DUBAI: India’s Ravindra Jadeja climbed to the top spot in the ICC Test rankings for all-rounders on Wednesday after his match-winning performance against Sri Lanka in the opening Test in Mohali. “Ravindra Jadeja’s performance at India’s recent Test win against Sri Lanka in Mohali has catapulted him to the no. 1 position in the MRF […]
DUNEDIN: The West Indies edged past defending champions England by seven runs in a thrilling league-stage encounter of the ICC women’s World Cup here on Wednesday, leaving the tournament favourites in a spot of bother. Batting first, the West Indies women, despite an impressive opening stand of 81 between veterans Deandra Dottin (31 off 64 […]
BENGALURU: Humbled to have crossed the legendary Kapil Dev’s tally of 434 Test scalps, premier India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin revealed that he wanted to be a batter and used to bowl medium pace as a child to become the next “Kapil Paaji”. Playing in his 85th match, the 35-year-old Ashwin went past the legendary Kapil’s […]
New Delhi: Gujarat Titans will in all likelihood be replacing Jason Roy with Rahmamullah Gurbaz, the hard hitting Afghan opener, for the upcoming Indian Premier League. Roy had pulled out of the IPL as he didn’t want to stay in the bubble for a prolonged period. Apart from having a 150-plus career T20 strike rate […]
NEW DELHI: Veteran Sania Mirza and singles players Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi were on Tuesday named in the five-member Indian Billie Jean King Cup team for the Asia/Oceania Group I competition, beginning April 12 in Antalya, Turkey. Rutuja Bhosale also kept her place in the side while Riya Bhatia replaced Zeel Desai in […]
MOUNT MAUNGANUI (New Zealand): Opener Alyssa Healy starred with the bat after Australian bowlers produced a clinical display as the six-time champions coasted to a seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the ICC Women’s World Cup, here on Tuesday. Australian bowlers struck at regular intervals, save a fine 99-run partnership between skipper Bismah Maroof (78 not […]
BHUBANESWAR: The Pro League double-header between the Indian men’s hockey team and Germany later this week has been postponed following an outbreak of COVID-19 in the visitors’ camp, the sport’s governing body FIH said on Tuesday. The matches were scheduled on March 12 and 13 here but “have been postponed due to a high number […]
NEW DELHI: Batting icon Sunil Gavaskar feels the late Shane Warne sent down “magic deliveries” during his career and mastered a difficult craft but the legendary Australian wasn’t the greatest spinner of all time as his performance in India was “pretty ordinary.” Warne, since making his debut in 1992, played 145 Tests for Australia, picking […]
MELBOURNE: Shaken by the death of his “true friend” Shane Warne, former Australia captain Michael Clarke said while cricket will miss it’s Michael Jordan, he is mourning the loss of a man who would drop everything to be there for him through thick and thin. Clarke and Warne shared great camaraderie both on and off […]
BENGALURU: Fit-again all-rounder Axar Patel has replaced left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav for India’s second Test against Sri Lanka, beginning here on Saturday. The Indian team management has released Kuldeep from the squad. Axar had been recovering from a shin injury that had forced him to miss the South Africa tour and the T20 series […]