Ahmedabad: India’s middle-order issues in ODIs have been spoken about extensively for a long time but new captain Rohit Sharma was happy with the kind of effort put in by the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav in their 3-0 series win against the West Indies. Surya was in fine nick in the first two […]
BENGALURU: In his own words, all-rounder Deepak Hooda was left “demoralised, depressed and under pressure” after a well documented spat with his Baroda state team captain, Krunal Pandya. England’s swashbuckling batter Jos Buttler and India’s premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had not seen eye to eye for a long time owing to a controversial run out […]
BENGALURU: India’s Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan won the doubles title of the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger after dominating their French rivals Hugo Grenier and Alexandre Muller in the final on Saturday. Banking on the support of the local crowd, the Indian pair won 6-3, 6-2 at the KSLTA Stadium. This was Saketh’s ninth doubles […]
DUBAI: Ricky Ponting feels Rishabh Pant’s aggressive approach on the field is similar to how the great Adam Gilchrist played the game but comparisons between the two can only be made after the Indian plays at least 50-60 Tests. The 24-year-old Pant has often been compared to Gilchrist, both southpaws, due to his strikingly similar […]
NEW DELHI: India vice-captain KL Rahul and all-rounder Axar Patel were on Friday ruled out of the three-match T20I series against the West Indies beginning in Kolkata from February 16 due to injuries with Ruturaj Gaikwad and Deepak Hooda replacing them in the squad. While Rahul has suffered a hamstring injury while fielding in the […]
AUCKLAND: New Zealand and Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson is hoping to be fit in time to play in this year’s IPL as he spends time in rehabilitation after deciding against surgery for a long-standing elbow injury. Although no time-frame has been set for his return to competitive cricket, the 31-year-old batter is optimistic of […]
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court Friday directed the appointment of an administrator to run the Table Tennis Federation of India, saying that its faith was shaken in view of the sports body’s “sorry state of affairs”. Justice Rekha Palli, who was dealing with the petition filed by the Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Khel […]
NEW DELHI: He was a central figure in India’s epic turnaround during the 2020-21 tour of Australia but stand-in captain of that series Ajinkya Rahane says “someone else took the credit” for decisions he made to resurrect the team after the nightmarish 36 all out in the Adelaide Test. As regular captain Virat Kohli flew […]
JAMMU: Orientation Courses are compulsory for keeping trainers, coaches and teachers to stay updated with latest skills and techniques of various games and sports. This was revealed by Principal Secretary, Youth Services and Sports Department Alok Kumar while e-launching training programme of field staff (PETs, PEMS, REKs) at the Directorate of Youth Services and Sports, […]
AHMEDABAD: The returning Shikhar Dhawan will add more firepower to a ruthless India, who are faced with the problem of plenty, as they eye a clean sweep of West Indies in an inconsequential third ODI here on Friday. Hosts India head into the final match of the series after having ticked almost all the boxes […]