PAARL (South Africa): Stand-in skipper KL Rahul on Tuesday said India did “some phenomenal things” under Virat Kohli, who has raised the bar for everyone in the team during his seven-year tenure at the helm. In the absence of Rohit Sharma, Rahul is leading the team in the three-match ODI series against South Africa, starting […]
TAROUBA (Trinidad and Tobago): In-form batter and captain Yash Dhull will be expecting a much improved batting effort from his team when record four-time champions India take on Ireland in their second Group B match of the ICC U-19 World Cup here on Wednesday. Having started their campaign with a 45-run win over South Africa, […]
Paarl: Fast-rising India pacer Mohammed Siraj considers Virat Kohli his “superhero” and says the batting ace will always remain his skipper despite his captaincy tenure ending in all formats of the game. Kohli, whose limited-overs leadership stint ended last year, stunned all by relinquishing Test captaincy on Saturday, a day after India lost a three-match […]
NEW DELHI: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and former world number one Kidambi Srikanth remained static in the latest badminton world rankings but the men’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved two places up to eighth after their triumph in the India Open. Former world champion Sindhu maintained her seventh position with […]
NEW DELHI: KL Rahul will captain the yet-to-be-named Lucknow franchise in the upcoming IPL, a league source told PTI on Tuesday. It is learnt that Rahul is one of the players Lucknow has picked from the draft ahead of the mega auction on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. The other two are likely to […]
PAARL (South Africa): India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Monday said he is not averse to leading the national team if an opportunity comes knocking at his door in the near future. With Virat Kohli’s captaincy tenure in all formats coming to an end following his resignation from Test leadership, there are questions about who […]
INDORE: Former BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale believes that KL Rahul should be handed over the Indian Test cricket team’s captaincy as the 29-year-old batter can provide long-term leadership after Virat Kohli’s stunning decision to step down. Kohli on Saturday dropped a bombshell by quitting Test captaincy, a day after India suffered a Test series defeat […]
SRINAGAR: Jaffari Cricket Club Rainwari emerged winners as they beat Balhama Cricket Club in the summit clash of cricket tournament played here at BHS Sonwar on Monday. The tournament was organised byby Department Youth Services & Sports, Zone Amirkadal, Srinagar in the discipline of Cricket. The tournament which commenced from 27 December last year saw […]
Basseterre (st Kitts And Nevis): Defending champions Bangladesh suffered a seven-wicket loss against England in a lop-sided contest to make a poor start to their campaign at the ICC U-19 World Cup here. Opting to bat, Bangladesh were bundled out for a paltry 97 by England, who then returned to overhaul the target in 25.1 […]
MUMBAI: Young midfielder Manisha Kalyan believes a good performance at the upcoming AFC Women’s Asian Cup could change the face of Indian football. Manisha feels that it has been a learning process for her in the senior team over the last few years. “Every youngster has to adapt themselves to senior football, and it took […]