Hazlewood credits experience for growth as a T20 bowler

Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowler Josh Hazelwood celebrate his third wicket with Virat Kohli during their playoff match at the New Chandigarh Stadium on Thursday, May 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy If Josh Hazlewood was roused from his sleep in the dead of night and handed a cricket ball, he would likely land it … Read more

Ponting picks Arshdeep in India’s XI for first Test in England

 Ricky Ponting sees left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh making his Test debut in the series opener between India and England next month. File | Photo Credit: PTI Australian great and Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting sees left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh making his Test debut in the series opener between India and England next month. Last … Read more

Knight out of England’s home summer with hamstring injury

Heather Knight England Women’s Cricketer stretches during the 3rd Women’s Vitality IT20 match between England and West Indies at Ambassador Cruise Line Ground on May 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: Getty Images England batter Heather Knight was ruled out of their home summer programme due to a hamstring injury on Thursday (May 29, 2025) but … Read more

Test players hope to understand English conditions in India A’s 1st ‘Unofficial Test’ against Lions

A clutch of frontline Test players, including opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, will be eager to acclimatise to English conditions during India A’s first four-day unofficial Test against the England Lions, beginning in Canterbury on Friday (May 30, 2025). Apart from Jaiswal and Nitish, the India A side has Abhimanyu Easwaran, Dhruv … Read more

The rise and rise of the young Indian cricketers

In an era long gone by, Afghanistan’s left-arm wrist-spinner Noor Ahmad would have walked away with the Purple Cap for being the highest wicket-taker at the conclusion of the league phase of the Indian Premier League. Noor might still do so – he leads this year’s race with 24 wickets despite his team, Chennai Super Kings, propping up … Read more

Tejaswani shoots sports pistol gold

Tejaswani. | Photo Credit: ISSF Tejaswani defeated Alina Nestsiarovich 31-29 for the 25m sports pistol gold in the Junior World Cup shooting in Suhl, Germany, on Monday. Tejaswani had qualified with a modest 575, the fourth best score. In fact, qualification topper Zhao Taotao (589) was placed fifth as Miriam Jako of Hungary and Yen-Ching … Read more

Depleted Titans and MI face off in Eliminator

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya will hope the players will raise their game in the IPL Eliminator. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY After more than two months of a long-drawn-out league phase, the future course of Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians in the IPL’s 18th edition hinges on how they fare over 40 overs in … Read more

IPL 2025, PBKS vs RCB Qualifier 1: Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru clash for ticket to finals

Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Xavier Bartlett, Praveen Dubey, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash.  Royal Challengers Bengaluru: … Read more

The Kings march to uncharted territory with renewed confidence

“Punjab Kings will finish in the top two this season. I’ll message you after the 14th match to rerun this podcast.” When Shashank Singh, one of the breakout stars of the franchise from IPL 2024, said this in an assured voice to a show host in March, ahead of the new season, one couldn’t have been blamed for shrugging … Read more

Punjab Kings, RCB aim to take a step closer to the summit

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer will hope the team rides the momentum to put it across Royal Challengers Bengaluru to reach the IPL title clash. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY In previous IPL seasons, the overarching themes linking Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru were achingly similar. They plunged from one season to another without … Read more

IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant, LSG fined for slower over rate against RCB

Lucknow Super Giants’ captain Rishabh Pant during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium, in Lucknow, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant has been fined ₹30 lakh for maintaining a slow over rate during … Read more

We haven’t achieved anything yet: PBKS head coach Ponting

 Ricky Ponting said Punjab Kings has not achieved anything yet. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Punjab Kings have been on a roll this IPL season but head coach Ricky Ponting feels the side has not achieved anything yet, declaring that a play-off qualification in more than a decade is merely a job half done … Read more

Pakistan, Bangladesh look to future with World Cup on horizon

Pakistan’s captain Salman Agha (R) and his Bangladesh counterpart Litton Das pose with the trophy at the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore on May 27, 2025, ahead of their first T20 International cricket match | Photo Credit: AFP Next year’s World Cup is in sight as a new-look Pakistan under Mike Hesson host a young … Read more

Loss to PBKS a bit of a wake up call for MI, says Rickleton

Mumbai Indians player Ryan Rickelton admitted that the seven-wicket defeat to Punjab Kings was a “wake-up call”. File  | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Mumbai Indians opener Ryan Rickelton admitted that the seven-wicket defeat to Punjab Kings was a “wake-up call,” but was confident that the five-time champions have what it takes to win the IPL … Read more

Transitions are difficult but Gill and Pant make it exciting

In his final Test innings, against the West Indies, Sachin Tendulkar was caught at slip off Narsingh Deonarine. As he walked off for the last time, he crossed in-coming batter Virat Kohli. Kohli then cracked the first ball he faced to the boundary. The symbolism was inescapable. The king is dead, long live the king. … Read more

Indian team – The Hindu

The Boxing Federation of India on Thursday named a 19-member Indian squad for the Thailand Open International tournament, to be held in Bangkok from May 24 to June 1. Boxers from China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Japan, Korea and Thailand will also compete. Silver medallists in the National championships have been named in the Indian team, which … Read more

Kidambi Srikanth enters Malaysia Masters quarterfinal

Srikanth Kidambi. File | Photo Credit: PTI Seasoned Indian badminton player Kidambi Srikanth entered the quarterfinals of Malaysia Masters after defeating Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen in his second-round match in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (May 22, 2025). Srikanth prevailed 23-21, 21-17 in the 59-minute showdown against world number 33 Nguyen. Srikanth, whose world ranking has plummeted … Read more