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…
Dubai: The Asia Cup trophy impasse continued for the second year in a row after the victorious Indian women’s cricket on Sunday did not accept the cup from Mohsin Naqvi, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chairman from Pakistan. Harmanpreet Kaur-led India defeated Sri Lanka by 72 runs here to lift their record-extending eighth Asia Cup…
Dubai: Shafali Verma and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana struck forceful fifties, while the bowlers under Sree Charani produced an equally intense effort as India crushed Sri Lanka by 72 runs to clinch a record-extending eighth women’s Asia Cup title here on Sunday. Openers Shafali (68) and Mandhana (59) produced a symphony of power and grace during…
New Delhi: India began their Afghanistan series with a comfortable seven-wicket win, chasing down 157 with six wickets and 36 balls to spare. Afghanistan struggled to find momentum with the bat apart from a crucial partnership between Azmatullah Omarzai and Mohammad Nabi. Jasprit Bumrah gave India the perfect start by dismissing Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) on Saturday said it has made a strategic legal move to press its long-standing claim for Full Membership of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), even as the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) continues to oppose the expansion of organised cricket across Telangana. In a strongly worded…
