Indian captain Shubman Gill cut a disappointed figure after his team squandered a commanding position to suffer a four-wicket defeat against England in the second ODI at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, on Thursday, July 16, 2026.After cruising to 180/3, India suffered a dramatic middle-order collapse to be bowled out for just 233, a total England comfortably…
Survival Story of 16 Year Old Md Imran (Special Arrangements) NEW DELHI: The bus pulled away shortly after 8 pm. Md Imran, famished after an eight-hour drive, had pulled away during a scheduled ten-minute stopover in Bratislava, Slovakia, looking only for biscuits and coffee. He returned to the platform in time and frantically motioned for…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: It has been 4,341 days – or 11 years, 10 months and 19 days – since India last took to the field for an ODI at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.On Thursday, India will finally return to the same venue for the second ODI of the…
Pranati Nayak (File photo) New Delhi: India’s gymnastics team for the September 19-October 4 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya is mired in a selection controversy over the women’s artistic team after sports authorities and the Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI) differed on the eligible names. During a meeting involving the country’s sports governing authorities, officials argued…
Axar PatelThe match-winning all-round performance in the first ODI against England in Birmingham on Tuesday may be worth much more than his unbeaten 57 and figures of 4/62. It reinforced the team management’s long-term plans to make him India’s main spinner for the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa.The last eight months have been…
India’s Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (PTI Photo) Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif he defended Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli Amid renewed scrutiny over his future, he says India’s focus on replacing experienced players with youngsters just because they can hit sixes is the wrong approach. The debate resurfaces after Rohit and Kohli suffered disappointing returns…
Inside India’s esports boom NEW DELHI: If numbers alone were enough, India would already be one of the world’s biggest esports markets. Around 600 million people now play games in the country. Mobile gaming (excluding real-money gaming) generated an estimated USD 1.1 billion in revenue through 2025 and is projected to grow to USD 2.4…
India’s Jasprit Bumrah (ANI Photo) India may have opened the three-match ODI series with a comfortable six-wicket win over England at Edgbaston, but the decision to leave Kuldeep Yadav out of the playing XI continued to spark debate after the match. The visitors made a dream start with the ball as Jasprit BumrahPrasidh Krishna and…
Indian coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector for Indian men’s cricket team Ajit Agarkar. (Getty Images) India’s former wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik I believe there could be differences between the coaches Gautam Gambhir and the chief selector Ajit Agarkarsuggest that contrasting priorities may have contributed to India’s selection decisions during the recent T20I tour of the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday awarded Rs 3 lakh to comedian Samay Raina, finding that he made false statements in court and failed to follow through on his earlier statements in cases arising out of India’s Got Latent controversy.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice JV Mohana ordered…
India’s historic 270-run win over England (ANI Photo) India’s emphatic 270-run win over England in the first women’s Test at Lord’s was more than just another famous overseas victory. She also cemented one of the most remarkable records in women’s Test cricket. India have now gone 40 years without losing a Test match in England….
Indian Women’s Cricket Team (X-cricbuzz) Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur credited her team’s resilience, support staff and collective effort after India completed a historic 270-run win over England in the first women’s test at Lord’s on Monday.India wrapped up the match on the fourth morning after dismissing England for 186 while defending a daunting target of…
India’s Kranti Gaud (second right) celebrates with her teammates after taking the wicket of England’s Tammy Beaumont, bottom right, during day one of the first Rothesay Women’s Test between India and England at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. (AP/PTI) India made history on Monday with a 270-run win over England on Day 4 of the…
India’s Ravi Bishnoi delivers during the second T20 International match between India and England on the India tour of England 2026 at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, England. New Delhi: Ravichandran Ashwin retired. Ravindra Jadeja is nearing the end of an illustrious career. Axar Patel has lost his bite, Kuldeep Yadav his magic, Varun Chakravarthy…
Competitive Examination Commentator | Indian Economy Why is it in the news? The Reserve Bank of India said on Friday that India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $7.26 billion to $674.193 billion in the week ended July 3. In the last reporting week, Forex Kitty fell $5.654 billion to $666.933 billion. Before the outbreak of…
Gautam Gambhir and Shreyas Iyer (BCCI photo) NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar criticized India’s approach after the team suffered a 0-4 T20I series defeat against England, saying they would sack the coach. Gautam Gambhircaptain Shreyas Iyer or a few players will be the “easy thing to do” but not solve the real problem.India…
Karnataka emerges as preferred study abroad destination Nepal remains India’s largest source of foreign students Classrooms in India are becoming more international, but the patterns behind where students come from and where they study remain largely unchanged.The latest All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2023-24 shows that Nepal remains the largest source of foreign…
India vs England (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images) England completed a dominant 4-0 T20I series win over India with a 56-run win in the fifth and final match at Southampton on Saturday. Jos Buttler played a brilliant 131 off 64 balls, while captain Harry Brook was unbeaten on 95 as England amassed a massive 257/3…
NEW DELHI: There is a quiet confidence around the Indian women’s hockey team these days. It’s not just because they lifted the FIH Nations Cup in New Zealand, earning promotion back to the FIH Pro League, but because the team believes it has finally found the balance between youth, experience and structure.Captain Salima Tete and…
Team India (Pic cricket: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Congress MP and noted cricket enthusiast Shashi Tharoor delivered a scathing verdict on India’s latest T20I collapse after England sealed an emphatic 3-0 series win, saying he was left “speechless” by yet another humiliating defeat.India’s nine-wicket loss in the fourth T20I at Bristol gave England an unassailable lead…
Ryan ten Doeschate and Ishan Kishan, the assistant coach of Team India (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Assistant coach India Ryan ten Doeschate he didn’t hold back after that as India’s poor run in overseas T20Is continued with another series defeat. After being whitewashed 0-2 by Ireland, India have now lost the five-match T20I series…
Photo credit: Instagram Breaking the world Rashmika Mandanna he is currently shooting for his thriller, ‘Mysaa’ directed by Ravindra Pule. The actress has now wrapped up what the makers are calling India’s first female-led naval action. Director shares Rashmika Mandanna’s BTS Director Rawindra Pulle took to his Instagram handle to share photos of Rashmika Mandanna…
Tilak Varma and Shreyas Iyer Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif expressed his disappointment with the team’s selectors for the nomination Shreyas Iyer as captain and Tilak Varma as vice-captain.Speaking on his YouTube channel, Kaif said that the two batsmen do not deserve a guaranteed place in the playing XI but have always been given leadership…
Gowri Shankar, founder of Vasudha Aqua. Every morning, millions of Indian households use water to bathe, wash dishes, wash clothes and rinse vegetables. Within minutes, the water will disappear down the drain.Most of us will never think about it again.But one engineer couldn’t stop thinking about it. He kept asking himself a question that sounded…
Shreyas Iyer and Gautam Gambhir (Photo X) Mumbai: Four months ago, India were celebrating a second consecutive T20 World Cup triumph under Suryakumar Yadav, built on an aggressive yet calculated brand of cricket. Today, they are in unknown territory. The 125-run defeat at Nottingham – India’s biggest defeat by runs in T20 Internationals – was…
KOCHI: Star shuttle Ashwini Ponnappawho won the women’s doubles gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, says she is not a fan of badminton’s new 15×3 scoring system, arguing that the diet version strips the sport of the drama and intensity that have made it so riveting. The All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament, which…
Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma (ANI Photo) India’s disappointing UK tour continued to unravel on the field, but the latest ICC Men’s T20I rankings provided a rare silver lining, with Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma retaining the top two batting spots despite the team’s struggles against Ireland and England.India’s white-ball campaign suffered a miserable run,…
Shreyas Iyer (BCCI photo) Indian captain Shreyas Iyer didn’t mince his words after his side slumped to a record 125-run defeat against England in the third T20I at Trent Bridge, describing the team’s performance as “atrocious” and admitting there was no excuse for such a heavy loss.England’s comprehensive win not only gave them an unassailable…
BCB ready to ‘increase security’ for India tour of Bangladesh (Image: Cricinfo) The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has reiterated its commitment to provide top-notch security for the white-ball tour of India scheduled for September, with the board prepared to further strengthen its arrangements if necessary.Speaking on Tuesday, BCB security committee chairman Sayeed Ibrahim Ahmed said…