President Droupadi Murmu confers the ‘Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar’ on cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi during a ceremony on the occasion of ‘Veer Bal Diwas’, in New Delhi. Photo credit: X/@PresidentOfIndia The 14-year-old batting prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who has taken the cricket world by storm with his audacious stroke-play, and seven-year-old chess prodigy Vaka Lakshmi Pragnika … Read more
England’s Josh Tongue, second left, celebrates with teammates after the wicket of Australia Usman Khawaja on Day 2 of their Ashes cricket test match in Melbourne, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Australia were 98 for six in their second innings at lunch on day two of the fourth Ashes test at the … Read more
Karnataka captain Mayank Agarwal was pleased with the win and acknowledged the efforts put in by his bowlers to restrict Kerala to a sub-par total. He also praised batters Karun Nair and Devdutt Padikkal for taking responsibility and guiding the team to another comprehensive win. “I was not happy with our bowling in the match … Read more
Shafali Verma hit 11 boundaries and three sixes in her unbeaten half-century to power India to victory in the third T20I against Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran The Women in Blue are getting increasingly ruthless. Ask Sri Lanka. The Lankans were crushed by Harmanpreet Kaur’s women yet again. The … Read more
Eight editions of the T20 World Cup have followed 2007’s inaugural spectacle. Not once in all these years has a team lifted the sleek, silver-plated prize in successive campaigns — a fair reflection of the challenge of attaining consistency in a format inclined to fickleness. Can India buck the trend? Can the two-time champion, on … Read more
Stellar show: Karun took the charge early on before Padikkal shut down any hopes for Kerala. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Holder Karnataka again turned chasing into a winning formula and crushed Kerala by eight wickets for its second consecutive win in the Vijay Hazare Trophy cricket tournament at the Narendra Modi Stadium B ground here on Friday. Kerala’s … Read more
Tamore plays a shot during the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Uttarakhand. | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV A large crowd turned up at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Friday to watch Rohit Sharma in action. The star batter fell for a first-ball duck, but Hardik Tamore entertained the fans with an unbeaten 82-ball 93 as … Read more
On song: Shorey paced his innings to perfection, taking time to dig his feet in before accelerating at the death. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: VIJAY SONEJI Dhruv Shorey’s second century on the trot helped Vidarbha overcome Hyderabad by 89 runs in its Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025 Group B encounter at the Sanosara Cricket Ground … Read more
There was a delay in arranging the stretcher and ambulance, during which Raghuvanshi appeared to struggle to move his neck. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Mumbai’s young batter, was rushed to a local hospital on Friday after sustaining an injury just below his neck while attempting a difficult catch at mid-wicket off a … Read more
File photo of Venkatesh Iyer. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Venkatesh Iyer was bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for ₹7 crore in the IPL mini auction but former captain Anil Kumble said that the pace-bowling all-rounder may not find a place in their playing XI in the initial phase of the lucrative T20 league. Earlier … Read more