Syed Zabiulla (R) with his ward Smaran Ravichandran (L). (Photo by Special Arrangement) NEW DELHI: Syed Zabiulla vividly remembers a seven-year-old Smaran Ravichandran doing all sorts of things while trying to impress his coach.“He was a very hyper-active kid,” Zabiulla, who is the coach of Smaran, currently a hot property in Indian cricket, tells TimesofIndia.com…
India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Former India captain and ex–chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth has launched yet another fierce critique of head coach Gautam Gambhir, tearing into India’s selection policy after South Africa dominated the first three days of the second Test in Guwahati. With the visitors already 1–0 ahead after their Kolkata…
Rohit Sharma lifts the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup Trophy following the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup West Indies & USA 2024 Final match between South Africa and India at Kensington Oval on June 29, 2024 in Bridgetown, Barbados. (Photo/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday released the schedule…
Pressure has been mounting on Gautam Gambhir after the Test side has been struggling in the Test series against South Africa. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Virat Kohli’s elder brother, Vikas Kohli, stirred fresh conversation around India’s red-ball struggles with a sharp post on Threads, landing right in the middle of a tense fourth day of the…
Rohit Sharma has been handed a special role as Team India prepare for their title defense of the T20 World Cup next year. (PTI Photo) Rohit Sharma will return to the global stage in a new role, with the former India captain appointed as the ambassador for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. The…
Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav shared the stage as the schedule and groups for the 2026 T20 World Cup were revealed. (Images via Getty, Screengrabs) Suryakumar Yadav made his feelings clear during the official event to announce fixtures and venues ahead of the 2026 T20 World Cup, saying he would prefer to face and defeat…
NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday released the full schedule for the upcoming 2026 T20 World Cup. The tournament will start on February 7 in Colombo with Pakistan facing the Netherlands, followed by West Indies playing Bangladesh.India will open their title defence later the same day against the USA in Mumbai. The…
NEW DELHI: Indian batter Virat Kohli on Tuesday arrived in India ahead of the ODI series against South Africa starting November 30. The veteran Indian batter landed at Mumbai airport in the afternoon. Having settled down in London for a while, the former India captain usually prepares for home and away tours in England and…
Shukri Conrad, head coach of South Africa. (File photo/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Fifty years after England captain Tony Greig’s “grovel” comment before the 1976 series against Clive Lloyd’s team united and galvanised the West Indian players, South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad used the same word on Tuesday.Conrad triggered controversy at the end of the…
NEW DELHI: As if the mammoth target of 589 was not enough to demoralize them, the Indian team also lost 2 wickets in the final session of the fourth day to make matters worse after South Africa, quite reluctantly, declared their second innings at 260 for 5 in the third session. Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and…
