Axar Patel’s match-winning allround show in the first ODI against England at Birmingham on Tuesday may have been worth far more than his unbeaten 57 and figures of 4/62. It reinforced the team management’s long-term plans of making him India’s lead spinner for the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa.The last eight months have … Read more
Rohit Sharma during a training session at Shivaji Park, Dadar, in Mumbai. (File Photo) TimesofIndia. com in Birmingham: Before he was peppered with’Mumbai Cha Raja‘ chants outside the Edgbaston Cricket Ground, former India captain Rohit Sharma had a lengthy stint in the sun on Sunday. As seven members of the ODI squad trained for the … Read more
India’s Ravi Bishnoi bowls during the 2nd T20I against England. (ANI photo) MUMBAI: The Indian T20 team is enduring a horrendous UK tour so far, where they are yet to win a match.India were clean swept 2-0 by Ireland, and trail England 2-0 after suffering their heaviest defeat-ever in this format when they were thrashed … Read more
Axar Patel and Rishabh Pant (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant’s return to Delhi Capitals has been one of the biggest moves ahead of the new IPL 2027 season, and DC captain Axar Patel has already made it clear that the wicketkeeper-batter will have complete freedom when he rejoins the franchise.Pant returned to Delhi Capitals … Read more
LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka and Rishabh Pant (Image:m Screengrab/X) A bold prediction made by Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka about Rishabh Pant has resurfaced online and is rapidly going viral following the wicketkeeper-batter’s blockbuster return to Delhi Capitals.The high-profile trade saw Pant leave Lucknow Super Giants and rejoin his original IPL franchise, Delhi Capitals, … Read more
Axar Patel and Rishabh Pant (Image: Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel gave a heartwarming and humorous welcome to Rishabh Pant after the star wicketkeeper-batter completed a sensational return to the franchise in a blockbuster IPL trade deal.The deal saw Rishabh Pant leave Lucknow Super Giants and rejoin his original IPL home, Delhi Capitals, for Rs … Read more
Prasidh Krishna, left, is greeted by captain Shubman Gill after his five-wicket haul during the third and final ODI cricket match between India and Afghanistan, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. (PTI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Chennai: One of India’s biggest concerns in the lead-up to the 2027 ODI World Cup has been their inability to consistently strike … Read more
File photo of Kuldeep Yadav (L) and Rishabh Pant (R) during IPL 2026. India spinner Kuldeep Yadav is all set to turn out for a new franchise from the 2027 edition of the Indian Premier League. Timesofindia.com has learned that the chinaman bowler will play for the Lucknow Supergiants from next season.In another notable development, … Read more
Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill (Agency Image) TimesofIndia.com in Lucknow: After a rain-curtailed opening ODI in Dharamsala, India’s top-order batters — Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer — went through the paces during the net session at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.Throughout the 90-odd-minute session, split equally between pace and … Read more
Kuldeep Yadav (Photo by @BCCI on TimesofIndia.com in Mullanpur: On the eve of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir categorically stated that one of Manav Suthar or Harsh Dubey would be the fourth spinner for the two-match series against Sri Lanka, scheduled for August this year.Suthar, who eventually got the … Read more