File picture of Joe Root of England | Photo Credit: Getty Images Charismatic England batter Joe Root has advocated for consistency to counter India in the upcoming five-Test series, saying “there’s no hiding place” when it comes to facing such an indomitable opponent. India will commence their their 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle in England … Read more
Fresh from their morale-boosting win over LSG and bolstered by the return of India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul, Delhi Capitals will look to build on the momentum when they take on formidable Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL in Visakhapatnam on Sunday (March 30, 2025). After a thunderous start to their campaign, SRH lost to Lucknow Super … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ M.S. Dhoni arrives to bat during the IPL match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, on March 28, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI M.S. Dhoni on Friday (March 28, 2025) surpassed former left-hand batter Suresh Raina to become the highest run-getter for five-time champions Chennai Super Kings … Read more
Mumbai Indians Hardik Pandya with Head Coach Mahela Jayawardene during the practice session ahead of IPL 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Gujarat Titans will look to preserve its spotless home record against Mumbai Indians as … Read more
“We have to segregate the venues and the opposition. Each venue, each opposition throws us different challenges and that’s something that we will focus on,” said MI coach Mahela Jayawardene. | Photo Credit: AP Just when you thought the Indian Premier League touched its batting zenith in 2024, the 2025 season has already started to … Read more
Delhi Capitals’ Ashutosh Sharma during IPL 2025 match between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ashutosh Sharma will forever remain indebted to his former franchise Punjab Kings’ skipper Shikhar Dhawan, whose “life lessons” will stay with him ‘forever”. The 26-year-old played a sensational unbeaten innings of 66 … Read more
Neeraj Phogat edged out Simranjit Kaur in the final of 65kg category in the 8th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship in Greater Nodia on Thursday | Photo Credit: PTI Neeraj Phogat registered a narrow 4-3 win against Simranjit Kaur to be crowned the national champion in the 65kg category in the 8th Elite Women’s National … Read more
In its 18th summer, the Indian Premier League is just tiding past adolescent churn. Its roots are deep, the accrued commercial heft is at an all-time high, and its monetary numbers find space in business dailies. And just like mangoes, the IPL is inextricably linked to Indian summers. Yet, that opening fixture, pitting host Royal … Read more
Paris Olympian Reetika Hooda. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Paris Olympian Reetika Hooda (76kg) booked a berth in the final of the Asian wrestling championships in Amman, Jordan, on Thursday (March 27, 2025). Three more Indian women – Nishu (55kg), Muskan (59kg) and Mansi Lather (68kg) – also reached bronze medal contests in … Read more
Naveen Pulligilla and Musa Sherif competed in the iconic Safari Rally Kenya 2025, which is a part of WRC. | Photo Credit: WRC via ANI Hyderabad’s Naveen Pulligilla and co-driver Musa Sherif of Kasargod have become the first all-Indian team to participate in the World Rally Championship (WRC) and win the RC3 Kenyan National Rally … Read more
Raring to go: Sreeja is eager to get her campaign underway. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Sreeja Akula, at No. 33, India’s second-highest ranked paddler in the world after Manika Batra, hasn’t had a great start to the new year (2025), losing early in all the five tournaments she played. The 26-year-old from Hyderabad, however, … Read more
Stupa Analytics, having conducted back-to-back WTT Star Contender events in Goa, is gearing up for the third edition to be staged in Chennai from March 25 to 30. The global sports technology company is the organising partner of World Table Tennis (WTT), the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), in India. Deepak … Read more
Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad with his Royal Challengers Bengaluru counterpart Rajat Patidar during the toss of the IPL 2025 match in Chennai on March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and elected to field during the IPL 2025 match against Royal Challengers … Read more
Shardul Thakur celebrates the wicket of Ishan Kishan. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Shardul Thakur, who had gone unsold at the IPL auction, was gearing up to turn out for Essex in the County Championship games when Lucknow Super Giants approached him. The team was in need of a last minute tried-and-tested replacement for the … Read more
India men’s head coach Gautam Gambhir and chairman of the national selection panel Ajit Agarkar are set to discuss the prolonged central contracts for the ongoing cycle with the BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia in Guwahati on Saturday. Earlier in the week, the BCCI announced the annual retainer for women, days after The Hindu reported that … Read more
A view of the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited applications for the post of ‘spin bowling coach’ at its Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru. The post has been lying vacant since Sairaj Bahutule served out his contract last … Read more
IPL 2025, CSK vs RCB: Royal Challengers Bengaluru look up to batters to end 17-year Chennai jinx
Skipper Hardik Pandya’s much-anticipated comeback after serving a one-match ban will lend the required balance to Mumbai Indians’ line-up when they take on an equally desperate Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on Saturday (March 29, 2025) as both teams are chasing their first victory in the ongoing edition of the IPL. Mumbai could not break their … Read more
In a record-breaking opening weekend, the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) witnessed unprecedented viewership across JioHotstar and Star Sports Network. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In a record-breaking opening weekend, the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) witnessed unprecedented viewership across JioHotstar and Star Sports Network. With a cumulative watch … Read more
Chennai Super Kings batsman M.S. Dhoni comes into bat against Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2025 match in Chennai. | Photo Credit: PTI Former India batter Ambati Rayudu says the phenomenal support Mahendra Singh Dhoni enjoys from the CSK fans has gradually morphed into an unhealthy obsession which is daunting for other batters to handle … Read more
Anirban Ghosh took out seventh seed Rossi in the final qualifying round of the WTT Star Contender at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Seldom does one witness so many Indian table tennis stars in a global tournament and that too at a WTT Star Contender event. Seven men … Read more
Lucknow Super Giants’ Shardul Thakur delivers a ball during IPL 2025 Twenty20 Championship cricket match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Lucknow Super Giants at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket stadium in Hyderabad on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: KVS Giri After setting the IPL ablaze with a four-wicket haul in Lucknow Super Giants’ … Read more
Theekshana went wicket-less and conceded 32 runs in fours overs, while Hasaranga (in frame) gave away 34 runs in three overs while taking the wicket of Rahane. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Rajasthan Royals (RR) spinners Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga could not live up to the expectations on a track which helped the slow … Read more
Peter Lever played 17 tests and 10 one-day internationals, including the inaugural one-dayer in 1971. | Photo Credit: X/@lancscricket Former England fast bowler Peter Lever, a member of the triumphant 1970-71 Ashes side, has died at 84. His former Lancashire club made the announcement on Thursday (March 27, 2025). “We are deeply saddened by the news … Read more
Sunil beat Huang to open India’s account in the tournament. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Greco Roman wrestler Sunil Kumar (87kg) claimed a bronze medal to open India’s account in the Asian wrestling championships in Amman, Jordan. Sunil, an Asian Games bronze medallist, defeated China’s Huang Jiaxin 5-1 to bag his fifth Asian medal. The … Read more
Ahlawat and Shubhankar during the media interaction on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivaan A battery of champions, more than a dozen of them from around the world, will be flexing their muscles to hit their best shots and sink putts, but the home fans will look for a familiar face to lift the trophy … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Virat Kohli at a training session ahead of the IPL match against Chennai Super Kings in Chennai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Dinesh Karthik is no stranger to the city of Chennai. The pre-match press conference ahead of the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers … Read more
Sunil beat China’s Jiaxin Huang after losing in the semifinals of the 87kg bout in the continental tournament on March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: olympics.com Indian wrestler Sunil Kumar won the bronze medal in the 87kg Greco Roman bout of the Asian Championship in Jordan on Tuesday (March 25, 2025). In the bronze medal … Read more
Sumeeth Reddy represented India at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games and won the 2015 Mexico City Grand Prix and 2016 Canada Open, along with finishing as runner-up at the U.S. Open and Dutch Open in 2015. File | Photo Credit: Srinivas Aditya P@Chennai India’s doubles specialist B. Sumeeth Reddy, a member of the … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma and Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant during a training session ahead of the match. | Photo Credit: KVS GIRI Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League match here on Thursday. LSG made one change, bringing … Read more