Services batter Rajat Paliwal NEW DELHI: Services captain Rajat Paliwal is about to turn 35. He draws inspiration from the persistence of J&K’s 41-year-old captain Paras Dogra. On Monday, he was up against Aman Chaudhary – a 21-year-old left-arm spinner – who emerged as Delhi’s trump card in just his second first-class game.The word ‘relentless’…
Hardik Pandya (BCCI Photo) When will Hardik Pandya return to the Indian team? How is the all-rounder’s fitness? When will he be seen wearing India colours again?These were some of the questions put to India captain Shubman Gill during his press conference ahead of the first ODI against New Zealand in Auckland on Wednesday.Pandya’s absence…
India A vs New Zealand A 2nd Unofficial Test Day 4 Live Score: Mohammed Siraj and Mukesh Kumar shared nine wickets between them but India A failed to secure a first-innings lead against New Zealand A in the second unofficial Test. The hosts showed tremendous resistance from the lower order to finish their first innings…
NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant is set to undergo his match simulation test at the Centre of Excellence (CoE) on November 9 before he is cleared to play in the two-Test series in New Zealand which starts on November 19. Pant, who is recovering from side strain injury, has started his cricket skills at the CoE.TOI…
Vidarbha’s Harsh Dubey, right, celebrates with a teammate after taking a wicket. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Harsh Dubey had a Monday to remember. Hours before being named in India’s 15-member squad for the ACC Men’s Rising Stars Asia Cup, the left-arm spinner produced a sensational nine-wicket haul to rewrite Vidarbha’s record books in the Ranji…
Final – Pakistan v Sri Lanka – Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan – October 31, 2026 Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi with Haris Rauf during the final Pakistan men’s cricket team on Monday were fined five per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during the Final of the Pakistan ODI Tri-Series against Sri…
Virat Kohli, left, and Rohit Sharma Former India batter Cheteshwar Pujara believes Virat Kohli has a better chance than Rohit Sharma of scoring a century in the upcoming ODI series against New Zealand.Pujara feels Kohli’s position at number three gives him more time to settle in and build an innings. Rohit, meanwhile, usually has the…
Afghanistan bowler Noor Ahmad (File photo) Afghanistan completed a 3-0 sweep of Zimbabwe in the T20I series after beating them by seven wickets in the third and final match in Sharjah on Sunday. Noor Ahmad led the bowling effort with his maiden five-wicket haul, taking 5/13 in 3.3 overs as Zimbabwe were bowled out for…
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has questioned the selectors’ decision to bring Bhuvneshwar Kumar back into the T20I team, calling his inclusion in the recent series against New Zealand a mistake.Bhuvneshwar returned to India’s T20I side after a gap of four years but struggled to make an impact. He…
Abhishek Sharma has hit 86 sixes in this calendar year for India. (PTI) NEW DELHI: India hit 289 sixes in 40 T20Is in 2022. Four years later, they have smashed 400 in the same number of matches, a staggering 38.4 per cent increase. And the six-hitting spree is far from over. It has merely been…
