Sanjay Manjrekar and Virat Kohli (Photos by ICC/PTI) NEW DELHI: One of the greatest batters of all time, Virat Kohli, may often say he ignores outside noise, but former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar believes the star batter pays close attention to criticism directed at him.Speaking on Sportstar’s Insight Edge Podcast, Manjrekar said Kohli, who is…
A British cricketer, Jamie Spence, has died in a car crash in New Zealand along with another man, French national Raphael Jean-Gabriel Roellinger. Jamie, who was from Yorkshire, was 28 years old. The crash happened on April 29 near Kinleith on New Zealand’s North Island.Jamie played for Hull Strikers, a local cricket club that described…
Team Punjab Kings (ANI Photo) With 15 games remaining in the league stage, LSG and MI are already out of contention for the playoffs and DC is barely hanging in there. RCB, SRH and GT would have do really badly from here on not to make the playoffs and PBKS too remains in a good…
Axar Patel and Shreyas Iyer (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals were penalised during their IPL 2026 clash against Punjab Kings at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala after failing to complete their overs within the stipulated time.Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel had won the toss and opted to field first, but…
KL Rahul and Ricky Ponting (Image credit: BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Not just Arshdeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer and the Punjab Kings players knew the importance of dismissing KL Rahul early, but head coach Ricky Ponting too looked delighted after the crucial breakthrough during the IPL 2026 clash in Dharamsala.After Punjab Kings posted a mammoth 210/5…
Shreyas Iyer (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: A win over Delhi Capitals would have taken Punjab Kings to the top of the IPL 2026 points table. However, that was not to be as Punjab Kings slumped to their fourth consecutive defeat of the season, going down by three wickets to Delhi Capitals in Dharamsala.The frustration…
Vinesh Phogat (Image credit: PTI) GONDA: What was expected to be a routine domestic ranking-series wrestling tournament in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district turned into one of the most politically and emotionally charged episodes Indian wrestling has witnessed in recent years. The reason stood outside the Nandini Nagar Mahavidyalaya indoor hall on Monday afternoon — three-time…
Priyansh Arya and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Two young batting sensations – Priyansh Arya and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi – have taken the IPL by storm in no time. With fearless strokeplay, effortless six-hitting and breathtaking strike rates, the duo has emerged as the face of a new generation of ultra-aggressive T20 batting.While Sooryavanshi…
Priyansh Arya (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Mitchell Starc was all set to open the bowling for Delhi Capitals against Punjab Kings in their crucial IPL 2026 clash at Dharamsala. But PBKS opener Priyansh Arya had other plans. On the very first ball of the match, Priyansh stepped out and smashed Starc for a stunning six…
Sunil Gavaskar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Agency Image) Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has proposed a major tweak to IPL playing conditions, suggesting that bowlers who take a certain number of wickets in their spell should be rewarded with an additional over.Writing in his column for Mid Day, Gavaskar argued that modern T20 cricket, especially the…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar (ANI Photo) It has been four years since Bhuvneshwar Kumar last played for India in a T20I, a quiet outing against New Zealand in Napier that came soon after India’s semi-final exit in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. Following that tournament, he was phased out during India’s transition…
Vinesh Phogat (ANI photo) Vinesh Phogat has responded strongly to the Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) show-cause notice, insisting that she is fully eligible to return to competitive wrestling and rejecting several of the federation’s claims regarding timelines and rule violations. Vinesh Phogat statement In her detailed statement, Vinesh confirmed receipt of the notice dated…
