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: Rishabh Pant and all-round Hardik Pandya hogged the spotlight as India brushed aside Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup warm-up match in New York on Saturday. In the comfortable 60-run win, India had several positive aspects, with Pant’s fifty being the most significant. Pant’s impressive performance (53 off 32 balls, including 4 fours…
NEW DELHI: In an unfortunate turn of events, a Rohit Sharma fan interrupted play by entering the field to meet the India skipper during the side’s T20 World Cup warm-up game against Bangladesh in New York’s Nassau Stadium on Saturday.During Bangladesh’s pursuit of 183, the fan got through the security cordon and ran onto the…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli‘s popularity is unmatched, just a glimpse of him is enough to leave the crowd crazy. Ahead of India’s T20 World Cup warm-up match against Bangladesh, the crowd’s enthusiasm at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York reached its peak.The moment Kohli stepped onto the field to join his fellow…
NEW DELHI: The unceremonious exit of Rohit Sharma as skipper of Mumbai Indians and Hardik Pandya taking over caused a great furore in the recently concluded IPL season.What followed it was boos all around the country for Hardik as fans showed their displeasure and disapproval over the all-rounder leading the franchise.It was a 10th place…
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: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh made his appearance on the popular TV show ‘Good Morning America‘ to explain the game of cricket to the American audience.During the show, Yuvraj joined the host, Michael Anthony Strahan and the famous weathercaster Sam Champion. He took the opportunity to highlight the key differences between cricket and…
NEW DELHI: The much-awaited first-round clash between archrivals India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup is scheduled for June 9 at the 34,000-capacity newly-constructed Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.India and Pakistan are favorites to make it to the Super 8 stage from Group A, which also includes Ireland.India have banked on…
Champions of the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007, India will look to run a few tests when they take on Bangladesh in their warm-up match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on Saturday. Besides testing the ground conditions and the nature of the drop-in pitches being used at the venue…
NEW DELHI: Gautam Gambhir would make a “good coach” for the Indian cricket team, according to former captain Sourav Ganguly, if he had sought for the role. Ganguly also supported the hiring of a domestic player to the prominent role.During his speech at the International Procurement and Supply Chain Conference’s opening in Mumbai, Ganguly discussed…
