AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli (Photo credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: India superstar Virat Kohli on Wednesday hailed AB de Villiers as the ‘absolute number one’ after the Proteas great was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.The Class of 2024 has Sir Alastair Cook and India legend Neetu David as the other inductees alongside…
Joe Root. (Pic Credit – X) NEW DELHI: Joe Root, the 33-year-old Yorkshireman, surpassed Alastair Cook‘s record England tally of 12,472 runs during the first Test match against Pakistan, where he scored an impressive 262 runs.Cook, who recently retired from international cricket, was inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame and praised Root’s exceptional talent.According…
Harry Brook, Joe Root and Virat Kohli NEW DELHI: Harry Brook’s meteoric rise in Test cricket continues as the 25-year-old England batter has now surged to second place in the latest ICC Test batting rankings.After a jaw-dropping triple century against Pakistan in the first Test in Multan, Brook jumped eleven places to share the second…
KL Rahul and Shubman Gill. (Pic Credit – X) NEW DELHI: Former India captain Anil Kumble has voiced his opinion on who should open for India in Australia in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy if Rohit Sharma is unavailable for the first Test in Perth.The former India head coach believes that KL Rahul is the ideal…
AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli (Photo Credit: X) NEW DELHI: South African cricket legend AB de Villiers warmly responded to Virat Kohli’s congratulatory letter on the former’s induction into the ICC Hall of Fame.Taking to X (formerly Twitter), de Villiers addressed Kohli with an affectionate message, writing: “Thank you for the kind words, my…
Shakib Al Hasan (Photo Credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Bangladesh cricket team’s veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is set to make his final appearance in Test cricket in front of his home crowd. He has been named in the squad for the first Test match against South Africa, scheduled to commence on Monday. Prior to the…
Ben Duckett (Photo Credits: @englandcricket on X) NEW DELHI: England opener Ben Duckett etched his name in cricketing history on Day 2 of the second Test against Pakistan in Multan by becoming the fastest batter to reach 2,000 Test runs in terms of balls faced.Duckett’s brilliant knock of 114 off 129 balls, laced with 16…
India vs New Zealand first Test (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The much-anticipated first Test between India and New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru faced a major setback on Wednesday as persistent rain wiped out the entire Day 1 without even toss happening. After heavy rain battered the region for over 48 hours,…
PARA BADMINTON Sukant Kadam to compete in Inclusive Games in Madrid World No 1 Indian para badminton player Sukant Kadam will participate in the second edition of the Inclusive Games titled ‘II Juegos Inclusivos’ in Madrid on Thursday. Kadam will team up with Spanish badminton player Clara Azurmendi and will face Italy’s Gianna Stiglich and…
Heinrich Klaasen (Photo credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad are set to spend a jaw-dropping Rs 23 crore to retain the services of South African swashbuckler Heinrich Klaasen ahead of the mega auction, an ESPNcricinfo report said.Klaasen set the IPL on fire last year, where he amassed 479 runs for the…
