Losing fast bowler Lockie Ferguson to a foot injury is another setback for New Zealand in Champions Trophy | Photo Credit: The Hindu New Zealand has had another setback ahead of the International Cricket Council’s Champions Trophy in Pakistan, losing fast bowler Lockie Ferguson to a foot injury. Ferguson was injured in a warm-up match … Read more
Intrigue, uncertainty, backstage drama. The ICC Champions Trophy has seen it all even before the curtains go up on the tournament and it would only get more stirring over the next three weeks, starting with the opening clash between Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi. Eight teams will vie for a trophy, often talked up … Read more
A billboard depicting portraits of the captains of participating cricket teams in ICC Champions Trophy 2025, installed at a roadside, in Lahore, Pakistan. | Photo Credit: AP The ICC Champions Trophy is being revived after eight years with holders and hosts Pakistan playing New Zealand in the opening game of the ninth edition on Wednesday … Read more
The Australian cricket team arrived in Pakistan on Monday to participate in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. File photo The Australian cricket team arrived in Pakistan on Monday to participate in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. The tournament begins with a match between hosts Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi on Wednesday. Pakistan are also … Read more
Smriti Mandhana en route her 47-ball 81. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics/WPL Royal Challengers Bengaluru landed here without some of its key players. That isn’t showing, though. Smriti Mandhana’s women came up with a near perfect performance on Monday night to post their second win in as many matches in the third edition of the WPL. … Read more
Sachin Baby plays a shot on the opening day. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY There was a stark contrast between the teams fielded by Gujarat and Kerala during the Ranji Trophy semifinal being played here. While Gujarat opted to go with four medium-pacers, Kerala chose just two frontline pacers in its team. Kerala skipper Sachin … Read more
Vidarbha batter Danish Malewar continued his good run in the Ranji Trophy. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI For a rookie who debuted in Vidarbha’s season-opener, Danish Malewar appeared flawless en route crossing the 500-run mark in the season and his sixth fifty-plus score against an intimidating opponent in the Ranji Trophy semifinal. Just when he … Read more
Top knock: Shorey played an effortless and timely 74. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Dhruv Shorey gave a solid start. Danish Malewar played an innings with flair. Karun Nair appeared effortless at the crease. But neither of them could convert their knock into a real big one. As a result, despite crossing the 300-run mark, … Read more
Sachin Baby in action. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY A conservative, unbeaten half-century from captain Sachin Baby helped Kerala post 206 for four against Gujarat on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy semifinal at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Monday. The day’s play was a battle of patience as either side refused to … Read more
India’s H. S. Prannoy. File | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR HS Prannoy fought valiantly, but India went down 0-3 to a second-string Japan in the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships to end their campaign on a disappointing note on Friday (February 14, 2025). Also Read | India thrash Macau 5-0 to … Read more
Cars and motorcyclists drive past a billboard depicting portraits of the captains of participating cricket teams in ICC Champions Trophy 2025, installed on a pedestrian bridge on a road in Karachi, on February 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Cricket fever has gripped Pakistan as the Champions Trophy unfolds with fans eagerly waiting for the … Read more
She has an excellent wrong ’un. And she can get it right quite often, as she showed on Sunday night in the Women‘s Premier League (WPL). Priya Mishra used her googlies splendidly to set up a much-needed victory for Gujarat Giants, against UP Warriorz, at the BCA Stadium. The Giants, playing at home for the … Read more
Harshit Rana will be aiming to make his presence felt during the Champions Trophy. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK In theory, Harshit Rana is Jasprit Bumrah’s replacement in India’s squad for the Champions Trophy. In reality, of course, there is nobody in India, or elsewhere, with the skill and control to fill in for Bumrah. … Read more
Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana during a practice session ahead of the team’s opening match against Bangladesh in the ICC Champions Trophy, 2025, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Sunday (February 16, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI Mohammed Shami’s right hand has more sleight than a magician. A simple cock of … Read more
Cricketer Arshdeep Singh. File photo | Photo Credit: RAGU R Harshit Rana has been the flavour of the season as far as India’s emerging crop of fast bowlers is concerned but one of head coach Gautam Gambhir’s finds is unlikely to start in India’s playing eleven in the Champions Trophy with Arshdeep Singh still considered … Read more
Vidarbha’s Akshay Wadkar | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Mumbai has a legacy of a strong lower order bailing the team out, especially in big knockout games, right through the history of the Ranji Trophy. While Vidarbha captain Akshay Wadkar was cautious about the allrounders’ trio of Shams Mulani, Shardul Thakur and Tanush Kotian, his Mumbai … Read more
Niki Prasad of Delhi Capitals batting during match 2 of the Women’s Premier League 2025 (WPL) between The Mumbai Indians and The Delhi Capitals held at the BCA Stadium, Vadodara on the 15th February 2025. | Photo Credit: Saikat Das Delhi Capitals (DC) secured a thrilling two-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) in the ongoing Women’s Premier … Read more
Mumbai Indian, WPL 2025 head coach Charlotte Edwards. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Taking a dig at the controversial run-out decisions that played a big role in her team’s last-ball, two-wicket loss to Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians coach Charlotte Edwards said it was “really hard” to comprehend such calls that affect the eventual outcome of the … Read more
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Maharashtra’s Jash Modi and Tamil Nadu’s Selena Deepthi Selvakumar, the men’s and women’s singles winners of the National Games table tennis in Dehradun on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Stan Rayan Three years ago, when Jash Modi last played Olympian G. Sathiyan, he had lost 4-0. But on Thursday, the Maharashtra youngster came up with an … Read more
Kerala’s Salman Nizar during a practice session ahead of Ranji Trophy semifinal against Gujarat at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, February 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI It will be a battle between the middle-order heavy lifters when Gujarat takes on Kerala in the first semifinal of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 … Read more
Mumbai star Suryakumar Yadav with Vidarbha’s Karun Nair and Wakhare. | Photo Credit: PTI Two titles and a runner-up finish in the last decade. And a knockouts faceoff for the second successive season. No wonder that Mumbai versus Maharashtra is passe. It’s Mumbai vs Vidarbha that’s emerged as the new Maharashtra Derby in the Ranji … Read more
Image for representational purpose | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The BCCI on Sunday (February 16, 2025) unveiled a 74-match schedule for the 18th Indian Premier League that will be held across 13 venues, starting on March 22 with three franchises playing at least a couple of their home games at their designated second bases. The … Read more
Yash Rathod has scored four centuries so far this season. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Almost a year ago, Yash Rathod announced himself on the domestic scene, scoring his maiden First Class century (141) in the semifinals of the Ranji Trophy to help Vidarbha beat Madhya Pradesh. As Rathod prepares for the semifinal clash against … Read more
Shikha Pandey of Delhi Capitals gives Mumbai Indians’ Hayley Matthews the send-off in their Women’s Premier League match in Vadodara on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics/WPL Shikha Pandey swung the new ball tellingly on Saturday night. On the flat track at the BCA Stadium, against a formidable Mumbai Indians batting line-up, she knew she had … Read more
It’s unlikely that Mumbai will have an injured Yashasvi Jaiswal in their ranks, but the resilient defending champions are firm favourites against Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy semifinal, beginning in Nagpur on February 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak It’s unlikely that Mumbai will have an injured Yashasvi Jaiswal in their ranks, but the resilient … Read more
Hosts Gujarat are unlikely to digress from their tried and tested template of out-batting oppositions with dogged first innings displays as they take on a gutsy Kerala in their Ranji Trophy semi-final beginning in Ahmedabad on Monday (February 17, 2025). Gujarat, the champions of the 2016-17 edition, advanced to the semifinals for the first time … Read more
Former New Zealand fast-bowling great Tim Southee is confident that the Black Caps’ inexperienced bowling attack will do a wonderful job at the upcoming Champions Trophy after watching them perform impressively in the recently-concluded tri-series in Pakistan. FIle | Photo Credit: AP Former New Zealand fast-bowling great Tim Southee is confident that the Black Caps’ … Read more
Defending champion Dindigul Dragons’ think-tank at the 2025 TNPL auction Pacer M. Mohammed (₹18.4 lakh), all-rounder Vijay Shankar (₹18 lakh), and top-order batters U. Mukilesh (₹17.6 lakh) and J. Suresh Kumar (₹16.1 lakh) were the top buys of the 2025 Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) auction held here on Saturday. Mohammed went to SKM Salem … Read more
Skill and will: Debutant Niki’s talent and maturity came to the fore as she led Capitals’ chase. | Photo Credit: SPORTZPICS/WPL She led India to victory at the Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup earlier this month. Niki Prasad on Saturday night announced her arrival on the bigger stage. Nikis’s 33-ball 35 (4×4) helped Delhi Capitals pull … Read more