South African captain Temba Bavuma (R) during the 1st Test match against India. (ANI Photo) KOLKATA: Temba Bavuma wishes that some day, he will get to play on the fifth day of a Test match in India. However, if someone can jog the South African skipper’s memory, Bavuma might just recollect that the first two…
Head coach Gautam Gambhir during a practice session. (ANI Photo) “Gautam Gambhir gives results, that’s why he is India’s coach.” That’s the reply you’ll get if you raise the burning question in the top echelons of the BCCI. The common refrain that Gambhir gives results is, however, only the partial truth.Go Beyond The Boundary with…
Australia may be without star quicks Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood when the Ashes begin against England on Friday, but it has the luxury of calling on perhaps the best “spare” fast bowler in the world — Scott Boland. The ever-reliable Boland has played just 14 Tests, but only because the “big three” of Cummins,…
England vs Australia (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) The Ashes, a historic cricket rivalry between Australia and England, has been a cornerstone of Test cricket for over a century. This prestigious contest emerged from a satirical newspaper obituary in 1882 and is represented by a small urn.The upcoming five-match series continues this longstanding tradition between…
Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka will feature in a tri-nation T20I series in Pakistan as an important preparatory platform ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. Zimbabwe replaced Afghanistan after the latter had withdrawn from the series following the death of three local cricketers in Paktika province, near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, during an ongoing…
VADODARA: Four years ago, life bowled a bouncer at Ashutosh Mahida. When Covid pandemic took away his father’s livelihood, the young fast bowler had to help his father sell vegetables to keep the family afloat.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!But he never gave up on his dream of playing for India….
Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty vehemently denied allegations of physically assaulting junior players, calling them baseless. She questioned why complaints would go to a former player residing abroad. Sultana controversially invoked Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s past on-field outburst, asking if she would behave similarly. The captain asserted her innocence, stating she has never harmed a…
India vs South Africa (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Eden Gardens pitch curator Sujan Mukherjee responded to critics on Monday regarding the controversial pitch in the first Test between India and South Africa, which concluded in three days.India suffered a 30-run defeat after being dismissed for 93 while chasing 124 in the fourth innings of the match.The…
Mohsin Naqvi and Pakistan Shaheens Pakistan Shaheens secured an eight-wicket victory against India A in the Group B match of the Asia Cup Rising Stars in Doha on Sunday, advancing to the semi-finals. The Jitesh Sharma-led Indian team faced an unexpected batting collapse, leading to their defeat.India, batting first in their second tournament game, made…
Vaibhav Suryavanshi (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: ’14 saal ke ho, kaise maarte ho ye chakke? [At 14, how are you smashing those sixes?]’ — that’s the question curious Oman youngsters Samay Shrivastava and Aryan Bisht are eager to ask India’s new batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi, as the two sides gear up to face each other…
