Lucknow Super Giants’ Mohsin Khan celebrates the wicket of Delhi Capitals’ Nitish Rana during their Indian Premier League 2026 match at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, in Lucknow on Wednesday. NEW DELHI: For Badruddin Siddiqui, Wednesday evening was special. Two of his wards, whom he has trained since their early teens,…
L-R: Virat Kohli, and Sameer Rizvi with Rishabh Pant. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: The new season of the Indian Premier League is in full swing. All ten teams have played one match each after five days of action. IPL 2026 began with high-scoring affairs, with the first two games over the weekend producing 200-plus totals,…
It was a night of wild celebrations in Mumbai, people were out on the streets and the sidewalks. Countless Indian supporters were singing, dancing and chanting the names of their heroes. Almost all the cars of the city were on the roads and the sound of non-stop honking that filled the night air was an…
For former national selector Surendra Bhave, Friday marks the 10th anniversary of India’s second men’s ODI World Cup win. On April 2, 2011, M. S. Dhoni launched Nuwan Kulasekara into the stands over long-on to end a 28-year-long wait. Needing 275 to win, India lost Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag early, but Gautam Gambhir and…
Former South Africa batter Rassie van der Dussen has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 37. Van der Dussen — who played primarily as a top-order batter — represented the Proteas in all three formats, scoring nearly 5000 runs in 146 appearances. He also represented South Africa at the 2019 and…
Zaheer Khan, like other members of the Indian team, woke up to live a dream. It was the day of the World Cup final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The tournament had progressed to an exciting finish and it was Zaheer’s second final after the heartbreaking loss to Australia in 2003 at the Wanderers…
He was fighting the opponents, and himself too, in a silent campaign to live a dream. Something was happening to his body. “Not to the spirit,” Yuvraj Singh was to recount later, glancing at the picture in his drawing room of holding the World Cup, rejoicing with the team after the 2011 triumph at Mumbai….
Not too long ago, the air was suffused with tension at the packed Motera Stadium. The occasion was big, the quarterfinal of the ICC World Cup in 2011. And host India was taking on defending champion Australia. Australia, defending 260, had made inroads when Suresh Raina joined Yuvraj Singh. The contest was in the balance…
On Saturday, April 2, 2011, against the backdrop of an emotionally charged Wankhede Stadium, India won the coveted World Cup after 28 years, registering a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka. The M. S. Dhoni-led side scripted a new chapter in its cricketing history as Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s dream of winning a World Cup finally…
England’s Jacob Bethell and Harry Brook (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell have been formally warned over their conduct following a nightclub incident during England’s pre-Ashes tour of New Zealand last year, in a development that once again brings focus on off-field discipline within the squad.The action was taken by the Cricket Regulator,…
