Melbourne: Steve Smith made a lackadaisical India pay en route to his 34th hundred as he took Australia to a commanding 454 for 7 at lunch on the second day of the fourth Test here on Friday. Smith (139 batting, 194 balls), who was on 68 off 111 balls overnight, took another 56 deliveries on…
Melbourne: India reduced Australia to 311 for 6 at stumps on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test here on Thursday. Debutant Sam Konstas (60) sparked the home team’s charge with a scintillating half-century, marking a dream debut with some stunning strokes. Usman Khawaja (57), Marnus Labuschagne (72), and Steve Smith (68 not out)…
Melbourne: Star Indian batter Virat Kohli and Australian youngster Sam Konstas were on Thursday involved in a physical altercation as tempers flared on the first day of the fourth Test here but the 19-year-old home debutant played it down. The brief showdown took place after the completion of the 10th over of the Australian innings…
Melbourne: Teenager Sam Konstas scored a quick-fire fifty on debut as Australia raced to 112 for 1 at lunch on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test here on Thursday. The 19-year-old debutant’s 60 off 65 balls included six fours and two sixes, both coming off Jasprit Bumrah, rattling the Indian pace spearhead. Konstas…
New Delhi: Paris Olympics’ double bronze-medallist Manu Bhaker on Tuesday admitted that “there has been a lapse may be on my part” while filing nominations for this year’s National Sports Awards amid a raging controversy over her exclusion from the list of Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awardees. A day after the sports ministry had to…
Melbourne: With a smile, India captain Rohit Sharma on Tuesday played down concerns around Virat Kohli’s struggles outside the off-stump in Australia and backed his longtime teammate to the hilt, saying “modern-day greats figure out their own path.” Kohli’s five innings in this series Down Under read 5, 100 not out, 7, 11 and 3…
Melbourne: Ahead of the Boxing Day Test, India skipper Rohit Sharma on Tuesday dismissed fears about the knee injury he suffered during practice, saying it was fine, while keeping the suspense over his batting position. Rohit had got hit on the left knee during the training session at the MCG on Sunday and there was…
Girja Shanker Dixit Paavo Nurmi, widely celebrated as the “Flying Finn” and the “Phantom Finn,” was a Finnish middle- and long-distance runner who redefined distance running in the 1920s. With 22 official world records spanning distances from 1,500 meters to 20 kilometers, Nurmi remains a symbol of endurance, precision, and determination in the history of…
Kuala Lumpur: Opener G Trisha made a doughty fifty before the left-arm troika of Ayushi Shukla, Sonam Yadav and Parunika Sisodia spun web around Bangladesh batters as India scored a 41-run win to emerge champions in the inaugural Women’s T20 U19 Asia Cup here on Sunday. On a spongy pitch, Trisha’s 52 off 47 balls…
Chennai: India’s ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s wife Prithi Narayanan has penned a heartfelt tribute for her husband following his recent retirement from the game, saying “it is time to set the burden of being you down” and embrace life beyond the game. Ashwin made a surprise announcement of his retirement after the drawn third Test…
