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
Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha celebrates the wicket of Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim during the first day of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Debutant spinner Sonal Dinusha and fast bowlers Vishwa Fernando and Asitha Fernando took two wickets each to … 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 Wednesday. | 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 Athisayaraj Davidson … Read more
C. D. Gopinath presents a commemorative book to V. V. Kumar as part of his 90th birthday celebration. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran It was an evening of celebration, filled with fascinating anecdotes and a trip down memory lane during the launch of a book on former India leg-spinner V.V. Kumar to commemorate his 90th … Read more
Harbour Diamonds rode on Abhishek Raman’s 15-ball 32 to beat Shrachi Rarh Tigers by 18 runs in a rain-affected Bengal Pro T20 League match at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday. The win helped the team seal a berth in the semifinals with 10 points from seven matches. The scores: Men: Harbour Diamonds 87/8 in 9 overs … Read more
Rohit broke Khade’s India best mark of and co-competitor Sajan’s four-year-old meet record. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Armed with his new-found mental strength, B. Benediction Rohit set a India best time on his way to claim the men’s 100m butterfly gold on the opening day of the National aquatics championships at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic … Read more
Ben Duckett’s century set the tone for England’s win in the first Test against India at Leeds. | Photo Credit: Reuters England skipper Ben Stokes hailed the roles of openers Zak Crawley (65, 126b, 7×4) and Ben Duckett (149, 170b, 21×4, 1×6) in the staggering five-wicket win over India in the Headingley Test here. The duo’s tone-setting … Read more
Stronger together: Captain Gill will need more than just Bumrah magic for India to take 20 wickets. | Photo Credit: Getty Images If victories confirm grand plans and strategies, defeats often force an almighty rethink. In that sense, India’s bruising five-wicket reverse to England in the first Test at Headingley here has understandably posed … Read more
It was the first time in a major that Aditi, who had a first-round 81, shot successive rounds in the 80s. File | Photo Credit: AP Indian golfer Aditi Ashok missed the cut in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship after a second round 11-over 83 in tough conditions at the Fields Ranch East course in Frisco. … Read more
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