Rajat Patidar has been called up as replacement for the unavailable Virat Kohli for the first two Tests of the five-match series against England, according to reports. Virat Kohli withdrew himself due to personal reasons and is likely to return to the squad from the third Test onwards. Patidar has reportedly joined the Indian team … Read more
NEW DELHI: India will play two Tests against South Africa, beginning on Tuesday at SuperSport Park in Centurion. The Indian team is aiming to make history by winning a Test series for the first time in a nation where they have previously come near but failed.Since the inaugural series in 1992, South Africa have won … Read more
Having proved their class while clinching the 2023 ODI World Cup in India in November, Australia’s famed pace trio of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, and explosive opener Travis Head, who smashed a 120-ball 137 in the final against India, are likely to make the mega-bucks when some of the world’s top players … Read more
JAIPUR: Cricket was in the desert air as politics took the dais in poll-bound Rajasthan on Sunday, with PM Narendra Modi aiming at Congress’s stumps by alluding to the Ashok Gehlot-Sachin Pilot tussle with an analogy about how its leaders “forget to make runs and try to run out each other”.That wasn’t the only cricketing … Read more
The weather in Colombo has remained cloudy and rainy throughout the ‘Super 4’ stage of the Asia Cup, and the forecast is not any different for the final between India and Sri Lanka scheduled to be played on Sunday at the R Premadasa Stadium.As per the latest weather updates for Sunday, there is a possibility … Read more
It was 2011 when India last played a Test match in Dominica. At that time, playing under MS Dhoni’s captaincy were two players who will be there in Dominica again, but in “different capacities”, when India take on the hosts West Indies in the first Test of the series, starting July 12.Virat Kohli and current … Read more
The Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) committee, led by its directors Shyam Sharma and Harish Singla, recently visited the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru where they also met Rishabh Pant, the Indian wicketkeeper-batsman who is currently undergoing rehabilitation for injuries sustained in a serious car accident last year.Pant has been actively updating his … Read more
DUBAI: Australia legend Ricky Ponting has drawn parallels between the exceptional match-winning abilities of Ben Stokes and the composed on-field demeanor of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. According to Ponting, the England Test captain surpasses his contemporaries in handling pressure situations, much like the revered Indian icon.Stokes once again showcased his immense talent by nearly single-handedly guiding … Read more
By Balwinder Singh SandhuThere was a lot of fun that we had as a team during that campaign. With characters like Sandeep Patil and Kirti Azad, there was a lot of leg-pulling, fooling around, which meant that the team atmosphere was relaxed. I would give credit to our seniors in that team — Sunil (Gavaskar), … Read more
MUMBAI: Veteran Test players Cheteshwar Pujara and Umesh Yadav have paid the price for calls for transition in India’s Test team following India’s 209-run defeat in the final of the World Test Championship at the Oval against Australia earlier this month.On Friday, the national selectors, while picking India’s Test and ODI squads for the upcoming … Read more