[ad_1] Sri Lanka’s Prabath Jayasuriya walks off the field after losing his wicket during day two. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka spinner Prabath Jayasuriya has become the third player to be officially sanctioned during the ongoing second Test against India in Colombo, adding another disciplinary flashpoint to a match that had already been marred…
[ad_1] Shahbaz Ahmed (BCCI Photo) Shahbaz Ahmed’s commanding 167 and Anukul Roy’s five-wicket haul powered East Zone to an innings-and-210-run victory over North East Zone in the Duleep Trophy quarterfinal at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2 on Tuesday.East Zone first posted a massive 467 before Abhijit Sarkar’s five-wicket haul helped dismiss North East…
[ad_1] High in Costa Rica’s Tilarán mountains, the forest often appears to be suspended between land and sky. Mist moves through the trees, settles on leaves and mosses, and becomes part of the water moving down the slopes. At Monteverde, that moisture is not simply a feature of the scenery. The forest sits along the…
[ad_1] GM Pravin Thipsay (left) and GM Aaryan Varshney with his father Gaurav (right) NEW DELHI: In 1978, the chess world was a reflection of a fiercely guarded aristocracy, it can be said. The title of Grandmaster (GM) was not merely a designation. Rather, it was an exclusive fraternity reserved for the absolute statistical anomalies…
[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) Mount St. Helens is one of the most closely studied volcanoes in the United States, but scientists still cannot directly see the complex system of magma and rock hidden beneath it. In 2014, researchers launched an ambitious experiment to change that. According to the Imaging Magma Under St. Helens (iMUSH) project,…
[ad_1] Dhakshineshwar Suresh (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Dhakshineswar Suresh served a staggering 17 aces to pick up his first win on the ATP Tour, defeating World No. 77 Marcos Giron in straight sets at the Winston-Salem Open. Suresh, ranked 394th in the world, won 6-3, 7-5 in just over an hour.The 26-year-old is the second…
[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) For more than three decades, a collection of animal bones from Ireland’s Ferriter’s Cove was considered some of the earliest evidence that farming had reached the island. But new research has now overturned that interpretation. According to University College Dublin (UCD), bones once identified as cattle have instead been identified as…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former India head coach Rahul Dravid believes India still have a chance of reaching the World Test Championship final, but their path has become tougher. India have slipped behind in the race and will need strong results in their remaining matches to make the top two.India are currently fifth in the WTC…
[ad_1] Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: A poor outing with the bat did not stop Vaibhav Sooryavanshi from making an impact in the Duleep Trophy. The 15-year-old East Zone vice-captain rolled up his sleeves and picked up two wickets in the space of four balls against North East Zone in the quarter-final at the…
[ad_1] Zeeshan Ansari bowls during India A vs Sri Lanka A match at Galle (Photo Courtesy: Sri Lanka Cricket) NEW DELHI: Zeeshan Ansari went six years in cricket’s red-ball wilderness. After playing for Uttar Pradesh against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy in January 2020, the legspinner admitted that he found it difficult to bowl…
