Cricket

BENGALURU: On the strength of their bowlers’ tremendous show, India inched ahead on Day 2 of their four-day warm-up match against Leicestershire. After the visitors declared their first innings on their overnight score of 246-8, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammad Siraj stepped up and bowled the hosts for 244. Leicestershire got off to a […]

BENGALURU: Wicketkeeper Srikar Bharat propped up India’s innings on the first day of their warm-up match against Leicestershire on Thursday after the top-order of the visitors was decimated by Roman Walker. India recovered to finish the day at 246-8 after being 81-5 at one stage. Jasprit Bumrah, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant and Prasidh Krishna took […]

BENGALURU: After young Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan thumped a terrific 134 in the Ranji Trophy final against Madhya Pradesh, former Indian batsman Praveen Amre – who had scored a century on his Test debut – lavished rich plaudits on him in an exclusive interview with The New Indian. Amre was also a coach of the […]

BENGALURU: The preparations of the Indian team for the rescheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston have been thrown out of gear as a few prominent players are struck by COVID-19. Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli contracted the virus after the team reached England. Though he has recovered now, he can’t take on too much […]

BENGALURU: In his first international match, Bhuvneshwar Kumar – then a young 22-year-old seamer – was up against the arch-rivals Pakistan at Bengaluru. The hosts were defending a moderate total of 133 in a T20I and needed early breakthroughs. ‘Bhuvi’ was assigned the task of bowling the first over against the left-hander Nasir Jamshed. What […]