NEW DELHI: India skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday rewrote several records that included becoming the first ever batter to smash 600 sixes in international cricket.The ‘Hitman‘ went up on multiple records’ list with his superb knock in India’s T20 World Cup tournament opener against Ireland at the Nassau Stadium in New York.Chasing a below-par 97-turn…
NEW DELHI: In bowling friendly conditions, India pacers breathed fire as Ireland found themselves tottering at 49 for 7 at just over halfway mark in their T20 World Cup opener in New York on Wednesday.Aided by the surface at the newly built Nassau Stadium in New York, the likes of Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik…
NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced a groundbreaking prize money of $11.25 million for the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, setting a new record for the tournament.“The winners of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 is set to receive at least $2.45 million – the highest prize amount in the…
NEW DELHI: Team India will be playing three of their four group stage matches of the T20 World Cup at the Nassau Stadium in New York and head coach Rahul Dravid is a bit worried over playing conditions at the newly built facility. After their only warm-up game against Bangladesh on Saturday at the venue,…
This T20 World Cup is cricket’s push towards globalization, and that means opportunities for the associate teams. Those who can punch above their weight will be noticed and admired…If you are not following what’s happening around the cricket world, you can be pardoned for mistaking it as the basketball World Cup opener. United States vs…
NEW DELHI: Six months after the ODI World Cup, Indian cricket fans eagerly await the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, hoping that Rohit Sharma and Co can end the country’s 11-year ICC trophy drought.Here’s a look at India’s journey across the tournament’s 17-year history, from the inaugural edition in 2007 in South Africa to the…
NEW DELHI: The Indian team, preparing in New York ahead of the T20 World Cup is not happy with the ‘average’ training facilities provided to them in Cantiague Park, claimed a News18 report on Thursday.Rohit Sharma & Co on Wednesday started their training and the team, including head coach Rahul Dravid, is apparently not happy…
Nassau County Ground inaugurated by Usain BoltCHENNAI: Cricket is at a crossroads with a part of the T20 World Cup in June taking place in the USA ahead of the sport’s re-entry into the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028. The world is waiting with bated breath to see how the public accepts cricket in…
NEW DELHI: World no.1 all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Tuesday made the news for all the wrong reasons as he was seen assaulting a selfie-seeking man.In a social media video gone viral, Shakib can be seen grabbing the neck of the man as he tried to take a selfie with the star Bangladesh all-rounder. Shakib…
West Indies, the co-hosts of the T20 World Cup, have received a terror threat to the tournament from North Pakistan, according to a report on Cricbuzz. However, CricketWest Indies (CWI) has reassured about all safety measures. “Pro-Islamic State (IS) media sources have launched campaigns inciting violence against sporting events, which included video messages from the…
