Pat Cummins and Jasprit Bumrah (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Team India needed only a draw at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and achieve a hat-trick of series wins in Australia. However, things didn’t go as planned for Rohit Sharma’s men. Despite a valiant effort, India lost the SCG Test…
Jasprit Bumrah (PTI Photo) Before the five-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) had begun, Simon Doull made a statement that has turned prophetic. “They are trying to cook Bumrah” by scheduling the series “smartly”, the former New Zealand pacer had said.As it turned out, by the time the series reached what proved to be its penultimate…
Australia celebrate the wicket of Mohammed Siraj as he walks from the field on Day 3 of the fifth cricket Test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. (AP/PTI) India will not play the World Test Championship (WTC) Final for the third time in a row after losing the fifth and final Test…
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh deputy chief minister Vijay Sharma on Saturday said the govt has set up an 11-member SIT to investigate the murder of well-known Bastar journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, whose body was found in the septic tank of a road contractor in Bijapur on Friday.Sharma, who is also the home minister, called a press conference on…
NEW DELHI: Singapore authorities have raised concerns over a sharp increase in “sham marriages” or “marriages of convenience“, predominantly between Singaporean men and foreign women, often facilitated by syndicates, according to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).The ICA reported 32 cases of sham marriages between January and September 2024, a stark rise compared to just…
Virat Kohli reacts towards the crowd after Steve Smith was dismissed at The SCG in Sydney. (Photo by David Gray/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli is renowned for his dynamic and passionate engagement with the crowd, which has become an integral part of his persona both on and off the field. The former…
Prasidh Krishna and Yashasvi Jaiswal (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Indian dressing room was all smiles as Prasidh Krishna let the ball do the talking when Australia began their chase on Day 3 of the fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.In the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh stepped up and delivered just as Bumrah…
Steve Smith (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Australia’s star batter Steve Smith will have to wait another day to reach the coveted 10,000-run milestone in Test cricket, as he fell for just four runs in the second innings of the fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.Smith, needing just five runs to become the…
Matthew Livelsberger was a supersoldier, 100 per cent patriot, his uncle said. The tragic death of Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger, who died by suicide in a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day, has shed light on the mental toll of war. The decorated Special Forces soldier had…
A shocking revelation has emerged following the New Orleans terror attack, where a pickup truck deliberately rammed into a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more. Among the victims was Edward Pettifer, a 31-year-old Londoner with a surprising connection to Prince William and the royal family.Pettifer’s stepmother, Alexandra “Tiggy” Legge-Bourke, played…
