Cricket

The many highlights of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's glittering career

There is no doubt Dhoni will be retained by CSK in 2021: N Srinivasan

1:03 pm January 19, 2020

Chennai: Mahendra Singh Dhoni “will be retained” by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 2021 IPL auctions irrespective of whether he plays for India again or not, asserted former BCCI president N Srinivasan. The lack of a BCCI central contract for the two-time former World Cup winning captain has sparked fresh rumours of his retirement […]

Bhuvneshwar returns for T20s, ODIs against West Indies; skipper Kohli also back

8:53 pm November 21, 2019

Kolkata: A fit-again Bhuvneshwar Kumar made a comeback to the Indian teams for the upcoming ODI and T20 series against the West Indies while captain Virat Kohli returned after skipping the T20s against Bangladesh. All-rounder Shivam Dube earned his maiden ODI call-up weeks after making his T20 debut against Bangladesh. Ace seamer Mohammed Shami was […]

All zeros: When no batsman of a team scored a run

11:16 am November 21, 2019

Mumbai: In a rare instance, no batsman of a team was able to score any run in a cricket match and the team lost by a massive 754 runs in an U-16 Harris Shield game here. The game was played between Swami Vivekanand School and Children’s Welfare Centre School from suburban Andheri. And it was […]

Sourav Ganguly hospitalised after chest pain

Sourav Ganguly: Once a leader, always a leader

1:01 pm October 23, 2019

Mumbai: From the dressing room to the board room, former India captain Sourav Ganguly’s effortless transition into the highest echelons of cricket administration is a throwback to the days of his artistic offside play. Like he would bisect a packed seven-man offside field in his heydays, leaving fans and teammates in awe and opponents clueless, […]

Rohit Sharma’s double, Rahane’s ton put India on top

6:03 pm October 20, 2019

Ranchi: Rohit Sharma once again provided unbridled joy with his maiden Test double hundred before India’s pacers dented an already scarred South Africa top-order to gain complete control in the third and final match here on Sunday. Revelling in his new avatar, the stylish Mumbaikar smashed his way to 212 off 258 balls in the […]