Bhuvneshwar Kumar returns Veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has made a much-anticipated return to India’s T20I setup after nearly four years, headlining the squads announced for the upcoming New Zealand tour.Bhuvneshwar’s recall comes after an impressive IPL 2026 campaign, where he claimed 28 wickets. His last T20I appearance for India also came against New Zealand in…
Naman Dhir makes T20I debut (Image: BCCI/X) Naman Dhir makes his T20I debut against West Indies in the opening game of the five-match series, while teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been left out of India’s playing XI in Lucknow.Dhir, who made his ODI debut on September 27, received his maiden T20I cap from Arshdeep Singh…
Novak Djokovic celebrates with the trophy after winning the final against Australia’s Alex de Minaur. (Reuters Photo) Novak Djokovic moved within one title of Roger Federer’s career tally after winning a record seventh China Open crown on Tuesday, taking his ATP singles title count to 102.The sixth-seeded Serbian was handed the trophy after Australia’s Alex…
Harmanpreet Kaur. (PTI Photo) Harmanpreet Kaur may have stepped away from captaincy, but her impact on Indian women’s cricket was impossible to miss as tributes poured in from across the cricket fraternity on Tuesday.India’s only women’s World Cup-winning captain announced her decision to step down as skipper across all three formats, bringing an end to…
Commonwealth Games 2030 in Ahmedabad (AP Photo) India’s ambition to host the 2036 Olympics has taken another major step forward, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday confirming the country among seven bidders in the race to stage the Summer Games. Qatar, South Korea, Germany, Hungary, Turkey and South Africa are the other countries…
India’s Abhishek Sharma and Shafali Verma (Agency Images) India’s dominant run in international cricket has earned four of its stars a place on the ICC Player of the Month shortlists for September, with Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma nominated in the men’s category, while Shafali Verma and Shree Charani feature among the women’s nominees.Gill is…
Sourav Ganguly (Image credit: Delhi Capitals) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has returned to Delhi Capitals as the team’s head coach for the 2027 Indian Premier League season.Ganguly takes over from Hemang Badani, under whom Delhi Capitals missed out on the IPL playoffs in the last two seasons. Ganguly’s long association with DC Ganguly first…
Argentina footballer Lionel Messi NEW DELHI: Benin goalkeeper Marcel Dandjinou has made it clear that Argentina’s farewell celebration for Lionel Messi will not stop his team from competing. As Benin prepare to face Argentina at the Monumental, the 28-year-old goalkeeper says his focus will be on doing his job, even if that means denying Messi…
NEW DELHI: Harmanpreet Kaur’s decision to step down as captain of the Indian women’s cricket team across all three formats marks the end of one of the longest and most significant leadership eras in Indian women’s cricket.The 37-year-old, who led India’s T20I side for a decade after taking over in 2016, became the ODI captain…
Harmanpreet Kaur (ICC Photo) NEW DELHI: India women’s ODI World Cup-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur has stepped down from captaincy in all three formats. Kaur had been India’s full-time T20I captain since 2018 and took charge of the ODI team in 2022, succeeding legendary batter Mithali Raj.“Today, I step down as captain of the Indian Women’s…
