[ad_1] R Praggnanandhaa, Nihal Sarin, and Arjun Erigaisi (Speical Arrangements) NEW DELHI: The memories of 20-year-old Javokhir Sindarov sweeping past his challengers in the Candidates tournament were still raw when 30-year-old Russian Grandmaster Daniil Dubov ended up scoring a 3-0 win over him, remarkably achieved while lying on his bed, last week online at the…
[ad_1] Krunal Pandya (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: If taking pitch, conditions, dimensions, and match-ups out of the equation is an art, then Krunal Pandya is a Picasso. As the imbalance between bat and ball continues to tilt heavily in favour of the former in IPL 2026, the left-armer has managed to restore some normalcy whenever…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant’s struggles as captain of Lucknow Super Giants continued after another tough loss, this time against Kolkata Knight Riders in a Super Over. LSG failed to chase 156, adding to a worrying run of five straight defeats this season. Their home record is even worse, with eight consecutive losses under Pant’s…
[ad_1] KOCHI: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has suspended PT Paulose, an Asian Games bronze medallist and India’s first Olympic rower, who served as the High Performance Director at the National Centre of Excellence in Alappuzha, and transferred him to its Imphal centre following allegations of sexual harassment made by a female assistant rowing…
[ad_1] KL Rahul (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: For the longest time, KL Rahul’s T20 career has resembled a man dragging a heavy suitcase. Stuffed inside were the perennial anxieties of strike-rates, the exhausting demands of batting deep, and the archaic, heavy tag of being the “anchor”. On Saturday, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Rahul…
[ad_1] Virat Kohli (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: There are only a handful of games that Virat Kohli will play on his home turf in Delhi. That explains the deafening clamour for passes for Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) weekday match against Delhi Capitals in the corridors of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA).From brash…
[ad_1] Lucknow Super Giants’ Nicholas Pooran (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore) NEW DELHI: Batter Nicholas Pooran’s Super Over struggles have come under sharp focus after Lucknow Super Giants’ defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026. Pooran’s record in tie-breakers makes for grim reading: 0 (5), 0 (1), 0 (1), 1 (2), 0 (1), just one run…
[ad_1] Rishabh Pant and Nicholas Pooran (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: The IPL 2026 clash between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders turned out to be a gripping thriller. Rinku Singh steered Kolkata Knight Riders to a comfortable win over Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday in the first Super Over of IPL 2026. LSG…
[ad_1] Babar Azam (Image credit: PSL) NEW DELHI: Babar Azam may be dominating the Pakistan Super League this season, but he recently found himself at the receiving end of a light-hearted moment involving Shaheen Afridi’s one-year-old son, Aliyar.Babar, currently the second-highest run-scorer in PSL 2026, has been in stellar form with 485 runs in nine…
[ad_1] Praful Hinge, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Rajasthan Royals batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi said he wanted to answer his critics with his bat after his poor outing against Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Praful Hinge in their earlier IPL meeting.On his IPL debut, Hinge had taken four wickets and dismissed Sooryavanshi for a duck. The young batter failed to handle…
