New Delhi: India opener Sanju Samson on Tuesday admitted criticism and outside noise do affect him but experience has taught him to deal with it, while backing the leadership group for taking tough selection calls, keeping the team’s interests in mind. Samson, who smashed a brutal 57 off 22 balls in India’s seven-wicket win over…
Vinay Rao Here’s a question that sounds simple but isn’t: should the richest, best-run sports body in India have to follow the same rules as every other one? That’s what the Supreme Court asked BCCI on 8 September 2026. Not “you’re guilty of something.” Just: explain yourself. Why shouldn’t you and every state cricket association…
Our Sports Desk Hyderabad: Several impressive batting and bowling performances marked the opening day of the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s (HCA) domestic competitions for the 2026-27 season, with the Senior Men’s Multi-day Super League, U-23 Emerging Multi-day Tournament, U-19 One-Day Super League and U-16 Boys Inter-Schools & Colleges Knockout Tournament producing some notable individual displays. In…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) has demanded that the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) publish a comprehensive “White Paper” detailing its legal expenditure over the past several years, including payments to advocates, senior counsel, legal officers, court fees and other litigation-related costs. TCA General Secretary Dharam Guruva Reddy, in a signed statement, said cricket stakeholders…
New Delhi: BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on Monday said the Indian women’s team’s refusal to accept the Asia Cup trophy from Mohsin Naqvi was the Board’s “collective decision” and the Asian Cricket Council chairman also “did not raise any objection” to it. India defeated Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the final on Sunday in…
New Delhi: The lack of a reliable fifth bowling option in the injury-forced absence of Hardik Pandya seems to be the only major concern for India as they look to deliver another knockout punch and seal the series against Afghanistan in the second T20I here on Tuesday. World Cup winners India returned to the shortest…
Every generation of cricket has had its favourite heroes. Players come and go, styles change, formats evolve and records are constantly rewritten. Yet, some performances become so extraordinary that they appear almost beyond the reach of another generation. As a cricketer, I have always believed that records are meant to be broken. That is the…
Salitillo (Mexico): Top-ranked Indian recurve archer Dhiraj Bommadevara scripted history on Sunday by becoming the first Indian male recurve archer to win gold at the World Cup Final, edging Japan’s Nakanishi Junya in a thrilling shoot-off here. After returning empty-handed from the 2023 and 2024 editions, the 25-year-old World No 10 Army man produced a…
Dubai: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said her side’s record-extending eighth women’s Asia Cup title was a result of consistently matching the high standards they had set for themselves, after the team crushed Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the final here on Sunday. The opening duo of Shafali Verma (68) and Smriti Mandhana (59) struck…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated the women’s cricket team for winning the eighth Women’s Asia Cup title, convincingly defeating Sri Lanka in the final held in the UAE. In a message posted on ‘X’, he said, “India sets another milestone in Asian cricket. Heartiest congratulations to our champions on clinching the 8th…
