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: 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 […]
NEW DELHI: India’s premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Monday came up with a sharp response after Pakistan threatened to pull out of the ODI World Cup to be held in India this year if the Asia Cup hosting rights are taken away from the Pakistan Cricket Board.Pakistan were originally allotted the Asia Cup in September […]
KOLKATA: Titas Sadhu had received her first player-of-the-match award from Jhulan Goswami. She was so overawed by the legendary cricketer’s presence that she was left tongue-tied that day. On Sunday, Titas fulfilled a long-cherished dream of the former pacer by lifting the first World Cup for an Indian women’s team in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Titas […]
NEW DELHI: India is set to host the ODI World Cup again later this year and the Indian team is of course a hot favourite for the title. India last won the ODI World Cup title in 2011 at home and since the 2013 Champions Trophy, have not tasted title success in ICC tournaments.This poor […]
BHUBANESWAR: In a bizarre incident on Tuesday at the Men’s Hockey World Cup, the Japan team had 12 players on the pitch during a penalty corner set-piece in the dying moments of their Pool B match against South Korea, which ended in a 2-1 win for the Koreans.Had Japan scored off their last penalty corner, […]
