Jeddah: Resurrected generational talent Rishabh Pant pipped Shreyas Iyer to become the costliest buy in IPL’s history with a Rs 27 crore winning bid from Lucknow Super Giants, while Venkatesh Iyer was the surprise show-stopper as teams expectedly broke the bank for marquee Indian players at the mega auction here on Sunday. Shreyas, who captained…
Perth: Legendary wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist on Sunday slammed the Australian team for using tactics “deemed negative, illegal” against India on the third day of the first Test here. The Australians were sent on a leather hunt by the Indians who declared their second innings at 487 for 6 after centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat…
Perth: Former India head coach Ravi Shastri on Sunday said Virat Kohli’s remarkable hundred is an “ominous” sign for Australia, and said no touring player in the last 15 years might not have produced such knocks more regularly than the batting star. Kohli brought all his technical expertise into play to score the 30th hundred…
Perth: Yashasvi Jaiswal combined game awareness with perfect shot selection while KL Rahul remained technically unflappable in an unbroken opening stand of 172 as India looked set to bat Australia out of the match with an overall lead of 218 runs on the second day of the opening Test here. After skipper Jasprit Bumrah’s game-changing…
Perth: Australia suffered a stunning batting collapse as they managed 67 for 7 at stumps in reply to India’s 150 in the first innings on Day 1 of the first Test here on Friday. India, who were all out for 150 from 49.4 overs at the stroke of tea, grabbed seven Australian wickets in 27…
Perth: Cheteshwar Pujara, who knows a thing or two about grinding the Australian attack in their den, on Thursday backed KL Rahul to bat at the vital number three slot in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and said the swashbuckling Yashasvi Jaiswal is capable of doing what David Warner did in his prime. The five-match Test series…
Mumbai: Young India batter Devdutt Padikkal will need to embrace the challenges that will come his way if he gets an opportunity in the first Test against Australia starting on Friday, feels his senior Karnataka teammate Mayank Agarawal. Padikkal, who was initially not a part of India’s jumbo 18-member squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, was…
New Delhi: From the build-up to the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy in Rajgir and right through the tournament as well, all the focus around India had been on goal-scoring. Do they have what it takes to convert chances from open play? Can they finally solve their Penalty Corner troubles? But on the night they won…
New Delhi: Rishabh Pant on Tuesday rejected the legendary Sunil Gavaskar’s assessment that the India wicketkeeper-batter left Delhi Capitals due to disagreement over his retention fee ahead of the mega auction of the Indian Premier League. Pant, who captained Delhi Capitals last year after making a comeback from a horrific car accident, is among the…
Perth: A shattering defeat to New Zealand on home soil would have caused a “little bit of damage” to India’s confidence but Australia will not make the mistake of underestimating the visitors, said charismatic batter Marnus Labuschagne here on Tuesday. The world No. 2 India are heading into the five-Test Border-Gavaskar series, starting here on…
