Sanju Samson (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson was at his majestic best in the second T20I against Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday.Samson had scored just 10 runs in the opening T20I and was under pressure to perform. He responded in style, smashing a 22-ball 57 to give India a…
Ronaldo and Al-Nassr suffer a shocking 4-0 defeat on their long-awaited AFC Champions League Elite return/ Image: X Al-Nassr’s return to the AFC Champions League Elite was supposed to offer an early glimpse of what the new season could bring. Instead, Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates walked away from their opening night with a result…
Nitish Kumar Reddy (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: “I always wanted to become the greatest all-rounder,” Nitish Kumar Reddy said after playing a key role in India’s seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in the second T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday.Reddy returned figures of 3/24 as India restricted Afghanistan to 159 for eight….
Sanju Samson (Image: ANI) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson has spent years learning to live with the scrutiny that comes with playing for India. On Tuesday, after his 57 off 22 balls against Afghanistan in the second T20I, he admitted that the noise from outside does get through — even if his preferred response is to…
Sanju Samson (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: It’s not easy being Sanju Samson. He has been forever walking the line in his 10-year-old international career, partly because of team dynamics and mostly because of his unignorable inconsistency. As he has often done in his career when pushed to a corner, he served a reminder on Tuesday…
India made one change to their playing XI. Ravi Bishnoi replaced the injured Varun Chakaravarthy. (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to field against Afghanistan in the second T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.India won the opening T20I by seven wickets and currently lead the…
The Indian team arrived in Uzbekistan on Tuesday (Photo Credit: ChessBase India) NEW DELHI: India’s chess contingent has finally secured hotel accommodation in Samarkand after an unexpected crisis delayed room allotments on the eve of the 46th Chess Olympiad.The Indian team arrived in Uzbekistan on Tuesday, but several players were left waiting at their hotel…
Varun Chakaravarthy (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to field against Afghanistan in the second T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. India won the opening T20I by seven wickets and currently lead the three-match series 1-0.India made one change to their playing XI, with Bishnoi replacing…
Matt Renshaw (Image credit: Zimbabwe Cricket) Australia batter Matt Renshaw scored his maiden ODI century on Tuesday in the first match of the three-match series against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club.Renshaw scored 109 as Australia posted 294 in the series opener. His century was the first by an Australian against Zimbabwe since Michael Clarke…
India had last hosted a F1 Grand Prix at the BIC in Greater Noida in 2013 (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry has formed a task force led by NITI Ayog’s Yugal Kishore Joshi and to work on revival and development of Formula 1 and motorsports in India. The objective of the task…
