Bengaluru: Central Zone’s Danish Malewar (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) Bengaluru: The Central Zone versus NorthEast Zone Duleep Trophy quarterfinal match here again raised the question if the latter team truly belongs among elite domestic units. The opening day turned out to be a lop-sided contest, with the Central batters making merry against an uninspiring bowling attack….
File Pic: MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli Former New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner has opened up about one of the defining contests of his career — the 2014 Auckland Test against India — where he exposed Virat Kohli’s early struggles with the short ball but admitted that MS Dhoni appeared to have decoded his tactics.Speaking…
The last time the Indian men’s hockey team faced China, it won by a solitary goal. That Asian Champions Trophy final last year was played soon after the Paris Olympics and more than half of the Indian side comprising youngsters trying to impress the coach in a new cycle On Friday, it will be a…
India cricketers during a training session. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers has shared his candid experience of the Bronco test, a fitness drill reportedly set to be introduced by the BCCI for Indian cricketers, calling it one of the toughest assessments athletes can face.Speaking on his YouTube channel, de…
Dhruv Jurel, the Central Zone captain, is not part of the team that is facing North East Zone in the first round of the Duleep Trophy. New Delhi: Central Zone skipper Dhruv Jurel and East Zone captain Abhimanyu Easwaran are not playing the first round of the Duleep Trophy matches because the duo are not…
NEW DELHI: Mohammed Shami numbers have spoken volumes — 229 wickets in 64 Tests, 206 scalps in 108 ODIs, and 27 wickets in 25 T20Is. He topped the wicket charts at the 2023 ODI World Cup with 24 dismissals and was also India’s joint-highest wicket-taker at the 2025 Champions Trophy with nine wickets.Go Beyond The…
Mohammed Shami bowls a delivery during a Duleep Trophy 2025 quarterfinal cricket match between East Zone and North Zone, at BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) (PTI08_28_2025_000094A) Former India bowling coach Bharat Arun has made a startling revelation about Mohammed Shami, who in 2018 wanted to quit cricket after he…
Rohit Sharma will be back in action for India in ODIs in October (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) Rohit Sharma, India’s ODI captain, has never been one to shy away from a challenge with the bat. Asked which bowler he would most like to hit for six, the 37-year-old responded with trademark confidence. “Honestly, everyone!…
Bengaluru: East Zone�s Mohammed Shami bowls a delivery during a Duleep Trophy 2025 quarterfinal cricket match between East Zone and North Zone, at BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) (PTI08_28_2025_000094A) East Zone restricted North Zone to 308 for six on day one of the Duleep Trophy quarterfinals in Bengaluru on…
The last time the Indian men’s hockey team faced China, it won by a solitary goal. That Asian Champions Trophy final last year was played soon after the Paris Olympics and more than half of the Indian side comprised youngsters trying to impress the coach in a new cycle. On Friday, it will be a…
