Rupinder (Bengal Tigers), Amit (Dragons), Sumit (Toofans) and Harmanpreet (Soorma) will be eager to get their hands on the trophy. | Photo Credit: M. VEDHAN Soorma Hockey Club skipper Harmanpreet Singh signalled that the ‘real competition’ of the Hockey India League starts when the semifinals will be held at the Birsa Munda Stadium here on … Read more
Not worrying about pressure and being “ruthless” have been the hallmark of the Indian team so far as it aims to retain the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup here, said left-arm spinner Parunika Sisodia after guiding her side to the final of the prestigious tournament on Friday. India are just win away from retaining the … Read more
G Kamalini’s well-paced fifty complemented the excellent work of spinners as defending champions India subdued England by nine wickets to enter the final of the ICC Women’s U19 T20 World Cup here on Friday. India will face South Africa in the title match on Sunday. The Proteas qualified for their first-ever ICC Women’s U19 T20 … Read more
If a book on South African cricket had to be penned down a couple of years ago, Temba Bavuma may have got no more than an honourable mention. He does have a poignant place in its tumultuous past, by virtue of shattering the glass ceiling as a black cricketer. When he made his Test … Read more
Harshit Rana picked up 3/33 from his four overs. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Jos Buttler felt that Harshit Rana’s inclusion as a concussion sub was not solely responsible for England’s loss in the fourth T20I here on Friday. The skipper, however, stressed that England disagreed with the decision to include Harshit in place of … Read more
Ravi Bishnoi, second left, celebrates the wicket of England captain Jos Buttler. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI England looked on course to level the T20I series before tripping up against pacer Harshit Rana and the spin duo of Varun Chakaravathy and Ravi Bishnoi to hand India an unbeatable 3-1 lead at the Maharashtra Cricket Association … Read more
Prize scalp: Railways’ Himanshu Sangwan celebrates after dismissing Delhi’s Virat Kohli on the second day of their Ranji Trophy cricket match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Himanshu Sangwan had taken 77 wickets in First Class cricket before featuring for Railways against Delhi … Read more
World Chess Champion D Gukesh during a felicitation ceremony by the All-India Chess Federation (AICF), in New Delhi, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI World Champion D Gukesh crashed through the defences of compatriot Leon Luke Mendonca in the ninth round to jump into sole lead at the Tata Steel Master here. On … Read more
Kerala sealed a place in the Ranji Trophy knockouts with a resounding innings and 169-run win over Bihar at the Sports Hub here on Friday. The win with a bonus point took Kerala’s tally to 28 points and it is momentarily perched at top of Group-C. Bihar capitulated embarrassingly on a wicket which was still pretty … Read more
COLLECTIVE EFFORT: Kerala’s players celebrate the fall of a wicket during their Ranji Trophy cricket match against Bihar at the Greenfield stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday, January 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN The IPL snub was a bitter pill to swallow for Kerala players. Captain Sachin Baby believed that more players from the … Read more
Skipper R. Sai Kishore led from the front with a five-wicket haul on the second day of the Ranji Trophy match against Jharkhand in Jamshedpur on Friday. | Photo Credit: R. V. MOORTHY After a deflating first day for Tamil Nadu on Thursday, skipper R. Sai Kishore wasn’t grumpy with the world at large. Instead, … Read more
Karnataka swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu had a good day in the pool on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR Olympian Dhinidhi Desinghu broke the women’s 200m freestyle meet record on the opening day of the National Games swimming competition here on Wednesday. The 15-year-old from Karnataka finished the day with three golds, including … Read more
Sanju Samson plays a shot fine during the third T20 match between India and England at Niranjan Shah Stadium on January 28, 2025, in Rajkot, India. | Photo Credit: Getty Images England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and opted field against India in the fourth T20I here on Friday. India has brought in pacer … Read more
Hyderabad’s Tanmay Agarwal celebrates his century during the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 cricket match against Vidarbha, at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium, in Nagpur, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A composed century from opener Tanmay Agarwal helped Hyderabad take control of its Ranji Trophy Group B encounter against Vidarbha at the VCA … Read more
Ayush Badoni conjured up an entertaining knock to rescue host Delhi against Railways at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR An estimate of the exact time that Virat Kohli spent at the batting crease on Friday was between 20 and 24 minutes. Whatever it was, it was nowhere near … Read more
Two-Time PGA champion golfer Bryson DeChambeau answers the media on the eve of the International Series golf at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan There is a certain purity and honesty about the reigning PGA champion, Bryson DeChambeau, that is instantly attractive. It adds more to … Read more
Delhi’s Virat Kohli on the second day of a Ranji trophy cricket match between Delhi and Railways, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi, Friday (Jan. 31, 2025). | Photo Credit: PTI Virat Kohli’s first Ranji Trophy innings in 13 years lasted all of 15 balls, extending his lean run and fuelling the raging … Read more
Night watchman Suraj Jaiswal’s superb maiden century put Bengal in a strong position against Punjab on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match at the Eden Gardens here on Friday. Resuming at 119 for four, Bengal rode on Jaiswal’s hundred (111, 185b, 14×4, 4×6) to score 343 in its first innings … Read more
Crucial: Ankit’s fourth First Class hundred came at the right time for Haryana. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Karnataka’s hopes of entering the knockout stage of the Ranji Trophy vanished in the face of a stubborn Haryana here on Friday. Needing a bonus-point win (innings or 10-wicket victory) to enter the quarterfinal, Karnataka had … Read more
Hopeful: Santoso believes that badminton is not just about physical prowess — mental strength is very important. | PHOTO : SUDHAKARA JAIN There is no sugar-coating the fact that P.V. Sindhu is not the player she once was. The 29-year-old double Olympic medallist didn’t win a trophy in 2023, had a disappointing time at the … Read more
Legendary Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred with the BCCI’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Mumbai on February 1,m 2025. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The legendary Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred with the BCCI’S Lifetime Achievement Award at the Board’s annual gala in Mumbai on Saturday (February 1, 2025). The 51-year-old Tendulkar, who played 664 international … Read more
Delhi’s Virat Kohli on the second day of a Ranji trophy cricket match between Delhi and Railways, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi, Friday (Jan. 31, 2025). | Photo Credit: PTI Virat Kohli’s first Ranji Trophy innings in 13 years lasted all of 15 balls, extending his lean run and fuelling the raging … Read more
Former Pakistan cricketer Moin Khan. File | Photo Credit: AP Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has urged the country’s cricketers to avoid getting friendly with their Indian counterparts on the field as such “unfathomable” behaviour can be perceived as a “sign of weakness”. His comments come just about three weeks before the two sides … Read more
Mitchell Marsh of Australia takes a catch to dismiss Rishabh Pant of India during day five of the Men’s Fourth Test Match in the series between Australia and India at Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 30, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been ruled of next month’s … Read more
Australia’s Usman Khawaja leaves the ground after losing his wicket during day two of the first test cricket match between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka was staring down the barrel at 44-3 after Australia achieved its largest ever total in Asia — … Read more
Suryakumar and Gambhir have enjoyed great success in the shortest format. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Irrespective of the colour of the jersey, a team in transition has been a constant for India’s men’s cricket team. Unlike the Test squad, though, the men in the T20I blues have fared much better despite three big retirements … Read more
Nizar carried the day for Kerala with his gritty knock. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Salman Nizar’s maiden First-Class century (111 not out) lifted Kerala from the doldrums to a position of comfort against Bihar on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match at the Sports Hub here on Thursday. Opting … Read more
Utkarsh Singh | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Off-spinner Utkarsh Singh rated his spell against Tamil Nadu on Thursday (six for 30) as his best ever. “I think this ranks as number one. Because, this is the quickest five-wicket haul that I’ve taken. And of course, when you don’t have to bowl as many overs to … Read more
The presence of Rinku will give more freedom to strokeplayers such as Tilak. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI He is among the leading lights of India’s T20 specialists. Having made a seamless transition from the Indian Premier league (IPL) to the international arena during the 2023-24 season of India’s relentless bilateral T20I onslaught, the last 12 months have … Read more
: On a two-paced first-day wicket that offered turn, off-spinner Utkarsh Singh (six for 30) cracked open Tamil Nadu’s batting as if it were an eggshell, for Jharkhand to secure a seemingly premium 79-run lead in the final round Ranji Trophy Elite Group D match at the Keenan stadium here on Thursday. It was all … Read more