KOLKATA: Shreyas Iyer might have been the third biggest buy at the IPL auction but to fit into India’s T20 combination, he would need to showcase all-round skills as that’s what the team is looking for in the middle-order slot, skipper Rohit Sharma has said. Wednesday was a mixed bag for Shreyas. Around evening, Kolkata […]
NEW DELHI: Ranji Trophy is back after a one-year hiatus and on the first day of the tournament, BCCI secretary Jay Shah said it took a lot of effort to get the premier domestic red-ball meet back on track amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ranji Trophy started on Thursday in venues across the country. “Have […]
KOLKATA: Clinical in most aspects of the game so far, India will now hope that star batter Virat Kohli also regains his form when they take on a struggling West Indies in the potentially series-deciding second T20 International here on Friday. The touring West Indies side has been far from being at its best and […]
NEW DELHI: Harmanpreet Kaur “can’t survive in the team” on the 171 she scored in the 2017 World Cup and it is time to drop her starting with the third ODI against New Zealand, said former India captain Diana Edulji. Edulji also wants to drop Shafali Verma for the next game with Smriti Mandhana expected […]
Gulmarg: Principal Secretary to Government Youth Services & Sports Department Alok Kumar on Thursday inaugurated 15 days Skiing training course for girls here. Speaking on the inaugural ceremony Kumar said ‘’It’s heartening to see JK girls taking active part in sports and shining in different games like their counterparts.” He applauded the role of the […]
AHMEDABAD: Indian cricket’s ‘backbone’, the Ranji Trophy, will make a much-anticipated return after two years amid the easing COVID-19 situation in the country, providing host of domestic cricketers an opportunity to make their name in red-ball cricket while giving veterans like Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara a final shot at resurrecting their Test careers. A […]
He is India’s lone participant at the 2022 Winter Games BEIJING: India’s campaign at the Winter Olympics came to a disappointing end on Wednesday after the country’s lone participant, alpine skier Arif Khan, logged a ‘Did Not Finish’ in the men’s slalom event here. The 31-year-old from Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir, who had […]
KOLKATA: Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday appointed India batter Shreyas Iyer as their new captain for the upcoming Indian Premier League after having bought him for a whopping Rs 12.25 crore at the recently-concluded mega auction. Iyer, who had captained Delhi Capitals to their only IPL final back in 2020, was released after the 2021 […]
MELBOURNE: Australia fast bowler Michael Neser is set to miss the upcoming tour of Pakistan next month after suffering a side strain and will be replaced by uncapped pacer Mark Steketee, Cricket Australia said on Wednesday. Australia is set to tour Pakistan for the first time since 1998 for three Test matches, starting in Rawalpindi […]
BAMBOLIM: Mumbai City FC and Jamshedpur FC will have sights set on inching closer to a semi-final spot when the two sides cross swords in a rescheduled Indian Super League match here on Thursday. Mumbai are placed fifth in the table with 25 points, same as Jamshedpur who are in the fourth spot but with […]