NEW DELHI: Cricket Australia and the broadcasters have been criticised for giving precedence to the upcoming five-Test series against India over the recent ODI series against Pakistan, according to Pakistan’s head coach Jason Gillespie.Pakistan registered a historic 2-1 victory in the series, marking their first ODI series win in Australia since 2002.Head coach Gillespie expressed…
HOCKEY Haryana storms into quarterfinals of Senior Men’s Nationals Two-time champion and last year’s finalist Haryana stamped its authority with a 8-0 victory over Mizoram in a Pool B contest of the Hockey India-14th Senior National men’s championship at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Monday, thereby cementing its place in the last eight. Mizoram…
NEW DELHI: After Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir criticised Ricky Ponting for questioning Virat Kohli‘s form and place in the Indian team, Michael Hussey also voiced his support for the star Indian batter and captain Rohit Sharma, expressing confidence that both will regain their form in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.“What does Ponting have to…
TOSS: Bangladesh have won the toss and have opted to bat Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Zakir Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz(c), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali(w), Nasum Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan,…
Javed Miandad (R) and Rashid Latif. (Photo by Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: As the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) initiated talks with senior government officials to discuss future course of action after ICC conveyed to PCB about India’s unwillingness to tour the country for next year’s Champions Trophy, Pakistan’s cricket community reacted with…
India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir (Photo Source: X) India’s head coach and former batsman Gautam Gambhir has challenged Australia to prepare any kind of wickets, as he asserts that the Indian Test squad for the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) has “all bases covered” to counter “any kind of wicket”.India will take on Australia in the…
Leg-spinner Varun Chakravarthy bowled a brilliant five-wicket spell to put India within sight of victory in the second T20I against South Africa on Sunday, but an error of judgement by captain Suryakumar Yadav cost the visitors dear — according to former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali.India could muster only 124 for 7 after a top-order failure,…
Babar Azam and Rohit Sharma (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Former opener Aakash Chopra is certain that there will be no Champions Trophy if the Indian team does not participate in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) marquee tournament scheduled for February-March next year in Pakistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday confirmed that it received…
Virat Kohli (Photo: BCCI video grab) NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli is the first India batter to reach Australia as the former India captain landed in Perth on Sunday evening. Kohli travelled before the first batch of players, who left from Mumbai on November 10.“Virat Kohli left before the two batches and has already reached Perth….
India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir (Photo: BCCI video grab) India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir set the tone for India’s tour of Australia by taking questions on the concerns surrounding the Indian team after the 0-3 whitewash in the Test series at home against New Zealand, one of which is his own ‘mixed’ run in four…
