MUMBAI: Even as India’s senior players have hinted at their reservations against the SOPs in the policy towards their family on overseas tours, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) remains firm that the newly-formulated policy will stay in place.In a conversation with TOI on Wednesday, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia asserted that the…
India captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has thrown his weight behind captain Rohit Sharma, insisting that the veteran batter still has plenty of cricket left in him. Sidhu believes that Sharma will retain his leadership position for India’s upcoming five-match away…
Mohammed Shami (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India and Australia are set for another high-stakes ICC showdown, this time in the semi-finals of the 2025 Champions Trophy on Tuesday. In a rematch of the 2023 ODI World Cup final, where Australia triumphed, India will look to turn the tables. One man who has been a thorn…
L-R: KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Harshit Rana celebrate a wicket. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s assistant coach, Ryan ten Doeschate, admitted that the team did not anticipate such a heavy reliance on spin in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy. Speaking to reporters, he acknowledged that the conditions in Dubai have favoured spin…
Jasprit Bumrah (Photo credit: Sahil Malhotra/TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will be watching from the stands as Rohit Sharma‘s side faces Pakistan in a high-stakes Champions Trophy showdown at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Bumrah, who was initially named in the squad, had to be replaced after failing to recover…
Jasprit Bumrah took 32 wickets during India’s five-Test tour of Australia (Agency Photo) Even though India lost the five-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia 1-3, Jasprit Bumrah tormented the hosts by putting up an exhibition of right-arm fast bowling, which saw him winning the ‘Player of the Series’ award for his 32 wickets. But…
Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana at BCCI Naman Awards 2025 (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: India speedster Jasprit Bumrah and opener Smriti Mandhana, who both delivered extraordinary performances in 2024, earned top honours at the BCCI awards in Mumbai on Saturday.Bumrah, the Indian pace spearhead, was awarded the Best International Men’s Cricketer at the BCCI Naman Awards…
Virat Kohli‘s former teammate Ravichandran Ashwin shared an incident from the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, saying that the ex-India captain’s advice to fast bowler Akash Deep backfired because he did not understand the mindset of a bowler.The incident happened during the third Test in Gabba, with the five-match series tied at 1-1 after India…
Jasprit Bumrah (Photo: Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Indian pace maestro Jasprit Bumrah has etched his name in cricketing history by being crowned the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year for 2024. This accolade comes after a record-breaking year where Bumrah delivered a career-best performance, cementing his place as one of the greatest Test bowlers…
Gautam Gambhir during a practice session at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: In light of India’s declining performance, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Snehasish Ganguly supported head coach Gautam Gambhir and believes he should be given more time.The Indian squad has been in ruins ever since Gambhir took over as…
