Cricket

BENGALURU: India have now won 15 consecutive Test series at home. No other team ever has won more than 10 consecutive Test series at home. Ravi Ashwin, with 442 Test wickets, has now become the eighth highest wicket-taker in Tests. During the series, he surpassed Kapil Dev (434) and Dale Steyn (439). R Ashwin has now […]

Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav opens up about his personal equation, fondness and the time he spent with legendary Shane Warne. Childhood hero: As a kid, I used to bowl fast but my coach told me that fast bowling isn’t my forte, and instead I must try to become a spinner. He said there is a world-class […]

BENGALURU: On an action-packed Day 1 of the second Test at Bengaluru, India reduced Sri Lanka to 86-6 at stumps after scoring 252 in their first innings. Jasprit Bumrah was the wrecker-in-chief as he snapped up three wickets. Earlier in the day, India opted to bat after winning the toss. However opener Mayank Agarwal was […]

Former Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha talks about different shades of Shane Warne exclusively for The New Indian: Shane Warne, the bowler: The first time I saw Warne bowl was in the 1996 World Cup in India. I was a kid back then and didn’t know much about him but he immediately caught my fancy. I must […]

MOHALI: On the back of Ravindra’s Jadeja’s terrific all-round performance, India are in a commanding position against Sri Lanka in the first Test at Mohali. At stumps on Day 2, Sri Lanka were reeling at 108-4 after India declared their first innings for 574-8. Here are the highlights from the second day of the first […]

On Friday, Virat Kohli became the 12th Indian cricketer to play 100 Tests as the first match between India and Sri Lanka at Mohali gets underway. He has joined the elite list of cricketers such as Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan […]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced that Rohit Sharma will be India’s full-time Test captain. He is replacing Virat Kohli, who had voluntarity quit Test captaincy after the series defeat against South Africa. Rohit is already the ODI and T20I captain of India. Rohit has score 3047 runs in […]

The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) has announced a revised schedule for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour of India, keeping in the mind the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The assembly polls in UP are being held in seven phases, the last of which will take place on March 7. The tour will […]

KOLKATA: India’s limited-overs captain Rohit Sharma has thrown his weight behind embattled Virat Kohli, who has been grappling with poor form of late. Speaking with the media on the eve of the T20I series against the West Indies, Rohit stated that the team management has no issues with his form. “I think it all starts […]

During the two days of the mega Indian Premier League auction, a number of youngsters stunned everyone by fetching astronomical prices by different teams. Indian wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan and medium-pacer Deepak Chahar emerged as the two most expensive buys of the IPL auction 2022 by fetching Rs 15.25 crore and 14 crore respectively. Kishan was […]