Who will win the five-match Test series set to commence on June 20? (Image via X/@englandcricket & BCCI) With the first Test between India and England set to commence on June 20, tensions are high and expectations over the moon in both camps. While India get ready for their first Test without legendary duo Virat…
England captain Ben Stokes (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) England have announced their playing XI for the opening match of the much-anticipated five-Test series against India, starting Friday, June 20, at Headingley in Leeds. The match also marks the beginning of the rebranded Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy, and kicks off the 2025–27 World Test Championship cycle for…
Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill NEW DELHI: India’s vice-captain and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has confirmed a key change in the team’s batting order ahead of the first Test against England at Headingley, Leeds, starting Friday, June 20. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Pant disclosed that skipper Shubman Gill will bat at No.4 in the…
South Africa’s captain Temba Bavuma holds the winner’s trophy and celebrates with teammates. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: South Africa’s triumphant march to their maiden ICC World Test Championship title has translated into significant gains in the latest ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, with several Proteas stars being richly rewarded for their match-winning performances at Lord’s.Aiden…
An ‘all-Indian’ contingent in tour of England in 1911 NEW DELHI: It was the summer of 1911. As ships cut through the grey waters of the Atlantic, aboard one of them was a team that carried not just cricketing gear but the hopes of a nation still in chains.This was an expedition that planted a…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (AFP Photo) As India gear up for their five-Test series against England beginning June 20 in Leeds, former England great Geoffrey Boycott has weighed in strongly on the absence of two Indian stalwarts – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli – calling Kohli’s retirement a bigger blow.In his column for The…
File photo of the Bombay High Court. The Bombay High Court on Tuesday upheld arbitral awards totalling over Rs 538 crore in favour of the now-defunct Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kochi Tuskers, dismissing BCCI’s challenge. Justice RI Chagla ruled that the court’s jurisdiction under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act is limited and it…
Mumbai: India’s Test cricket team captain Shubman Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir during the pre-departure press conference ahead of the five-match Test cricket series against England, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)(PTI06_05_2025_000351A) NEW DELHI: Former England spinner Monty Panesar believes that the upcoming five-match Test series in England will be a major test of Gautam…
Rani Hamid (Photo credit: Special arrangement) NEW DELHI: Balaji Sudarshan is a 2012-born chess prodigy from Tamil Nadu who was up against 80-year-old Bangladeshi legend Rani Hamid in round 6 of the Delhi International GM Open Chess Tournament 2025.Going into the game, Hamid had suffered three losses, all against lower-rated opponents in the first five…
CANTERBURY, ENGLAND – MAY 30: Karun Nair of India A plays a shot during the four day match between England Lions and India A at The Spitfire Ground on May 30, 2025 in Canterbury, England. (Photo by Steve Bardens/Getty Images) On Friday at Leeds, Karun Nair could end his eight-year wait and make a comeback…
