Punjab’s Vishal Sharma, jersey No. 18, drives forward past Rajasthan’s players during their league basketball match at the 38th National Games in Dehradhun on Thursday, 30 January 2025. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Defending champion Punjab along with Delhi marched into the men’s basketball semifinals of the 38th National Games after posting their second … Read more
Vijay Shankar has played a key role in TN making it to the quarterfinals. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY All-rounder Vijay Shankar, who has made vital contributions with the bat (106 n.o., 76, 150 n.o.) in Tamil Nadu’s road to the quarterfinals in the ongoing Ranji Trophy, said he was extremely disappointed when he was … Read more
Anish on his way to the men’s 25m rapid fire gold at the 38th National Games in Dehradhun on Thursday. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Narmada Nithin Raju certainly knows how to handle pressure. While Olympians Ramita Jindal and Elavenil Valarivan wobbled under pressure, the Chennai girl came up with a consistent performance to … Read more
An utterly dominant India flaunted their embarrassment of riches to win a second successive U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup title with a nine-wicket shellacking of South Africa in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday (February 2, 2025), the triumph giving a peek into the game’s most perfectly calibrated youth structure. Having outclassed every team during their march … Read more
Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The legendary Ricky Ponting feels the quality of players and recent history make India and Australia the favourites to compete in the summit clash of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. The 50-over tournament will take place from February 19 to March 9 across three venues … Read more
India head coach Gautam Gambhir placed his faith in batting icons Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to play “massive roles” in the Champions Trophy and said they add “so much value” to the team and the country’s cricketing landscape in general. The modest form of Kohli and Rohit in recent times has fuelled speculation about … Read more
The legendary Sachin Tendulkar, whose batting records and impact on international cricket have stood the test of time, was on Saturday conferred with the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, while current India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was honoured with the Polly Umrigar Award for Best Men’s International Cricketer of 2023-24. The 51-year-old Tendulkar, who … Read more
Bengal’s Wriddhiman Saha bid adieu to competitive cricket with the Ranji Trophy match against Punjab in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: ANI Wriddhiman Saha bid adieu to competitive cricket as his State team Bengal finished its Ranji Trophy campaign with an innings victory over Punjab in its last group match at the Eden Gardens here on … Read more
Haryana batter Nishant Sindhu put the Karnataka attack to the sword with a knock of 165. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR A fine knock from Haryana’s Nishant Sindhu (165, 184b, 15×4, 6×6) put Karnataka on the backfoot in their Ranji Trophy Elite ‘C’ match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Saturday. With Karnataka … Read more
Harshit’s triple strikes went a long way in India clinching the series with a game to spare. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Concussion substitute or Impact Player? That has been the debate ever since Harshit Rana was allowed as a concussion sub for Shivam Dube during the fourth T20I between India and England at the … Read more
Shivam leads the Delhi players off the field after the game. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Off-spinner Shivam Sharma’s five for 33 triggered a swift end to proceedings on the third day as Delhi romped past Railways by an innings and 19 runs in a Group-D Ranji Trophy match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium … Read more
Suraj Jaiswal’s four-wicket haul in the second innings set up Bengal’s big victory over Punjab in a Ranji Trophy match in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: File photo: K. MURALI KUMAR KOLKATA: Suraj Jaiswal claimed his second four-wicket haul as Bengal trounced Punjab by an innings and 13 runs in its final Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C … Read more
Bengal’s Wriddhiman Saha bid adieu to competitive cricket with the Ranji Trophy match against Punjab in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: ANI : Wriddhiman Saha bid adieu to competitive cricket as his State team Bengal finished its Ranji Trophy campaign with an innings victory over Punjab in its last group match at the Eden Gardens here … Read more
Jharkhand’s Manishi, third left, send back Vijay Shankar early on the third day. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY JAMSHEDPUR: Just like the sun dissolved the last of the morning mist here on Saturday, Tamil Nadu’s hopes of a win dissipated as Ajith Ram (5) and Vijay Shankar (33) fell off the fifth and seventh balls … Read more
Shami has looked good on his return to the Indian squad. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI A series without real context sealed with a game to spare. Despite most of the boxes being ticked, India’s last T20I game of the season at the Wankhede Stadium will be far from being a meaningless affair. After all, … Read more
Suryakumar and Gambhir have enjoyed great success in the shortest format. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Irrespective of the colour of the jersey, a team in transition has been a constant for India’s men’s cricket team. Unlike the Test squad, though, the men in the T20I blues have fared much better despite three big retirements … Read more
Rupinder (Bengal Tigers), Amit (Dragons), Sumit (Toofans) and Harmanpreet (Soorma) will be eager to get their hands on the trophy. | Photo Credit: M. VEDHAN Soorma Hockey Club skipper Harmanpreet Singh signalled that the ‘real competition’ of the Hockey India League starts when the semifinals will be held at the Birsa Munda Stadium here on … Read more
Not worrying about pressure and being “ruthless” have been the hallmark of the Indian team so far as it aims to retain the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup here, said left-arm spinner Parunika Sisodia after guiding her side to the final of the prestigious tournament on Friday. India are just win away from retaining the … Read more
G Kamalini’s well-paced fifty complemented the excellent work of spinners as defending champions India subdued England by nine wickets to enter the final of the ICC Women’s U19 T20 World Cup here on Friday. India will face South Africa in the title match on Sunday. The Proteas qualified for their first-ever ICC Women’s U19 T20 … Read more
If a book on South African cricket had to be penned down a couple of years ago, Temba Bavuma may have got no more than an honourable mention. He does have a poignant place in its tumultuous past, by virtue of shattering the glass ceiling as a black cricketer. When he made his Test … Read more
Harshit Rana picked up 3/33 from his four overs. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Jos Buttler felt that Harshit Rana’s inclusion as a concussion sub was not solely responsible for England’s loss in the fourth T20I here on Friday. The skipper, however, stressed that England disagreed with the decision to include Harshit in place of … Read more
Ravi Bishnoi, second left, celebrates the wicket of England captain Jos Buttler. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI England looked on course to level the T20I series before tripping up against pacer Harshit Rana and the spin duo of Varun Chakaravathy and Ravi Bishnoi to hand India an unbeatable 3-1 lead at the Maharashtra Cricket Association … Read more
Prize scalp: Railways’ Himanshu Sangwan celebrates after dismissing Delhi’s Virat Kohli on the second day of their Ranji Trophy cricket match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Himanshu Sangwan had taken 77 wickets in First Class cricket before featuring for Railways against Delhi … Read more
World Chess Champion D Gukesh during a felicitation ceremony by the All-India Chess Federation (AICF), in New Delhi, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI World Champion D Gukesh crashed through the defences of compatriot Leon Luke Mendonca in the ninth round to jump into sole lead at the Tata Steel Master here. On … Read more
Kerala sealed a place in the Ranji Trophy knockouts with a resounding innings and 169-run win over Bihar at the Sports Hub here on Friday. The win with a bonus point took Kerala’s tally to 28 points and it is momentarily perched at top of Group-C. Bihar capitulated embarrassingly on a wicket which was still pretty … Read more
COLLECTIVE EFFORT: Kerala’s players celebrate the fall of a wicket during their Ranji Trophy cricket match against Bihar at the Greenfield stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday, January 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN The IPL snub was a bitter pill to swallow for Kerala players. Captain Sachin Baby believed that more players from the … Read more
Skipper R. Sai Kishore led from the front with a five-wicket haul on the second day of the Ranji Trophy match against Jharkhand in Jamshedpur on Friday. | Photo Credit: R. V. MOORTHY After a deflating first day for Tamil Nadu on Thursday, skipper R. Sai Kishore wasn’t grumpy with the world at large. Instead, … Read more
Karnataka swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu had a good day in the pool on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR Olympian Dhinidhi Desinghu broke the women’s 200m freestyle meet record on the opening day of the National Games swimming competition here on Wednesday. The 15-year-old from Karnataka finished the day with three golds, including … Read more
Sanju Samson plays a shot fine during the third T20 match between India and England at Niranjan Shah Stadium on January 28, 2025, in Rajkot, India. | Photo Credit: Getty Images England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and opted field against India in the fourth T20I here on Friday. India has brought in pacer … Read more
Hyderabad’s Tanmay Agarwal celebrates his century during the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 cricket match against Vidarbha, at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium, in Nagpur, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A composed century from opener Tanmay Agarwal helped Hyderabad take control of its Ranji Trophy Group B encounter against Vidarbha at the VCA … Read more