Sachin Tendulkar and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photos) NEW DELHI: India’s cricket world has found a new talking point, and his name is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. At just 14 years old, the young batter continues to stun fans, experts, and former players with performances that feel almost unreal for his age. His latest heroics in domestic cricket…
Cristiano Ronaldo set up Portugal teammate Joao Felix’s goal before being substituted at half-time as Al-Nassr thrashed Al-Zawraa in the AFC Cup in Riyadh. Former Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman collected Angelo’s pass to slot Al-Nassr in front in the 12th minute before Wesley doubled the Saudi Pro League leaders’ advantage by firing in from…
Karnataka pulled off the second-highest chase in List-A history in what proved the headline result of the first round of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 on Wednesday, December 24. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma also marked their returns domestic 50-over cricket for Delhi and Mumbai respectively with centuries. Kohli struck 131 from 101 balls against…
Riyad Mahrez struck twice as Algeria cruised past Sudan in their opening 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group E game in Rabat. Five-time Premier League winner Mahrez curled in from Hicham Boudaoui’s backheel after two minutes and slotted in a second in the 61st minute from Mohamed Amoura’s through ball. Salahedin Adil was sent…
Rare is the occurrence when Virat Kohli has only handful to cheer for him. Sparsely populated stadia and near-empty grounds do not exist in his world. But on Wednesday, the BCCI Centre of Excellence was eerily silent, with Kohli’s match-winning Vijay Hazare Trophy hundred against Andhra (131, 101b, 14×4, 3×6) – his first List A…
Swastik Samal in Ranji Trophy and Sanju Samson (PTI Photo) Swastik Samal on Wednesday produced an awe-inspiring innings to headline Odisha’s Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025–26 opener. Stamping his authority with a stunning double century for Odisha against Saurashtra, the 25-year-old opener smashed 212 runs. Playing at the KSCA Cricket Ground, the batter came up with…
The Christmas cake will be tasting sweeter for Devdutt Padikkal and his Karnataka team-mates after the defending champion made a winning start to its Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 campaign by chasing down a record total at the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground B here on Wednesday. The sombre mood in the Karnataka camp during the lunch…
Karnataka’s title defence kicked off gloriously as it scaled down a record target against Jharkhand in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 match at the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground B here on Wednesday. Player-of-the-Match Devdutt Padikkal’s superbly paced century (147, 118b, 10×4, 7×6) eclipsed Ishan Kishan’s whirlwind knock (125, 39b, 7×4, 14×6), the second fastest List-A century by…
Burkina Faso scored in the 95th and 98th minutes to deny 10-player Equatorial Guinea the first major shock of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 as the countries started their group stage campaigns in astonishingly dramatic style. Marvin Aniebo headed the underdogs in front five minutes from the end of regular time in their…
Algeria and Sudan start their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group E campaigns on Wednesday in Rabat. Les Fennecs are considered among the contenders to lift the trophy but have been eliminated in two successive group stages since winning their second title in 2019. Sudan won the tournament in 1970 but have only featured…
