Yuzvendra Chahal celebrates with teammates (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)( Yuzvendra Chahal is heading into IPL 2026 with a renewed mindset and a strong focus on fitness, hoping to turn a difficult phase in his career into a fresh start with Punjab Kings. The 35-year-old leg-spinner, who has not featured for India since 2023, revealed a major…
NEW DELHI: Former England captain Jos Buttler has admitted he had a disappointing T20 World Cup but insists his international career is not over. The experienced batter scored just 87 runs in eight innings as England cricket team reached the semi-finals before losing to India cricket team. Despite the setback, he believes he can return…
Rishabh Pant (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) Rishabh Pant is in the 10th year of his international cricket career. He has consistently inspired raging debates over these nine years. Eyeballs yearn for him even when he is not part of the Indian team. Last week, when videos of Pant practising in Mumbai and Chennai surfaced,…
RR’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) Chennai: Rajasthan Royals have banked on young talent for success — Vaibhav Sooryavanshi being at the top of the list. And one of the backroom boys who has helped the franchise shape its youth structure is performance coach Siddhartha Lahiri, who oversees the RR academies across the globe…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season is fast approaching, with all 10 franchises finalising their coaching setups and support staff ahead of the new campaign. The tournament is set to begin on March 28, with defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru taking on Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.Teams have assembled a…
Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma of India lift the T20 World Cup trophy. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India captain Suryakumar Yadav has offered a fascinating insight into what set apart the country’s back-to-back T20 World Cup-winning squads, describing the 2024 side as driven by “experienced enthusiasm” and the 2026 unit as fuelled by the “fiery…
England’s Ollie Pope bats on day two of the first Ashes cricket test match between Australia and England in Perth. (AP) England batter Ollie Pope has responded to criticism following his side’s Ashes defeat in Australia, saying the perception that the team “weren’t fussed” is not accurate, while accepting why that view took hold among…
Mumbai Indians’ Rohit Sharma (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) MUMBAI: As Mumbai Indians head coach, Mahela Jayawardene has plenty to be pleased about heading into IPL 2026, starting March 28. Four MI players—India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, skipper Hardik Pandya and batter Tilak Varma—played key roles in India’s 2026 T20 World Cup triumph.“Our…
Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur (Photo by PTI) NEW DELHI: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has climbed to seventh in the latest women’s ODI rankings, while her teammate Smriti Mandhana continues to hold the top spot. The rankings saw a few shifts, with Sophie Devine dropping to ninth, while Jemimah Rodrigues stayed at 12th. Watch Mithali…
Despite featuring in the Top 10 highest run-getters in IPL history, these legendary players have never won the orange cap even after 18 editions of the tournament. As the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 approaches its blockbuster start of the 19th edition on March 28, the tournament once again promises high-octane cricket, massive runs, and…