing the trend of less number of 200-plus totals, Bravo said, “You have to try to … Read more
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders’ Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy during their practice session ahead of an IPL 2025 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on April 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Previous year’s finalists Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad, lying low this time with just a win apiece, … Read more
Yashasvi Jaiswal hits a boundary during day two of the fifth cricket Test match between Australia and India. | Photo Credit: DAVID GRAY India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has decided to leave Mumbai, his domestic team that made him the cricketer that he is, citing personal reasons. Jaiswal wrote to the Mumbai Cricket Association on Tuesday … Read more
Ben Sears took 5-59 as New Zealand bowled out Pakistan for 208 to win the second one-day. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Ben Sears took 5-59 as New Zealand bowled out Pakistan for 208 to win the second one-day cricket international by 84 runs Wednesday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in three-match series. Faheem Ashraf … Read more
Two losses in three games have hit Lucknow Super Giants hard, and team mentor Zaheer Khan did not hold back in his criticism of the home-ground pitch following the heavy defeat to Punjab Kings, remarking, it looked like the PBKS “curator out here”. Chasing 172 on a track that offered grip and variable bounce, PBKS … Read more
A cricket ball is caught in a pair of wicket keeping gloves with a fan of Australian fifty dollar notes | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock Everybody has a plan to make cricket more equitable, bring in more money, have more rational calendars, comprehensible points systems and so on. The International Cricket Council, sadly, isn’t one … Read more
Everybody has a plan to make cricket more equitable, bring in more money, have more rational calendars, comprehensible points systems and so on. The International Cricket Council, sadly, isn’t one with such plans. Some years ago, the Woolf Report put forward ideas which were heartily ignored. Now the World Cricketers’ Association (WCA), a body with … Read more
Punjab Kings’ captain Shreyas Iyer exchanges a handshake with Lucknow Super Giants’ Manimaran Siddharth after their Indian Premier League 2025 match, at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on April 1, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Opener Prabhsimran Singh followed up a disciplined performance from Punjab Kings bowlers with a … Read more
RCB’s Virat Kohli, during the training session ahead of the IPL 2025 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Gujarat Titans (GT) in Bengaluru on April 01, 2025. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K. On paper in the lead-up to IPL-18, and on the field during the opening two matches, Royal Challengers Bengaluru has given … Read more
RCB captain Rajat Patidar during a training session on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR These are still early days in the IPL but Rajat Patidar has taken to captaincy like duck to water. Mo Bobat, Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s director of cricket, is no doubt mighty impressed. “The main thing you want to see … Read more
MI bowler Ashwani Kumar celebrates the wicket of KKR batter Rinku Singh during the IPL 2025 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, in Mumbai, Monday, March 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai Indians’ unheralded fast bowler Ashwani Kumar, who became the first Indian to take four wickets on IPL debut, is … Read more
Mumbai Indians Ashwani Kumar in action during the IPL 2025 match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai on March 31, 20925. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini “We train at the same academy. Very happy for him.” Despite being annihilated by Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders allrounder Ramandeep Singh had a twinkle in his eye when … Read more
Sharath Kamal, takes selfie for his fans with their mobile, after his match at the WTT Star Contender, at Nehru Indoor Stadium, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Sharath Kamal’s two-decade long journey has come to an end at the Nehru Stadium when he lost in the pre-quarterfinals of the WTT Star Contender Chennai … Read more
Hawkers selling Chennai Super Kings T-Shirts, Ribbon and caps to CSK supporters to cheer the team seen outside the M.A.Chidambaram stadium, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The online ticket sale for the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals, to be played at MAC Stadium on April 5 (3.30 p.m.), … Read more
Mumbai Indians bowler Ashwani Kumar during the IPL 2025 match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai on March 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Mumbai Indians’ (MI) latest sensation, Ashwani Kumar, made a dream debut in the Indian Premier League (IPL), delivering a match-winning performance against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The young seamer … Read more
The boxing world has always been full of colourful, inspiring characters. But even in this space, George Foreman stands out as an iconic figure. Foreman, who passed away last week at the age of 76, truly led a full life. There were huge highs and crushing lows, a religious awakening stemming from a near-death experience, … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Zeeshan Ansari celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Delhi Capitals’ Faf du Plessis during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), at the ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, Sunday, March 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Minister … Read more
James Hopes during press conference. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Punjab Kings fast bowling coach James Hopes vouched for home advantage in cricket ahead of his side’s IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants here at the Ekana Stadium on Tuesday. “I think it’s fine to have a home-ground advantage. If you have a spin-heavy attack, … Read more
Mumbai Indians’ captain Hardik Pandya. File | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an Indian Premier League match in MUmbai on Monday (March 31, 2025). MI brought in Will Jacks and also handed a debut to left-arm pacer … Read more
Pooran has been in sparkling form. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA A buoyant Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will look to kick off its IPL 2025 home campaign with a win against Punjab Kings at the Ekana Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. LSG comes into the fixture on the back of a stunning away win against … Read more
As the ball flew off his bat, the fielder at long-on briefly braced himself for a possible catch. But only very, very briefly. He craned his neck and saw the little white orb sail over his head, over the hundreds in the stands behind him, out of the stadium, into orbit. It was the most … Read more
Having started another season of IPL in their typical way, Mumbai Indians on Monday (March 31, 2025), is getting ready to take the defending champions – Kolkata Knight Riders – on the former’s home ground, hoping for a quick turnaround. Having built a reputation as ‘slow starters,’ Mumbai Indians has emerged as one team that … Read more
Sharath Kamal celebrates his win. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Sharath Kamal and S.F.R. Snehit were on song at the WTT Star Contender at the Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Friday. The two couldn’t have asked for a better outing to perform to their best in front of the home crowd. Sharath has few parallels … Read more
Rajasthan Royals’ Nitish Rana celebrates his half-century during the Indian Premier League 2025 match against Chennai Super Kings, at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on March 30, 2025. (ANI Photo) | Photo Credit: ANI Nitish Rana delivered a verdict on Riyan Parag’s captaincy and traced down the turning point for Rajasthan Royals against Chennai Super … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ M.S. Dhoni in action against Rajasthan Royals at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday, 30 March 2025. Photo: | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Mahendra Singh Dhoni can’t bat ten overs running full stick as his knee remains dodgy and the former captain decides on his batting position based on the … Read more
Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad in action during the IPL 2025 match against Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati. | Photo Credit: AP Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad blamed their poor starts and fielding lapses as key reasons behind their six-run defeat to Rajasthan Royals in the IPL on Sunday (March 30, 2025), marking their … Read more