T20 Mumbai and MPL set to be postponed

The suspension of the Indian Premier League for a week has resulted in the T20 Mumbai League (T20M) and the Maharashtra Premier League (MPL) being postponed by a week. T20 Mumbai – after hosting two successful editions in 2018 and 2019 – was set to return to the city calendar from May 27, with a … Read more

Watch: Looking back at Virat Kohli’s phenomenal Test career

Virat Kohli’s Test career highlights Virat Kohli’s Test career highlights | Video Credit: The Hindu On May 12, 2025, Virat Kohli announced he was retiring from Test cricket. Kohli’s departure comes just weeks before India’s tour of England which features five Tests. Kohli hadn’t been at his best in India’s last two series against New … Read more

Daily Quiz | On Virat Kohli

Daily Quiz | On Virat Kohli Virat Kohli celebrates with India’s Ishant Sharma and teammates after the successful appeal for the wicket of England’s Jonny Bairstow on the fifth and final day of the second cricket Test match between England and India at Lord’s cricket ground in London START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | … Read more

Virat Kohli, the most Australian non-Australian cricketer ever: Greg Chappell

Virat Kohli. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Australian batting great Greg Chappell feels Virat Kohli’s Test retirement “marks the end of a thunderous era” in which he managed to “eclipse” the great Sachin Tendulkar in terms of making a cultural and psychological impact on India’s cricketing identity. Writing in his column for ‘ESPNCricinfo’, Chappell, a … Read more

Australia’s Tait named Bangladesh pace bowling coach

Shaun Tait during Indian Premier League. File. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Australia’s Shaun Tait has been named Bangladesh’s new pace bowling coach, the country’s cricket board said Monday. The 42-year-old Tait, who played 59 internationals for Australia between 2005-2016, replaces former New Zealander Andre Adams who had joined last year. “It’s a good time … Read more

The Australian report card in the IPL 2025 examination

The precision-personified Josh Hazlewood has been the standout Australian performer of this IPL season. The ‘Hazlegod’ nickname, conferred on by RCB fans, feels earned. In stark contrast, Glenn Maxwell has been drastically underwhelming considering his T20 form before the IPL; Jake Fraser-McGurk has regressed from explosive to ineffective; Travis Head, though he’s still contributing, hasn’t … Read more

IPL to resume on May 17, final on June 3

Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals will replay each other on May 24 in Jaipur as the Indian Premier League (IPL) will stage the remaining 17 matches from May 17 to June 3. The IPL was suspended last week due to the mounting tension on the border of India and Pakistan. The fate of the Punjab … Read more

Kohli had made up his mind to quit longer format: sources

The Sydney Test against Australia turned out to be Kohli’s final one. | Photo Credit: AP Virat Kohli’s Test retirement – formalised on Monday by the veteran batter himself following three days of reported speculation – may have come as a surprise to the ardent fans of Test cricket. For Kohli – who has inspired … Read more

Kohli lent heart and spine to Tests

A file image of Virat Kohli | Photo Credit: Reuters Great players offer hope and make us believe in sporting miracles. For a large part of his Test career, Virat Kohli was all this and much more. Having called time on his association with cricket’s longest format on Monday (May 12, 2025), the end of … Read more

Virat Kohli announces retirement from Test cricket

Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket ending the speculation about his future in the longest format. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images India’s batting talisman Virat Kohli on Monday (May 12, 2025) announced his retirement from Test cricket, ending the speculation about his future in the longest format. The 36-year-old Kohli turned up … Read more

Former National shooting coach Sunny Thomas no more

Professor Sunny Thomas, the national coach during the golden phase of Indian shooting, passed away at his home in Uzhavoor in Kottayam on Wednesday. He was 83 and is survived by his wife Josamma, two sons and a daughter. Thomas was the national shooting coach for 19 years, from 1993 to 2012, and during this … Read more

Our pacers keep getting injured, need to work on that: Harmanpreet

Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana. File. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI India women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Sunday (May 11, 2025) expressed her concerns about her pacers’ frequent tryst with injuries and said the support staff is looking to address it before the ODI World Cup comes calling. Harmanpreet was speaking after India’s title … Read more

NRAI names a strong squad for Munich Shooting World Cup

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has judiciously mixed its selection, allowing some of the high performers to continue while bringing a few others fresh, while naming the squad for the Shooting World Cup to be staged in Munich, Germany, from June 10 to 14. Air pistol ace Suruchi Singh, who won the individual … Read more

Asian Youth Championships – The Hindu

India finished with 13 gold and three silver medals in the South Asian youth table tennis championships on Sunday. The qualification event for this year’s Asian youth championships saw the Indian contingent dominate the competition across various categories. The Indian teams grabbed three gold medals in the under-19 girls and u-15 boys and girls’ sections … Read more

Rohit Sharma | The stylist with a bat

January is associated with fresh beginnings and cliched New Year resolutions. But as this year’s January 2nd waned at the historic Sydney Cricket Ground, there was a sense of an ending. The Indian cricket team was preparing for the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Trailing 1-2, Rohit Sharma’s men needed to stage a … Read more

IPL likely to resume before next weekend

People seen outside the Ekana stadium as the IPL 2025 match between Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru cancelled due to security reasons, in Lucknow on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian Premier League (IPL) is likely to resume before the next weekend, at select venues in India, based on the government clearance. … Read more