R Ashwin-Eoin Morgan row: Rishabh Pant could have stepped in and defused the situation, says Sunil Gavaskar

while most of the debate in the row between Ravichandran Ashwin and Eoin Morgan during and Indian Premier League (IPL) was around who of the two was right or wrong, former India captain and batting great Sunil Gavaskar said that Delhi Capitals skipper and Ashwin’s team mate Rishabh Pant could have defused the…

IPL 2021 Play-offs Qualification Scenarios: Advantage KKR in 4-way battle for last spot

Royal Challengers Bangalore became the third team to qualify for the IPL 2021 play-offs but the race for the last spot in the final four has heated up after 49 matches in the season. Virat Kohli’s RCB entered the play-offs after reaching 16 points from 12 matches. No other team can reach the 16-point mark while…

IPL 2021: Confident CSK take on struggling RR in search of top-two finish

A play-off berth already sealed, former champions Chennai Super Kings would look to ensure that the momentum remains intact when they take on a struggling Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match here on Saturday. CSK, led by the talismanic Mahendra Singh Dhoni, became the first team to seal a…

Daniel Sturridge seals surprise move to Perth Glory to end 19-month exile

Perth Glory have signed former Liverpool and England player Daniel Sturridge for the 2021-22 A-League season. Sturridge is a two-time UEFA Champions League and FA Cup winner who scored 68 goals during a six-year spell at Liverpool and won a Premier League title with Chelsea. He was also part of England’s…

Conference League: Hat-trick hero Harry Kane hopes Tottenham can take confidence into Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane said he didn’t expect to play in Thursday’s 5-1 Europa Conference League triumph against Slovenian underdogs NS Mura, but he hoped his hat-trick in the second half can help the club’s domestic progress. Kane has failed to score in the Premier League this season,…

India vs Australia women: Smriti Mandhana shatters array of records with maiden hundred in Pink-ball Test

Smriti Mandhana shattered an array of records during her magnificent maiden Test century as India progressed to 231/3 in the second day’s opening session of the Pink-ball Test against Australia at Carrara Oval on Friday. Mandhana became the first Indian woman to hit a century in Day-night Tests and also the first…

Pakistan’s inability to play India in bilateral events has cost them millions of dollars: Michael Atherton

Former England captain Michael Atherton has said that Pakistan’s inability to play a bilateral series against India is responsible for the financial losses faced by PCB over the past decade. Atherton added that Pakistan has been forced to play their home matches in UAE as after the attack of Sri Lanka’s bus in…

Pink-ball Test: Watch – India’s Punam Raut given not out but walks against Australia on Day 2

India’s Punam Raut triggered the Spirit of Cricket debate on Friday after she walked despite the on-field umpire turning down Australia’s appeal for a caught-behind on Day 2 of the historic Pink-ball Test at the Carrara Oval in Queensland. Punam hit 36 from 165 balls before she edged one to the wicketkeeper…

India vs Australia W: Smriti Mandhana hits maiden hundred, becomes 1st Indian woman centurion in Pink-ball Test

Opener Smriti Mandhana set the tone for India with her sublime batting as she became the first Indian woman to hit a hundred in the Pink-ball Test when she reached the three-figure mark on Day 2 of the one-off Test against Australia women in Queensland. This is the also first century by an Indian woman on Australian…

Archery World Cup Final: Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das lose bronze medal clash; India return empty-handed

India capped a poor show in the archery World Cup finals after Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari failed to win their respective bronze medal matches in Yankton on Thursday. In the absence of an Indian recurve coach, the couple struggled under cold and overcast conditions on Friday. Das lost a one-sided bronze playoff to…