NEW DELHI: India batter Suryakumar Yadav has moved three spots up to the second position in the latest T20 rankings for batters. Suryakumar, who scored a 44-ball 76 in the third T20 International against the West Indies on Tuesday, moved within two rating points of top-ranked batter Babar Azam. The knock against the West Indies […]
BASETTERRE (ST KITTS): Left-arm paceman Obed McCoy decimated a star-studded Indian batting line-up with sensational career-best figures of 6 for 17 as West Indies equalised the five-match series with a five-wicket victory in the second T20I here. McCoy wreaked havoc in his two spells as India, after being put into bat, were bundled out for […]
PAMPORE: Tabin Muzafar of Pampore wins Bronze medal in the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Championship held Dwarka New Delhi. I am very happy that i won bronze medal in under-52 weight category, Tabin said. I am the first junior martial art player from Saffron Town Pampore selected for the national championship and I am also […]
PULWAMA: Khurrana Volleyball Club Achan beat Star Volleyball Club Pulwama by 3-2 sets in the inaugural match of Volleyball tournament played at Sirnoo Pulwama. The match was won by Khurrana club 3:2 with the scores as 25–21, 27–25, 20–25, 23–25, 15–10. About 17 teams both seniors and juniors from different areas of the Pulwama district […]
CHENNAI: Australian fast bowling great Glenn McGrath is still in love with the 50-over format but has no hesitation in admitting that it does face a daunting challenge with the exponential popularity of T20 cricket. A traditionalist by nature, the ‘Director of Coaching’ at the MRF Pace Foundation still believes that Test cricket remains the […]
BASSETERRE: India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey is looking at the ongoing T20 International series against the West Indies to identify the team’s bowling attack for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. “It’s all part of our preparation for the (T20) World Cup. Right now, we are looking at different options that we have and […]
Brimingham: Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli (73kg) lived up to his top billing as he clinched India’s third gold in the Commonwealth Games here. Favourite to win the event, debutant Sheuli heaved 313kg (143kg+170kg) to grab the gold at NEC Hall here on Sunday. Malaysia’s Erry Hidayat Muhammad, who gave Sheuli a tough competition, ended as the […]
Birmingham: Indian boxer Amit Panghal began his campaign at the Commonwealth Games with a facile win as he stormed into the men’s flyweight (51kg) quarterfinals here on Monday. Panghal, a world championship silver medallist, out-punched Namri Berri of Vanuatu via an unanimous verdict. Featherweight boxer Mohammad Hussamudin made it two out of two as he […]
MUMBAI: Former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer feels that one could not write off a guy like talismanic batter Virat Kohli, who possesses an incredible strike rate and average in T20 cricket. Jaffer also believes that when Virat returns to his form, it will be even greater than what it was before he experienced the current […]
BIRMINGHAM: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra’s withdrawal was a huge blow but the Indian athletics team for the Commonwealth Games still has multiple medal contenders who will vie for the top honours when the blue-riband track and field events begin here on Tuesday. Chopra will not be defending the javelin throw title he had won in […]