MS Dhoni and Rishabh Pant (File photo) NEW DELHI: Swashbuckling Rishabh Pant had an emotional return to Test cricket after a long gap of 632 days as he fired a sizzling second-innings ton in India’s clinical win over Bangladesh in the Chepauk Test.With the impressive century, Pant also equalled legendary MS Dhoni’s record for most…
NEW DELHI: IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals on Friday announced the appointment of Rahul Dravid as Head Coach on a multi-year contract. Dravid, a former Indian captain and coach, will begin his tenure immediately. He will be joining Royals’ Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara to implement the franchise’s cricketing strategy.Dravid returns to the Royals after previously…
NEW DELHI: Left-arm seamer Barinder Sran, who played six ODIs and two T20Is for India in 2016, on Thursday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket at the age of 31. Sran announced his decision on social media, stating that this is the right time for him to retire from the sport.Sran expressed his…
NEW DELHI: BCCI secretary Jay Shah made a bold statement on his vision for global cricket, emphasising the importance of Test cricket after being elected unopposed as ICC chairman on Tuesday.Shah, 35, is the youngest to lead the ICC, succeeding Greg Barclay. His new commitment comes at a transformative time for cricket, with the sport…
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India is continuing with its endeavour to uplift domestic cricket. In a significant, groundbreaking move, BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced on Monday that the Board was introducing prize money for all exceptional performers in domestic cricket. The BCCI will now award prize money in all Women’s and…
BCCI has appointed South Africa’s Morne Morkel as bowling coach of the Indian team, board secretary Jay Shah told TOI. Shah, who visited TOI’s Mumbai office for an interaction, also made it clear India was not in favour of hosting pink-ball Tests because “they end in a couple of days”.Morkel’s contract begins on September 1,…
NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are likely to be part of star-studded squads for the Duleep Trophy. This move comes in anticipation of India’s Test series against Bangladesh, with the selectors keen on having key players participate in the Duleep Trophy, which begins on September 5 in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh.As per…
NEW DELHI: India’s Byju’s and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have reached a settlement in a $19 million payments dispute, a lawyer for the ed-tech company confirmed on Wednesday. Founder Byju Raveendran has been personally handling negotiations to resolve the issue and extricate the company from an insolvency process that had…
NEW DELHI: India thrashed Nepal by 82 runs at Dambulla on Tuesday to reach the semifinals Women’s Asia Cup.Shafali Verma starred with a 81-run knock that came off 48 balls and was studded with a six and 12 fours as India piled up 178/3 in their 20 overs.Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets, while Radha Yadav…
NEW DELHI: Gautam Gambhir addressed his first press conference as Team India alongwith chief selector Ajit Agarkar in Mumbai on Monday ahead of the Sri Lanka tour that starts on July 27.Known to be a team man to the core since his playing days, Gambhir laid importance on taking the team forward saying that he…
