Pakistan’s decision to refuse to play India in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup has little to do with cricket and everything to do with politics. It is a calculated move designed to manufacture leverage, provoke reaction, and inject sentiment into what is meant to remain a rules-governed global tournament. The louder calls within India…
Vadodara: Delhi Capitals huffed and puffed but eventually got over the line in a modest run-chase by five wickets to beat UP Warriorz and make their way into the Eliminator clash of the Women’s Premier League, here on Sunday. Delhi’s win, with five wickets and eight balls to spare, also knocked out the defending champions,…
Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday warned the Pakistan Cricket Board’s reported position of “selective participation” in the Men’s T20 World Cup could have far-reaching consequences for the PCB and the global cricket ecosystem. Taking note of the statement issued by the Pakistan government instructing its national team of boycotting the T20 World…
By Vinay Rao Hyderabad’s senior cricket season has ended not with clarity or confidence, but with a familiar sense of drift. This was not a campaign undone by bad luck or transitional growing pains; it was shaped by flawed selection logic, poor squad balance, and a visible absence of competitive hunger at the senior level….
(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…
