Bengaluru: The women came of age with a long-awaited World Cup trophy but Indian men’s cricket was in turmoil as its white-ball peaks ended up dwarfed by the abysmal low of a home Test series whitewash, making 2025 a year of ‘glorious uncertainties’ for the country’s favourite sport. The men’s side triumphed in the Champions…
By Vinay Rao The recently concluded Hyderabad Cricket Association One-Day Knockout Championship didn’t whisper its message—it thundered it. On pitches where pressure separated pretenders from performers, the tournament laid bare a truth Hyderabad cricket has long tried to dodge: merit is thriving in the leagues, but suffocating at the state level. At a time when…
Doha: Indian chess stalwart Koneru Humpy suffered a massive heartbreak in her bid for a third world rapid title, finishing with a bronze in the women’s section of the FIDE World Rapid Championships after being cruelly done in by the tie-break rule, here on Sunday. Humpy, the winner of the world rapid title in 2019…
Thiruvananthapuram: Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana hit stroke-filled half-centuries in a record opening partnership to help India beat Sri Lanka by 30 runs in the fourth women’s T20I and take 4-0 lead in the five-match series, here on Sunday. Asked to bat first, openers Shafali (79) and Mandhana (80) stitched a record 162 runs to take…
The BCCI’s decision to announce India’s T20I squad for the New Zealand series while holding back the ODI squad has triggered a familiar yet unavoidable debate: should Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli be recalled for the three-match ODI series beginning January 11? Whether this delay is strategic or merely procedural remains open to interpretation. But…
Mumbai: Ayush Mhatre was on Saturday named captain of the 15-member Indian side for the U-19 World Cup to be held in Zimbabwe and Namibia from January 15 to February 6 next year. However, along with Vihaan Malhotra, Mhatre will miss the preceding assignment to South Africa — a three-match ODI series — due to…
New Delhi: Former India women’s hockey striker Vandana Katariya on Friday said she decided to quit the game earlier this year after feeling neglected, but she is ready to reverse her decision if the team management wants. The 33-year-old two-time Olympian announced her retirement from international hockey in April this year, bringing down the curtains…
Warangal: Undeterred by its ongoing legal battles with the BCCI and the Hyderabad Cricket Association, the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) on Saturday launched the fifth edition of the Telangana Gold Cup 2025–26 tournament at the Kakatiya University Grounds here. The matches being played are part of the East Zone League of this prestigious tournament. The…
How Current Policies Are Derailing Hyderabad Cricket By Vinay Rao The decision to place Hyderabad’s Under-23 team under junior selectors has caused serious and lasting damage to Hyderabad cricket. This move was neither cricket-driven nor aligned with established best practices. Instead, vested interests within the Hyderabad Cricket Association appear to have misled the Court-appointed Administrator,…
Thiruvananthapuram: Renuka Singh Thakur and Deepti Sharma dazzled with the ball before Shafali Verma’s pyrotechnics powered India to a commanding eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka, clinching the five-match series in the third women’s T20I here on Friday. With the win, India have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, underlining their complete dominance…
