Ricky Ponting has no doubt Prithvi Shaw remains a match-winner, but feels that the Delhi Capitals opener had gone through a long enough run of low scores to merit being left out of Delhi Capitals’ XI. Shaw played the first six games of the season for Capitals, scoring 12, 7, 0, 15, 0 and 13, before being dropped for their most recent game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 24. Ponting,…
Big picture: Will we witness Rinku magic again? There isn’t a lot to talk about when talking about this game, is there? Just kidding. Where my Rinku fans at? Living up to that epic night three weeks ago is not going to be possible. 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 to win a game feels like a once-in-a-lifetime event. And in any case, both teams will want to focus on making…
Ireland may have lost by an innings, but they batted for more than two days, scored almost 700 runs, and took the game deep into the fifth day. All in all, given the circumstances, this was an encouraging result, said captain Andy Balbirnie after the second Test in Galle. Having been blown away in three days in the first Test, Ireland competed for large parts of the second. Paul Stirling…
पूर्व क्रिकेटर कपिल देव, वीरेंद्र सहवाग, हरभजन सिंह और इरफ़ान पठान, भारत के शीर्ष पहलवानों द्वारा भारतीय कुश्ती महासंघ के प्रमुख बृजभूषण शरण सिंह को बर्ख़ास्त करने की मांग को लेकर किए जा रहे विरोध पर, चुप्पी तोड़ने वाले पहले क्रिकेटर बन गए हैं। पहलवानों ने आरोप लगाया है कि सिंह ने पिछले एक दशक से महिला पहलवानों का यौन शोषण और उन्हें प्रताड़ित किया है। शुक्रवार दोपहर दिल्ली पुलिस…
Ravi Shastri, the former India coach, would love to see Virat Kohli captaining India again should there be a need to step in, like there was last year when Rohit Sharma wasn’t available for the final Test of the England tour at Edgbaston. Kohli was India’s Test captain during that tour of England in the summer of 2021. But when the final Test of that series took place in the…
Sri Lanka 704 for 3 dec beat Ireland 202 (Tector 85, Balbirnie 46, Mendis 5-64, Fernando 3-30) and 492 by an innings and 10 runs Only Harry Tector had mounted any serious resistance, batting out 189 balls for his 85, though Andy Balbirnie did also contribute a 46, despite having had to go off the field for a spell after Asitha had hit him on the helmet. Resisting Sri Lanka’s…
Big Picture Delhi Capitals will host Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday, five days after their scrappy encounter in Hyderabad. There is a lot in common between the two teams. Both are struggling at the wrong end of the table at the start of the second half of the league stage, separated only by net run rate. These are two teams that are trying desperately to breathe…
Kapil Dev, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan have become the first cricketers to break their silence on the protests being carried out by India’s top wrestlers demanding the dismissal of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the Indian wrestling federation chief. The wrestlers have alleged that Singh sexually abused and exploited women wrestlers over the past decade. On Friday afternoon, the Delhi Police agreed to investigate the charges against Singh,…
Ravi Shastri, the former India coach, is “glad” the selectors have valued Ajinkya Rahane‘s experience in picking him for the WTC final against Australia at The Oval from June 7-11. He underlined Rahane’s desire to play first-class cricket and the runs he made there as one of the key differentiators. Rahane captained Mumbai during the 2022-23 Ranji Trophy, where they narrowly missed qualifying for the knockouts. He made 634 runs…
Jake Weatherald will look to make a fresh start to his state career after moving to Tasmania on a two-year deal from South Australia. Weatherald, 28, did not play for South Australia since last December having stepped away from the game to manage his mental health early in the BBL. “I’m really excited and grateful to the Tigers for this opportunity,” Weatherald said. “I’m obviously also incredibly thankful to South…