A primary school teacher, hockey player, a marriage gone wrong, a crestfallen mother and now an AIFF D-Licensed football coach with Zinc Football, 28-year-old Sumitra Meena has lived all the ups and downs of a lifetime in just a span of few years. As with many girls in the rural areas, Sumitra got married as … Read more
New Delhi : Senior opener Shikhar Dhawan Monday reckoned that the Indian batsmen would need to score the bulk of runs for Delhi Capitals to harbour hopes of winning the Indian Premier League. Dhawan joined the rest of the Delhi Capitals squad here on Sunday after having taken part in the recently concluded One-Day series … Read more
Wellington : Senior New Zealand opener Martin Guptill has been ruled out of the upcoming three-match T20 series against India after failing to recover from a back injury. Guptill will be replaced by all-rounder Jimmy Neesham, who also featured in the final two ODIs against India in the recently concluded five-match series. “Unfortunately Martin hasn’t recovered … Read more
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday, paid tribute to Indian wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s finishing skills, following his match-winning knock against Australia in the 2nd ODI at the Adelaide Oval. Dhoni scored 55 runs in 54 deliveries, stitching an unbeaten 57-run stand off 34 balls with Dinesh Karthik, as the visitors emerged victorious … Read more
India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik on Tuesday revealed that the team management has identified the role of a finisher for him at number six even as he effusively praised former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for showing that he can still put opposition under the pump when required. Chasing 299 in the second ODI against Australia, Karthik … Read more
India crumbled in the face of Australia’s remarkable metamorphosis and crashed to a 146-run defeat in the second Test in Perth on Tuesday, surrendering a rare hard-earned ascendancy in a series Down Under. The hosts levelled the four-match series 1-1 after India were bowled out for 140 runs in 56 overs in their second innings … Read more
Perth : Skipper Virat Kohli Tuesday said the thought of having a spinner for the second Test against Australia never crossed his mind as he believed India’s four-pronged pace attack would do the job. India lost the match by 146 runs. The visitors were outdone by a second successive eight-wicket haul by off-spinner Nathan Lyon, who … Read more
