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NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Harshal Patel did manage to dismiss explosive CSK opener Devon Conway in the IPL 2023 clash between RCB and CSK on Monday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, but he couldn’t complete his full quota of 4 overs and had to be taken off the attack after bowling two deliveries … Read more
NEW DELHI: An office bearer of the all-powerful BCCI will now be paid a daily allowance of USD 1000 on foreign tours and will fly first-class.The increase in allowances doled out to the BCCI office bearers was tabled in the Apex Council meeting on Sunday but came into effect last October.The per diem (daily allowance) … Read more
MELBOURNE: Australia opener David Warner is in the frame for the World Test Championship final against India but selectors’ boss George Bailey declined to back him as an automatic inclusion for the Ashes squad.Selectors will pick a wider squad in about two weeks for the WTC decider at The Oval from June 7-11 and for … Read more
Delhi Capitals suffered a crushing 50-run defeat in their opening match of IPL 2023 against Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday, and the team’s bowling and fielding effort left chief coach Ricky Ponting extremely disappointed. “To be totally honest, I think they (LSG) got more runs than we probably expected. Our fielding after the first four … Read more
Regarded as one of the greatest fielders, Jonty Rhodes, believes that the Indian Premier League (IPL) brought about a sea change in cricket in terms of fielding. In an interview with TOI, South Africa great Rhodes, the fielding coach of the Lucknow Super Giants, spoke on what makes a good fielder, the role of coaches … Read more
NEW DELHI: Gujarat Giants‘ team mentor and former India captain Mithali Raj said that losing key players early in the Women’s Premier League campaign dented the team’s composition, resulting in its elimination from the inaugural tournament.Gujarat were eliminated after losing their last match against UP Warriorz on Monday.Gujarat’s head coach Rachel Haynes conceded that they … Read more
NEW DELHI: New Zealand raced to 155/2 thanks to Devon Conway‘s blistering 78 against Sri Lanka at the end of a rain-delayed opening day of the second Test on Friday in Wellington.Conway was caught and bowled by Dhananjaya de Silva, who dived low to his right to get both hands on a superb catch, to … Read more
NW DELHI: India will face on Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at The Oval in London in June after New Zealand beat Sri Lanka in a thrilling first Test in Christchurch on Monday. The WTC final will be played from June 7 to 11.Sri Lanka would have qualified for the WTC final … Read more
The Women’s Premier League needed a rollicking start in terms of cricketing excellence, and Harmanpreet Kaur answered that call Source link
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli‘s struggle against the spinners, especially on turning tracks, continued as the India batter on Wednesday fell to a slow bowler for the fourth time in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series in Indore.On the opening day of the third Test, the Indian run-machine was out leg before wicket to off-spinner Todd Murphy. It … Read more
NEW DELHI: According to a report, if asked, batting great Matthew Hayden is ready to help Australia solve their batting woes in the ongoing Test series after the visiting side was bamboozled by the Indian spinners in the first two matches.With Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja taking 32 of the total 40 wickets in the … Read more
MUMBAI: 48 hours after a sting operation by a private news channel saw him make several loose comments, BCCI’s chief selector Chetan Sharma on Friday resigned from his post. “His position became untenable. He had to go,” a BCCI official told TOI.In a sting operation by Zee News, which was aired on Tuesday, February 14, … Read more
LIVE NOW THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 13, 2023, 12:10:40 IST Prolific batters Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and teen sensation Shafali Verma are expected to spark bidding wars when they go under the hammer during the inaugural Women’s Premier League auction. Among the overseas names, Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney, Elysse Perry, Nat Sciver, Megan … Read more
NEW DELHI: Former Australia star opener Matthew Hayden and captain Steve Waugh have been left shell-shocked by the axing of Travis Head for the opening Test of the four-match Test series against India. Australian team included right-handed batter Peter Handscomb ahead of Head. Head was adjudged 2021-22 Ashes “Player of the Series”.“I can’t believe it … Read more
CAPE TOWN: The Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction is just around the corner but India are firmly focussed on their T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan as they aim to emulate the U19 girls’ title-winning feat, insisted skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.The WPL action is slated to be held on February 13 in Mumbai, a day after … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Indian team management could consider playing Shubman Gill in the middle order ahead of Suryakumar Yadav in the first Test against Australia after Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the series opener due to a back injury.Iyer failing to recover from back spasms will certainly open one spot in the Indian batting … Read more
RANCHI: India allrounder Washington Sundar termed their defeat to New Zealand in the first T20I as a “one-off” defeat. Sundar also backed the Men in Blue to bounce back in the series. The second T20I will be played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, in Lucknow, on Sunday. Chasing an competitive … Read more
LIVE NOW THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jan 24, 2023, 12:05:32 IST It has been a terrible season for Hyderabad as they suffered five consecutive losses in the six games they played thus far. With just one point in their bag, Hyderabad, who are facing the relegation threat, take on a rejuvenated Delhi in their … Read more
RAIPUR: The magnificent Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium here is all geared up to become the 50th venue in India to stage an ODI when it hosts the second game of the India-New Zealand white-ball series on Saturday. This will be the maiden international match at this stadium, which has an impressive 49,000 … Read more
NEW DELHI: One of India’s heroes in the third one-day international against Sri Lanka, pacer Mohammed Siraj disclosed that he has changed his approach and stopped worrying about his performances unlike earlier in his career. Instead he has started focussing only on execution.The 28-year-old bowler returned with superb figures of 4 for 32 from his … Read more
Australia’s one-day international (ODI) series against Afghanistan in March has been called off following the Taliban‘s announcement of further restrictions on women’s and girls’ education and employment, Cricket Australia said on Thursday.“CA is committed to supporting growing the game for women and men around the world, including in Afghanistan, and will continue to engage with … Read more
The world’s leading T20I batter Suryakumar Yadav is seemingly immune to pressure. In fact, he prefers to put himself under pressure while in training mode ahead of a match.Yadav’s 360-degree skills once again stole the thunder in a T20 international on Saturday. His third century in the format, a 51-ball 112 not out, took India … Read more
MUMBAI: Deepak Hooda understands the difficulties of batting at tricky No. 6 position in T20Is and has conditioned himself for any sort of collapse, like it happened in India’s narrow win against Sri Lanka in opening game.Hooda came in with India precariously placed at 77 for 4 and his 23-ball 41 with four sixes got … Read more
MUMBAI: The BCCI had invited outgoing selection committee chairman Chetan Sharma for a review meeting to discuss India’s T20 World Cup performance along with coach Rahul Dravid, captain Rohit Sharma and National Cricket Academy chief VVS Laxman, TOI has learnt. The meeting is likely to take place here on January 1.The meeting will take place … Read more
NEW DELHI: Australia’s veteran opener David Warner created history by becoming the second batter after Joe Root to make a double century in his 100th Test. He achieved the milestone on Day 2 of the second Test against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday.But his joy of bringing up third double century … Read more
SYDNEY: Skipper Meg Lanning was on Friday included in the Australian women’s one-day squad to face Pakistan, ending an indefinite months-long break and allaying fears that she had played her last international.The record-breaking 30-year-old announced she was stepping away from the game in August after leading her all-conquering team to Commonwealth Games gold.She said at … Read more
