India captain Rohit Sharma was not happy with pacer Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep as Australia’s tail frustrated them on Day 4 of the 4th Test in Melbourne on Sunday. Rohit was seen having an intense discussion with the team during a drinks break, and let his frustration known to the likes of Siraj and […]
Kagiso Rabada turned batting hero as he and Marco Jansen took South Africa to a dramatic two-wicket win over Pakistan on the fourth day of the first Test at SuperSport Park on Sunday. Needing 148 to win, South Africa crashed to 99 for eight against superb bowling by Mohammad Abbas. The 34-year-old Abbas took a
Grandmaster Koneru Humpy capped a wonderful year for Indian chess, defeating Irene Sukandar of Indonesia to emerge the FIDE Women’s World Rapid Chess champion in New York on Sunday. Humpy had won the event back in 2019 at Georgia and the Indian No. 1 is only the second player after China’s Ju Wenjun to clinch
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed Grandmaster Koneru Humpy’s feat of winning the FIDE Women’s World Rapid Chess championship title twice in her career. Humpy capped a wonderful year for Indian chess, defeating Irene Sukandar of Indonesia to emerge champion in New York on Sunday. She had won the event back in 2019 at
South Africa booked their spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final after a gritty two-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first Test match in Centurion on Sunday. It was a brilliant show of resilience from the South Africa tail-enders as Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen stitched together a sensational partnership to guide their team to
Legendary Indian cricket team skipper Sunil Gavaskar said that he is very passionate about Indian cricket and explained the reason behind his brutal criticism of Rishabh Pant‘s dismissal during the ongoing fourth Test against Australia. Pant was dismissed by Scott Boland while trying to play a flick shot and that led to Gavaskar blasting the
Arshdeep Singh who starred in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup triumph joins Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza, Pakistan’s Babar Azam and Australia’s Travis Head as nominees for the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year, according to the ICC. Arshdeep Singh has stepped up as India’s primary pacer in the T20I format, especially with Jasprit Bumrah
Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu, along with two ICC Women’s T20 World Cup finalists – Melie Kerr and Laura Wolvaardt – and Ireland batter Orla Prendergast, has been nominated for the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year for 2024. Despite encountering an unexpected slump in the Women’s T20 World Cup, Athapaththu was the second-highest
Nitish Reddy wanted to confute his critics and the naysayers who doubted his ability to excel in Test format, and the gritty century at the iconic MCG was his way of conveying that he belongs to highest level of cricket. A few former players, including a former chairman of selectors, were skceptical about Reddy’s elevation
As the stage is set for an epic climax to the Boxing Day Test between India and Australia, former Aussie all-rounder Steve O’Keefe opined that India will not be looking for a draw and try hard to win the crucial fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the final day of the encounter. India