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
It’s the morning of the fourth day, India’s lead decent without being intimidating. Off the seventh ball of the day, Shubman Gill trudges off disconsolately to the pavilion, chopping a lifting, incoming ball from Brydon Carse on to his stumps. India hadn’t just lost their captain, but also one of three centurions from the first … Read more
Vimal Khumar starred in Dindigul Dragons’ win against Nellai Royal Kings in a Tamil Nadu Premier League match in Tirunelveli on Thursday. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY A 61-run fourth-wicket partnership (49 balls) between left-handers Maan K. Baafna (38, 28b, 4×4, 1×6) and Vimal Khumar (45, 31b, 4×4, 1×6), and Hunny Saini’s fiery 37 (14b, 3×4, 3×6) helped Dindigul Dragons pull off a … Read more
Kuldeep’s USP is that he is not limited by the conditions. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: PTI It is tough to be Kuldeep Yadav, essential enough to be picked in most Indian Test squads but deemed unnecessary as the morning of the match dawns. The Leeds Test that India lost to England by five wickets … Read more
Jofra Archer returns to the England Test squad. | Photo Credit: File photo The high-flying English side received another boost as pacer Jofra Archer, on Thursday, was named in the squad for the Birmingham Test against India from July 2. The 30-year-old last played a Test in 2021, also against India in Ahmedabad. The 30-year-old’s … Read more
The International Cricket Council (ICC). File | Photo Credit: Reuters The ICC has introduced stop clock in Test cricket to deal with slow over rates while allowing fielding teams to decide which batter should be on strike in case of a ‘deliberate’ short-run as part of the playing conditions for the 2025-27 World Test Championship … Read more
No rush: Srihari says he will take his time before deciding whether to compete in 200m freestyle too. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT After setting the ‘India best’ time in 200m freestyle earlier this month, two-time Olympian swimmer Srihari Nataraj is considering pursuing the style along with his favourite backstroke in 2026. Srihari, who competed … Read more
Rujula improved upon her previous personal best (26.91) while winning the women’s 50m event. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Rujula S. and Bhavya Sachdeva swam confidently to break women’s 50m and 1500m freestyle meet records respectively and clinch gold medals in the National aquatics championships at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre here on Tuesday. The … Read more
India captain Rohit Sharma and Australian captain Steve Smith during the toss before the start of ICC Champions Trophy semi-final cricket match between India and Australia, in Dubai, UAE, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s white-ball tour of Australia is still four months away but Cricket Australia (CA) has already sold more … Read more
Rishabh Pant in action during the first Test against England in Leeds. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India should focus on extending their batting time and Rishabh pant must convert his hundreds into double centuries against an “average” England attack in the ongoing Test series, said senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in his detailed post-mortem of … Read more
Rajkumar’s big-hitting helped Trichy Grand Cholas pull off a win against Siechem Madurai Panthers in a Tamil Nadu Premier League match in Tirunelveli on June 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: M. Periasamy The maximum average bounce offered by the Chennai Super Kings ground for the pacers this season came to the fore on Wednesday, as … Read more
File picture of England bowler Jofra Archer stretching during the IPL | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Injury-prone Jofra Archer should not be rushed back to play in England’s second Test against India at Edgbaston despite the pace bowler’s recent comeback to red-ball cricket, feels former captain Michael Vaughan. Archer played in his first first-class … Read more
West Indies’ Jayden Seales is seen during the first day of the first Test against Australia in Bridgetown. | Photo Credit: AFP The West Indies shot out Australia for 180 and discovered how tricky the Kensington Oval pitch was by losing four wickets on day one of the test series opener. The home side was … Read more
A passed pawn did the trick as Lalit Babu beat Levan Pantsulaia with black and emerged the champion with eight points from nine rounds in the Aurionpro Grandmaster chess tournament at the World Trade Centre here on Tuesday. The 32-year-old Lalit was tied with Mamikon Gharibyan, who also capitalised on a passed pawn to prevail … Read more
Rishabh Pant celebrates after reaching his century, his second century of the match during day four of the 1st Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Headingley on June 23, 2025 in Leeds, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Greg Chappell, former Australia captain and former Indian men’s cricket coach, is thrilled with Rishabh … Read more
Rishabh Pant, who became only the second wicketkeeper to hit two hundreds in the same match during the first Test of the five-match series, climbed one spot in the list. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India’s swashbuckling wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant reached a career-high seventh in the latest ICC Test rankings for batters on Wednesday (June … Read more
Dhinidhi Desinghu gestures after win in the 200m freestyle final. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Teenage Olympian Dhinidhi Desinghu and her Karnataka State-mate Shoan Ganguly secured women’s 200m freestyle and men’s 200m medley crowns respectively with ‘India best’ times in the National aquatics championships at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre here on Monday. Dhinidhi, who … Read more
Harshit Rana, who played two Tests in Australia with modest results, was a part of the India A squad but hardly made an impact in the unofficial Test against England Lions in Canterbury, where he was hit for 99 runs for a solitary wicket in 27 overs. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Young speedster … Read more