The Covid-19 bubble hubs have started to unnerve players with England T20 star Tom Banton pulling out of Australia’s T20 Big Bash League citing bubble fatigue. Banton, who has been been living in controlled cricketing environment since July and is a reserve for England in their white-ball series squad in South Africa, was to represent […]
Canberra India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday became the fastest batsman to score 12,000 runs in One-Day Internationals (ODIs). Kohli reached the milestone in the third and final ODI of the three-match series against Australia at the Manuka Oval.The Indian skipper has taken 242 innings (251 matches) to score 12,000 ODI runs, 58 less than […]
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has registered an unwarranted record to his name as he became the Indian spinner to concede most runs in an ODI. In the first ODI of the three-match series against Australia, Chahal on Friday returned with figures of 1/89 from his 10 overs at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The lone wicket he […]
Five of the six matches in the highly anticipated Dettol ODI and T20 International Series between the Australian and Indian men’s teams have sold out today after tickets went on sale this morning. The second and third Dettol ODIs at the SCG and Manuka Oval respectively have been exhausted, while the Manuka Oval T20 INTL […]
Although Eugeneson Lyngdoh was not a part of India’s 2019 AFC Asian Cup campaign in the UAE, his team-mates and assistant coach Shanmugam Venkatesh believes the midfielder was instrumental to India’s qualification for the continental championship. ‘Eugene,’ as he is fondly called in the dressing room, had become a regular in the India starting XI […]
Cricket Australia has confirmed the changes to the schedule for the eagerly anticipated Vodafone Test series, Dettol ODI Series and Dettol Twenty20 International Series between the Australian and Indian men’s teams. Media opportunitiesStuart Ayres, NSW Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney, Nick Hockley, Cricket Australia interim CEO and Kerrie Mather, Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust CEO, will […]
Forward Dilpreet Singh has stated that the current phase – wherein the Indian hockey team is preparing for the Tokyo Olympics — is very crucial for the youngsters. “With the Olympics being postponed to 2021, a huge opportunity has emerged for the youngsters to hone their skills further and make it to the Indian Olympic […]
Despite losing the French Open final to Rafael Nadal on Sunday, Novak Djokovic stayed ahead of his Spanish rival in the latest men’s tennis rankings released on Monday. Djokovic (11,740 points) was 1,890 points ahead of Nadal (9,850) in the ATP rankings. Dominic Thiem retained the third spot with 9,125 points while Roger Federer stayed […]
Uday Shankar, who played a big role and took major risks in a bid to redefine the Indian entertainment landscape and sports telecast ecosystem, will step down as president of The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific and chairman, Star and Disney India, to pursue an entrepreneurial career. Shankar will step down from his positions effective […]
Star Indian batswoman Smriti Mandhana has dropped down by a spot and is ranked at the fourth position in the latest ICC ODI rankings. Former captain Mithali Raj has, however, maintained her 10th position in the list led by Australia skipper Meg Lanning. Lanning has recaptured the top position for batters after playing a leading […]