Punam Raut in a file photo. Image: Getty Images NEW DELHI: The wait is almost over, with Team India kicking off their Women’s T20 World Cup campaign in a mouth-watering clash against New Zealand on Friday.India have a strong recent record in the T20 World Cup, reaching the 2020 final and the 2022 semi-final, but…
DUBAI: Shafali Verma, the significant other of the blockbuster Indian opening pair, says her no-holds-barred approach goes well with Smriti Mandhana‘s elegance and both can sense each other’s “feelings” through mere glances.One of the factors behind the Indian women’s cricket team’s dominance in recent times has been the success of its openers, and Shafali admits…
South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: The South African women’s cricket team, led by Laura Wolvaardt, narrowly missed out on victory in the previous year’s tournament, losing to Australia in a thrilling final held in Cape Town. As they embark on their 2024 campaign, their first challenge will be…
Rohit Sharma and Pat Cummins (Getty Images) Cricket has produced plenty of intense rivalries over the years in its 147 years of history. One of the most famous of them all is the rivalry between England and Australia, renowned as The Ashes. But in recent years, another rivalry has captured the attention of cricket fans,…
Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur. (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian women’s cricket team, led by experienced Harmanpreet Kaur, will start their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup campaign against New Zealand at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Friday.Recently, India have established themselves as the top contenders against mighty Australia, but they are yet…
Mark Taylor (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Mark Taylor‘s tenure as Australia’s Test captain began with an unfortunate milestone during the 1994 tour of Pakistan. In the first Test of the series, held in Karachi, Taylor etched his name in the wrong kind of record books by becoming the first player to bag a pair…
Shahid Afridi (Photo: @ICC on Twitter) Twenty-eight years ago on October 4, Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi stamped his authority as arguably the best big-hitter in world cricket at that time by smashing the then fastest century in ODIs. Pushed up to bat at number three against Sri Lanka to get some quick runs, Afridi completed…
Sarfaraz Khan (BCCI Photo) LUCKNOW: India and Mumbai middle-order batter Sarfaraz Khan had promised his family and teammates that he will “score a double century” as a tribute to his brother — who met with an accident last week — and to help the team win the Irani Cup. On Wednesday, he delivered on his…
In 2021, Virat Kohli stepped down as India’s T20I captain, which was soon followed by him vacating the position in the ODIs and Tests as well. He left the post without an ICC trophy under his leadership, but former off-spinner Harbhajan Singh believes that doesn’t make Kohli a “lesser captain”.Speaking to ‘Sports Yaari’ in an…
Babar Azam (Reuters Photo) Babar Azam resigned as Pakistan‘s white-ball captain earlier this week, which came as a surprise to some. But former wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif believes Babar has taken the right call and it will signal his return as the team’s premier batsman. “Thank you, very much. Der aaye durust aaye (he understood late,…
