Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Grace Harris, right, celebrates with Lauren Bell after taking a wicket. (BCCI via PTI Photo) BENGALURU: There is a quiet certainty about Royal Challengers Bengaluru this season — one forged not in noise, but in belief. As the stakes rise in the Women’s Premier League, Lauren Bell and Gautami Naik spoke of…
NEW DELHI: Just 17, Anahat Singh is learning how to make big moments look routine. On Sunday in Washington, she delivered the biggest result of her young career with the calm of someone who seems to know exactly where she is headed. Anahat stunned top seed, reigning Commonwealth Games champion and world No. 10 Georgina…
40 Indian-origin players will participate in the T20 World Cup CHENNAI: They grew up with the dream of representing India. But in a cricketing powerhouse bursting at the seams, that can sometimes feel like threading the eye of a needle.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Even so, that hasn’t stopped the likes…
Cameron Green’s angry reaction to Usman Tariq (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: Former Australia batter Usman Khawaja has publicly come out in support of Pakistan spinner Usman Tariq after controversy erupted during the second T20I between Australia and Pakistan last week. The issue began when Australian all-rounder Cameron Green, after getting out to Tariq, was seen making…
Bangladesh cricket fan waves their national flag (Reuters Photo) Bangladesh women’s team cricketer Rabeya Khan (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) Bangladesh cricket fan waves their national flag (Reuters Photo) Bangladesh women’s team cricketer Rabeya Khan (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) Bangladesh cricket fan waves their national flag (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh High Court…
A big crowd outside the Melbourne Park during the 2026 Australian Open (AP) New Delhi: Roger Federer coined the term “Happy Slam” for the Australian Open in 2007, and it has stuck. “Everybody is kind of happy to see each other, kind of after the off-season. It’s kind of like the ‘Happy Slam,’” Federer had…
Representational photo (Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images) The sports ministry is keen to bring Formula 1 back to the Buddh International Circuit in the near future and has already initiated dialogues with the track authorities to revive the race last held in India in 2013.According to a ministry source, sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya has already…
Dhananjaya de Silva (L) and Kusal Mendis (R) of Sri Lanka (Photo by Sameera Peiris/Getty Images) COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Monday dropped Test captain Dhananjaya de Silva from their 15-man T20 World Cup squad led by Dasun Shanaka.De Silva had been recalled for a three-match T20 international series against Pakistan early last month after an…
India’s Tilak Varma plays a shot during the fifth T20 cricket match between India and South Africa in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) TimesofIndia.com in Mumbai: The police sirens weren’t blaring, hundreds hadn’t assembled to catch a glimpse of the team bus, and an eerie silence hung over the porch of…
Vedant Trivedi (Special arrangements) NEW DELHI: 47/0 was the scoreline. Three balls later, it became 47/3. A sense of unease crept in as India looked to have lost the early momentum against Pakistan during their crucial U19 World Cup 2026 match on Sunday. Against the same opponent, India had already conceded the plot recently, in…
