New Delhi: Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been traded to Punjab Kings in exchange for pacer Arshdeep Singh, with Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings agreeing to the swap ahead of the IPL auction later this month. An IPL source confirmed that the trade has been completed, adding that Hardik is happy to play under Shreyas…
Online Sports Desk India’s star-studded batting line-up suffered initial jitters before KL Rahul didn’t let a young fast bowling unit’s superb show go to waste, ensuring a hard-fought four-run win over New Zealand in a rain-affected, low-scoring second ODI in Wellington on Thursday. India lead the five-match series 2-0, with the third match in Hamilton…
Special Correspondent Time is running out for the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) Apex Council. Its continuation in office is now only an interim arrangement, pending formal elections. But that extension comes with considerable responsibility: addressing pending financial irregularities, examining allegations of affiliated clubs fielding teams under benami names, identifying genuine affiliated clubs and finalising the…
Online Sports Desk Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been named the captain of the senior Bihar men’s team. He will lead the side in their first two matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026. The Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) announced a 17-member squad for the matches, starting November 14. Bihar take on Saurashtra in their campaign…
Kolkata: India pacer Mohammed Shami on Friday announced his retirement from Test cricket, bringing curtains down on a 13-year career, but he will continue to play white-ball formats. Shami ended his international red-ball journey with 229 wickets from 64 matches, making him the sixth most successful pacer in Tests for the country behind Kapil Dev…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) General Secretary, Dharam Guruva Reddy, has announced the schedule for Phase 1 of the TCA Under-16 State League, commencing on November 11. The limited-overs version will be played at One Champion Grounds, Yenkepally in Ranga Reddy District. Highlighting TCA’s ongoing commitment to scouting raw talent across 32 districts of…
Special Correspondent For the first time in recent years, there appears to be a glimmer of hope among Hyderabad cricket stakeholders that the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) might finally be heading towards meaningful course correction. The Single Member Committee (SMC), headed by Justice P. Naveen Rao, seems to have taken a timely and potentially significant…
Online Sports Desk A lot of people believe that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced the ‘Impact Player’ rule in the Indians Premier League (IPL) to possibly extend the career of former India captain MS Dhoni in the T20 league. Dhoni is already 45 years of age and is currently part…
Online Sports Desk Playing his first international match in over a month, Kohli scored a fluent 74 off 51 balls in Auckland, navigating spongy bounce and short-pitched deliveries that troubled other batters. His 113-run stand with Shubman Gill stabilised India’s chase after Rohit Sharma’s early exit, securing a five-wicket win under the DLS method. The…
Online Sports Desk Make no mistake, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are pushing hard for a place at the 2027 ODI World Cup. The intensity of their efforts was on show in Auckland on Wednesday as the two senior India batters combined to manufacture two wickets against New Zealand in the opening ODI of the…
