File Pic: Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly (TOI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has opened up about the behind-the-scenes battles he fought with selectors during his captaincy tenure to protect and reshape Rahul Dravid’s ODI career, revealing how close the batting legend came to being dropped over concerns about his strike rate.Speaking…
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, holds his trophy after defeating Casper Ruud, of Norway in the final. (AP Photo) In a historic display of dominance, Jannik Sinner became the first Italian man to win the Rome Masters in 50 years since Adriano Panatta in 1976 on Sunday. The 24-year-old world No.1 secured the Italian Open title…
CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, right, and MS Dhoni during a training session. (PTI Photo) CHENNAI: There’s a lot of anticipation whether MS Dhoni will be seen in action for one last time at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Monday. He came in late for practice on Sunday, got padded up, did a bit of warm-up…
PBKS co-owner Preity Zinta with skipper Shreyas Iyer after the match. (Video grab) NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings’ alarming slide from early-season dominance to a full-blown late collapse deepened in the ongoing IPL 2026 on Sunday, as a heavy defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru marked their sixth straight loss and left their playoff hopes hanging by…
RCB qualify for playoffs; DC’s chances rise. (Pics credit: IPL) With 8 games remaining in the league stage, LSG and MI are already out of contention for the playoffs. RCB have qualified and GT can only miss out through the net run rate route while SRH would have to do really badly from here on…
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has continued to dominate IPL 2026 with his fearless batting at the top, producing explosive starts almost every time he walks out for Rajasthan Royals. The 15-year-old has not always converted those starts into big scores, but his impact in the Powerplay has consistently set the tone…
Virat Kohli added another IPL record to his name on Sunday after completing 500 runs in IPL 2026 during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’ match against Punjab Kings at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium.With the milestone, Kohli registered his ninth season with 500 or more runs in the IPL, the most by any batter in the…
With the Himalayas watching over, Virat Kohli climbed to another peak in IPL history on Sunday, bettering his own record to become the batter with the most runs against a single opponent in the tournament’s history during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’ clash against Punjab Kings at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala.Kohli went past…
Delhi Capitals’ KL Rahul celebrates his fifty (AP Photo) KL Rahul scripted history against Rajasthan Royals on Sunday, becoming the player with the most 50+ scores against RR in IPL history, after yet another composed half-century in a high-pressure chase at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.The Delhi Capitals batter now has 9 fifty-plus scores in just…
Delhi Capitals kept their playoff hopes alive after beating Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the match 62 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Sunday at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium.Chasing 194, Ashutosh Sharma finished the match with a six as DC registered their sixth win of the season.DC now have 12 points in 13 games…