RCB’s Sabbhineni Meghana plays a shot during a WPL 2024 T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and RCB, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) India top-order batter S Meghana announced her retirement from all forms of cricket on Friday at the age of 30. The Andhra Pradesh cricketer last represented India in October…
Former India leg-spinner Amit Mishra believes an injury during the 2017 T20I against England in Bengaluru may have brought his international career to an early end. Mishra, who never played for India again after that match, claimed that then head coach Anil Kumble and captain Virat Kohli had assured him of a comeback once he…
New Zealand India CricketNaman Dhir of India bats during the T20 cricket international between New Zealand and India in Christchurch, New Zealand. (AP | PTI) NEW DELHI: When the selectors sprung a surprise by picking Naman Dhir for the West Indies series, eyebrows were raised and scepticism followed. But the Punjab all-rounder is slowly and…
Parvinder Awana. (Photo/BCCI) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday appointed former India pacer Parvinder Awana as the chairperson of its Junior Selection Committee.“The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) conducted a selection process for the appointment of members to the Junior Cricket Committee. The CAC screened and interviewed applicants and, following the…
Lone’er Kavanagh has not made major changes to his preparation for Ramazan Temirov. The British flyweight says the work has centred on mistakes from his last fight, a submission loss to Brandon Royval in July.“There hasn’t been too much change. It’s more about learning from the mistakes I made in the last fight,” Kavanagh told…
Sri Lanka’s Janith Liyanage, second right, and Asitha Fernando, third left, celebrates with teammates. (AP Photo) Sri Lanka pulled off one of the greatest run chases in one-day international history, overhauling England’s 429/4 with a remarkable 430/8 to register an extraordinary two-wicket victory in Rawalpindi on Thursday. The 430-run chase was the second-highest successful run…
NEW DELHI: India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak has kept the suspense alive over Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s chances of playing in the second T20I against New Zealand, insisting that the team management’s selection decisions must be viewed in the larger interest of the side. With Ishan Kishan ruled out of Saturday’s match due to injury, the 15-year-old…
Harry Brook produced an innings for the ages, becoming only the second cricketer after West Indies legend Chris Gayle to score a triple-century in Tests, a double-century in ODIs and a century in T20Is. However, the England captain’s historic achievement ended in heartbreak as Sri Lanka pulled off a stunning chase of 430 runs to…
Ishan Kishan, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo) India’s teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi could get another opportunity in the playing XI after wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan was ruled out of the second T20I against New Zealand with a low-grade right adductor strain. The injury has opened up a selection question for India ahead of Saturday’s encounter at Hagley…
Tom Brady donated his $170,000 Salem State speaking fee to Best Buddies and other charities(Image via Getty Images) Tom Brady earned $170,000 for a one-hour speaking appearance at Salem State University in May 2015. But the former New England Patriots quarterback reportedly gave away the entire fee, sending $50,000 to Best Buddies and the rest…
