IND vs ENG Test Day 2: Jaime Smith leads England’s fightback after Bumrah’s triple blow

Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of England’s captain Ben Stokes on the second day of the third test cricket match between India and England, at the Lord’s Cricket Ground, in London, Friday, July 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Jaime Smith once again scripted England’s lower-order fightback after Jasprit Bumrah’s triple strike as England reached … Read more

CRICKET | TNCA sacks selector Santosh Kumar for unbecoming conduct

M. Santosh Kumar, the recently appointed selector for the Tamil Nadu senior men’s team, has been sacked by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association after complaints were received about his conduct. The decision was taken in the Apex Council meeting held on Thursday. In May, Santosh was one of the three new selectors appointed for the … Read more

Keeping up the good work: Pant and Smith display their batting prowess

It is day three of the Edgbaston Test. England has just lost its best batter and charismatic captain off successive deliveries in the second over of the day, and Mohammed Siraj, relishing the responsibility of being the spearhead in Jasprit Bumrah’s absence, is on a hat-trick. The score reads 84 for five; three of the host’s top-six batters … Read more

CID arrests Hyderabad Cricket Association president, two others for forgery and funds misappropriation

Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president A. Jagan Mohan Rao. File The Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) has announced the arrest of three officials of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) in a case involving forgery, cheating, criminal breach of trust, and misappropriation of funds. A criminal case was registered on Wednesday (June 9, 2025) at the … Read more

India-England Women T20Is: Harmanpreet credits Women Premier League experience for team’s improvement

Indian women players celebrate a wicket during the fourth T20 international against England in Manchester on July 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has credited the Women’s Premier League (WPL) for helping her players gather the experience needed to execute strategies at the international level after their series-clinching triumph over England … Read more

India Women vs England Women: India scripts landmark victory, registers maiden T20 series win against England

Indian women players celebrate a wicket during the fourth T20 international match against England women in Manchester on July 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India scripted a landmark victory, clinching their first-ever Women’s T20I series win against England with a dominant six-wicket triumph in the fourth match, led by a stellar performance from their … Read more

At the Home of Cricket, who will climb the slope?

The Players’ balcony within the terracotta-coloured pavilion, built some 135 years ago. The image of Kapil Dev, toothy grin and all, receiving the Prudential World Cup Trophy on 25 June 1983. The unforgettable sight of Sourav Ganguly whipping off his shirt and waving it over his head repeatedly on 13 July 2002, a little over six years after … Read more

ENG vs IND Test | Lord’s surface a litmus test for Bazball

A bright and sunny Lord’s welcomed the Indian team as it trained for one final time before the third Test, beginning on Thursday. Following the pattern, head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill had a close look at the pitch before they had a quick chat with the curators. And for the next couple … Read more

Coaches see room for improvement after a creditable show in World Boxing Cup

With the selection for the World championships approaching fast, the Indian boxers’ performance in the second World Boxing Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan, has helped the coaches assess the situation well. Following the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to recognise a new international federation (World Boxing) in February and retain boxing in the 2028 Olympics, the … Read more

CID arrests Hyderabad Cricket Association president Jagan Mohan Rao

HCA president Jagan Mohan Rao. File. Photo: Instagram/@jaganmohanraoarishnapally Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president Jagan Mohan Rao was arrested by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Hyderabad on Wednesday (July 9, 2025). This development follows the submission of the Vigilance and Enforcement Wing’s report to the State government regarding alleged irregularities related to ticket allocation and … Read more

ENG vs IND Lord’s Test | Dukes ball the talk of the town

Rishabh Pant during practice ahead of the third Test. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Dukes ball, which has long been used for Test matches in England, has drawn flak during the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series. With the conditions in England unusually dry this summer, the bowlers have had to put in the hard yards to … Read more

Comeback man Archer won’t be restricted to short spells: Stokes

England’s captain Ben Stokes addresses a press conference ahead of the third test cricket match between India and England, at the Lord’s Cricket Ground, in London, on July 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Four and a half years since his last appearance, Jofra Archer will make his Test comeback at Lord’s on Thursday (July 10, 2025). … Read more

Harvinder strikes gold in Asian para-archery

Paralympic gold medallist Harvinder Singh secured the recurve men’s open individual gold medal at the Asian para-archery championships in Beijing on Sunday. Harvinder defeated Hanreuchai Netsiri of Thailand 7-1 (28-24, 30-28, 26-26, 30-28) in the final to take the top honour. Jyoti outclassed Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly of Indonesia 144-133 for the compound women’s open … Read more

Lonato World Cup opens with skeet action

The skeet shooters will be in action over the next three days in the Shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy. Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka will spearhead the Indian challenge in the men’s section, which will feature 181 shooters from 60 countries. World record holder Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and … Read more

A batter with a huge appetite, a captain who speaks his mind

With ‘Bazball’, technique is secondary to ego, domination is everything, defence is an afterthought (if thought of at all), and importantly, having once settled on a philosophy of quick scoring and ‘entertainment’, there is no Plan B. Bazball contains seeds of its own destruction. That’s something India will have to exploit for the rest of … Read more