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GM Lalit starts off with a victory

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Grandmaster Lalit Babu edged past Ayaan Trikha in 64 moves in the Aurionpro Grandmaster chess tournament at the World Trade Centre on Monday (June 16, 2025). All the top players from Levan Pantsulaia, Manuel Petrosyan, Luka Paichadze, Mihail Nikitenko, Mamikon Gharibyan and Boris Savchenkko won on expected lines. In the junior section, top seed Aansh … Read more

I was just trying to keep faith in my process: Jaiswal

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Gill and Jaiswal added 129 for the third wicket. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Not many batters can boast of having scored their first five Test hundreds in four different countries. Yashasvi Jaiswal, whose nascent career is still in its 20th match, has managed that feat. On Friday in the opening Test against England at … Read more

Masterful Jaiswal and solid Gill power Team India

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Yashasvi Jaiswal hammered 16 fours and a six in his century. | Photo Credit: Getty Images If you are looking for a soft landing in your maiden Test series as captain, England might not be the ideal place. However, on the opening day of India’s first Test at Headingley here on Friday, Shubman Gill & … Read more

Former captain Tim Paine appointed Australia ‘A’ coach

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File picture of former Australian cricket captain Tim Paine | Photo Credit: Getty Images Former captain Tim Paine has been appointed coach of the Australia “A” team for this season with the country approaching a transition to a new generation of players as a handful of Test stalwarts near retirement. Paine has worked in the … Read more

WI vs AUS first Test: Australia drops Marnus Labuschagne, Smith out injured against West Indies

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File photo of Australia’s batsman Marnus Labuschagne | Photo Credit: Reuters Marnus Labuschagne has been dropped and injured Steve Smith has been ruled out of the Australia lineup for next week’s series-opening cricket Test against the West Indies. Cricket Australia on Friday (June 20, 2025) said Smith would miss the opening match of the three-Test … Read more

Jemimah Rodrigues retained by Brisbane Heat in WBBL draft

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Two more England players in wicketkeeper-batter Amy Jones and Dani Gibson, were picked up by Melbourne Stars, who also showed interest in Jemimah Rodrigues. Photo: Emmanual Yogini/The Hindu India batter Jemimah Rodrigues has been retained by Brisbane Heat, with eight franchises picking up a total of 23 international players during the Women’s Big Bash League … Read more

Gill era set to roll as India braces for the Bazball test

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Indian captain Shubman Gill with teammates at a training session ahead of the first Test against England in Leeds. | Photo Credit: PTI It is quite fashionable – and a bit of truism too – to say that no team or player carries secrets anymore. Such is the speed at which information travels and so … Read more

Stokes hails Woakes’ value to England team

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England captain Ben Stokes at a training session on the eve of the first Test against India at Leeds. | Photo Credit: AP Headingley is one of England’s storied venues, with the Ian Botham Test from the 1981 Ashes, India’s unforgettable win in 2002 and Ben Stokes’ stupendous effort from 2019 coming immediately to mind. … Read more

Having an inexperienced squad means not having any baggage, says Gill

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Gill will have to shoulder the twin responsibilities of being the No. 1 batter and the leader. | Photo Credit: Reuters There is a staccato feel to Shubman Gill’s batting – half-cut, half-drive and the patented short-arm jab. The 25-year-old’s maiden pre-match media conference as India’s Test skipper was similar – sharp, brief and witty. … Read more

Moneyball in IPL 2025 edition

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Champions of the 2025 Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bengaluru made their biggest splash by acquiring Josh Hazlewood for ₹12.5 crore – and he proved worth every rupee. The Australian pacer delivered a stellar season, claiming 22 wickets at an economy rate of 8.77 and a blistering strike rate of 12. The team’s most expensive … Read more

World archery championships: Dhiraj, Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and compound archer V. Jyothi to compete

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FIie photo of Deepika Kumari. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Reigning compound individual World champions Ojas Deotale and Aditi Swami, Asian Games silver medallist Abhishek Verma and Olympian recurve archers Atanu Das and Bhajan Kaur have missed out on berths in the Indian team for the World archery championships, to be held in Gwangju, South … Read more

Experienced Matthai sweeps top spot in four cattegories

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The winners (left to right) – K. Sundeep, Philippos Matthai, Syed Salman, C.P. Gowtham and Shivani Pruthvi New Delhi’s Philippos Matthai brought into play all his vast experience and undoubted driving skills to win outright in four categories in the Vamcy Merla Channai Gravel Fest, which doubled up as the second round of Octane Pits … Read more

Bangladesh tighten grip on first Sri Lanka Test

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Sri Lanka’s Milan Rathnayake celebrates the wicket of Bangladesh’s Nayeem Hasan during the second day of the first cricket test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Galle, Sri Lanka, on June 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh continued its dominance over Sri Lanka on the second day of the first Test on Wednesday, … Read more

Team India embarks on a new red-ball era in Old Blighty

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Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja at a training session. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Sporting transitions are often intimidating and discomforting. Personnel change, demands shift, goals are reset and targets revised. In cricket, where captains often mould teams in their own image, a change at the helm brings about an entire identity switch. … Read more

TNPL | Sensational Surya wins it for Madurai Panthers

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Surya troubled the batters with his pace and accuracy at the death. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN Left-arm pacer Surya Anand’s incredible over — four wickets off five deliveries, including a hat-trick — swung the contest in Siechem Madurai Panthers’ favour in a TNPL match at the Salem Cricket Foundation ground here on Wednesday. … Read more

TNPL | Panthers withdraw ball-tampering complaint against Dragons

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Ashwin’s Dragons have been cleared of ball-tampering allegations. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) on Wednesday confirmed that Siechem Madurai Panthers has formally withdrawn its complaint alleging ball-tampering by players of Dindigul Dragons during a TNPL fixture last week. In an official statement, the TNCA stated that the matter … Read more

We are really happy with where our bowling is: Stokes

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Shoaib  is third most experienced bowler in the England line-up. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: Getty Images For English cricket, 2025-26 will be a litmus test. The twin five-match series — first against India starting in Leeds on Friday and the second the Ashes in Australia later this year — present the biggest challenge for … Read more

Bombay High Court dismisses BCCI’s petition against Kochi Tuskers

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A Single-Bench judge rejected BCCI’s challenge to the arbitral awards, ruling that the Court could not sit and act as an appellate authority over the arbitrator’s findings.   | Photo Credit: The Hindu   In a major setback to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Bombay High Court has upheld arbitral awards, … Read more

Reddit ropes in Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador

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Sachin Tendulkar during an event in Mumbai. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Social media platform Reddit on Wednesday (June 18, 2025) announced Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar as its brand ambassador. Sports fans will now have exclusive opportunities to engage with Tendulkar in Reddit communities, the company said in a statement. Through his … Read more