Priorities: Brook says his full focus is on England duties for now. | Photo Credit: Getty Images After having been signed by Delhi Capitals for ₹6.25 crore in the 2025 IPL mega auction, Harry Brook decided to pull out of the tournament to focus on his England National team commitments. The decision did not go down … Read more
Ravindra Jadeja’s left-arm spin was put to an arduous test at Leeds. The final evaluation for his match figures of 47-5-172-1: room for improvement. The Headingley pitch got drier as the first England-India Test progressed, and the stage was set for Jadeja to utilise the rough outside the left-hander’s off-stump. The last day’s play, however, … Read more
In focus: It remains to be seen whether India will play both Jadeja and Kuldeep, while Sai Sudharsan, centre, will be keen on making a mark with the bat. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Watching a nets session ahead of an all-important cricket match is like sitting down to solve a crossword puzzle. There may … Read more
Earlier this month, Dhoni was inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame for the year 2025 along with seven cricketers, including Australian great Matthew Hayden and South Africa’s Hashim Amla. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has filed a trademark application for the phrase ‘CAPTAIN COOL’, a sobriquet … Read more
KUCHING India made history in the second Asian doubles squash championships by securing a hat-trick of gold medals in men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles — a feat never achieved before by the nation in any of the Asian or World doubles squash championship. Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar defeated Pakistan’s Noor Zaman and … Read more
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi with Azhar Mahmood who was appointed as the acting red-ball head coach. | Photo Credit: AP Former all-rounder Azhar Mahmood was on Monday (June 30, 2025) elevated to the post of Pakistan’s acting red-ball head coach until the conclusion of his current contract, which runs until April next year. … Read more
Confident India will aim to capitalise opener Smriti Mandhana’s sublime form and hope for skipper Harmanpreet Kaur availability in the second T20I against England in Bristol on July 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A confident India will aim to capitalise on opener Smriti Mandhana’s sublime form and hope for skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s availability … Read more
File photo of Joshna Chinappa and Anahat Singh | Photo Credit: The Hindu India made history in the second Asian doubles squash championships by securing hat-trick of gold medals in men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles — a feat never achieved before by the nation in any of the Asian or World doubles squash … Read more
Sai Kishore en route his fifty. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN R. Sai Kishore, for a change, let his bat do the talking as he stroked a well-paced half-century (55, 34b, 8×4, 1×6) that set-up a comfortable 69-run win for IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans over Nellai Royal Kings in the penultimate league game of TNPL-9 at … Read more
“It’s disappointing that the final of a 50-over tournament had to be decided by a Twenty20 game.” One would think this would be the lament of the losing captain, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni is anything but conventional. Not long after his side got out of jail, defeating England by five runs in the final of the … Read more
Munir says that while Moeen’s success has made it better for children with immigrant backgrounds, challenges remain. | Photo Credit: N. Sudarshan Munir Ali breathes cricket. After helping shape the career of his nephew Kabir Ali, who represented England in one Test and 14 ODIs, and then making Moeen Ali the cricketer he was — … Read more
A file image is used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Wednesday (June 25, 2025) announced the launch of the Top National Players Stipend Scheme (TNPSS), a financial support initiative to help in talent development. The project, championed by AICF President Nitin Narang, will seek to … Read more
Shubman Gill has plenty to ponder after the demoralising loss at Headingley. | Photo Credit: Getty Images As shadows lengthened on day one of the first Test between India and England in Leeds, Shubman Gill would have been a pleased man. His side had reached a comfortable 359 for three and the captain had helped … Read more
Indian team celebrates with the trophy after winning the Twenty20 World Cup 2025 in Barbados. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak In Barbados, India ended an 11-year-long ICC Trophy drought, beating South Africa by seven runs to capture the ICC T20 World Cup title for the second time on June 29 last year. This was Rohit … Read more
India’s Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the second Women’s International T20 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Smashing a maiden T20I century against England was “pretty special” as the shortest format is “not one of my strengths”, said India stand-in skipper Smriti Mandhana after powering her side … Read more
India will have to rely heavily on their pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah to win Test matches, but they have the ability to beat every side in 50-over games, given the depth of their talent, feels South African-born England legend Allan Lamb. The ex-cricketer, who now runs ‘Lamb Associates’, a successful hospitality venture, is happy with … Read more
Yashasvi Jaiswal of India drops a catch during Day Five of the 1st Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Headingley on June 24, 2025 in Leeds, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Former Australia keeper-batter Brad Haddin believes the Indian team, led by Shubman Gill, needs an “attitude adjustment” as the visitors try … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ Khaleel Ahmed. File | Photo Credit: PTI India’s left-arm seamer Khaleel Ahmed will play for the Essex Club until the conclusion of the 2025 season. He will be available for both the Rothesay County Championship and the Metro Bank One Day Cup. A product of India’s Under-19 squad for the 2016 World … Read more
Sri Lanka’s Prabath Jayasuriya acknowledges after taking five Bangladeshi wickets during the fourth day of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, June 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka completed a thumping innings and 78-run victory over Bangladesh before lunch on day four of the … Read more
India’s Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the second Women’s International T20 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Stand-in skipper Smriti Mandhana’s graceful maiden T20 International hundred adorned India’s smooth 97-run win over England in the opening match here on Saturday (June 29, 2025). The visitors now lead … Read more
Vijay Shankar claimed three for 23. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN The Chepauk Super Gillies juggernaut continued to steamroll opponents and made it a perfect seven in the league stage of TNPL-9, beating Siechem Madurai Panthers by six wickets (DLS method) in its final group encounter at the NPR College Ground here on Saturday. The … Read more
Prasidh Krishna went for plenty in the series opener. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Prasidh Krishna has had a tough initiation into Test cricket. Having made his debut 18 months ago in the Centurion Test against South Africa, he has had a stop-start career. He has played just four matches, secured 13 wickets, leaked runs … Read more
From contemplating quitting the sport to making a comeback to revive his career, 31-year-old Olympian swimmer Sajan Prakash, a multiple South Asian Games and National Games gold medallist, is planning to pace up slowly and steadily in the run-up to the Asian championships in October and the Asian Games next year. Competing in the 78th National aquatics championships … Read more
Australia’s Josh Hazlewood raises the ball after taking the wicket of West Indies’ Jomel Warrican, his fifth of the innings, on day three of the first cricket Test match at Kensington Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados, on June 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Australia ruthlessly completed a 159-run victory over West Indies in the first … Read more
UP Warriorz coach Jon Lewis had guided the Warriorz to the WPL playoffs in the tournament’s inaugural season in 2023, only to be beaten by eventual champions Mumbai Indians. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Women’s Premier League side UP Warriorz have parted ways with their head coach Jon Lewis after a three-year association which … Read more
Vaibhav Suryavanshi in action during the Youth One Day Match between England and India at the County Cricket Ground in Hove, Britain, on June 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters Fresh from their exploits in the IPL, young guns Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre shone with the bat after a tidy bowling … Read more
All in readiness: Openers Shafali and Smriti will be keen on giving good starts. | Photo Credit: X@BCCIWomen India women will be keen to internalise the conditions and character of venues in England ahead of next year’s World Cup here during the five-match T20I series against the host, beginning with the opening game at Trent … Read more
Benedicton broke the men’s 50m butterfly record. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT B. Benedicton Rohit and Dhinidhi Desinghu stole the limelight by smashing the men’s 50m butterfly and women’s 100m freestyle meet records respectively in the National aquatics championships at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre here on Wednesday. After securing the 100m butterfly gold with a … Read more
In this year’s Indian Premier League, Tamil Nadu left-arm spinner R. Sai Kishore finally had the breakthrough season he had been looking for. The 28-year-old has had to wait three years for regular game-time and grabbed his chances in 2025, scalping 19 wickets for Gujarat Titans. In this chat with The Hindu, the TN skipper … Read more
Shardul Thakur’s reckless batting in both innings hurt India. | Photo Credit: AP To realise how much of an anomaly the result in India’s opening Test against England in Leeds was, consider this — it was the first time in its cricketing history that India tasted defeat after batting first and scoring 350 or more in … Read more