Nicholas Pooran (X Photo) NEW DELHI: West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran made history on Friday at Tarouba, breaking Pakistan’s Mohammed Rizwan‘s world record for most runs in T20s in a calendar year. The southpaw accomplished this historic high in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2024 game for his side Trinbago Knight Riders against Barbados Royals….
Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag during the Multan Test against Pakistan in March 2004. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Virender Sehwag‘s 309 in Multan, often referred to as the “Sultan of Multan” innings, is one of the most iconic knocks in the history of Indian cricket. It took place during India’s…
Musheer Khan. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images) MUMBAI: Talented Mumbai teenager Musheer Khan suffered a fracture in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh. While the details of the accident or the injury are awaited, it was learnt that Musheer was travelling with his father-cum-coach Naushad Khan from Kanpur to Lucknow for the Irani Cup tie…
The retention rules for the Indian Premier League (IPL) are expected to be revealed soon after the tournament’s Governing Council (GC) meets on Saturday in Bengaluru, according to a report on Cricbuzz.“A formal decision is expected to be taken in the next few hours,” said the report, adding that the official retention rules will be…
Yuzvendra Chahal. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images) MUMBAI: After a highly successful maiden stint in county cricket, India’s limited overs leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has returns to India to prepare for the forthcoming Ranji Trophy which begins on October 11. Chahal had a stellar time with Northamptonshire CCC, and was thought to be the best overseas…
Ravindra Jadeja, left, and Rohit Sharma (Getty Images) Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar has raised a question mark over Rohit Sharma not using the services of Ravindra Jadeja against left-handed batsmen early and shared a piece of statistic that, he says, “needs to be shown” to the India captain. On a rain-shortened opening day of…
Ryan Rickelton (Photo Source: @ProteasMenCSA on X) ABU DHABI: Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks blasted South Africa to an eight-wicket win over Ireland in a Twenty20 on Friday. Rickelton’s career-best 75 and Hendricks’ 16th fifty powered South Africa to 178 for 2 in the 18th over in reply to Ireland’s 171 for 8. Ireland looked…
Mitchell Starc (Photo Source: X) Mitchell Starc was put to sword like never before in an ODI when Australia took on England in the fourth match of the series at Lord’s on Friday, brutally bringing back the nightmare memory of India captain Rohit Sharma plundering the pacer during the T20 World Cup earlier this year.In…
Kamindu Mendis and Don Bradman (Agency Photos) NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka‘s batting sensation Kamindu Mendis has joined an exclusive club in Test cricket, equalling a remarkable record, previously held by the legendary Don Bradman.By reaching 1,000 Test runs in just his 13th innings, Mendis has become the fastest to achieve the milestone since 1949, placing…
Kamindu Mendis (AP Photo) GALLE: New Zealand were flailing at 2 for 2 and trailing by 580 on Friday against a dominant Sri Lankan batting attack that saw middle-order maestro Kamindu Mendis reach 1,000 runs from just eight Test appearances.Sri Lanka declared at 602-5 shortly before stumps on day two in Galle after a 200-run…
