As Saurashtra bowed out of the Ranji Trophy with a quarterfinal loss to Gujarat at the Niranjan Shah Stadium on Tuesday, it was also the end of the road for Sheldon Jackson after a successful career in domestic cricket. The 38-year-old had his mother, wife and two kids watching from the stands when the fourth … Read more
Rohit en route his match-winning hundred at Cuttack. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Self-advocacy is an essential trait in elite sportspersons. When there is a downturn in form, when the critical press sharpens its pens and fans question their stars’ worth, it is this quality that’s the beleaguered athlete’s best friend. Over the course of … Read more
The triumphant Kerala team members. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Kerala defeated host Uttarakhand by a lone goal and won the National Games men’s football title after 28 years at Haldwani on Friday. S. Gokul scored the match-winner in the 53rd minute. Kerala last won the gold in 1997. It finished runner-up in 2022 and … Read more
England has been outplayed in the series so far. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In early January, Indian cricket was in doldrums. The Test team had just lost its second straight series (1-3 away to Australia after 0-3 to New Zealand at home); its premier batters were woefully out of form and its best bowlers … Read more
Deepika Kumari of Jharkhand won the women’s individual recurve gold at the 38th National Games in Dehradun on Thursday. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Juyel Sarker of West Bengal claimed the men’s individual recurve gold. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR West Bengal’s Juyel Sarkar surprised Olympian Tarundeep Rai and won the men’s individual … Read more
Vidarbha entered the knockout stages of the Ranji Trophy as the best among the eight teams (40 points), having dominated the group stages with six wins out of seven games. Over the last four days, the two-time champion lived up to its billing after producing a clinical performance to thrash Tamil Nadu by 198 runs … Read more
Jackson bids adieu to the game after scoring 7283 runs in 106 First-Class matches. | Photo Credit: File photo: PTI Beyond the immediate despondency of defeat for Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Gujarat at the Niranjan Shah Stadium on Tuesday, there was a whirlwind of emotions for Sheldon Jackson to experience as he … Read more
Services’ Niraj Kumar is all smiles after his remarkable win in the 50m Rifle 3-Position at the 38th National Games in Dehradun on Thursday, February 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Haryana’s Suruchi Phogat and Parmod won the 10m Air Pistol mixed team gold in the 38th National Games at Trishul Shooting Range … Read more
With Champions Trophy in February followed by World Test Championship final in June, former South African skipper Graeme Smith believes the Proteas can end their ICC trophy drought in 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Former captain Graeme Smith is optimistic that South Africa will end its prolonged wait for an ICC trophy this year, … Read more
Shafali Verma | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Delhi Capitals’ skipper Meg Lanning on Tuesday (February 11, 2025) hoped explosive India opener Shafali Verma will carry her recent rich vein of form in domestic cricket into the third season of the Women’s Premier League starting on Friday (February 14, 2025). Shafali, who was dropped from the … Read more
Saurashtra’s Sheldon Jackson announces his retirement from first-class cricket after his team’s loss to Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal. | Photo Credit: PTI Prolific Saurashtra batter Sheldon Jackson on Tuesday (February 11, 2025) retired from professional cricket after a career spanning 15 years, his last outing ending in a defeat to Gujarat in the … Read more
Kerala defeated Assam 3-0, via the tiebreaker, and entered the men’s football final of the 38th National Games at Haldwani on Wednesday. The teams were goalless at the end of the regular period. Captain Ajay Alex, Sachin Sunil and Bijesh T. Balan were successful for Kerala in the tiebreaker. In the compound archery event here, … Read more
Daily Quiz | On Ranji Trophy Identify the bowler who owns the record for most wickets taken in the Ranji Trophy, 637 and yet never got a chance to play for India. Which State/team did he represent in domestic cricket? START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | The powerhouse of the Ranji Trophy has historically … Read more
It’s impossible to even venture into imagining what Rohit Sharma must have gone through over the last four months. What started off as one low score mushroomed into two, then four, then a half-dozen. His form became an issue of national debate; every press conference, understandably, focused on the lack of runs. It came to … Read more
In the fourth T20I between India and England on January 31, 2025, Jamie Overton’s delivery struck Shivam Dube on the helmet during the 19th over. Following a mandatory concussion assessment, Dube continued to bat, but was run out on the next delivery, possibly due to impaired judgment stemming from the impact. Subsequently, India introduced Harshit … Read more
Thakare is the toast of his teammates after picking up a fIve-for. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Vidarbha pacer Aditya Thakare, who rocked the Tamil Nadu batting line-up in the first innings, said he was pleased to have delivered for his side in a crucial knockout fixture. “I have been bowling well this season and … Read more
Nizar celebrates his century . | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Salman Nizar had to wait for more than nine years for his maiden First-Class century. And once it came in the final league fixture of the Ranji Trophy against Bihar last week, he carried that momentum into the quarterfinals and scored yet another ton — … Read more
Urvil Patel’s century handed Gujarat the advantage against Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal at Rajkot on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Urvil Patel’s scintillating hundred spearheaded another day of dominance for Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Saurashtra at the Niranjan Shah Stadium on Monday. Urvil’s knock of 140, along with Jaymeet … Read more
Dynamic partnership: The Aadya-Sathish duo now trains in Kuala Lumpur and is World No. 32 in the World rankings. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Ten years ago, Aadya Variyath was one of the bright young faces of Kerala badminton, raising hopes for the sport in singles in a State which was a doubles paradise. … Read more
On an attritional day of action where both teams had their moments, Vidarbha tightened its grip on the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Tamil Nadu after taking a commanding 128-run first-innings lead on day three here at the Vidabha Cricket Association Stadium on Monday. The home team needed just 90 minutes in the morning session to … Read more
Shardul, third left, celebrates with teammates after taking a wicket. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai seniors Ajinkya Rahane, Suryakumar Yadav, and Shardul Thakur led the defending champion’s dominant display over Haryana on day three of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals at the Eden Gardens here on Monday. Rahane and Suryakumar stitched a 129-run fourth-wicket partnership as … Read more
Balraj Panwar. File | Photo Credit: AP Paris Olympian Balraj Panwar, who narrowly missed out on a bronze medal at the Asian Games in China last year, strengthened his status as one of the country’s top rowers as he defended his men’s single scull gold at the National Games here on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. … Read more
Haryana’s Suruchi won gold in the 10m air pistol final in the 38th National Games in Dehradhun on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Forever crazy about wrestling, Inder Singh wanted his daughter Suruchi Phogat to be in the sport too. The ex-Armyman came from Sasroli village in Haryana’s Jhajjar district, one of country’s … Read more
People with their mobile phones take photos of the ICC Champions trophy, during a ceremony at the Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium in Peshawar, Pakistan, February 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Armed with a fearsome pace attack and playing in home conditions, hosts Pakistan could be a force to reckon with in the Champions Trophy … Read more
India’s Ravindra Jadeja celebrates after taking the wicket of England’s Jamie Overton, caught by Shubman Gill, during the second ODI in Cuttack on February 9, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Ravindra Jadeja is pleased that India’s spin department has been doing well in the build-up to the Champions Trophy. Left-arm spinners Jadeja, Axar Patel, chinaman … Read more
On the evening of the Republic Day in Surat, a bespectacled Manush Shah — having opted for a time-out after losing his first championship point — did his reverse-spin forehand serve, Payas Jain returned it to the southpaw’s backhand, Manush turned around and sealed the issue with a trademark down-the-line forehand top-spin winner. As the … Read more
A faulty floodlight stops play during the 2nd ODI match between India and England, at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI Embarrassed over a floodlight failure leading to the disruption of the second ODI between England and India at the historic Barabati stadium here for around 30 minutes, state sports minister … Read more
Vidarbha’s Aditya Thakare celebrates the wicket of Tamil Nadu batter Mohammed Ali in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal at Nagpur on Sunday. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Vidarbha pacer Aditya Thakare (12-2-18-4) produced a high-quality display of fast bowling and blew the Tamil Nadu top-order away to bowl his side into a strong position on the second … Read more
Vidharba players celebrate the wicket of B. Sai Sudharsan in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Tamil Nadu in Nagpur on Sunday. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Nagpur: A perennial problem holding Tamil Nadu back in the Ranji Trophy has been the batters’ inability to tackle seaming conditions. On Sunday, the same story repeated yet again … Read more
