London: Australia suffered a big setback after senior fast bowler Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of the upcoming World Test Championship final against India, having failed to recover from a side strain picked up during his IPL stint in India. The WTC final is scheduled at the Oval from June 7-11. Australia included fast bowler Michael…
Bishkek: Olympic silver medallist wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya pulled out of the Bishkek Ranking Series event after suffering a strain on his right knee during warm up while Pankaj shocked U-23 world champion Aman Sehrawat in an all-Indian 61kg quarterfinal, on Sunday. Having entered in 61kg competition, Ravi was up against Kyrgyzstan’s Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu in…
Kakamigahara (Japan): A resounding start to its campaign, notwithstanding, the Indian women’s hockey team will look to guard against complacency when it takes on Malaysia in its second Pool A match of the Junior Asia Cup here on Monday. The Indian women started their Junior Asia Cup sojourn with a morale-boosting 22-0 crushing of a…
London: Ajinkya Rahane is set to play his first red-ball game for India in 18 months and potentially faces a do-or-die situation in the World Test Championship final against Australia at The Oval beginning June 7. Making a quick switch from T20 to the five-day format, Rahane plans to “keep it simple” and will be hoping…
Beckenham (UK): The IPL has ended the monopoly of international cricket on players’ time, said Australia captain Pat Cummins, who feels going forward it will be a challenge to persuade players to prioritise national duty over franchise cricket. Cummins agrees that Trent Boult’s decision to deny a New Zealand central contract for lucrative T20 league around…
Beckenham (UK): Australia all-rounder Cameron Green hopes to bring the calmness of Rohit Sharma into his game, having spent a quality time with the India captain in the Mumbai Indians dug out in IPL this year. Green, with 452 runs and six wickets, played a key role in MI’s campaign this season under Rohit’s captaincy, even…
Portsmouth, Jun 3 (PTI) The Indian team’s training sessions over the years have had its share of innovations and it is now using multi-coloured rubber balls for catching practice in order to adjust to last-minute deviations which could cost them dear. One of the Indian team’s fielding drills at the Arundel ground here saw rising…
Kakamighara (Japan); Annu slammed a double hat-trick as India started their campaign in the women’s Junior Asia Cup on an emphatic note with a 22-0 thrashing of a lowly Uzbekistan, here on Saturday. Annu (13th, 29th, 30th, 38th, 43th, 51st) was the star performer for India, while Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke (3rd, 56th); Mumtaz Khan (6th,…
New Delhi: Former India captain Virat Kohli and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, among several other sportspersons, expressed their anguish over the devastating train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district, that has killed at least 238 people and injured more than 900. The train crash on Friday, involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express…
London: Australian batting stalwart Usman Khawaja believes fellow opener David Warner is probably at his best as he prepares for the tough English summer, which includes the World Test Championship final against India and the Ashes. Warner, 36, had endured a difficult tour of India earlier this year, and even though the Delhi Capitals skipper…
