Cricket

ANANTNAG: While cricket is undoubtedly the most popular sport in the country, the bats from Kashmiri willow remained out of the limelight for so long. It was Oman’s Bilal Khan and Naseem Khushi who brought the limelight to Kashmiri willow when they played the T20 World Cup last year with the bat made in the […]

BENGALURU: India bounced back strongly to crush South Africa by 48 runs in the 3rd T20I in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. India had lost the first two matches of the five-match series. Asked to bat first, half-centuries from openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan slammed half-centuries that helped India post 179 for five from 20 overs. Gaikwad […]

BENGALURU: Star India on Tuesday won the TV rights (Package A) of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the next five years for a whopping Rs 23,575 crore. The digital rights (Package B) of the tournament have been bagged by Viacom18 for Rs 20,500 crore. In addition, Package C and Package D have fetched Rs […]

BENGALURU: The Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday announced a hike in the monthly pensions of former cricketers (both men and women) and umpires with effect from June 1, 2022. According to the policy, all first-class cricketers who have played 25 to 49 matches till the 2003-04 season used to get […]

  CUTTACK: As India stumbled to their second consecutive defeat against South Africa on Sunday in the T20I series, Indian batter Shreyas Iyer said the pitch at Barabati Stadium was a tricky one and it wasn’t easy for batsmen to score runs. “The wicket was really tough, to be honest. I was at the crease […]