Jasprit Bumrah at nets on Day 2. (Pic credit: Sahil Malhotra/TimesofIndia.com) TimesofIndia.com in Birmingham: Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah returned to training on Saturday as Team India’s second day of preparations for the Edgbaston Test shifted the spotlight firmly onto bowling. After skipping Friday’s opening session, Bumrah’s presence in the nets drew keen attention, especially with…
India and Pakistan have been drawn in the same group for the 2025 FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup, set to be held in Tamil Nadu later this year. The draw, conducted at the International Hockey Federation’s headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, placed the arch-rivals in Group B alongside Chile and Switzerland Final groups for Men’s…
Kuldeep Yadav (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Will Jasprit Bumrah feature in the second Test against England? What changes will India make after their defeat in the first Test? Will Kuldeep Yadav be brought into the mix? Who might be left out of the playing XI? These are some of the many questions being asked as…
Australia’s captain Pat Cummins leads this team off the pitch after defeating West Indies (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) The new World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 cycle is off to an action-packed start, with three Test series already shaping the early standings. While Australia and England have surged to the top, India and West Indies find themselves…
Najmul Hossain Shanto (ICC Photo) NEW DELHI: Najmul Hossain Shanto has announced his decision to step down as Bangladesh’s Test captain following the team’s 1-0 series defeat against Sri Lanka, capped by an innings-and-78-run loss in the second Test in Colombo.At the post-match press conference, Shanto clarified that his decision was motivated by the team’s…
India’s Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra identified Indian cricket team‘s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah as having the potential to excel in javelin throw during a special segment on Star Sports hosted by Navjot Singh Sidhu. The two-time Olympic gold medalist made this assessment based on the physical attributes and techniques that…
Shimron Hetmyer produced a breathtaking knock to power the Seattle Orcas to their first win of the 2025 Major League Cricket (MLC) season, sealing a dramatic three-wicket victory over MI New York with a last-ball six. Chasing a mammoth 238 — the highest successful run chase in MLC history — Hetmyer held his nerve under…
Australia’s Travis Head (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) Travis Head made history by becoming the first player to win 10 Man of the Match awards in the World Test Championship after his twin fifties helped Australia defeat West Indies by 159 runs in the first Test of their three-match series. Head scored 59 in the first innings…
Team India (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) India’s hunt for a series comeback faces a tough test at Edgbaston, one of their most challenging venues in Test history. After the heartbreak at Headingley, where India let slip a dominant position despite five centuries and a fourth-innings target of 371, the team must now break a…
Australia’s Josh Hazlewood, center, celebrates taking the wicket of West Indies’ Brandon King (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) Australia secured a dominant 159-run victory against West Indies in the first Test at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on Friday, as Josh Hazlewood‘s devastating spell of 5-43 helped dismiss the hosts for 141 in 33.4 overs on the third…
