Rishabh Pant, left, and Shubman Gill (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Several Indian players are on the verge of achieving significant milestones in the ongoing Test series against Australia, highlighting their individual brilliance and collective impact in the longest format of the game. Rishabh Pant is just 220 runs away from reaching the coveted 3,000-run mark

World Chess Championship Live, Game 12: ‘It was a very difficult game for me’ Gukesh aims to become the youngest classical chess champion in history. After one of the most exciting games of the match, in which both players spent almost an hour on one single move, he defeated the champion Ding Liren and set

Mohammed Siraj (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Mohammed Siraj‘s temper has recently been a subject of debate but Australian quick Josh Hazlewood labelled India speedster as a ‘good character’ and sees his passion for the game similar to star Virat Kohli.Two separate on-field incidents involving Siraj during the pink-ball Test, which India lost by 10 wickets,

Virat Kohli (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar praised Virat Kohli‘s dedication after India’s heavy defeat against Australia in the second Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test. Kohli was seen practicing in the nets immediately after the match.In the Adelaide Test, Kohli scored only 7 and 11 runs, continuing his inconsistent form in

Jasprit Bumrah and Harshit Rana (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: Australia’s wicketkeeping legend Adam Gilchrist has highlighted that Mohammed Siraj and Harshit Rana did not perform at the expected level in Adelaide to effectively support India’s fast-bowling spearhead, Jasprit Bumrah.Bumrah, who was instrumental in India’s 295-run victory in Perth with eight wickets, claimed 4/61 in the

Australia’s Josh Hazlewood (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood hopes to play in the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test at the Gabba. His availability depends on how he recovers in the next 24 hours. Hazlewood underwent a rigorous bowling session at Adelaide Oval, simulating Test match intensity.The session involved multiple spells at near

Pat Cummins and Bishan Singh Bedi NEW DELHI: The second Test against India in Adelaide turned into a memorable outing for Australian skipper Pat Cummins as he delivered a match-winning five-wicket haul, his eighth as captain.In India’s second innings, desperately seeking a solid lead, Cummins led the charge, dismantling their batting line-up with figures of

Prithvi Shaw (Photo credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Prithvi Shaw not being picked by any of the ten Indian Premier League franchises in last month’s auction came as a surprise for many.After being released by Delhi Capitals, Shaw was available for a base price of Rs 75 lakh but found no buyers at the two-day affair

Sachin Tendulkar and Joe Root. (Getty Images) One batter who has defied any notion of slump in the last four years in the world of cricket is England’s run-machine Joe Root. The 33-years-old is riding on the form of his lifetime for quite some time now.Root is so confident about his batting that he played

Virat Kohli (Photo credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Indian batting order has dished out shoddy performances in the last few Tests.Barring the second innings in Bengaluru (against New Zealand) and Perth (against Australia), India’s batting has suffered collapses one after another and that has led to four losses in the last 5 matches. In the