Mike Hussey has a word with Rahul Tripathi. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Chennai Super Kings has had an eminently forgettable time, logging just two victories thus far in IPL 2025 but its batting coach Mike Hussey asserted the main focus is to win the remaining matches. Hussey said that this season was different in … Read more
Zhu Jiner, left, beat Divya Deshmukh to move back into lead after the penultimate round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix at Pune. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar PUNE After her terrible loss to Koneru Humpy, Zhu Jiner showed her resilience and class to post a badly-needed win that has rekindled her hopes of … Read more
Suryakumar Yadav has been in fine form for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Suryakumar Yadav, India’s T20I captain, and former Test captain Ajinkya Rahane lead the pack of eight icon players for the third edition of the T20 Mumbai, to be played at the Wankhede Stadium from May 26. The … Read more
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi celebrates after becoming the youngest player to score an IPL century. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bihar Chief Minister (CM) Nitish Kumar on Tuesday (April 29, 2025) lauded 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi for becoming the youngest-ever centurion in T20 cricket, and announced a cash reward of ₹10 lakh for his stellar performance. … Read more
Sai Sudharshan admitted Suryavanshi was fantastic to watch. | Photo Credit: Reuters At the half-way mark of the IPL encounter at the Sawai Mansigh Stadium on Monday (April 28, 2025) night, B. Sai Sudharsan may have felt he had done his bit. He had claimed back the orange cap from Virat Kohli, played another fine … Read more
It’s not easy for a young up-and-comer to make an impression in a team stacked with superstars. But N. Sree Charani did just that in the recently concluded iteration of the Women’s Premier League, where she represented runner-up Delhi Capitals. The 20-year-old left-arm spinner featured in crucial games against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians … Read more
Suryavanshi en route his dazzling hundred. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Not since Sachin Tendulkar smashed Abdul Qadir for four sixes in an over in an exhibition match against Pakistan, way back in 1989, has many teenaged batters caused as much excitement as Vaibhav Suryavanshi did on a manic Monday night here at the Sawai … Read more
Some nights are magical. So magical, they defy belief. Monday was one such night. It was a starless night, though. But that didn’t matter. One of the potential superstars of cricket lit up the Sawai Mansigh Stadium, and well beyond. Vaibhav Suryavanshi played one of the most stunning knocks in the history of the IPL … Read more
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi celebrates after scoring a century during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, India, on April 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Rajasthan Royals’ newest batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi created history on Monday when he became the youngest batter ever … Read more
KKR players Varun Chakravarthy and Rinku Singh during a practice session ahead of the IPL match against Delhi Capitals in New Delhi on Monday. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP An hour before Kolkata Knight Riders’ practice session was officially scheduled to begin at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Monday, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakaravarthy … Read more
The Maharashtra Cricket Association will start its own cricket academy modelled on the Centre of Excellence (erstwhile NCA) based in Bengaluru and will also come up with ‘regional centres’, says president Rohit Pawar. The MCA will start with a financial assistance of ₹75 lakhs each for six district cricket associations and similar support will be … Read more
Top show: Simranpreet, champion Sun, and Yao on the podium. | Photo Credit: ISSF The 25 sports pistol gold eluded the grasp of Simranpreet Kaur Brar by one point as she fought hard against qualification topper Sun Jujie (585) of China in the Shooting World Cup that concluded in Lima, Peru, on Monday. The 20-year-old … Read more
In the prime of his playing career, Kevin Pietersen relished the centre-stage. Eyes would be transfixed on the England batting stalwart as he plonked his front foot down the pitch and took on all types of bowlers. He was the inventor of the switch hit, a shot that has become a matter of convention for the contemporary batter. When Delhi Capitals brought Pietersen on board as mentor … Read more
K.L. Rahul is best placed to bat at number four and keep wickets for India in next year’s Twenty20 (T20) World Cup, believes Delhi Capitals mentor Kevin Pietersen. With his intent in the shortest format being questioned in the past, Rahul has tweaked his approach to be the leading run-getter for Delhi Capitals’ this … Read more
Before Sunday (April 27, 2025), Krunal Pandya had batted in just four of nine matches for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in this year’s IPL and scored 24 runs off 28 balls. He made up for his lack of runs and batting opportunities in the earlier matches by coming to the fore against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Chasing 163, … Read more
Having whipped a full toss from Yash Dayal nonchalantly behind square, he followed the path of the ball unblinkingly, knowing from the moment it made contact with the bat where it was headed. Still, typical of the man, he waited for confirmation. As the ball screamed over the boundary buntings, over the fence and into the stands … Read more
Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill with coach Ashish Nehra at practice session on the eve of the IPL match against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Even the most loyal of Rajasthan Royals’ fans would concede the show hasn’t been quite royal this season by the franchise. Gujarat Titans, though, has lived … Read more
GT batter M. Shahrukh Khan says the team was fortunate to pick up Jos Buttler from the auction. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR He has faced just 39 balls in the eight games he has played. In three of those matches, he didn’t have to take the trouble of striding to the middle. M. … Read more
India’s Saurabh Chaudhary and Suruchi Singh compete in the 10m air pistol mixed team event to win gold medal at ISSF World Cup in Lima, Peru. File photo:X/@issf_official via PTI Indian shooters finished third at the ISSF World Cup after the pair of Prithviraj Tondaiman and Pragati Dubey failed to reach the medals round in … Read more
Mumbai Indians’ Will Jacks during the practice session ahead of Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to bowl against Mumbai Indians in their IPL match on Sunday (April 27, 2025). Speedster Mayank … Read more
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sri Lanka in the rain-delayed women’s Tri-series opener here on Sunday (April 27, 2025). | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sri Lanka in the rain-delayed women’s Tri-series opener here … Read more
W.V. Raman. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: M. VEDHAN Former India cricketer W.V. Raman on Saturday said that T20 leagues will dominate the future of cricket globally. “It (cricket) is going to take the route of football in terms of governance, the way I see it. What will happen is that there will be a … Read more
Rahul was the difference when the two sides met in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA When Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru get mentioned in the same breath, the reference is usually to their long-standing failure to win an Indian Premier League (IPL) title. In a marked change, however, the thing uniting both franchises … Read more
Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Ajinkya Rahane and Punjab Kings’ captain Shreyas Iyer during the toss. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match here on Saturday. PBKS made two changes, bringing in Glenn Maxwell and Azmatullah … Read more
Spin-factor: Bishnoi and Digvesh will have to step up against the MI batting might. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Mumbai Indians, after a usual slow start to the season, has switched into top gear in no time. Thanks to their four-match winning run, Hardik Pandya’s men have been catapulted into the top four for the … Read more
Skipper Hardik has benifitted from Rohit’s tactical inputs and exploits at the top of the order. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Mumbai Indians batting coach Kieron Pollard has stressed that the dressing room never lost faith in Rohit Sharma’s ability with the bat and Hardik Pandya’s captaincy. “We always had that belief that he’s (Rohit) … Read more
For those of an older vintage who fell in love with cricket and its time-honoured traditions long before T20 became an all-pervasive part of the game, a six was a rare spectacle. An occasional occurrence that retained a tinge of novelty each time. For the ball to sail into the stands, a batter had to … Read more
File picture of Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Daniel Vettori | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Sunrisers Hyderabad’s slam-bang batting style has not delivered results in IPL 2025. Head coach Daniel Vettori, quite understandably, was pleased with the way SRH went out of its comfort zone while chasing down Chennai Super Kings’ 154 on Friday (April 25, 2025) … Read more
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia celebrates after winning the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Oscar Piastri has shown he has the pace to fight for the Formula 1 title. In winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix … Read more
Dhoni-led CSK have had one of their worst IPL seasons in 2025 and are currently placed at the bottom of the points table with seven defeats. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI A distraught Mahendra Singh Dhoni has expressed his helplessness at Chennai Super Kings’ extended poor run in the ongoing Indian Premier League and … Read more