CAPE TOWN: India’s head coach Rahul Dravid on Sunday admitted that his team didn’t play “smart cricket at crucial times” but backed the beleaguered KL Rahul to get better as a leader in coming days. India lost both the Test and ODI series in what turned out to be a disastrous tour of South Africa […]
DUBAI: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam was on Monday named ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year following his exploits in 2021 when he scored 405 runs in six games at an average of 67.50. The 27-year-old was the second-highest run-scorer with 228 runs and was the Player of the Match in both of Pakistan’s wins in […]
DUBAI: India’s swashbuckling opener Smriti Mandhana was on Monday named the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year for her incredible run of form across all formats in 2021. Mandhana was short-listed for the top award — the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy — along with Tammy Beaumont of England, Lizelle Lee of South Africa and Gaby […]
NEW DELHI: All India matches in the women’s Asian Cup football stands cancelled after their withdrawal from the tournament owing to a COVID-19 outbreak in their camp, the AFC said on Monday. A day after the host nation failed to field a team against Chinese Taipei after as many as 12 players tested positive for […]
CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s Director of Cricket, Graeme Smith, has thanked the Indian players and BCCI for showing faith in the hosts’ ability to successfully stage matches amid the Covid-19 pandemic, saying their exemplary commitment has “set the example” for others to follow. The BCCI had decided to go ahead with the highly-anticipated tour of […]
MUSCAT: Former Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar believes Indian cricket finds itself at the crossroads after the end of Virat Kohli’s captaincy era, leaving a big task ahead for Rahul Dravid who will have to prove that he is not an “overrated” coach. Weeks after he was sacked as ODI captain, Kohli took everyone by surprise […]
DUBAI: Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan was on Sunday named ICC Men’s T20 Player of the Year following a prolific 2021. The opener ruled the roost in 2021 when it came to the shortest format of the game. Aggregating a staggering 1,326 runs in only 29 matches, Rizwan struck at an average of 73.66 and […]
NEW DELHI: Ahmedabad and Kolkata will host the upcoming three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals, respectively, against the West Indies, the BCCI said on Saturday, curtailing the number of venues to reduce travelling in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. As per the original schedule, the visiting West Indies were slated to play three ODIs […]
MELBOURNE: India’s Sania Mirza and her American partner Rajeev Ram advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a straight set win over Ellen Perez and Matwe Middelkoop here on Sunday. The unseeded Indo-American duo took one hour 27 minutes to dispatch Australian Perez and Dutch Middelkoop 7-6 (8/6),6-4 in the second-round […]
LUCKNOW: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu eased past young compatriot Malvika Bansod in straight games to win her second women’s singles title at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament here on Sunday. Playing in a depleted field due to multiple COVID-19 cases, top seed Sindhu hardly broke her sweat to get past Bansod 21-13 21-16 […]