NEW DELHI: The stylish Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana maintained her fifth-place ranking, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur and the flashy Shafali Verma both benefited from their outstanding performances and were tied for eleventh in the most recent ICC WT20I rankings, which were released on Tuesday.With four Indians in the top 20, Shafali leapt four spots and…
UAE vs PAK: Catch live score and highlights from UAE’s clash against Pakistan in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2024 at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. HIGHLIGHTS Toss: Pakistan won toss and elected to bowl first. Playing XI: UAE: 1 Esha Oza (C), 2 Theertha Satish (wk), 3 Rinitha Rajith, 4 Samaira Dharnidharka, 5 Kavisha…
The release of Brian Lara‘s book — LARA The England Chronicles — has courted controversy for the West Indies batting legend ever since arriving on the book shelves.Claiming that Viv Richards was a hard taskmaster, Lara’s book mentions that Richards used to make him and Carl Hooper cry as the skipper of the West Indies…
SQUASH India boys beats South Africa, girls loses to England in World Junior team squash India boys beat South Africa 2-0 while the girls lost to England by an identical margin in the 5-8th positions matches of the World Junior Squash Championships Team competition in Houston on Monday. The boys will meet England for fifth position…
New Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said he respects the club’s traditional passing style but he also wants to inject a more direct approach focused on scoring. Barca appointed the former Germany and Bayern Munich manager as head coach on a two-year contract in May after sacking Xavi Hernandez, tasking him with turning around the club’s…
NEW DELHI: All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy of Andhra Pradesh and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) talked candidly about the emotional moment he experienced last month upon receiving his Indian jersey and how much it meant to him because his father put his own career at jeopardy to support his son’s cricket career.Following a strong Indian Premier League…
Sri Lanka named its squad for the upcoming T20I series against India starting on July 27 at Pallekele. Charith Asalanka was named the captain after Wanindu Hasaranga stepped as the captain on July 11, post the nation’s disastrous T20 World Cup campaign in the USA and the West Indies. Sri Lanka squad for T20I series…
NEW DELHI: Sanjay Krishnamurthi played a blistering innings of 79 not out off just 42 balls, guiding the San Francisco Unicorns to a stunning six-wicket victory (DLS method) over the Washington Freedom, who were top of the table. The match, which was affected by rain, took place at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on…
Australia’s Alex De Minaur said he is ready to fulfil his Olympic dream after shaking off a hip injury that cut short his Wimbledon campaign and threatened his participation at the Paris Games. The world number six pulled out of his Wimbledon quarterfinal against Novak Djokovic earlier this month after sustaining a cartilage tear in…
MUMBAI: One of the contentious issues after the team for the T20I series against Sri Lanka was announced was the appointment of Suryakumar Yadav as skipper with Shubman Gill named as his deputy.Hardik Pandya was vice-captain to Rohit Sharma in India’s victorious campaign in the T20 World Cup and had a great tournament (144 runs…
