NEW DELHI: Former England captain Alastair Cook questioned the referee’s choice to allow Harshit Rana to replace Shivam Dube as a concussion substitute during the fourth Twenty20 International between India and England. According to ICC Guidelines, ‘The ICC match referee should ordinarily approve a concussion replacement request, if the player is a like-for-like player.’Just as…
Jos Buttler gestures during the 4th T20I against India in Pune. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: England captain Jos Buttler disagreed with India’s brilliant move of using Harshit Rana as a concussion replacement for half-centurion Shivam Dube, which allowed the hosts to win the fourth game of the five-match T20I series in Pune on Friday by…
Harshit Rana celebrates the wicket of England batter Jamie Overton. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Harshit Rana made a memorable entry into international cricket, delivering a match-winning spell of 3-33 on his T20I debut as India secured a 15-run victory over England in the fourth T20I at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Friday night. The…
And then there were two – the table-topper against possibly the best team in the tournament. There won’t be much time in the turnaround for the finalists after two intensely contested semifinal tussles, just the day before. Rarh Bengal Tigers will go head-to-head with Hyderabad Toofans in the Hockey India League (HIL) final here at…
(Clockwise from left) Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Times Internet Limited vice chairman Satyan Gajwani US-led consortium’s winning bid stood at £295 millionLONDON: A consortium of US-based Indian techies have won the bid to own 49% of The Hundred‘s Lord’s franchise London Spirit.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai,…
Delhi on Friday took the first innings lead against Railways in their Group D Ranji Trophy match, powered by captain Ayush Badoni’s impressive 99 after Himanshu Sangwan’s crucial dismissal of Virat Kohli on the second day. Delhi, starting at 41 for 1, surpassed Railways’ total of 241 thanks to a solid 133-run partnership between Badoni…
MI Cape Town players (SA20 Photo) SA20 witnessed a breathtaking avalanche of runs as Pretoria Capitals and MI Cape Town lit up a sold-out Centurion on Friday night. Despite lightning and thundershowers briefly interrupting MI Cape Town’s innings, the excitement remained undimmed as the two sides combined for a staggering 417 runs in a batting…
Nicholas Pooran (ILT20 Photo) Nicholas Pooran was in the form of his life as he guided MI Emirates to their first victory of the season in Dubai, defeating Gulf Giants by five wickets at the Dubai International Stadium on Friday evening in Season 3 of the ILT20. The MI Emirates skipper, who finished unbeaten on…
All roads in Delhi led to the Arun Jaitley Stadium for the last two days, with the national capital in the grip of Virat Kohli fever, as the batting legend made his return to Ranji Trophy after 12 years.Crowd in excess of 15,000 witnessed Kohli playing for Delhi once again on Thursday, while many more…
Exactly seven years ago, on January 30 2018, Shubman Gill was hitting an unbeaten century for India Under-19 in a massive victory against Pakistan Under-19 in the semifinals of the World Cup. An India vs Pakistan match attracts viewers from all over, but there was something different about one man who tuned in from the…
