Jasprit Bumrah (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah revealed he declined the Test captaincy role before Shubman Gill‘s appointment, citing workload management concerns for the upcoming five-match England series starting June 20 at Leeds. Despite being vice-captain and a frontrunner to replace Rohit Sharma, who stepped down in May, Bumrah chose to…
India cricket team players during their inter-squad match in England. (BCCI) In the landscape of modern Test cricket, few rivalries command the depth, history and global intrigue of India’s long-standing battles with England and Australia, especially since bilateral ties with Pakistan were severed. India’s overseas Test calendar has been dominated by tours to these two…
Anish Giri was involved in a heated exchange with Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura. (Screengrabs) The quarterfinals of the FIDE World Blitz Team Championship in London were marred by controversy after top-seeded WR Chess lost their opening match to Germany and Friends due to a delayed arrival. Star players Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura reached the…
Taylor Swift (Screengrab) England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler has compared the atmosphere of the iconic Wankhede Stadium to a Taylor Swift concert.Speaking on For the Love of Cricket, his new podcast with Stuart Broad, Buttler said playing away games against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium is difficult as the noise gets so deafening.“In all the…
Jos Buttler (left) and Virat Kohli (Screengrabs) England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler revealed an interesting chat he had with Virat Kohli during IPL 2023, which left him stunned after the Indian great admitted to having insecurities about his batting.Speaking on For the Love of Cricket, his new podcast with Stuart Broad, Buttler said Kohli’s advice helped…
Jasprit Bumrah bowls during the intra-squad match (BCCI | X) Former England bowler Stuart Broad has called Indian spearhead Jasprit Bumrah the best bowler in the world and has hinted that the result of the five-match series will depend on his fitness. The Test series will start on June 20 at Leeds.Speaking on For the…
Indian GM P Harikrishna slams a table in an interview with FIDE. (Screengrab) Magnus Carlsen‘s outburst after losing to World Champion Gukesh in the recently concluded Norway Chess tournament has taken over social media in the past few days — and it seems it isn’t going away anytime soon.In an interview with FIDE, Indian grandmaster…
R Ashwin and Varun Chakravarthy celebrates a wicket in TNPL. Former India cricketer R Ashwin has been cleared of ball-tampering allegations in the ongoing Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL).Ashwin-led Dindigul Dragons had been accused of tampering with the ball during their match against Siechem Madurai Panthers.The Madurai franchise alleged that Dindigul tampered with the ball…
Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi celebrates his century during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans, in Jaipur. (PTI Photo) England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler made a huge prediction about 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, comparing his bat swing to that of legends Brian Lara and Yuvraj Singh.Buttler had the best…
RCB batting coach with Virat Kohli (PTI) Former England captain Michael Atherton took a sly dig on Dinesh Karthik for give a “five minute lecture” to Virat Kohli during one of the strategic timeout in the Indian Premier League (IPL) final played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Narendra Modi…
