New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes India captain Rohit Sharma should be given his usual opening position for the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against Australia starting December 14 in Brisbane. Must return. For the second Test at the Adelaide Oval, Rohit decided to bat at number six so as not … Read more
New Delhi, December 12 (IANS). Ajitesh Sandhu, who was leading by three shots throughout the night, continued his dominance in the third round and carded three consecutive under 69s to remain ahead by two shots in the Rs 2 Crore Vishwa Samudra Open 2024 presented by Kapil Dev. This tournament is being played at the … Read more
New Delhi, December 12 (IANS). Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated D Gukesh on social media platforms on becoming the youngest world chess champion. He described his achievement as historic and exemplary. Responding to a post made by the International Chess Federation handle on Twitter, PM Modi said, “Historic and exemplary!” PM Modi said, … Read more
Dubai, December 12 (IANS). Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes that a witty comment by Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal during the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy inspired Mitchell Starc to give his best performance in the second Test. In the first Test, in Perth, Jaiswal scored a brilliant 161 in the second innings. During … Read more
Perth, December 11 (IANS). Indian women’s cricket team’s opening batsman Smriti Mandhana’s 9th ODI century could not avert Team India’s defeat against host Australia. Australia’s Annabel Sutherland’s brilliant 110 runs and Ashley Gardner’s 5 wickets for 30 runs helped the Australian women’s team clean sweep the Indian team and win the series 3-0 on Wednesday. … Read more
New Delhi, December 11 (IANS). Bihar Olympic Association (BOA) has met Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President P.T. A legal notice has been sent to Usha and it has been termed as “administrative overreach”. This notice is regarding the appointment of a single-member inquiry commission to investigate the governance structure of some states including Bihar. The … Read more
Basseterre (St Kitts), December 10 (IANS). West Indies bowler Alzarri Joseph has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee by the ICC for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct by using offensive language in a conversation with a match official during the first ODI against Bangladesh. The host team won … Read more
New Delhi, December 10 (IANS). Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has urged the cricket world to move on from the Travis Head-Mohammed Siraj incident that sparked controversy during the pink-ball Test in Adelaide. In this controversy that started on the second day, Siraj gave a rousing farewell to Head after dismissing him for 140 runs … Read more
Harare, 9 December (IANS). Ben Curran, brother of England men’s players Sam and Tom, has been included in Zimbabwe’s squad for the first time for the ODI series against Afghanistan. Apart from him, Zimbabwe has also included young left-arm fast bowler Newman Nyamahuri in the squad for the first time, who has also been included … Read more
Adelaide, 9 December (IANS). It seemed as if Scott Boland was never away. He played his first home Test in two years against India in Adelaide and would have got a wicket on the very first ball had he not bowled a no ball. What he could not do in the first innings, he did … Read more
