Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson answered his disappointing outing in the series opener with a blistering half-century in the second T20I against West Indies in Ranchi on Friday, matching Virat Kohli’s record for the joint-fastest fifty by an Indian against the Caribbean side in the format.Samson brought up…
Ravindra Jadeja will turn out for Saurashtra in their opening match of the 2026-27 Ranji Trophy season against Chhattisgarh, with Jaydev Unadkat continuing as captain as the two-time champions look to bounce back from an early exit last season.The India all-rounder has been named in Saurashtra’s 16-member squad following India’s 2-1 ODI series win over…
Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav (Pic credit: X) NEW DELHI: The numbers may have moved in his favour, but Kuldeep Yadav would have preferred a different story — one in which he and Yuzvendra Chahal continued to hunt wickets together, building on a partnership that became one of India’s most recognisable spin combinations.In a nostalgic…
Former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif paid tribute to veteran actor Nana Patekar, who passed away on Thursday, recalling how their conversations began during the Singer Trophy in Colombo in 1994 and continued for years.“I used to speak with him regularly, and it continued for many days. When we were in Colombo in 1994 for the…
Pakistan hockey team during the Asian Games 2026. (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: Pakistan have officially withdrawn from the men’s Asian Champions Trophy Punjab 2026, with Bangladesh stepping in as their replacement for the six-team continental hockey tournament scheduled from October 27 to November 5. The decision sets up an India-Bangladesh clash on the opening day…
Australia A beat India A by 69 runs in the second match. (Pic credit: X) India A’s top-order woes continued to haunt them as Australia A registered a 69-run victory in the second one-day match on Friday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.Josh Philippe and Sam Konstas struck aggressive half-centuries to…
Sahil Jadhav, left, and Chikitha Taniparthi, right, celebrate with coach Dave Cousins after winning the compound mixed team archery gold. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s compound archers made history at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games by becoming the first nation to secure an Olympic quota in the discipline. But while the team celebrated a landmark achievement…
India vs West Indies Live Score, 2nd T20I: Sanju Samson’s lean run is the lone sore point in an otherwise firing batting line-up and it will prompt the team management to ponder over pairing teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi with opener Abhishek Sharma in the second T20I against the West Indies in Ranchi on Friday. A…
NEW DELHI: For years, Kumkum Mohod had watched South Korean archers closely, studying their technique and trying to understand what made them so dominant in recurve archery. She observed their movements, learnt from their approach and looked at the qualities that had made them role models for young Indian archers like her.But when the 17-year-old…
AB de Villiers of South Africa during day 3 of the 3rd Test match between South Africa and Australia at PPC Newlands on March 24, 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. (File photo) Australia and South Africa began their three-Test series in Durban on Friday, renewing a rivalry that has been marked by the Sandpapergate…