Legendary Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred with the BCCI’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Mumbai on February 1,m 2025. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The legendary Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred with the BCCI’S Lifetime Achievement Award at the Board’s annual gala in Mumbai on Saturday (February 1, 2025). The 51-year-old Tendulkar, who played 664 international … Read more
Delhi’s Virat Kohli on the second day of a Ranji trophy cricket match between Delhi and Railways, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi, Friday (Jan. 31, 2025). | Photo Credit: PTI Virat Kohli’s first Ranji Trophy innings in 13 years lasted all of 15 balls, extending his lean run and fuelling the raging … Read more
Former Pakistan cricketer Moin Khan. File | Photo Credit: AP Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has urged the country’s cricketers to avoid getting friendly with their Indian counterparts on the field as such “unfathomable” behaviour can be perceived as a “sign of weakness”. His comments come just about three weeks before the two sides … Read more
Mitchell Marsh of Australia takes a catch to dismiss Rishabh Pant of India during day five of the Men’s Fourth Test Match in the series between Australia and India at Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 30, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been ruled of next month’s … Read more
Australia’s Usman Khawaja leaves the ground after losing his wicket during day two of the first test cricket match between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka was staring down the barrel at 44-3 after Australia achieved its largest ever total in Asia — … 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
Nizar carried the day for Kerala with his gritty knock. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Salman Nizar’s maiden First-Class century (111 not out) lifted Kerala from the doldrums to a position of comfort against Bihar on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match at the Sports Hub here on Thursday. Opting … Read more
Utkarsh Singh | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Off-spinner Utkarsh Singh rated his spell against Tamil Nadu on Thursday (six for 30) as his best ever. “I think this ranks as number one. Because, this is the quickest five-wicket haul that I’ve taken. And of course, when you don’t have to bowl as many overs to … Read more
The presence of Rinku will give more freedom to strokeplayers such as Tilak. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI He is among the leading lights of India’s T20 specialists. Having made a seamless transition from the Indian Premier league (IPL) to the international arena during the 2023-24 season of India’s relentless bilateral T20I onslaught, the last 12 months have … Read more
: On a two-paced first-day wicket that offered turn, off-spinner Utkarsh Singh (six for 30) cracked open Tamil Nadu’s batting as if it were an eggshell, for Jharkhand to secure a seemingly premium 79-run lead in the final round Ranji Trophy Elite Group D match at the Keenan stadium here on Thursday. It was all … Read more
A massive crowd gathered during the first day of Ranji Trophy cricket match between Railways and Delhi at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Thursday, January 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR A chorus of ‘Kohli, Kohli’ and ‘RCB, RCB’ began ringing outside the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday morning, long before … Read more
Wicketkeeper-batter Anmol Malhotra’s gritty unbeaten century helped Punjab avert disaster on the opening day of its Ranji Trophy Group-C match against Bengal at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday. Asked to bat, Punjab rode on Malhotra’s defiant knock (106 n.o., 114b, 11×4, 2×6) to recover from 73 for six to post 191 in its first … Read more
Upendra shines for Railways as Kohli mania grips Delhi
Carlos Ortiz, Joaquin Niemann, Sebastian Munoz answer the media about competing in the International Series tournament at the DLF Club in Gurugram on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Bryson DeChambeau, the reigning US Open champion, may be the star attraction, but it was the DLF Golf course that won all the admiration, as players … Read more
Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan secured 12 and 15 Nett to become the ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 champions in the SBI Sail India Senior Nationals at Girgaum Chowpatty in Mumbai. The winners: ILCA 7: Vishnu Saravanan (AYN, 12 Nett); ILCA 6: Nethra Kumanan (TNSA, 15). iQFOIL: Men: Aditya Sangwan (AYN, 14); Women: Ishwariya Ganesh … Read more
Tanmay continued his fine run with an unbeaten fifty. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO A concerted bowling effort and a half-century at the top of the order from Tanmay Agarwal helped put Hyderabad on the front foot against Vidarbha in a Ranji Trophy Group-B match at the VCA Stadium here on Thursday. Tanmay, the leading … Read more
Karnataka’s Mayank Agarwal, plays a shot, on day 1 of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 match between against Haryana, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (KSCA), in Bengaluru on January 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Karnataka’s hopes of gaining a bonus point victory took a minor hit on the first day of its Elite … Read more
The Kerala women’s basketball team in discussion after a training session on Monday. | Photo Credit: Stan Rayan For someone from the warm South, it’s very cold out here in Dehradun. With such weather, one wondered how the swimmers would manage life during their competition in the 38th National Games which Prime Minister Narendra Modi … Read more
Dockier exults with teammates after netting the winner. | Photo Credit: M. VEDHAN Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers pulled off a last-gasp 2-1 win over Delhi SG Pipers to become the first team to qualify for the Hockey India League (HIL) semifinal here at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium on Monday. Pipers, out of the semifinal … Read more
Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was named as the ICC men’s Test cricketer of the year 2024 for excelling in both home and away conditions. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was on Monday (January 27, 2025) named ICC men’s Test Cricketer of the Year for amassing 71 wickets in just … Read more
Virat Kohli during the practice session. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Virat Kohli was named on Monday in Delhi’s 20-member squad for its final Group D fixture of the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season against Railways at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here from Thursday. On January 20, the 36-year-old had communicated his availability for the match … Read more
Manika Batra’s last-minute pullout may have reduced the star appeal, but there will be much more at stake over the next eight days at the Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay indoor stadium in Surat, the venue of the 86th senior National table tennis championship. Manika, who became the first Indian female to progress to the Olympic pre-quarterfinals … Read more
England’s team players during the practice session ahead of the third T20 international against India in Rajkot on January 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Different strokes work for different folks and Tuesday’s (January 28, 2025) third T20I will reveal who among India and England got their tactics right as a high-scoring encounter beckons … Read more
The 86th senior National table tennis championship started off on an expected note, with the favourites sailing through most of the team championship league stage proceedings at the Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium here. Men’s defending champion Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) hardly sweated before crushing Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh with an identical margin of 3-0 … Read more
India’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotak addresses the media ahead of the third T20 match between India and England, in Rajkot, on January 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Mohammed Shami’s non-inclusion in India’s Playing XI for the first two T20Is against England had created doubts about his fitness. India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak put an … Read more
Odisha Warriors’ Yibbi Jansen (No. 8) leads the celebration after scoring her second goal. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Yibbi Jansen’s double penalty corner conversion propelled Odisha Warriors to a 4-1 win over Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers in the women’s competition of the Hockey India League at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium here on Sunday. … Read more
Indian players are seen during a practice session ahead of the third Twenty20 international in Rajkot on January 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Sitanshu Kotak was SoSed into the Indian dugout as batting coach ahead of the England T20Is after the team’s dismal show with the willow in Australia. The inability of the … Read more
Indian players after winning the Kho Kho World Cup (Women) over Nepal, in New Delhi on Sunday, January 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian women’s team emerged as champion in the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup with a dominant 78-40 victory in the summit clash against Nepal here on Sunday (January 19, 2025). … Read more
Mark Wood during the practice session ahead of the 3rd T20 Cricket match between India and England at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Monday January 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI The England bowling attack has been told not to worry about leaking runs and rather just focus on taking wickets against an … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted this picture congratulating the Indian Men’s team on winning the Kho Kho World Cup, in New Delhi on January 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian men’s team beat Nepal 54-36 in the final to win the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup title in New Delhi on Sunday (January … Read more