Hyderabad: Elections to the Medchal Malkajgiri District Cycling Association (MMDCA) were recently conducted under the supervision of Returning Officer Shanmuk (Advocate), along with observers J. Pandu (TCA) and Damodar Reddy (DYSO), leading to the formation of a new committee. Marri Laxman Reddy was elected as Chairman, while Marri Rajasekhar Reddy, MLA, was named Patron. Paul…
Ahmadabad: Kagiso Rabada reflected on a “disappointing” 2025 season but underlined his shift from being “desperate” to “determined” after producing a match-winning spell to guide the Gujarat Titans to victory over Kolkata Knight Riders. Rabada, who had missed a significant portion of the previous edition due to a recreational drug-related suspension, returned with figures of…
Durban: South Africa skipper Laura Wolvaardt struck a fluent 51 as the hosts defeated India by six wickets in the opening Women’s T20I here on Friday. Chasing a modest 157/7, built around captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s 33-ball 47, South Africa overhauled the target in 19.1 overs to go 1-0 up in the five-match series. Wolvaardt and…
Ahmedabad, Apr 17 (PTI) Shubman Gill’s elegant 86 complemented a probing new-ball spell from Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Siraj as Gujarat Titans registered a commanding five-wicket win over laggards Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League here on Friday. Gill was in complete command, firing on all cylinders as he steered the Titans to…
Mumbai: Prabhsimran Singh and Shreyas Iyer struck fluent fifties as Punjab Kings’ winning run continued with a seven-wicket hammering of Mumbai Indians, who suffered a fourth consecutive defeat in the Indian Premier League here on Thursday. Even as Quinton de Kock, with a brilliant 112 not out, and Naman Dhir (50) bailed Mumbai Indians out…
Bengaluru: Experience of pacers Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar found an ally in the youthful exuberance of Rasikh Salam Dar as Royal Challengers Bengaluru outclassed Lucknow Super Giants by five wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday. A slightly slow Chinnaswamy pitch, much against the pre-match notions, would have been RCB’s bigger concern in…
Chennai: Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Ajinkya Rahane has been fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during their IPL match against Chennai Super Kings here. Last-placed Kolkata Knight Riders extended their winless run this season as they went down by 32 runs to CSK here on Tuesday. “Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Ajinkya Rahane…
Sydney: Four years after Shane Warne’s death left the cricketing world in shock, his son Jackson has asserted that the spin legend’s demise was probably caused by the “three or four” COVID vaccines that he was “forced to take for work.” Speaking on ‘2 Worlds Collide podcast’, Jackson, however, also acknowledged that his father had…
Hyderabad: In a debut performance that will be etched into the tournament’s folklore, pacer Praful Hinge delivered the most successful first over in IPL history to engineer Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 57-run mauling of Rajasthan Royals here on Monday. Hinge dismissed Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (golden duck), Dhruv Jurel, and Lhuan-dre Pretorius all in his opening over, the first…
Mumbai: Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli blasted half-centuries as the defending champions beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday. Salt (78 off 36 balls) and Kohli (50 off 38 balls) stitched together a 120-run stand for the opening wicket before Patidar…
