Steve Smith moved past Steve Waugh to become Australia’s third-highest run-scorer in Test cricket during the first day of the first Test against South Africa at Kingsmead in Durban on Friday.Batting at No. 4, Smith scored 25 off 53 balls, hitting two sixes before his innings came to an end. He needed eight runs to…
Mayank Yadav celebrates after taking the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer. (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India’s batting fireworks set the stage for a ferocious pace assault as Mayank Yadav unleashed his thunderbolts to leave West Indies reeling in a record chase in Ranchi on Friday.After Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer and Tilak Varma powered India to…
The opposition also demanded Kumar’s resignation NEW DELHI: INDIA bloc leaders on Friday met President Droupadi Murmu and submitted a memorandum outlining four demands, as the opposition intensified its campaign against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.In the memorandum submitted to the President, the opposition demanded: CEC’s resignation, scrapping of assembly elections held over the last…
Manchester United manager Michael Carrick. (Reuters Photo) Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick has called for a swift resolution to Manchester City’s long-running financial charges case, admitting that the controversy has raised several questions and affected him personally.Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Carrick said the uncertainty surrounding the case had gone on long…
Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India’s batting firepower was on full display in Ranchi on Friday as Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer and Tilak Varma powered the hosts to their highest-ever T20I total against West Indies, piling up a staggering 249/5 in the second match of the five-game series.Samson led the…
Refuting the claims made in the YouTube video — which relied on electoral data from 25 seats with highest and lowest SIR deletions, and pointed to -10.5% and -5.3% swing respectively, for the TMC –, West Bengal’s top electoral officer said that ‘the electoral data….does not support the political narrative’ NEW DELHI: The chief electoral…
Ravindra Jadeja will turn out for Saurashtra in their opening match of the 2026-27 Ranji Trophy season against Chhattisgarh, with Jaydev Unadkat continuing as captain as the two-time champions look to bounce back from an early exit last season.The India all-rounder has been named in Saurashtra’s 16-member squad following India’s 2-1 ODI series win over…
Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson answered his disappointing outing in the series opener with a blistering half-century in the second T20I against West Indies in Ranchi on Friday, matching Virat Kohli’s record for the joint-fastest fifty by an Indian against the Caribbean side in the format.Samson brought up…
Security personnel keep vigil as part of heightened security arrangements by Delhi Police ahead of a proposed protests. NEW DELHI: The government on Friday allowed the temporary suspension of internet services within a 4-kilometer radius around the Janpath–Kartavya Path crossing. The decision is part of the Delhi Police’s preventive measures taken in view of the…
Pakistan hockey team during the Asian Games 2026. (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: Pakistan have officially withdrawn from the men’s Asian Champions Trophy Punjab 2026, with Bangladesh stepping in as their replacement for the six-team continental hockey tournament scheduled from October 27 to November 5. The decision sets up an India-Bangladesh clash on the opening day…
