As the teams prepare to battle it out for just over a month in Rourkela and Ranchi in a double round-robin format, followed by the knockouts, Sportstar previews how they look like ahead of the season opener on December 28. Soorma Hockey Club Soorma Hockey Club, based in Punjab, went big on defenders, spending Rs…
NEW DELHI: He was quite disciplined not to play the shot outside off-stump, which has become a major problem for him, for most of the innings, but still Virat Kohli‘s gritty innings came to a disappointing end in the closing minutes of the second day of the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the…
Rohit Sharma (Getty Images) MELBOURNE: India’s morning-and-a-half at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday (27 December) felt like an endless drag. Not that we haven’t seen many under Rohit Sharma‘s captaincy already, but this one was a step ahead as the visitors just let the game slip away and had a terrible period with…
Soorma Hockey Club announced double Olympic bronze medalist Harmanpreet Singh as the captain for the upcoming season of the Hockey India League on Friday. Harmanpreet, an Arjuna awardee and two-time FIH Best Player of the Year, expressed his enthusiasm about leading the Punjab and Haryana-based franchise. “I’m looking forward to leading this incredible team and…
Virat Kohli and the pitch invader during Day 2 of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Pitch invasions in cricket have occurred since the early days of the sport, but their nature and frequency have evolved over time. While the reasons for pitch invasions have changed over…
Virat Kohli during Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test against Australia at the MCG. (Photo by Philip Brown/Getty Images) Earlier this week, when news emerged that Virat Kohli and his family would shift to the United Kingdom, apart from the usual trolling endemic to social media in India, there was also a strange surge…
Rohit Sharma at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 27, 2024. (Photo by Martin Keep/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The batting position changed. The woeful form did not. India captain Rohit Sharma‘s return to the opening slot ended on a disastrous note on the second day of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG…
Sunil Gavaskar hopes Virat Kohli is not remembered for this incident. (Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India batting superstar Virat Kohli was fined 20 percent of his match fee and given a demerit point by the ICC for a Level One breach of the ICC code of conduct following a fiery face-off with…
NEW DELHI: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has expressed disappointment over the 20 percent match fee fine imposed on Indian batting star Virat Kohli for his altercation with debutant Sam Konstas, arguing that the punishment handed down by the ICC “is not harsh enough.”Konstas’ debut was a memorable affair, as the 19-year-old not only impressed…
Rohit Sharma (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: On the second day of the fourth Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Indian cricket team wore black armbands to pay tribute to Dr. Manmohan Singh, the former Prime Minister of India, who passed away in New Delhi.Dr. Singh, who served as India’s Prime Minister…
