10-wicket hero Jalaj takes Kerala into knockouts  

Kerala sealed a place in the Ranji Trophy knockouts with a resounding innings and 169-run win over Bihar at the Sports Hub here on Friday. The win with a bonus point took Kerala’s tally to 28 points and it is momentarily perched at top of Group-C. Bihar capitulated embarrassingly on a wicket which was still pretty … Read more

RANJI TROPHY | I am proud of the boys, says Kerala skipper Sachin Baby

COLLECTIVE EFFORT: Kerala’s players celebrate the fall of a wicket during their Ranji Trophy cricket match against Bihar at the Greenfield stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday, January 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN The IPL snub was a bitter pill to swallow for Kerala players. Captain Sachin Baby believed that more players from the … Read more

National Games | Dhinidhi dazzles in breaking the women’s 200m freestyle meet record

Karnataka swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu had a good day in the pool on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR Olympian Dhinidhi Desinghu broke the women’s 200m freestyle meet record on the opening day of the National Games swimming competition here on Wednesday. The 15-year-old from Karnataka finished the day with three golds, including … Read more

Ind vs Eng 4th T20I: Buttler won the toss, asks India to bat

Sanju Samson plays a shot fine during the third T20 match between India and England at Niranjan Shah Stadium on January 28, 2025, in Rajkot, India. | Photo Credit: Getty Images England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and opted field against India in the fourth T20I here on Friday. India has brought in pacer … Read more

RANJI TROPHY | Hyderabad has the upper hand after Tanmay’s composed century

Hyderabad’s Tanmay Agarwal celebrates his century during the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 cricket match against Vidarbha, at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium, in Nagpur, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A composed century from opener Tanmay Agarwal helped Hyderabad take control of its Ranji Trophy Group B encounter against Vidarbha at the VCA … Read more

Sachin Tendulkar to get BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award

Legendary Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred with the BCCI’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Mumbai on February 1,m 2025. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The legendary Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred with the BCCI’S Lifetime Achievement Award at the Board’s annual gala in Mumbai on Saturday (February 1, 2025). The 51-year-old Tendulkar, who played 664 international … Read more

Don’t get friendly with Indians on field, maintain boundaries off it: Moin Khan to Pak players

Former Pakistan cricketer Moin Khan. File | Photo Credit: AP Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has urged the country’s cricketers to avoid getting friendly with their Indian counterparts on the field as such “unfathomable” behaviour can be perceived as a “sign of weakness”. His comments come just about three weeks before the two sides … Read more

India’s Test transition will work out well, feels ten Doeschate

Suryakumar and Gambhir have enjoyed great success in the shortest format. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Irrespective of the colour of the jersey, a team in transition has been a constant for India’s men’s cricket team. Unlike the Test squad, though, the men in the T20I blues have fared much better despite three big retirements … Read more

Ranji Trophy | Nizar’s unbeaten century rescues Kerala

Nizar carried the day for Kerala with his gritty knock. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Salman Nizar’s maiden First-Class century (111 not out) lifted Kerala from the doldrums to a position of comfort against Bihar on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match at the Sports Hub here on Thursday. Opting … Read more

My best spell, says Utkarsh after six-wicket haul against TN

Utkarsh Singh | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Off-spinner Utkarsh Singh rated his spell against Tamil Nadu on Thursday (six for 30) as his best ever. “I think this ranks as number one. Because, this is the quickest five-wicket haul that I’ve taken. And of course, when you don’t have to bowl as many overs to … Read more

Rinku all set to return as Men in Blue eye another series win

The presence of Rinku  will give more freedom to strokeplayers such as Tilak. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI He is among the leading lights of India’s T20 specialists. Having made a seamless transition from the Indian Premier league (IPL) to the international arena during the 2023-24 season of India’s relentless bilateral T20I onslaught, the last 12 months have … Read more

Ranji Trophy | Malhotra’s gritty hundred keeps Punjab in the game

Wicketkeeper-batter Anmol Malhotra’s gritty unbeaten century helped Punjab avert disaster on the opening day of its Ranji Trophy Group-C match against Bengal at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday. Asked to bat, Punjab rode on Malhotra’s defiant knock (106 n.o., 114b, 11×4, 2×6) to recover from 73 for six to post 191 in its first … Read more

Vishnu Saravanan, Nethra Kumanan clinch titles

Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan secured 12 and 15 Nett to become the ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 champions in the SBI Sail India Senior Nationals at Girgaum Chowpatty in Mumbai. The winners: ILCA 7: Vishnu Saravanan (AYN, 12 Nett); ILCA 6: Nethra Kumanan (TNSA, 15). iQFOIL: Men: Aditya Sangwan (AYN, 14); Women: Ishwariya Ganesh … Read more

Over 9500 athletes to be in action as all set for National Games

The Kerala women’s basketball team in discussion after a training session on Monday. | Photo Credit: Stan Rayan For someone from the warm South, it’s very cold out here in Dehradun. With such weather, one wondered how the swimmers would manage life during their competition in the 38th National Games which Prime Minister Narendra Modi … Read more