‘Special to play Davis Cup in Pakistan’, says India’s top player
NEW DELHI: India’s Prajnesh Gunneswaran admits that being his country’s top tennis star places him under an obligation to play a Davis Cup tie against bitter rivals Pakistan. India has been drawn to face their neighbors in Islamabad in September with a prize of being able to contest the World Group qualifiers at stake. It […]
ICC CWC’19: Babar Azam becomes 2nd fast to reach 3000 ODI runs
Mumbai: On June 26, an inconsistent Pakistan side beat an unbeaten New Zealand side to keep its hopes of reaching the semis alive. Pakistan rode on 24-year-old Babar Azam who scored an unbeaten 101 to guide his team to its third victory. However, while Azam was guiding his team home, the aggressive batsman also broke few […]
SAI SAG Kargil Shines at SAI Korea Ambassador Cup 2019
Taekwondo Students of SAI SAG Kargil brought laurels to the State by clinching 2 silver and 4 bronze medals in 2nd All India Inter SAI Korea Ambassador’s Cup Taekwondo Championship 2019 held at IGI Stadium New Delhi. 6 boys and 4 girls of SAI SAG Kargil represented SAI RC Chandigarh in the said tournament and […]
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 dates announced
Christchurch: ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 will comprise a total of 31 matches, including the semi-finals and the final, beginning January 30 in New Zealand. The 50-over tournament will be the game’s fourth event to be fully or jointly hosted in New Zealand after two men’s World Cups in 1992 and 2015, and women’s […]
Rivals India and Pakistan meet in Manchester
lONDON:The nuclear-armed neighbours have gone to war three times since independence in the mid-20th century – and another conflict nearly erupted earlier this year, giving an even spicier-than-usual geopolitical backdrop to the sport. Some former players and fans even urged India to boycott the match at Old Trafford in protest at a suicide bomb that […]
Joe Root’s second World Cup century helps England thrash West Indies
SOUTHAMPTON: England has bagged a convincing victory in their match against West Indies. Jofra Archer took three wickets as England bowled tightly to dismiss West Indies for a below par 212 in their Cricket World Cup match on Friday. Nicholas Pooran top-scored for the Windies with 63 but after struggling to 55-3, they never broke free […]
ICC wants commentators to be ‘fair’ after Michael Holding saga
Nottingham: The International Cricket Council (ICC) wants commentators at the World Cup to be fair in their observations and has denied censoring West Indies great Michael Holding for criticising match officials on air last week. The Caribbean great was aghast at the string of umpiring errors during the West Indies-Australia match at Trent Bridge and termed […]
Amir on top of the world despite Pakistan defeat
LONDON: Pace spearhead Mohammad Amir soaked up the adulation from Pakistan fans as he roared to the top of the World Cup bowling charts with career-best figures against Australia on Wednesday. Amir was back in Taunton, in southwest England, where he made his return to first-class cricket three years ago following a ban for spot-fixing. […]
ICC turns down BCCI request; Dhoni can’t sport ‘Balidan badge’
Dubai: ICC on Friday turned down the BCCI’s request to allow MS Dhoni to continue wearing the army insignia on his wicket-keeping gloves. “The regulations for ICC events do not permit any individual message or logo to be displayed on any items of clothing or equipment. In addition to this, the logo also breaches the regulations […]
Resilient Pakistan roars back, beat England by 14 runs
NOTTINGHAM: Pakistan shocked England by 14 runs at Trent Bridge on Monday as they ended a long losing streak in one-day internationals despite two centuries for the World Cup host nation. Joe Root (107) and Jos Buttler (103) were guiding the tournament favourites towards an imposing target of 349 after Pakistan left England needing a World […]