Mumbai: India head coach Gautam Gambhir said the team is ready to push the barriers in T20 Internationals with the adoption of a fresh “high-risk, high-reward” approach, and the target is now “to get 250-260 regularly” in the format. That shift in mindset was evident in India’s 4-1 mauling of England in the just-concluded five-match…
Kuala Lumpur: India crushed South Africa by nine wickets in an one-sided final to lift their second straight Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup title on Sunday in Kuala Lumpur. India had lifted the inaugural title in 2023 under the leadership of Shafali Verma. This is also the second time India became U-19 World Cup champions…
Pune: England skipper Jos Buttler didn’t agree with India’s ploy to use Harshit Rana as a concussion substitute for half-centurion Shivam Dube, a masterstroke that saw the hosts seal the five-match T20I series with a 15-run win in the fourth game here on Friday. Dube who scored 53 off 34 balls was hit on the…
Mumbai: Ravi Bishnoi (3-28) and debutant Harshit Rana (3-33) claimed three wickets each as India beat England by 15 runs in the fourth T20I at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Friday. India thus took an unbeatable 3-1 lead and sealed the series with the last T20I scheduled to be played at the…
Dubai: India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Tuesday won the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC men’s Cricketer of the Year after delivering “a master-class in skill, precision, and relentless consistency” across formats in a record-shattering 2024. The 31-year-old was adjudged the ICC’s Test Cricketer of the Year on Monday and was also named…
Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner C.V. Anand, an avid cricket enthusiast, visited the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. During the visit, Anand felicitated R. Devraj, Honorary Secretary of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), on his appointment as Team India Manager for the ICC Champions Trophy set to take place in February-March 2025. The Commissioner…
Dubai: Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal deservedly found a place in the ICC’s Test Team of the Year 2024 that featured four Englishmen with Australian Pat Cummins as its captain. The team also had two New Zealanders, including the redoubtable Kane Williamson. Cummins was the lone…
Chennai: Unruffled by the lingering fitness concerns surrounding Mohammed Shami, the well-oiled machine that is India’s T20 team will be eyeing an encore of its opening game performance against a stunned England in the second game of a five-match series, here on Saturday. India leads the rubber 1-0 after a facile seven-wicket victory at the…
Gurugram: A motivational speech and a few trademark square cuts demonstrated on the 22-yard strip. Legendary former India captain Kapil Dev had a fun interaction with children at a private school on Thursday afternoon where he advised them to avoid becoming autograph-seekers and focus on growing into autograph-givers. Kapil’s two-hour presence at Satya School in…
Mumbai: The high-profile return of India’s stars in the Ranji Trophy ended up as a damp squib with the likes of Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, and Shubman Gill falling cheaply on Thursday, unable to click in the face of some hostile bowling on the opening day of their respective matches across different venues. Veteran all-rounder…
