The valiant never taste of death but once, Caesar said, but he was wrong. If you are a sportsman, you die twice — once at retirement. The national mourning that followed the retirement of Sachin Tendulkar was different only in degree and volume from those that greeted similar goodbyes. There is a sadness about endings … Read more
Punjab Kings’ Shreyas Iyer plays a shot during IPL 2025 match against Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Shreyas Iyer couldn’t have wished for a better start to his tenure as Punjab Kings skipper as he smashed an unbeaten 42-ball-97 before a disciplined bowling show … Read more
Not many cricketers have managed to transition from a wicketkeeper-batter into a proper all-rounder, and one that excels as an off-spinner no less. Not many New Zealand spinners can boast of a Test five-wicket haul on home soil. And not many cricketers are predominantly remembered for their unbelievable catches. Welcome to the world of Glenn … Read more
Ashutosh Sharma celebrates after hitting the winning shot. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Ashutosh Sharma (66 n.o., 31b, 5×4, 5×6), who helped Delhi Capitals pull off a one-wicket heist versus Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL here on Monday, said that his approach was to take the game deep and go for his shots in … Read more
Sanju Samson shone in the opener against SRH. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI There isn’t much time for licking your wounds at the IPL. Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders may not actually mind that, though: both will be keen to push behind them quickly their comprehensive loss in their respective openers. They face off … Read more
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) included Allahudien Paleker of South Africa and England’s Alex Wharf in the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires which features Nitin Menon as the only Indian, while Jayaraman Madangopal has been promoted to the Emerging Panel. Michael Gough and Joel Wilson will make way for the … Read more
Kolkata Knight Riders’ players during a training session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match against Rajasthan Royals, at ACA Stadium, in Guwahati. | Photo Credit: PTI Outmuscled in their previous matches, title-holders Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals will eye a quick course correction in ever aspect when they face each other … Read more
When he is done taking superhuman catches on a cricket field, Glenn Phillips, a man of multiple interests, would love to fly planes for a living. After all, flying has always been his passion and if he had all the money in the world, the New Zealand and Gujarat Titans all-rounder would rather be a … Read more
Chennai Super Kings M.S. Dhoni speaks to R. Ashwin during the Tata IPL match against Mumbai Indians at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on March 22, 2025 | Photo Credit: R. Ragu M.S. Dhoni expressed his take on the Impact Player rule, which allows teams to utilise one extra player during the game, and said that the … Read more
File picture of Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA and Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Ambadas Danve | Photo Credit: ANI Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra legislative council, Ambadas Danve, on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) alleged that certain individuals are involved in betting on IPL cricket matches and Mumbai police were shielding them. … Read more
Lucknow Super Giants’ Digvesh Rathi bowls during the match against Delhi Capitals’ in the Indian Premier League 2025, at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: ANI Digvesh Rathi was included in the starting lineup for the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their Indian Premier League 2025 match against the … Read more
KL Rahul with Athiya Shetty; post announcing the birth of their baby girl | Photo Credit: @athiyashetty/Instagram Team India cricketer KL Rahul and his wife, Bollywood actor Athiya Shetty, on Monday (March 24) welcomed a baby girl. The couple announced the news on their official Instagram handles. The couple got married in January 2023 after … Read more
Sunil Kumar and his wife Bindu did not expect to see their son, Vignesh Puthur, make his debut for the Mumbai Indians in the side’s very first match of the season in Chennai. With an intimidating Chennai Super Kings batting line-up to deal with, MI brought in the 24-year-old left-arm spinner, who took to the big stage like a duck takes … Read more
India pulled off a coup, displaying spunk and excellent end-game skills to outwit Bahrain 81-77 in a thriller on Saturday night to qualify for the FIBA men’s Asia Cup 2025. | Photo Credit: X@BFI_basketball India pulled off a coup, displaying spunk and excellent end-game skills to outwit Bahrain 81-77 in a thriller on Saturday night … Read more
Kirsty Coventry stood on top of the podium in Athens on August 20, 2004, creating history both for herself and Zimbabwe as the first ever Olympic champion from her country. On March 20, 2025, again on Greek land but 275 km away in Costa Navarino, the former international swimmer won a bigger, tougher and more … Read more
IPL fever grips city as Delhi Capitals has the last laugh
Punjab Kings’ assistant coach Brad Haddin addresses a press conference ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Kings (PBKS) assistant coach Brad Haddin revealed that the franchise is still evaluating its … Read more
Gujarat Titans Captain Shubman Gill during the press conference at Narendra Modi Stadium ahead of its IPL 2025 match against Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings will be hoping for a fresh beginning when they take on each other in an Indian … Read more
For bowlers going up against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2024, blunting two belligerent left-hand batters in Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma at the top of the order was hard enough. By the looks of the boundary-hitting mayhem that transpired at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday in SRH’s opening match of IPL 2025, … Read more
Suryakumar Yadav is stumped by M.S. Dhoni off Noor Ahmad’s bowling. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU In Chennai Super Kings’ season-opener win against Mumbai Indians, M.S. Dhoni did not have to do much with the bat walking out to the middle when his team needed just four to win. However, the 43-year-old made his impact … Read more
Karnataka men and women won their respective quarterfinal matches to reach the semifinals of the National under-23 basketball championships at the Sarusajai Indoor Stadium in Guwahati on Saturday. The results: Quarterfinals: Men: Rajasthan 86 (Akshit Hooda 21, Lokesh Kumar Sharma 17, Ayush Choudhary 16) bt Kerala 61 (Jerome Prince 21, Prithin Murali 17); Karnataka 81 … Read more
Shafali Verma’s annual contract has been retained despite the promising youngster having lost her place in the team while youngsters Shreyanka Patil and Amanjot Kaur have been handed their first central contract as the BCCI announced the women’s central retainer list for 2024-25 on Monday. While the 16-player list announced by BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia … Read more
Singer Neeti Mohan performs before the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants, at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, in Visakhapatnam, on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and opted to field against Lucknow Super Giants in their Indian … Read more
Glenn Phillips has proved to be a handy off-spinner. | Photo Credit: AP He may be renowned for his stunning catches in the outfield, but Glenn Phillips has transitioned into a proper all-rounder after rising through the ranks as a wicketkeeper-batter. The uncanny Kiwi has no qualms in admitting his transition being a mission to … Read more
Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana along with Deepti Sharma has been retained in Grade ‘A’ of the BCCI central contracts for the Indian women’s cricket team. | Photo Credit: The Hindu India women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur, her deputy Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma were on Monday (March 24, 2025) retained in Grade A, … Read more
Skipper Shreyas Iyer will lean on his captaincy credentials as he looks to turn around the fortunes of perennial underperformers Punjab Kings in this IPL, opening the season with a clash against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on Tuesday (March 25, 2025). Iyer enjoyed huge success leading Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL title last year, … Read more
Haryana’s Nitu Ghanghas won easily against Rajasthan’s Anjali Choudhary. Nikhat Zareen has been out of action since the Paris Olympics and the uncertainty around her sport has meant there was little to motivate her to keep going. But at 28, the two-time World Champion is now determined to give her Olympic dreams another shot. Boxing … Read more
Tamim Iqbal has played 70 Tests and 243 ODIs, scoring 5,134 runs and 8,357 runs respectively for Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal was on Monday (March 24, 2025) hospitalised after experiencing chest pain during a Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match in Dhaka. According to a report in … Read more
Mumbai Indians Vignesh Puthur celebrating after taking the wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad during the Tata IPL match between Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians at MAC Stadium on Sunday (March 23, 2025). Photo. Ragu R./The Hindu Mumbai Indians managed to put up a good fight against Chennai Super Kings in the high-stakes clash during the … Read more
Chennai Super Kings batter M.S. Dhoni arrives to bat during the IPL 2025 cricket match againsty Mumbai Indians, at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Sunday, March 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Rejecting speculation that he is the back-room decision-maker in Chennai Super Kings despite handing over captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad, the talismanic Mahendra Singh … Read more