Former Pakistan cricketer Mudassar Nazar said knee-jerk changes are not the solution after Pakistan crashed out of the Champions Trophy following successive defeats to New Zealand and India. “Every loss doesn’t mean you upset the whole thing. Stick to what you should be doing, have stability and shut out the noise. Stick to it, and … Read more
Vidarbha batter Danish Malewar celebrates after scoring a century on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy final against Kerala in Nagpur on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Danish Malewar’s knock stabilised Vidarbha’s innings. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN NAGPUR Danish Malewar put on a display worthy of the grandest of stages in domestic … Read more
India’s Kuldeep Yadav runs to field the ball during the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between India and Bangladesh at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. File. | Photo Credit: AP In the build-up to India’s Champions Trophy campaign, the focus was on Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness and the effect his absence would … Read more
Pakistan head coach Aaqib Javed. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan head coach Aaqib Javed found himself in the eye of a storm following the team’s dismal performance in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy. As the questions ranged from the team’s poor show in the last three ICC events to the lack of aggression against India, … Read more
Nothing great: Host Pakistan has had an underwhelming campaign. | Photo Credit: AFP The sun played hide and seek on an otherwise dark and gloomy Wednesday afternoon as Pakistan players got into training ahead of their final group league fixture against Bangladesh. But another round of drizzle forced the players to abruptly end their football … Read more
Timely stand: Malewar and Karun’s partnership rescued Vidarbha from a spot of bother. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Making fifties is fine. Making hundreds is just finer. Danish Malewar is finding all that out in his first season in First Class cricket. He came out to bat in the Ranji Trophy final against Kerala after … Read more
Former South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs with actor Sonu Sood, left, during the launch of jerseys of the ‘India Corporate T20 Bash’, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI On a bright morning in Barbados last year, another gloomy episode in South Africa’s history of heartbreaks at International Cricket Council (ICC) … Read more
Nothing great: Host Pakistan has had an underwhelming campaign. | Photo Credit: AFP The sun played hide and seek on an otherwise dark and gloomy Wednesday afternoon as Pakistan players got into training ahead of their final group league fixture against Bangladesh. But another round of drizzle forced the players to abruptly end their football … Read more
Dhoni on his arrival at the Chennai airport. | Photo Credit: X@ChennaiIPL Chennai Super Kings (CSK) CEO Kasi Viswanathan said on Wednesday that the team will kickstart its pre-season training on Thursday (Feb. 27) with a 10-day camp at the CSK High Performance Centre here in Navalur. He also stated that all the available Indian … Read more
Daily Quiz: On Virat Kohli’s milestones Virat Kohli celebrates his century after scoring the winning runs during a One Day International (ODI) cricket match of the ICC Champions Trophy between India and Pakistan, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, in Dubai, UAE, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | On Sunday, Kohli … Read more
Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill run between the wickets during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025- Group A match against Pakistan, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Sunday (February 23, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI India opener Shubman Gill on Wednesday (February 26, 2025) consolidated his position atop the ICC ODI Batting Rankings after … Read more
England’s Mark Wood celebrates after taking the wicket of Australia’s Steven Smith. | Photo Credit: Reuters Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi opted to bat first against England in a must-win Champions Trophy match for both teams on Wednesday (February 26, 2025). England have made just one change, bringing Jamie Overton in place of injured Brydon Carse, … Read more
Bharath Reddy (left), captain of Chemplast, and T.E. Srinivasan, captain, India Pistons, joint winners, receiving the trophy from Kelappan Thampuran during the 34th Annual Pooja Knock-Out Cricket Tournament at Thrippunithura, Kerala. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives As a schoolboy, when I visited grandparents in Kerala, there was a running joke provoked by my love … Read more
Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed, left, celebrates the wicket of India’s Shubman Gill, left, with his teammates during the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between India and Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan is upset with the performance of … Read more
Pakistan paid the price for fielding mistakes and a rather timid batting show. | Photo Credit: AP The stage was set perfectly for Pakistan. The country was hosting its first ICC tournament since the 1996 World Cup and was the defending champion. Yet, six days into the event, Mohammad Rizwan’s men’s campaign came to a … Read more
Matthew Mott has been appointed assistant coach of IPL franchise Delhi Capitals for the upcoming season. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Former England white-ball coach Matthew Mott was on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) appointed assistant coach of IPL franchise Delhi Capitals for the upcoming season. The 51-year-old Mott will assist former India cricketer Hemang Badani, … Read more
As a schoolboy, when I visited grandparents in Kerala, there was a running joke provoked by my love for cricket. Relatives would tell me with much merriment that cricket was a game played by royalty and madmen — “usually the same people,” they added — and berate me for not playing football or volleyball. Most … Read more
Jess Jonassen guided DC home. | Photo Credit: K. BHAGYA PRAKASH Delhi Capitals (DC) moved to the top of the Women’s Premier League points table with a comfortable six-wicket win over Gujarat Giants (GG) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Tuesday. DC (six points) recorded a third win in five outings, while GG (two … Read more
Kerala captain Baby will be playing his 100th First Class game. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar The excitement is palpable in the Kerala camp at the VCA Stadium on this humid afternoon. The team manager, Nazir Machan, is in great demand with the multiple television crews that have come from Kerala. He tells one … Read more
Karun Nair at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar Karun Nair has perhaps known the glorious uncertainties of cricket, and life, more than most players. He scored a triple hundred in only his third Test, was dropped for the next (because he had only stepped in for an injured Ajinkya … Read more
Kerala team during a training session ahead of the final. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Far from the madding crowd lies the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. It is the last stop for a maddeningly thrilling journey for Kerala in India’s premier domestic cricket tournament. An 81-run partnership by the last pair against Jammu & Kashmir … Read more
It was a disappointing end for the fans. | Photo Credit: AFP Relentless rain led to the abandonment of the Champions Trophy group stage fixture between Australia and South Africa at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. As it rained since early morning, the groundstaff had little scope to get the playing arena ready. … Read more
Seeking new vistas: Karthik is upbeat about starting a fresh chapter in his career. | Photo Credit: File Photo Former UAE leg-spinner Karthik Meiyappan, bought by Siechem Madurai Panthers for ₹9.2 lakh in the 2025 TNPL auction, shifted base to Chennai last February. This was after the Jolly Rovers CC (TNCA I div league) coach … Read more
Tourists are seen at snow-covered ski resort, Gulmarg, on February 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR The second leg of the 5th Khelo India Winter Games, scheduled to begin in Gulmarg on Saturday (February 17, 2025), has been postponed due to insufficient snowfall in the region. The new dates for the event will be … Read more
After striking an $8.5-billion media merger with Walt Disney, billionaire Mukesh Ambani is targeting small businesses and promoting unconventional neuroscience studies to boost its revenues from the IPL, the world’s most valuable cricket league. The pricey broadcast rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) and other cricketing events which cost Disney and Reliance nearly $10 … Read more
Groundsmen cover the pitch and field area due to low rain fall before start of the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between Australia and South Africa, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on February 25, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Rain delayed the toss in the Champions Trophy Group B game between South Africa and two-time winner Australia … Read more
A battered England will hope to keep their Champions Trophy hopes alive when they face a dangerous Afghanistan in a crucial group B match in Lahore on Wednesday (February 26, 2025). A defeat would severely dent both the teams’ dreams of a semifinal berth in the tournament, as South Africa and Australia have already notched … Read more
Pakistan’s cricket team continued to invite scathing criticism a day after being knocked out of the Champions Trophy with the great Sunil Gavaskar saying that it would struggle to beat even a second-string Indian team. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s cricket team continued to invite scathing criticism a day after being knocked out of the … Read more
Jaspal Rana. | Photo Credit: File Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR A coach of exceptional ability, Dronacharya awardee Jaspal Rana, returns to the coaching panel of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) as the High Performance Coach for pistol, in a long list of coaching experts ratified by the Governing Body of the NRAI on … Read more
Vidarbha will be making their fourth appearance while Kerala are making their maiden appearance in the Ranji Trophy final. The Ranji Trophy final will be played in Nagpur on February 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Former winners Vidarbha will rely on their red-hot form to stake claim for a title that they last … Read more