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Massimo Costantini, the head coach of the Indian National team, is a patient man, explaining the nuances of shots to the players during their matches at the WTT Star Contender Chennai recently. Never the one to raise his voice to the players, the Italian almost always makes his point clear in a soft manner. In … Read more

Struggling Mumbai Indians will hope the batters will get their act together to shoulder responsibility when they take on an inspired Royal Challengers Bengaluru in an Indian Premier League match in Mumbai on Monday (April 7, 2025). With three defeats in four games marking yet another poor start for the five-time winners, Mumbai Indians are … Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with members of the 1996 Sri Lankan cricket team, in Colombo on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (April 5, 2025) interacted with members of the 1996 World Cup-winning Sri Lankan cricket team and said the triumph captured the imagination of countless sports lovers. PM … Read more

Rajasthan Royals’ Jofra Archer bowls during the Indian Premier League 2025 match against Punjab Kings, at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, in Chandigarh. | Photo Credit: ANI The fate of the Punjab Kings-Rajasthan Royals IPL fixture on Saturday was pretty much sealed once pacer Jofra Archer hit the bull’s eye a couple of … Read more

Asian Games silver medallist Deepak Punia secured a silver in the Asian wrestling championships in Amman. Deepak, also a former World championships silver medallist in 86kg, lost 0-10 to Iranian defending champion Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei in the men’s 92kg freestyle final. Dinesh ensured another podium finish after pipping Turkmenistan’s Zyyamuhammet Saparov 14-12 in a 125kg bronze … Read more

Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj during a training session ahead of the IPL 2025 match against Sunrisers, at Rajiv Gandhi International cricket stadium in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Over the years, the sight of Mohammed Siraj in a Royal Challengers Bengaluru shirt had become an IPL staple. His release by … Read more

Harimoto rallied to beat Hashimoto in the summit clash. | Photo Credit: M. VEDHAN It was, perhaps, Miwa Harimoto’s longest final. The 16-year-old Japanese had to battle it out for nearly 74 minutes against a relentless Honoka Hashimoto to emerge a 9-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7 winner in the WTT Star Contender Chennai at … Read more

Travis Head needs to rediscover his top form as Sunrisers Hyderabad looks to return to winning ways. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Bottom-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s faltering attack-at-will approach will face another big test when it hosts the sprightly Gujarat Titans at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Sunday. Its ultra-aggressive entertaining style, at the … Read more

New Zealand’s players celebrate winning the series after the third one day international (ODI) cricket match between New Zealand and Pakistan at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on April 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan ended a disappointing tour of New Zealand on another somber note Saturday (April 5, 2025), losing the third one-day … Read more

Delhi Capitals’ K.L. Rahul celebrates his half century during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, on April 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Opening batter KL Rahul struck a fine half century to help Delhi Capitals post 183 … Read more

Lucknow Super Giants coach Justin Langer before the match. | Photo Credit: Reuters Lucknow Super Giants head coach Justin Langer created a hilarious moment when he picked up a reporter’s phone call during the post-match press conference following their 12-run win over Mumbai Indians in an IPL game in Lucknow. While answering a question about … Read more

File photo of New Zealand batsman Daryl Mitchell. | Photo Credit: Reuters Daryl Mitchell scripted his name into the record books on Saturday, becoming the quickest New Zealand batsman to achieve the milestone of 2000 One Day International (ODI) runs, as per a tweet posted by Blackcaps. He accomplished this feat during the third ODI … Read more

Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant. File | Photo Credit: PTI Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant copped a fine of ₹12 lakh for maintaining slow over-rate during their 12-run victory over Mumbai Indians in an IPL match in Lucknow on Saturday (April 4, 2025). The stipulated time for a bowling team to finish 20 … Read more

Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene said it wasn’t nice to retire impact player Tilak Varma, but described the move as a “tactical” one due to southpaw’s inability to connect big hits during their chase against Lucknow Super Giants in an IPL game in Lucknow. “These things happen in cricket. And (it was) not nice … Read more

Everybody has a plan to make cricket more equitable, bring in more money, have more rational calendars, comprehensible points systems and so on. The International Cricket Council, sadly, isn’t one with such plans. Some years ago, the Woolf Report put forward ideas which were heartily ignored. Now the World Cricketers’ Association (WCA), a body with … Read more

Shreyas Iyer has been leading from the front for Punjab Kings. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Punjab Kings, after rollicking victories away in Ahmedabad and Lucknow, is set to play host for the first time in IPL 2025. Saturday’s fixture against Rajasthan Royals is also a good opportunity for the in-form PBKS to snap … Read more

‘Home advantage’ has been a hot topic of discussion in IPL 2025. Teams have expressed displeasure at pitch curators when they did not get their preferred kind of track while hosting games. Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson, however, said he was not one to dwell on this discourse. “To be very honest, I … Read more

Reinforcement: CSK might be tempted to bring in Conway to bolster its batting. | Photo: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN It is not often that Chennai Super Kings enters a match in its backyard as the underdog. The five-time champion boasts the best home record (69.86%) in the competition. However, after an indifferent start to its IPL-18 campaign … Read more

Prashant Vaidya was once rated the fastest bowler in India. He will quickly remind you though that a certain Javagal Srinath was very fast, too. Unlike Srinath’s, Vaidya’s career was cut short by injuries; he ended up playing just four ODIs. But, he went on to play a key role in turning Vidarbha into one … Read more

Michael Hussey, right, with Shivam Dube. | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B Ahead of the clash against Delhi Capitals at the MAC Stadium on Saturday, Chennai Super Kings’ batting coach Michael Hussey sounded optimistic about his side’s turnaround and highlighted the areas where it would like to improve during a media interaction on the eve … Read more

Manisha. | Photo Credit: X@IIS_Vijayanagar While Manisha Bhanwala ended her four-year gold-medal drought in women’s competitions on Friday night, the Indian male freestyle wrestlers in action on Saturday disappointed at the Asian wrestling championships in Amman, Jordan. The 28-year-old Manisha, who had claimed three consecutive bronze medals across 62kg and 65kg from 2022 to 2024, … Read more

Sharath Kamal during his farewell in Chennai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran The WTT Star Contender here is done and dusted. There were plenty of upsets and several new faces caught the eye. However, for the first few days of the global event, the tournament was all about Sharath Kamal in his swansong. … Read more

Mumbai Indians’ captain Hardik Pandya and Lucknow Super Giants’ captain Rishabh Pant during the toss. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl against the Lucknow Super Giants in an Indian Premier League match on Friday (April 4, 2025). MI skipper Hardik Pandya said Rohit Sharma is sitting … Read more

Eugenio Chacarra of Spain emerged the sole leader despite shooting one-over 73 in the third round, on a teaser of a day when the ball kept missing the lip of the cup with unnerving consistency for most, in the $2.25 million Hero Indian Open golf championship at the DLF Golf and Country Club here on … Read more

Dhoni in action against RR. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR In what could be a stunning development, M.S. Dhoni could return as captain of Chennai Super Kings on home soil for the IPL league encounter against Delhi Capitals at the MAC Stadium on Saturday. This comes in the wake of skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad being … Read more

Kolkata Knight Riders Venkatesh Iyer plays a shot during the Indian Premier League 2025 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI Kolkata Knight Riders vice-captain Venkatesh Iyer believes his ₹23.75 crore price tag doesn’t mean he has to score heavily every game, stressing that his focus is … Read more

LSG will hope captain Rishabh Pant finds form with the bat. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Lucknow Super Giants will hope its big guns can turn up and pull off a concerted effort against Mumbai Indians at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in their IPL match here on Friday. The Super Giants’ fate has hinged on the efforts … Read more

Sai Kishore of GT celebrates after taking the wicket of Jitesh Sharma of RCB during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on 2nd April 2025. | Photo Credit: K. BHAGYA PRAKASH It is not often that Rashid Khan is the bowler with the worst figures and yet … Read more

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s captain Pat Cummins with Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Ajinkya Rahane before the start of an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, April 3, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bowl against … Read more