Ahmedabad: India declared their first innings on an overnight score of 448 for 5 with a sizeable lead of 286 runs against the West Indies at the start of the third day of the opening Test here on Saturday. India’s innings was headlined by centuries from KL Rahul (100), Dhruv Jurel (125), and Ravindra Jadeja…
Ahmedabad: KL Rahul’s 11th hundred grounded the West Indies before Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja followed suit with stylish tons as India literally batted the visitors out of the opening Test, taking a huge lead of 286 runs at the end of the second day’s play. At stumps, India were 448 for 5, and with…
Ahmedabad: KL Rahul struck his 11th Test ton and second at home after nine years as India reached 218/3 at lunch against the West Indies on the second day of the opening Test here on Friday. Skipper Shubman Gill (50) perished after completing his half-century, but India were comfortably ahead by 56 runs at the…
Canberra: The Indian junior women’s hockey team suffered a narrow 4-5 loss to Canberra Chill in its last match on the tour of Australia here on Thursday. For India, the goals came from Sukhveer Kaur (6th minute), Kanika Siwach (42nd), Sunelita Toppo (54th), and Ishika (57th), while Canhess Lauren Yee (12th, 19th), Canhess Josie Lawton…
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…
