(Online Desk) India booked their spot in the semi-final of the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026, after Pakistan failed to chase down 253 inside 33.4 overs in their Super Six clash. India will face Afghanistan in the semi-final at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on February 4. India remained unbeaten in the…
Lahore: Pakistan on Sunday formally announced its decision to boycott its marquee ICC T20 World Cup group league match against India, even as the government cleared the national team’s participation for the rest of the tournament, starting February 7. Pakistan government’s decision is being perceived as a mark of protest after ICC replaced Bangladesh with…
New Delhi: The sports goods manufacturing sector emerged as a major beneficiary with a first-time allocation of Rs 500 crore as the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ allocation was hiked by over Rs 1000 crore in the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Sunday. The overall budget allocation for the…
At a time when the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) finds itself under an unforgiving public spotlight, its leadership insists a quiet but consequential course correction is underway. The past year has been marked by extraordinary turbulence—the arrest of the President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and the emergence of a truncated Apex Council forced to function under…
Thiruvananthapuram: Suryakumar Yadav had a run drought over 23 innings, but when the wheels of fortune turned, it was once again raining runs, something he has manifested over the past one year, the Indian skipper said after winning the Player of the Series award in India’s 4-1 rout of New Zealand. Suryakumar scored three fifty-plus…
Thiruvananthapuram: Ishan Kishan’s thrill-a-second maiden T20I hundred compensated for Sanju Samson’s familiar failure, and the knock in conjunction with Arshdeep Singh’s fifer scripted India’s 46-run romp over New Zealand in the fifth and final match here on Saturday. India thus sealed the series 4-1, and wrapped up their preparations to defend the T20 World Cup…
Vadodara: Skipper Ashleigh Gardner and Georgia Wareham starred with bat and ball as Gujarat Giants finally broke their jinx against defending champions Mumbai Indians with an 11-run victory to seal a spot in the Women’s Premier League Eliminator here on Friday. Gardner smashed a counter-punching 46 off 28 balls and Wareham struck a brisk 44…
Kolkata: Former India women’s cricket team captain Jhulan Goswami has been summoned for a hearing under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, along with her two siblings, over a discrepancy in their father’s name, an official said on Friday. Their father’s name appeared as “Nishith Ranjan Goswami” in some documents and “Nishith Goswami” in others,…
New Delhi: The India U-19 team, currently playing in the ongoing U-19 World Cup, had a virtual interaction with batting great Sachin Tendulkar ahead of their crucial Super Six clash against Pakistan. With England sealing their semifinal spot with a win over New Zealand on Friday, Sunday’s clash between India and Pakistan has taken on…
Thiruvananthapuram: Abhishek Sharma might be giving nightmares to bowlers around the world, but lead New Zealand pacer Matt Henry has a simple game plan for the Indian opener — keep him under pressure with relentless accuracy. Henry had dismissed Abhishek for a golden duck at Visakhapatnam in the fourth T20I, which went a long way…
