Scott Boland (Pic Credit: X) NEW DELHI: Australia are tweaking their bowling strategies for the Adelaide day-night Test against India‘s top-order batters, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul. This follows Australia’s loss in the first Test held in Perth. Scott Boland, a seasoned pace bowler, is likely to replace the injured Josh Hazlewood in Adelaide. Despite…
NEW DELHI: Former Indian middle-order batter Ajay Jadeja came to the defence of head coach Gautam Gambhir, stating that the criticism directed at him following the 0-3 defeat against New Zealand was premature and unjustified, considering his brief tenure in the position.The 2011 World Cup champion, Gambhir, assumed leadership of the Indian cricket team in…
Manuka Oval (Photo: @BCCI on X) NEW DELHI: Continuous drizzle in Canberra on Saturday robbed India of much needed pink-ball practice on day one of their two-day warm-up fixture at the Manuka Oval against Australia Prime Minister’s XI, ahead of the day-night second Test in Adelaide.To accommodate both batting and bowling practice for India, day…
India men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh has two Olympic bronze medals in his cabinet but rues about missing out on World Cup glory, an anomaly that he wants to set right in the next edition of the mega event in 2026. India has to date won three World Cup medals — bronze in 1971…
Kane Williamson (AP photo) NEW DELHI: New Zealand star Kane Williamson on Saturday made history, becoming the first batter from the country to cross the 9,000-run mark in Test cricket. Williamson got to the milestone on Day 3 of the first New Zealand vs England at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.The former captain, who was returning…
Doordarshan (DD) was announced as official broadcast partner for Hockey India League (HIL) 2024-25 on Saturday. HIL is set to commence on December 28. This year’s edition is historic as it marks the inaugural season of the Women’s Hockey India League, alongside the much-anticipated men’s competition. The league will feature eight men’s teams and four…
Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Arshdeep Singh was the most expensive pacer to be sold at the two-day Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction in Jeddah last week as Punjab Kings shelled out a whopping Rs 18 crore for the left-arm quick.Despite not being retained by the franchise ahead of the…
NEW DELHI: As the cricketing world awaits the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision on the 2025 Champions Trophy amid a standoff between India and Pakistan, former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal has suggested that no Indo-Pak matches should be scheduled in multi-nation tournaments until bilateral cricket between the two countries resumes.Akmal emphasised the need for a…
MUMBAI: The deadlock around the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan continues, though there are signs of all the parties trying to find a workable solution going forward. On Friday, the all-powerful board of the International Cricket Council (ICC) held a brief virtual meeting, but it’s understood that the meeting was adjourned and no decision…
Washington Sundar (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) From moulding Washington Sundar into an off-spinner to seeing him become an effective Test allrounder, coach Mhambrey outlines the player’s evolutionIn Jan 2016, Washington Sundar went to the U-19 World Cup believing he was a top-order batter. Little did the 16-year-old know that U-19 head coach Rahul Dravid…
