NEW DELHI: The monkey was off his back. Relief was writ large on Virat Kohli‘s face when he notched up his long-awaited century in the fourth and final Test against Australia. There was a sense of satisfaction in his mute celebration. The wait, since his last Test century in November 2019 was over 1200 days. […]
NEW DELHI: Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne‘s century stand ensured there was no drama on the fifth day of the fourth Test in Ahmedabad as the final duel of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended in a draw.On an uneventful day of cricket, India however qualified for the World Test Championship (WTC) final and clinched the Border-Gavaskar […]
NEW DELHI: A disciplined knock of 186 by Virat Kohli – his first Test century since November 2019 and his 75th ton in international cricket – set up an intriguing final day of the fourth Test against Australia in Ahmedabad on Sunday.Kohli’s 28th Test hundred helped India amass 571 in response to Australia’s first innings […]
NEW DELHI: The Australian players will wear black armbands as a mark of respect for captain Pat Cummins‘s deceased mother on day two of the fourth and final Test against India at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.Cummins flew home after the second Test in Delhi to be with his mother, Maria.Cricket Australia tweeted: “We […]
NEW DELHI: Sophia Dunkley (65) smashed the fastest half-century of the season while Harleen Deol hit a power-packed 67 as Gujarat Giants edged Royal Challengers Bangalore in a high-scoring Women’s Premier League clash at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The victory was the first of the season for Gujarat. Bangalore, on the other hand, suffered […]
NEW DELHI: The Army on Friday released photographs of its soldiers playing cricket in the Galwan Valley area of eastern Ladakh to showcase ‘high morale’ along the frontier, a day after external affairs minister S Jaishankar described bilateral relations as “abnormal” during talks with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on the sidelines of the G20 […]
New Zealand‘s thrilling one-run win over England in the 2nd Test at Wellington is only the third instance in the history of Test cricket that a team has edged its opponent by just one run to emerge victorious. Here’s the list of teams that have won a Test match by five runs or less:1. New […]
KOLKATA: It will be difficult for KL Rahul to avoid scathing criticism for his protracted poor run because of the enormous expectations attached with the job, especially when past cricketers have set high standards, says former India skipper Sourav Ganguly.Stripped of vice captaincy, Rahul hasn’t crossed 25-run mark in his last 10 Test knocks. An […]
Harmanpreet Kaur‘s run-out was the turning point in India’s defeat against Australia in the Women’s T20 World Cup semifinal, and Alyssa Healy slammed Indian captain’s lack of genuine effort in going past the crease that led to her dismissal. India almost overhauled Australia’s 172/4 on the back of a partnership between Harmanpreet (52) and Jemimah […]
NEW DELHI: Two back-to-back thrillers in Newlands in two days. And we now have the two finalists of the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.Hosts South Africa held their nerves on Friday to upset ‘favourites’ England by 6 runs in their semi-final match in Cape Town. They set up a mouth-watering summit clash against five-time […]
