Perth, Oct 19: The grand comeback party of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma endured a quick 22-ball ending, and their lowkey outing reflected in Indias seven-wicket defeat against Australia in the rain-affected first ODI here on Sunday. Asked to bat first, India laboured to a sub-par 136 for 9, after the match was revised to 26 overs for a side courtesy several rain interruptions, leaving the hosts to chase a DLS target of 131, which they duly reached in 21.1 [] The post Australia Foil RoKo Show To

PERTH, Oct 18: Indias new ODI captain Shubman Gill says his bond with the Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli is as strong as ever despite contrary narratives floating on social media in recent weeks, insisting that he will not hesitate to approach the two stalwarts, if he is in a fix during a match. Gill replaced highly successful Rohit as Indias new ODI skipper. The future of the two legends has become a matter of intense speculations since then. Gills [] The post Nothing has changed in my relationsh

New Delhi, Oct 17: Former India womens team captain Shantha Rangaswamy was elected as president of the Indian Cricketers Association (ICA) while former Delhi opener Venkat Sundaram was named secretary. Deepak Jain is the treasurer while member representatives are Jyoti Thatte and Santhosh Subramoniam. The ICA Board nominated former womens team skippers Sudha Shah and Shubhangi Kulkarni as its representatives in the BCCI Apex Council and IPL Governing Council. The male representative to the BCCI

New Delhi, Oct 14: The formalities took just about an hour to complete as India defeated West Indies by seven wickets in the second and final Test here on Tuesday for a 2-0 series sweep during which the markedly superior hosts were tested only towards the end. Besides reaffirming Indias home supremacy, the triumph will also go down as Shubman Gills first series victory as Indias Test captain. Needing just 58 runs to reach the target of 121, KL Rahul [] The post India Complete Clean Sweep But Que

Ahmedabad, Oct 4: In a significant transition move, opener Shubman Gill was on Saturday named captain of the Indian ODI team for the upcoming tour of Australia, replacing senior batter Rohit Sharma at the helm. Rohit, along with Virat Kohli, has been named in the 15-member squad announced by the BCCI, signalling a gradual shift in leadership without fully sacrificing the experience. Shreyas Iyer has been named vice-captain for the three-match series. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been rested

New Delhi, Sep 25: India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana says the biggest change in the womens team since the last T20 World Cup is the belief that every player is a potential match-winner now, a shift driven by greater focus on fitness and preparation. India will hope to break the jinx of never winning a womens World Cup in the coming weeks, and they open their campaign against Sri Lanka in Guwahati on September 30. I think our belief has changed [] The post Everyone believes they are match-winner

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 23: The Argentina football team, along with star player Lionel Messi, will most likely play a match against Australia in Kochi when the South American squad visits Kerala in November, official sources in the Sports department said. No date has been fixed for the friendly match, but it will take place in Kochi on any day between November 12 and November 18 when the Argentina team and Messi are in Kerala, the sources said. Australia will most likely [] The post Argentina fo

DUBAI, Sept 14: Kuldeep Yadavs craft and Axar Patels discipline was way beyond comprehension for a clueless group of Pakistani batters as India displayed absolute dominance to register a convincing seven-wicket victory in a lopsided Asia Cup match here on Sunday. Despite calls for boycotting the match from certain quarters as a mark of protest for the Pahalgam terror attack in April, a near full-capacity crowd dominated by 85 percent Indian fans witnessed a clinical decimation of Pakistan one [

SAMARKAND (UZBEKISTAN), Sept 4: Seeking to prove himself across formats, reigning world champion D Gukesh of India began his campaign in the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament here with a crushing victory over Frances Etienne Bacrot in the first round. The Indian ace used all his resources at the right time to deliver a knockout punch when the situation arrived and his choice of opening the Caro Kann was deemed as a perfect defense to counter Bacrot. Winning with [] The post FIDE Grand Swiss: Gukesh

New Delhi, Sep 4: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan on Thursday for questioning in an alleged illegal betting app-linked money laundering case, official sources said. The federal probe agency will record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as part of this investigation linked to an illegal betting app named 1xBet, the sources said. The 39-year-old former India cricketer is understood to have been linked to the app t

Melbourne, Sept 2: Australias premier pacer and Test skipper Pat Cummins was on Tuesday ruled out of the upcoming white-ball series against India and New Zealand due to a lower-back issue, with Cricket Australia saying that his rehabilitation is being managed keeping the Ashes in mind. Australia faces New Zealand in three T20Is from October 1 before hosting India for three ODIs (October 19-25) and five T20Is (October 29-November 8). The home Ashes campaign begins against England in Perth on [] T

Rajgir (Bihar), Aug 30: Pakistan will travel to India later this year to compete in the FIH Junior World Cup, Hockey India secretary general Bholanath Singh confirmed on Saturday. Pakistan opted out of the ongoing Asia Cup in Bihar following the military conflict between the two countries, citing security concerns. It had raised doubts if the team from the neighbouring country will compete in the Junior World Cup to be held in Southern Indian cities of Chennai and Madurai in [] The post Pakistan

Zurich, Aug 29: Indian javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra acknowledged that his timing was off in the Diamond League Finals in which he finished second but he is hopeful of hitting his strides at the World Championships next month in Tokyo, where he is the defending champion. The two-time Olympic medallist finished runner-up in the Diamond League Finale for the third time in a row as Julian Weber of Germany lifted his maiden trophy with two 90m-plus throws in a [] The post Timing Was Not Good At D

Dubai, Aug 12: The epic double hundred in a winning cause at Edgbaston will forever be etched in the memory of Indian skipper Shubman Gill, who was on Tuesday named ICCs Player Of The Month for scoring 754 runs in the recently-concluded five-Test series against England. Gill, who was inspirational both as a batter and skipper, led from the front with four hundreds as a young Indian team without Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma drew 2-2 against England. The Indian [] The post I will cherish double ce