“It’s disappointing that the final of a 50-over tournament had to be decided by a Twenty20 game.” One would think this would be the lament of the losing captain, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni is anything but conventional. Not long after his side got out of jail, defeating England by five runs in the final of the … Read more
Munir says that while Moeen’s success has made it better for children with immigrant backgrounds, challenges remain. | Photo Credit: N. Sudarshan Munir Ali breathes cricket. After helping shape the career of his nephew Kabir Ali, who represented England in one Test and 14 ODIs, and then making Moeen Ali the cricketer he was — … Read more
A file image is used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Wednesday (June 25, 2025) announced the launch of the Top National Players Stipend Scheme (TNPSS), a financial support initiative to help in talent development. The project, championed by AICF President Nitin Narang, will seek to … Read more
Shubman Gill has plenty to ponder after the demoralising loss at Headingley. | Photo Credit: Getty Images As shadows lengthened on day one of the first Test between India and England in Leeds, Shubman Gill would have been a pleased man. His side had reached a comfortable 359 for three and the captain had helped … Read more
Indian team celebrates with the trophy after winning the Twenty20 World Cup 2025 in Barbados. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak In Barbados, India ended an 11-year-long ICC Trophy drought, beating South Africa by seven runs to capture the ICC T20 World Cup title for the second time on June 29 last year. This was Rohit … Read more
India’s Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the second Women’s International T20 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Smashing a maiden T20I century against England was “pretty special” as the shortest format is “not one of my strengths”, said India stand-in skipper Smriti Mandhana after powering her side … Read more
India will have to rely heavily on their pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah to win Test matches, but they have the ability to beat every side in 50-over games, given the depth of their talent, feels South African-born England legend Allan Lamb. The ex-cricketer, who now runs ‘Lamb Associates’, a successful hospitality venture, is happy with … Read more
Yashasvi Jaiswal of India drops a catch during Day Five of the 1st Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Headingley on June 24, 2025 in Leeds, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Former Australia keeper-batter Brad Haddin believes the Indian team, led by Shubman Gill, needs an “attitude adjustment” as the visitors try … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ Khaleel Ahmed. File | Photo Credit: PTI India’s left-arm seamer Khaleel Ahmed will play for the Essex Club until the conclusion of the 2025 season. He will be available for both the Rothesay County Championship and the Metro Bank One Day Cup. A product of India’s Under-19 squad for the 2016 World … Read more
Sri Lanka’s Prabath Jayasuriya acknowledges after taking five Bangladeshi wickets during the fourth day of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, June 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka completed a thumping innings and 78-run victory over Bangladesh before lunch on day four of the … Read more
India’s Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the second Women’s International T20 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Stand-in skipper Smriti Mandhana’s graceful maiden T20 International hundred adorned India’s smooth 97-run win over England in the opening match here on Saturday (June 29, 2025). The visitors now lead … Read more
Vijay Shankar claimed three for 23. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN The Chepauk Super Gillies juggernaut continued to steamroll opponents and made it a perfect seven in the league stage of TNPL-9, beating Siechem Madurai Panthers by six wickets (DLS method) in its final group encounter at the NPR College Ground here on Saturday. The … Read more
Prasidh Krishna went for plenty in the series opener. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Prasidh Krishna has had a tough initiation into Test cricket. Having made his debut 18 months ago in the Centurion Test against South Africa, he has had a stop-start career. He has played just four matches, secured 13 wickets, leaked runs … Read more
From contemplating quitting the sport to making a comeback to revive his career, 31-year-old Olympian swimmer Sajan Prakash, a multiple South Asian Games and National Games gold medallist, is planning to pace up slowly and steadily in the run-up to the Asian championships in October and the Asian Games next year. Competing in the 78th National aquatics championships … Read more
Australia’s Josh Hazlewood raises the ball after taking the wicket of West Indies’ Jomel Warrican, his fifth of the innings, on day three of the first cricket Test match at Kensington Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados, on June 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Australia ruthlessly completed a 159-run victory over West Indies in the first … Read more
UP Warriorz coach Jon Lewis had guided the Warriorz to the WPL playoffs in the tournament’s inaugural season in 2023, only to be beaten by eventual champions Mumbai Indians. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Women’s Premier League side UP Warriorz have parted ways with their head coach Jon Lewis after a three-year association which … Read more
Vaibhav Suryavanshi in action during the Youth One Day Match between England and India at the County Cricket Ground in Hove, Britain, on June 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters Fresh from their exploits in the IPL, young guns Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre shone with the bat after a tidy bowling … Read more
All in readiness: Openers Shafali and Smriti will be keen on giving good starts. | Photo Credit: X@BCCIWomen India women will be keen to internalise the conditions and character of venues in England ahead of next year’s World Cup here during the five-match T20I series against the host, beginning with the opening game at Trent … Read more
Benedicton broke the men’s 50m butterfly record. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT B. Benedicton Rohit and Dhinidhi Desinghu stole the limelight by smashing the men’s 50m butterfly and women’s 100m freestyle meet records respectively in the National aquatics championships at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre here on Wednesday. After securing the 100m butterfly gold with a … Read more
In this year’s Indian Premier League, Tamil Nadu left-arm spinner R. Sai Kishore finally had the breakthrough season he had been looking for. The 28-year-old has had to wait three years for regular game-time and grabbed his chances in 2025, scalping 19 wickets for Gujarat Titans. In this chat with The Hindu, the TN skipper … Read more
Shardul Thakur’s reckless batting in both innings hurt India. | Photo Credit: AP To realise how much of an anomaly the result in India’s opening Test against England in Leeds was, consider this — it was the first time in its cricketing history that India tasted defeat after batting first and scoring 350 or more in … Read more
The fifth edition of the Khelo India University Games will be hosted jointly by the Poornima University and the Rajasthan University in Jaipur in November.The fifth Khelo India University Games will be hosted jointly by Poornima University and Rajasthan University in Jaipur in November. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. “These Games, … Read more
This image is used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s Paras Gupta, who outplayed reigning IBSF World 6-Red snooker champion Kamal Chawla earlier in the day, scored a crushing 5-0 win over Sunny Wang to storm into the semifinals of the ACBS Asian 6-Red Snooker on Tuesday (June 24, 2025). The … Read more
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved several changes to playing conditions recently for men’s international cricket, including the Boundary Law and one-ball rule in ODIs from the 35th over. While some of these rules have already come into force during the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27, the rules for white-ball formats will come … Read more
Joshna Chinappa (L) and Anahat Singh (R). File | Photo Credit: R. Ragu India confirmed its place on the podium in both the men’s and women’s doubles categories of the second Asian doubles squash championships. In the men’s doubles quarterfinals, Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar defeated Korea’s Minwoo Lee and Jooyoung Na 10-11, 11-3, 11-5. … Read more
File photo of New Zealand opener Devon Conway. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Devon Conway has been omitted from new Black Caps head coach Rob Walter’s first squad, which will play a Twenty20 tri-series against host Zimbabwe and South Africa next month in Zimbabwe. The veteran batsman is one of several leading players who have … Read more
West Indies cricketers celebrate a wicket on day 2 of the first Test against Australia in Bridgetown on June 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Travis Head was leading another Australia attempt to be competitive against the West Indies in a first test that may not go beyond three days at Kensington Oval. West Indies … Read more
The International Cricket Council (ICC) logo at the ICC headquarters in Dubai. | Photo Credit: Reuters The International Cricket Council on Thursday (June 26, 2025) announced new powerplay rules for shortened T20 matches and clearly defined the number of overs allowed upfront with restricted field in its new Playing Conditions for the shortest format. As … Read more
Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka celebrates his century as batting partner Dinesh Chandimal watches during the second day of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pathum Nissanka’s second successive test century led Sri Lanka to a formidable 290-2 after Bangladesh … Read more
Suryakumar Yadav, who hasn’t featured in the 50-over format since the 2023 World Cup final, is expected to return to lead the T20I side in Chattogram on August 26. | Photo Credit: Instagram/@surya_14kumar India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has undergone a successful surgery for a sports hernia in his lower right abdomen in Munich, Germany. … Read more