SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, visited Bakshi stadium and inspected progress on several ongoing development works being executed there. Bakshi Stadium being one of the major stadia in Srinagar city is undergoing massive renovation with execution of several upgradation works by the National Project Construction Corporation Limited with an estimated cost of Rs […]
HOVE (England): Out-of-favour India batter Cheteshwar Pujara will be playing for Sussex in the upcoming English county season replacing Australia international Travis Head, the club announced on Thursday. Pujara, who has been dropped from the Indian Test team after having played 95 games for the country, will compete in both first-class and List A games […]
LONDON: Custodian of cricket laws, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), has decided to move the law relating to run-outs at non-striker’s end from “unfair play” section besides completely banning the use of saliva to shine the ball in amendments to its 2022 code that will come into effect in October. Run-outs at non-striker’s end have […]
Srinagar: A contingent of girl students from University of Kashmir and its affiliated colleges was flagged off for a skiing course in Gulmarg as part of the varsity’s celebrations related to commemoration of the International Women’s Day. Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad flagged off the contingent for the two-week course, organised by the university’s Directorate of […]
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 […]