Reigning world champion Germany defeated India 3-1 in the penalty shootout to win the two-match bilateral hockey series in New Delhi on Thursday. Germany won the first match 2-0 on Wednesday but India bounced back to level things after clinching a 5-3 victory in the second game. To decide the winner of the series, a…
NEW DELHI: Washington Sundar‘s career-best performance of 7/59 helped India bowl out New Zealand for 259 on Day 1 of the second Test in Pune. However, the hosts lost captain Rohit Sharma early when stumps were drawn on Thursday.India finished the day at 16 for one in 11 overs, with Yashasvi Jaiswal (6 not out)…
India defeated world champions Germany 5-3 in the second and final hockey Test but lost the two-match series in shoot-out at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here on Thursday. The series was levelled 1-1 as Germany had won the first Test 2-1 on Wednesday. The series winner was later decided via shootout and Germany…
India’s Washington Sundar and Sarfaraz Khan celebrate the wicket of New Zealand’s Tim Southee on Day 1 of the second Test in Pune. PTI Washington Sundar‘s inclusion in the second Test against New Zealand was termed as an “inspired selection” by former captain Sunil Gavaskar. Sundar replaced Kuldeep Yadav for the crucial match at the…
NEW DELHI: Some eyebrows were raised when Washington Sundar replaced Kuldeep Yadav in the Indian playing XI for the second Test against New Zealand that got underway on Thursday at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.Having played his last Test against England in 2021, Sundar was making his comeback into the Indian team. New Zealand…
Michael Clarke. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) Former captain Michael Clarke has advised Australian selectors to pick a specialist opener after the experiment of moving Steve Smith to the top of the order backfired. Clarke made the suggestion ahead of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Test series against India, which starts on November 22. Smith, whose preferred…
Former Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal announced her retirement on Thursday, ending a glittering 16-year career. Rani, who captained India to a historic fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics, will be the mentor and coach of Soorma Hockey Club of Punjab and Haryana in the upcoming women’s Hockey India League (HIL) which will…
Ravichandran Ashwin (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Star Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has surpassed Australia’s Nathan Lyon to become the seventh-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket history, with 531 wickets.Having racked up three wickets during India’s second Test against New Zealand so far, Ashwin cemented his legacy as one of the finest off-spinners in the game. His…
India vs Germany LIVE Score: Follow the live updates, score, and highlights from the IND vs GER bilateral hockey series 2024 taking place on October 24 at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi.
South Africa players (X Photo) NEW DELHI: South Africa secured a commanding victory over Bangladesh in the first Test of the two-match series at Dhaka’s Shere Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. This victory marks South Africa’s first Test win in Asia since 2014 and boosts their standing in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25,…
