Venkatesh Iyer has opened up about Gautam Gambhir’s influence on Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) dressing room during their title-winning Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 campaign, explaining how the former captain’s presence helped establish a culture where players were always ready to attack.Gambhir, who led KKR to IPL titles in 2012 and 2014, returned to the…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Sachin Tendulkar At just 15, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already achieved milestones that remain a distant dream for many cricketers throughout their careers. From finishing as the leading run-scorer in an Indian Premier League (IPL) season to smashing a match-winning century in the U-19 World Cup final to clinch the title, the teenager…
India squad for Under-19 Asia Cup Lakshya Raichandani (capt), Aaryavir Sehwag, VK Vineeth, Yashbardhan Chauhan (vice-capt), Kushagra Ojha, Arjun Rajput, Manal Chauhan, Anvay Dravid (wk), Rajat Baghel (wk), V. Yashveer, Aryan Savsani, Mohit Ulva, Kavya Patel, Shavin Vinod, Ishan Sood Source link
India clinch record sixth ACT crown (Image: Hockey India/X) MOHALI: The Indian men’s hockey team is preparing for a generational transition ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, with Hockey India chief selector RP Singh indicating that a fresh core group will soon be assembled and that four to six senior players, or potentially more,…
53 red cards in one match! Brazil football game sets bizarre world record after mass brawl Football witnessed an extraordinary scene in Brazil after a mass brawl during an under-20s match resulted in 53 dismissals, setting a new world record for the most red cards issued in a single game.The unprecedented incident took place during…
Weather can play a spoilsport in the second match between New Zealand and India set to be played at the Hnry Stadium in Wellington. (Photo Courtesy: Sahil Malhotra) Wellington: Steady drizzle in Wellington on Friday forced New Zealand to shift their training to an indoor facility opposite the Basin Reserve, while India cancelled their training…
Australian batter Chris Lynn has served a one-month suspension after testing positive for cocaine during England’s domestic T20 competition earlier this year. The 36-year-old, who was representing Northamptonshire in the T20 Blast, returned an adverse result following an anti-doping test conducted on Finals Day on July 18.England’s Cricket Regulator confirmed on Thursday that Lynn had…
CHENNAI: The intensity with which seventh seed Anastasia Zakharova played was something Vaishnavi Adkar has rarely experienced. The Indian couldn’t cope with it as she lost 3-6, 0-6 to Zakharova who made her way to the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 Chennai Open on Thursday. Zakharova’s powerful groundstrokes, both of the forehand and backhand, never…
Action from the 1964 Olympics final between India and Pakistan JALANDHAR: Dharam Singh Mann may have put away his hockey stick decades ago, but his passion for the game remains undiminished. At 93, one of Punjab’s oldest surviving links to Indian hockey’s golden era, Mann played in the gold-medal-winning team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics…
PUNE: On a day when all eyes on Manu Bhaker to win a medal and a quota place, Jaypal Malviya came unannounced to do the honours at the ISSF World Championships in Doha on Thursday.Madhya Pradesh’s Malviya, who was participating in his first international competition in the medals category, won silver in men’s 10m air…
