Ahmedabad: Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah combined to decimate the West Indies for a paltry 162 before the in-form KL Rahul struck a measured half-century as India expectedly dominated the opening day of the first Test here on Thursday. At stumps, the hosts reached 121/2 with another 41 runs in arrears. Siraj (4/40) and Bumrah…
Dubai: Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday said the Indian team is “welcome” to collect the Asia Cup trophy from him at the continental body’s head office here as controversy around the champions being denied the top prize continued to rage. In a post on X, Naqvi rejected reports claiming that he,…
Providence (Guyana): West Indies head coach Daren Sammy believed that his side had the bowling arsenal to take 20 wickets in a Test match in India and hoped that his side could take some inspiration from what New Zealand were able to do last year on the Indian shores. New Zealand became the first team…
Guwahati: Injuries, setbacks, and months of rehab have only sharpened all-rounder Amanjot Kaur’s hunger, and the 25-year-old believes that, like a wounded lion that steps back before pouncing again, her long injury layoff was just a pause before a bigger leap. Batting at No. 8, Amanjot’s counterattacking partnership with Deepti Sharma rescued India from 124/6…
Guwahati: India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur acknowledged that the ICC Women’s World Cup opener against Sri Lanka wasn’t easy despite the hosts earning a facile 59-run win in the end under the DLS Method to log full points here on Tuesday. Sri Lankan veteran spinner Inoka Ranaweera’s four-wicket haul — three in the 26th over —…
Guwahati: The experience of Deepti Sharma was on full display as she struck a composed half-century alongside debutant Amanjot Kaur before taking a decisive three-wicket haul to help India overcome early hiccups and seal a 59-run win over Sri Lanka via DLS method in their Women’s World Cup opener in Guwahati on Tuesday. For Sri…
Dubai: The BCCI on Tuesday raised “strong objection” in the Asian Cricket Council’s AGM over India not being presented the winner’s trophy of the Asia Cup, but the body’s chairman Mohsin Naqvi remained defiant by “still not agreeing” to it. India was not awarded the trophy on Sunday after they refused to take the silverware…
Hyderabad: Winning the Asia Cup was the “best reply” to an aggressive opposition, middle-order batter Tilak Varma said on Tuesday, revealing that he aced an initial bout of pressure and verbal volleys by Pakistan players en route his match winning half-century in the title clash. Tilak made an unbeaten 69 to guide India to a…
Dubai: The great Sachin Tendulkar is expecting the ODI World Cup, beginning in India on Tuesday, to provide a watershed moment for women’s cricket in the country. The sport had got a massive shot in the arm when Indian women reached the final of the 2017 edition in England. However, a global trophy still eludes…
Mumbai: The BCCI will lodge a “very strong protest” in the next ICC meeting in November against Asian Cricket Council chief Mohsin Naqvi, who walked away with the Asia Cup trophy after the Indian team refused to accept it from him in Dubai. BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia justified the team’s refusal, saying that India cannot…
