Complete calendar of big sporting events in 2025. The 2025 sports calendar includes two big-ticket events in cricket – the Champions Trophy for men and the women’s ODI World Cup in India. At the end of the calendar year, England will travel to Australia for the historic Ashes series. In football, FIFA will host the

NEW DELHI: India’s top bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, was selected by Cricket Australia to lead the Men’s Test Team in 2024. The other Indian named in the varied playing XI, which includes players from six different nations, is opener Yashasvi Jaiswal.The two Australian players that are included in the international 11 are bowler Josh Hazlewood and

Yashasvi Jaiswal, center, speaks to umpires after being dismissed during fourth Test. (AP/PTI Photo) Former Australian captain Mark Taylor has defended the decision-making of third umpire Sharfuddoula during the controversial dismissal of Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal on the final day of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. The incident, which played a crucial role in

India’s Arshdeep Singh (Photo credit: ICC) NEW DELHI: In a year dominated by T20 cricket, with the World Cup staged across the USA and the Caribbean, Indian bowlers delivered stellar performances, playing a pivotal role in India clinching their second T20 World Cup title. Leading the charge was left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh, who emerged as

Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed a brilliant hundred in Perth. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Gun opener Yashasvi Jaiswal leads the list of India’s highest run-scorers in Test cricket in the year 2024.In 2024, Jaiswal amassed 1,478 runs in 15 Tests and 29 innings at an average of 54.74.This achievement made him India’s top Test

Nitish Kumar Reddy (AP Photo) Nitish Kumar Reddy has been the find of the Australian tour for India, and the batting all-rounder established that as a fact with his maiden international century in the Melbourne Test when India were almost down and out for the count.Looking at the 21-year-old Reddy’s consistent show with the bat

NEW DELHI: India may have lost the Boxing Day Test against Australia by 184 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday, but there were more than a couple of heroic performances from the Rohit Sharma-led teamIndia pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah took 9 wickets in the match – (4/99 and 5/57). Bumrah also completed 200

Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj NEW DELHI: Ace Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah had a phenomenal 2024, cementing his status as the standout bowler in Test cricket globally. Finishing the year with a staggering 71 wickets from 13 Tests, Bumrah not only topped the charts for India but also emerged as the world’s most successful bowler

Travis Head during the Boxing Day Test against India at the MCG. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: As India lost the Boxing Day Test against Australia by 184 runs at the at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday, one of the turning points of the match was the dismissal of Rishabh Pant by Travis

Rohit Sharma (Agency Photo) Rohit Sharma decided to return to his customary batting slot as an opener in the Melbourne Test against Australia after failed attempts to score runs in the middle order. However, the swap didn’t change his luck. Intead, it disturbed the line-up and hurt India’s confidence, feels former Pakistan batter Basit Ali,