NEW DELHI: New Zealand batting coach Luke Ronchi has been impressed by India’s inexperienced pace attack, which has repeatedly troubled the home batters in the ongoing ODI series, but believes the key to surviving on challenging surfaces is adaptability rather than an obsession with scoring rates.India’s quartet of Arshdeep Singh, Auqib Nabi, Anshul Kamboj and…
KL Rahul bats during the second ODI in Wellington. (AP Photo) HAMILTON: KL Rahul has transformed into a middle-order rock, capable of switching gears and roles with utmost ease in India’s ODI set-up. Ever since he was moved down the batting order, the wicketkeeper-batter has been doing the heavy lifting for the side and continues…
Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar has weighed in on the debate surrounding Virat Kohli‘s pursuit of 100 international centuries, suggesting that a teammate making a personal sacrifice to help the star reach the landmark would bring joy to Indian cricket fans as well.Kohli was in superb touch during the first ODI against New Zealand, smashing…
Chennai: Thick smog engulfs the SDAT Tennis Stadium caused by firecracker celebrations during Diwali, ahead of the singles final of the WTA 250 Chennai Open tennis tournament, in Chennai. (PTI Photo) The WTA 250 Chennai Open women’s singles final between defending champion Janice Tjen and Poland’s Magda Linette has been rescheduled for Monday after rain…
Total Chess chief Kjell Madland defends fast classical-only group stage NEW DELHI: World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and 23 other players are set to take over the board at the Total Chess World Championship Tour pilot in Budapest, but the build-up to the event has been shadowed by questions about its format.Speaking exclusively to TimesofIndia.com,…
Indian players celebrate the wicket of New Zealand’s Tom Latham. India pacers Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar and Auqib Nabi will remain with the team for preparations ahead of the Test series against New Zealand, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak confirmed on Saturday.The three pacers will stay back after the ODI series as the team begins its…
NEW DELHI: India’s Taniya scripted a slice of history at the Youth Olympic Games 2026 in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday, becoming the country’s first-ever beach wrestling medallist at the global multi-sport event after winning silver in the women’s 75kg category.The Indian wrestler went down 1-2 to China’s Min Zhao in the gold medal bout at…
India’s Gurnoor Brar, center, celebrates the wicket of New Zealand player Mitchell Santner with teammates Gurnoor Brar produced a memorable performance with the ball in the second ODI against New Zealand, registering the second-best bowling figures by an Indian fast bowler in ODIs in New Zealand. The young pacer returned figures of 4/30 at Hnry…
Mohammed Shami (PTI Photo) KOLKATA: Growing up in a small village in Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha district, where life revolved around sugarcane fields and mustard farms, Mohammed Shami’s rise to international cricket seemed improbable. Yet the son of a farmer somehow defied the odds to become one of India’s greatest fast bowlers.Fast bowling ran in the…
Pakistan’s hilarious fielding blunder (Screengrabs) India’s clash against Pakistan in the U-19 Asia Cup witnessed a funny moment when three Pakistani fielders failed to catch a simple high ball because of confusion over who would take it. The incident happened during the 44th over, leaving the Indian players and dugout amused.India were batting at 202…