TENNIS Bhambri-Galloway pair reaches Mallorca Open final Yuki Bhambri, along with his American partner Robert Galloway, beat the French-Argentine duo of Theo Arribage and Guido Andreozzi 6-1, 7-6(4) to reach the Mallorca Open final on Friday. It is the second final of the season for World No. 35 Bhambri. The Indian had won the Dubai…
Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Video grab) NEW DELHI: Teen prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a dazzling first impression on English soil with a stunning 19-ball 48 in the first Youth ODI between India U19 and England U19 at the County Ground in Hove on Friday. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The 14-year-old opener announced…
An international team is set to participate in the upcoming MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup All-India invitational hockey tournament for the first time. The Malaysian team, as part of its preparations for the forthcoming FIH Men’s Junior World Cup, will take part in the tournament, scheduled to be held at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai from…
Dewald Brevis during a practice session. (Pic credit: CSA) World champions South Africa will field a youthful and largely new-look XI for the first Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, with Keshav Maharaj named captain in the absence of regular skipper Temba Bavuma. Maharaj, who is just one wicket away from reaching 200 Test scalps, will…
Rishabh Pant (Getty Image) NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant is on the cusp of entering an elite club of visiting batters as India gear up for the second Test of the series against England at Edgbaston starting July 2. Following his twin centuries at Headingley, the 26-year-old wicketkeeper-batter is now one ton away from joining a…
Rishabh Pant (Photo credit – X) NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant‘s twin centuries at Headingley may not have been enough to save India from a five-wicket defeat in the first Test, but his sensational batting has won hearts and headlines across the cricketing world. Former England captain Michael Vaughan led the chorus of praise, calling Pant…
Team India’s net session in Birmingham. (Pic credit: Sahil Malhotra/TimesofIndia.com) TimesofIndia.com in Birmingham: The Indian cricket team began their preparations for the second Test against England with their first net session on Friday at Edgbaston, Birmingham. The players hit the ground for their maiden practice since the five-wicket defeat in the opening Test at Headingley,…
NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has introduced a range of changes to playing conditions in Test, ODI, and T20I formats, focusing on over rates, ball usage, boundary catches, concussion substitutes, and wides.STOP CLOCKIn an effort to improve over rates and reduce delays, a stop clock—already trialled in white-ball formats—will now be a permanent…
Jayden Seales (middle) on Day 1 of the first Test between West Indies and Australia. (AP) West Indies fast bowler Jayden Seales has been fined 15 percent of his match fee by the International Cricket Council for breaching the code of conduct during the first Test against Australia in Barbados. The incident occurred when Seales…
Kuldeep Yadav (ICC Photo) NEW DELHI: Former Australian captain Michael Clarke and ex-England cricketer Nick Knight have called for spinner Kuldeep Yadav’s inclusion in India’s bowling attack after the pacers underwhelmed in the first Test at Headingley. Apart from Jasprit Bumrah, who stood out, the rest of the Indian bowlers struggled on a placid surface…
