Heinrich Klaasen and Virat Kohli. (Pic Credit – X) NEW DELHI: In a surprising turn of events on Thursday, South African wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen outshone one of cricket’s biggest icons, Virat Kohli, by securing the highest retention price this season.Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) retained Klaasen for a staggering Rs 23 crore, marking a significant statement on…
Virat Kohli is set to be retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The deadline to submit player retention lists is just 10 days away and all Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises are currently in a huddle as they chart their respective roadmaps for the new cycle. It’s quite straightforward for some, a problem of plenty for…
Mayank Yadav. (Pic Credit – X) NEW DELHI: Pace sensation Mayank Yadav on Sunday became the third Indian seamer to bowl a maiden in his very first over in T20I cricket, after Ajit Agarkar and Arshdeep Singh, during a match against Bangladesh in Gwalior.Ajit Agarkar was the first Indian to achieve this milestone. In a…
MS Dhoni (Photo credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be treated as an ‘uncapped’ player, if he wishes to feature in the 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League, as the league’s governing council on Saturday announced rule changes for the 2025-27 cycle.In its meeting in Bengaluru, the governing council decided that…
Former India captain MS Dhoni is vacationing in the US with friends and has been spotted watching American football at a stadium. The images were shared by Dhoni’s friend Hitesh Sanghvi on Instagram in a video, where he made a collage of photographs from the trip. It shows Dhoni and his close friends travelling in…
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: Some claim that a small amount of selfishness is an essential component of the makeup of exceptional athletes. However, Shikhar Dhawan stayed a selfless person throughout his career, despite several flashes of genius, an overly optimistic attitude at times, and a lack of exaggerated excesses. The pragmatic 38-year-old, who in his prime left…
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: Former Indian cricketer and legendary commentator Ravi Shastri has been making the most of his post-T20 World Cup time in the United Kingdom. In a recent social media post on ‘X’, Shastri shared his excitement about bumping into the former tennis sensation Maria Sharapova.Known for her exceptional talent and style on the court,…
