Shaun Tait during Indian Premier League. File. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Australia’s Shaun Tait has been named Bangladesh’s new pace bowling coach, the country’s cricket board said Monday. The 42-year-old Tait, who played 59 internationals for Australia between 2005-2016, replaces former New Zealander Andre Adams who had joined last year. “It’s a good time … Read more
The precision-personified Josh Hazlewood has been the standout Australian performer of this IPL season. The ‘Hazlegod’ nickname, conferred on by RCB fans, feels earned. In stark contrast, Glenn Maxwell has been drastically underwhelming considering his T20 form before the IPL; Jake Fraser-McGurk has regressed from explosive to ineffective; Travis Head, though he’s still contributing, hasn’t … Read more
Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli. File. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy He was the heir apparent when Sachin Tendulkar was in the twilight of his career and on Monday (May 12, 2025) when Virat Kohli bid adieu to his storied Test run, the ‘Master Blaster’ recalled a thread that became a binding force between them. … Read more
Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals will replay each other on May 24 in Jaipur as the Indian Premier League (IPL) will stage the remaining 17 matches from May 17 to June 3. The IPL was suspended last week due to the mounting tension on the border of India and Pakistan. The fate of the Punjab … Read more
File photo of Virat Kohli as he plays a shot during the 2nd ODI match against Australia, at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: ANI Back in November 2016, Visakhapatnam had its moment of cricketing glory when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) awarded it the opportunity to host … Read more
The Sydney Test against Australia turned out to be Kohli’s final one. | Photo Credit: AP Virat Kohli’s Test retirement – formalised on Monday by the veteran batter himself following three days of reported speculation – may have come as a surprise to the ardent fans of Test cricket. For Kohli – who has inspired … Read more
Kohli and his mother Saroj with coach Rajkumar at a function in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO In Virat Kohli’s storied journey to the high table of Test cricket, different people must have lent a helping hand at different stages. But the man who was at the heart of the star batter learning … Read more
Punjab Kings’ coach Ricky Ponting upon his arrival in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI Australian players who have returned home after the suspension of the IPL and don’t want to return to India for the remainder of the high-profile tournament will get support from Cricket Australia, according to a media report. All the … Read more
A file image of Virat Kohli | Photo Credit: Reuters Great players offer hope and make us believe in sporting miracles. For a large part of his Test career, Virat Kohli was all this and much more. Having called time on his association with cricket’s longest format on Monday (May 12, 2025), the end of … Read more
Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket ending the speculation about his future in the longest format. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images India’s batting talisman Virat Kohli on Monday (May 12, 2025) announced his retirement from Test cricket, ending the speculation about his future in the longest format. The 36-year-old Kohli turned up … Read more
Professor Sunny Thomas, the national coach during the golden phase of Indian shooting, passed away at his home in Uzhavoor in Kottayam on Wednesday. He was 83 and is survived by his wife Josamma, two sons and a daughter. Thomas was the national shooting coach for 19 years, from 1993 to 2012, and during this … Read more
Punjab Kings’ coach Ricky Ponting upon his arrival in the national capital via a special train as authorities evacuate Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals players from Dharamsala, in New Delhi, Friday, May 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting was about to take off for home when the ceasefire between … Read more
Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana. File. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI India women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Sunday (May 11, 2025) expressed her concerns about her pacers’ frequent tryst with injuries and said the support staff is looking to address it before the ODI World Cup comes calling. Harmanpreet was speaking after India’s title … Read more
In this image released @BCCIWomen via X on May 11, 2025, India’s batters Harleen Deol and Smriti Mandhana during the 2025 Sri Lanka Women’s Tri-Nation Series final cricket match against Sri Lanka, in Colombo. India won the match by 97 runs. | Photo Credit: X@BCCIWomen via PTI India displayed absolute dominance to crush Sri Lanka … Read more
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has judiciously mixed its selection, allowing some of the high performers to continue while bringing a few others fresh, while naming the squad for the Shooting World Cup to be staged in Munich, Germany, from June 10 to 14. Air pistol ace Suruchi Singh, who won the individual … Read more
India finished with 13 gold and three silver medals in the South Asian youth table tennis championships on Sunday. The qualification event for this year’s Asian youth championships saw the Indian contingent dominate the competition across various categories. The Indian teams grabbed three gold medals in the under-19 girls and u-15 boys and girls’ sections … Read more
January is associated with fresh beginnings and cliched New Year resolutions. But as this year’s January 2nd waned at the historic Sydney Cricket Ground, there was a sense of an ending. The Indian cricket team was preparing for the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Trailing 1-2, Rohit Sharma’s men needed to stage a … Read more
People seen outside the Ekana stadium as the IPL 2025 match between Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru cancelled due to security reasons, in Lucknow on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian Premier League (IPL) is likely to resume before the next weekend, at select venues in India, based on the government clearance. … Read more
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is likely to resume before the next weekend, at select venues in India, based on the government clearance. The decision is likely to be formalised by the IPL Governing Council in the next couple of days, provided it gets the government nod. Multiple members of various IPL franchise contingents confirmed … Read more
The mixed air rifle medallists, Meghana Sajjanar, Shahu Tushar Mane, champions Mehuli Ghosh, Abhinav Shaw, and Elavenil Valarivan, Smit Moradiya, in the Kumar Surendra Singh championship in Delhi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Abhinav Shaw helped West Bengal sweep the three gold medals, with different partners, in the mixed air rifle competition of … Read more
Over the past few weeks, a question has popped up in the minds of many players, commentators and fans associated with cricket: What were we doing when we were 14? Serious reflection may elicit a variety of interesting responses. But the brief purpose of this rhetorical query is to highlight the point that none of … Read more
Viswanathan Anand became Asia’s third Grandmaster in 1988. Eugene Torre, the first from the continent to get that most important title for chess players, did it in 1974. He was also the first Asian to play at the Candidates, the qualifying event for the World Championship. He featured in 23 Olympiads for Philippines. He was … Read more
Cheers to chants: Although the disappointment of the suspension was evident, fans at the Ekana stadium raised patriotic slogans. | PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA After the BCCI suspended the Indian Premier League in view of the heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, cricket fans who had assembled for Friday’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Lucknow Super Giants clash … Read more
(L to R) K.C. Vijaya Kumar, Sports Editor, The Hindu moderates the session with Shantha Rangaswamy, former and first captain of the Indian cricket team, Mithali Raj, India’s former cricket team captain and Shreyanka Patil, Indian cricketer. | Photo Credit: K. Bhagya Prakash Stars from three generations — Shantha Rangaswamy, Mithali Raj, and Shreyanka Patil … Read more
IPL Trophy. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday (May 9, 2025) was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating military confrontation between India and Pakistan. According to Chennai Super Kings MD, K.S. Viswanathan, the league has been suspended, and players are returning to their destinations. “It does not look … Read more
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. File | Photo Credit: AP The Pakistan Cricket Board has shifted the remaining eight matches of its Pakistan Super League Twenty20 competition to the United Arab Emirates following rising tensions between India and Pakistan. The PCB confirmed the relocation to Dubai in a statement released early Friday (May 9, 2025), citing growing … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Phil Salt during practice session on the eve of their IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants at Ekana stadium, in Lucknow on May 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena IPL chairman Arun Dhumal on Thursday (May 8, 2025) said government directives are being awaited before deciding on whether to continue with … Read more
Spectators leave after the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals was abandoned due to a significant technical failure at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on May 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP The IPL match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals here on Thursday (May … Read more
Were he that sort, Rohit Sharma would put his feet up on his first day as a former Test cricketer and reflect on a series of what ifs. What if he hadn’t rolled his ankle on the morning of his scheduled Test debut against South Africa in Nagpur in February 2010, a development that obliquely postponed his entry into … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ replacement signing Urvil Patel meant business from the moment he walked into bat against Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Days after being snubbed at the IPL auction last year, Urvil Patel slammed the second-fastest hundred in T20s, reaching the landmark in 28 balls for Gujarat … Read more