Buchi Babu tournament serves as a bridge for promising young players to transition from state-level cricket to more competitive environments, Tamil Nadu selector R. Srinivasan insisted here on Wednesday. The current edition has India players Ishan Kishan and Sarfaraz Khan playing for Jharkhand and Mumbai. Suryakumar Yadav and Shreyas Iyer are set to turn up…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli, a stalwart of Indian batting, and Australia’s Steve Smith are eager to make their mark in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar series. According to Australian great Matthew Hayden, runs will be “at a premium” in this highly anticipated contest.Hayden, a top-class opener during his playing days, believes that Kohli and Smith have their…
East Bengal, the runner-up in the last edition of the Durand Cup, will look to improve on its previous performance this year when it faces Shillong Lajong in the quarterfinals, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Shillong, on Wednesday. The Red-and-Gold Brigade was supposed to play its final Group stage match against Mohun Bagan Super…
Sai Sudharsan has returned to Surrey and will play the next two County Championship matches, the club announced on Wednesday. Sudharsan featured in Surrey’s last Championship match with Essex in June, as well as featured twice for the club in September 2023. Surrey is currently on top of the Division One chart and is eyeing…
NEW DELHI: Yashasvi Jaiswal‘s performance in the Test series against England in February earlier this year was nothing short of extraordinary. Amassing 712 runs in five matches, he etched his name in Indian cricketing history, becoming only the second Indian batsman after Sunil Gavaskar to achieve this feat. His aggressive batting style drew widespread praise…
The Durand Cup 2024 knockout stages matches are underway with the quarterfinal stages. There will be no extra time in the knockout stages of the competition therefore if the teams remain unseparated after the regulation 90 minutes, the matches will go to penalties. NorthEast United beat Indian Army 2-0 to reach the semifinal, while Shillong…
From a field of 338, three have moved in front. All of them are from Kolkata. Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Aronyak Ghosh and Neelash Saha remained in the joint lead with five points, at the end of the fifth round of the 61st National Chess Championship at the RPS International School, here on Wednesday. With six…
NEW DELHI: Star batter Rohit Sharma expressed his gratitude towards Rahul Dravid, Ajit Agarkar, and Jay Shah for their unwavering support during his tenure as the team’s leader.He acknowledged their backing in his endeavor to bring out the best in his players without being overly concerned about the outcomes. This approach ultimately led to India’s…
Shillong Lajong’s Marcos Rudwere celebrates his goal after giving his team the lead against East Bengal during the Durand Cup 2024 quarterfinal. | Photo Credit: Durand Cup/X Shillong Lajong’s Marcos Rudwere celebrates his goal after giving his team the lead against East Bengal during the Durand Cup 2024 quarterfinal. | Photo Credit: Durand Cup/X
Sainath Pardhi won India’s second medal at the Under-17 World Wrestling Championships in Amman, Jordan, securing bronze in the men’s 51kg Greco-Roman category with a 3-1 victory over Kazakhstan’s Yerassyl Mussan on Wednesday. Pardhi defeated USA’s Munaretto Domenic Michael 7-1 in the repechage round to advance to medal bout. Four Indian women wrestlers reached the…
