NEW DELHI: Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir said that every player has a duty to the team and does not want to place the entire blame for the defeat against the visiting New Zealand squad on the batters. After losing the second Test by 113 runs in Pune on October 26, India fell to…
It’s that time of the year when IPL franchises take a call on who to retain or release. With the deadline for 10 teams to submit their list of retained players ending today at 5 pm, TOI takes a look at the rules that have been put in place and how much room teams have…
Rohit Sharma, left, and Virat Kohli (AFP Photo) India find themselves in an unusual territory ahead of the third and final Test against New Zealand in Mumbai. Never in the last 24 years have India been whitewashed in a Test series at home. But New Zealand, with a series-clinching 2-0 lead, have a chance to…
India A’s tour of Australia got off to a horrendous start in Mackay on Thursday, when the two uncapped players picked for the Border Gavaskar Trophy — Abhimanyu Easwaran and Nitish Kumar Reddy — failed to impress on the first morning of their four-day match against Australia A at the Great Barrier Reef Arena. Australia…
Lucknow Super Giants’ Nicholas Pooran. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Nicholas Pooran could become one of the highest paid retained players in the history of the IPL, TOI has learnt. Lucknow Super Giants and Pooran have reached an agreement where the hard-hitting Trinidadian could end up getting over Rs 20 crore…
Teams set to announce retentions today in lead-up to IPL mega auction; Dhoni to be CSK’s ‘uncapped’ playerMUMBAI: Will India’s cricket stars Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer, who have captained the Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders in the past few years, be available at next month’s IPL auction, along with KL Rahul, who led…
Ben Stokes. (Photo by Philip Brown/Popperfoto via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: England cricket captain Ben Stokes claims that while he was away in Pakistan, masked robbers broke into his house and took valuables while his family was inside.Stokes said on Wednesday that the burglary occurred at his northeast England house in Castle Eden on October…
IPL 2025 Player Retention Live Updates: As per the IPL retention guidelines released ahead of the mega auction, a team will lose Rs 18 crore from the increased purse of Rs 120 crore for the first player retained, Rs 14 crore for second, Rs 11 crore for the third while for the uncapped players, a…
Abhimanyu Easwaran, Nitish Reddy and Prasidh Krishna NEW DELHI: The performances of Abhimanyu Easwaran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Prasidh Krishna will be crucial in India A’s four-day match against Australia A starting Thursday. These players are part of India’s squad for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy series beginning November 22.Easwaran stands out as a potential replacement…
