Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (BCCI Photo) AUCKLAND: Volume has always been the keyword when it comes to Shubman Gill‘s preparations for a fixture. Whether it is the IPL, ODIs or Tests, there is no compromise on the number of deliveries he faces, the sprints he completes or the big hits he unleashes.It was no…
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has questioned the selectors’ decision to bring Bhuvneshwar Kumar back into the T20I team, calling his inclusion in the recent series against New Zealand a mistake.Bhuvneshwar returned to India’s T20I side after a gap of four years but struggled to make an impact. He…
New Zealand’s Tim Seifert, right, bats during the T20 cricket international between New Zealand and India in Hamilton, New Zealand, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. India may have pocketed the five-match T20I series 3-2, but Sunday’s crushing seven-wicket defeat to New Zealand in Hamilton exposed several cracks that will concern the team management ahead of the…
Manisha Bhanwala taking a victory lap after winning gold medal at the Senior World Wrestling Championships ROHTAK: Some walls tell stories that words struggle to capture. Inside the wrestling academy at Sir Chhotu Ram Akhara here, one such wall speaks of Olympic glory, world-class grit and the extraordinary journeys of wrestlers who once dared to…
Players in action during the AFC Women’s Champions League football match between East Bengal FC and Ho Chi Minh City WFC at Kishore Bharati Stadium, in Kolkata, West Bengal. (PTI Photo) Kolkata: East Bengal women’s team began their Mission Asia on a perfect note, defeating Vietnamese champions Ho Chi Minh City WFC 2-1 in their…
JALANDHAR: India registered a 4-2 victory over Malaysia in an engaging contest in the penultimate league match at the Asian Champions Trophy here on Sunday. Captain Harmanpreet Singh led from the front with a hat-trick.India made a confident start against Malaysia and took the lead in the third minute with Harmanpreet’s powerful drag-flick finding the…
Mark Chapman and Rachin Ravindra (Image credit: New Zealand Cricket) New Zealand have suffered two injury setbacks ahead of their ODI series against India, with Mark Chapman and Rachin Ravindra ruled out. Chapman is recovering from a hamstring injury, while Ravindra is still struggling with a shoulder problem. Both players will miss the upcoming ODI…
Abhishek Sharma has hit 86 sixes in this calendar year for India. (PTI) NEW DELHI: India hit 289 sixes in 40 T20Is in 2022. Four years later, they have smashed 400 in the same number of matches, a staggering 38.4 per cent increase. And the six-hitting spree is far from over. It has merely been…
India A vs New Zealand A 2nd Unofficial Test Day 3 Live Score: New Zealand A fought back strongly after a poor start to reach 218 for three at stumps on day two of the second unofficial Test against India A on Sunday. An unbeaten century from Matthew Boyle and a half-century by Dean Foxcroft…
Kimi Antonelli (Reuters Photo) Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli made history on Sunday by becoming the youngest Formula One world champion at the age of 20. Antonelli secured the title after finishing third in a dramatic Mexico City Grand Prix, which was won by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.The Italian driver broke down in tears of joy…
