Sachin Tendulkar and Harmanpreet Kaur NEW DELHI: When the phone rang on the eve of the ICC Women’s World Cup final, Harmanpreet Kaur didn’t expect to hear the voice of India’s cricketing god. But it was Sachin Tendulkar himself — calling to share words of wisdom that would help her and her team stay grounded…
Inspired by the Indian women’s cricket team’s historic World Cup win under Harmanpreet Kaur, hockey legend Gurbux Singh believes it is now time for Harmanpreet Singh’s men’s hockey side to script its own history by ending India’s five-decade-long World Cup drought. The eight-time Olympic champion Indian men’s hockey team has so far won the World…
NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif has raised serious doubts over Sanju Samson’s future in India’s T20I setup, suggesting that the Kerala wicketkeeper-batter may have lost his place in the format’s evolving pecking order.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Samson, who has been benched for the last two T20Is against Australia,…
BENGALURU: Indian pacers Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep, and spinner Kuldeep Yadav, made good use of the conditions at the BCCI Centre of Excellence here on Friday. On Day 2 of India ‘A’ red-ball game against South Africa ‘A’, the pacers especially got valuable game time before the upcoming two-match Test series against South Africa….
The Beighton Cup has a new home, as its 126th edition will start at the newly built Vivekananda Hockey Stadium, situated adjacent to the iconic football stadium in Salt Lake in Kolkata, on Saturday. With a capacity of 22,000, the Vivekananda Hockey Stadium is the largest international-standard hockey stadium in the country. The oldest hockey…
Tim David of Australia (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: As Tim David sliced an inswinging yorker by Jasprit Bumrah in the third T20I, the ball flew towards Washington Sundar who failed to hold on. While Bumrah looked on silently, the impact of this mistake was felt just a few deliveries later by Axar Patel, who was…
The centenary celebrations of Indian hockey kicked off at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium early morning on Friday and mirrored across the country with Hockey India, Sports Authority of India and the Sports Ministry coming together to mark the landmark occasion. The celebrations marked a century of sporting excellence, pride, and unity, honouring the…
Crowd during India vs Pakistan match India and Pakistan players maintained their recent tradition of not shaking hands after matches, as witnessed in their latest encounter at the Hong Kong Sixes tournament.Following the pattern set during the Men’s Asia Cup and Women’s World Cup, the teams continued to avoid post-match handshakes after India’s victory over…
MUMBAI: This is not turning out to be a good year for Sarfaraz Khan. A consistent run-getter in domestic cricket, at the start of 2025, Sarfaraz missed the knockouts of the Ranji Trophy, after returning from the tour of Australia where he didn’t get a game, due to injury. After losing a good amount of…
Varun Chakravarthy is turning out to be true headache for Glenn Maxwell in T20 matches (Images via X/Screengrabs) Former India skipper Krishnamachari Srikkanth lauded Varun Chakaravarthy’s crucial contribution in the fourth T20I against Australia in Queensland, suggesting that the spinner has a clear edge over Glenn Maxwell. Chakaravarthy once again proved to be the Australian…
