India’s Manav Suthar celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s captain Dhananjay de Silva on the fourth day of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: Sonal Dinusha, dark clouds, rain and the close of play. There has been no…
Colombo: Ground staff covers the field amid rain on the fourth day of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) Sri Lanka showed some fight on day four of the second Test, but India’s bowlers struck at crucial moments to leave the hosts at 229…
File photo Simon Helmot (L) during an ILT20 match. He will coach the Gulf Giants in the upcoming season. (Image: Creimas) New Gulf Giants head coach Simon Helmot believes smart recruitment and a fearless identity are the keys to returning the inaugural ILT20 champions to title contention. In a conversation with TimesofIndia.com, the Australian coach…
India pacer Arshdeep Singh is hoping his return to first-class cricket can strengthen his case for a Test debut. The 27-year-old, who has played 18 ODIs and 91 T20Is, had not played a red-ball game for nearly a year before featuring in the 2026 Duleep Trophy.Arshdeep played a key role in North Zone’s 52-run win…
Pakistan captain Fatima Sana (Pic credit: ICC) Pakistan’s women’s cricket team have taken an unusual route to prepare for the Women’s Asia Cup, playing full T20 matches against a men’s side during their training camp in Lahore.The matches against the Abdul Qadir Cricket Academy featured both teenage and senior male players.Unlike regular practice sessions, the…
Left-arm spinners Abid Mushtaq and Nishant Sindhu needed only 6.3 overs on the day 4 morning to wrap up West Zone’s innings as North Zone completed a 52-run win and booked their place in the Duleep Trophy semi-finals.West, chasing 287 for victory, resumed the final day at 220/7 with Urvil Patel on 25 and Tanush…
Keshara Nuwantha (AP Photo) Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha continued his impressive form with the bat, scoring his second century in as many Tests against India. However, the 25-year-old’s effort was not enough to prevent India from enforcing the follow-on in the second Test on Wednesday.Sri Lanka were bowled out for 290 after India had declared…
Sanjay Manjrekar (left), Sri Lanka’s Asitha Fernando and Yashasvi Jaiswal on day one of the second test match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo. (PTI) Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has criticised the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal received a…
NEW DELHI: “Dukh hota hai. Mai iss bade chance ka wait kar rha tha par naam nahi aya [It hurts. I was waiting for this big opportunity, but my name didn’t come up],” a dejected Harsh Singh told Timesofindia.com after being left out of the Indian judo squad for the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya.Just…
Chungreng Koren is lighter now. He is also more prepared.That may sound like a simple observation ahead of his Road to UFC Season 5 bantamweight semifinal against Japan’s Ryo Tajima in Shanghai on August 28. For Koren, though, the difference between this camp and the one that preceded his quarterfinal is significant.When he arrived in…