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File photo of Sai Sudarshan and Rishabh Pant. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Friday (June 5, 2026) said Sai Sudharsan has not got a fair run at the No.3 slot and indicated that the left-hander will be preferred over Devdutt Padikkal in the Test format ahead of the…
There’s nothing special that R. Praggnanandhaa is doing to prepare for games against Magnus Carlsen but ‘whatever is being done is working,’ said his coach Vaibhav Suri. With the Indian GM having done the double against the World No.1 in Norway Chess 2026, Suri said, “I don’t think so (on any special preparation). If we…
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Brazil’s Cafu holds a unique record in World Cup history of having played in three consecutive finals i.e. (1994-2002) Published – June 05, 2026 05:07 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source link
Indian wicket keeper K.S. Bharat. File picture | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji India wicketkeeper-batter Kona Srikar Bharat, who played seven Tests for the country between 2023-2024, on Thursday (June 4, 2026) announced his retirement from international cricket. The 32-year-old made his debut against Australia in Nagpur in February 2023, though he got a call-up in…
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Shreyas Iyer drives one through covers en route SOBO Mumbai Falcons’ win against MSC Maratha Royals at Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement For years, Aditya Tare and Shreyas Iyer were Mumbai’s batting mainstays across formats. On Thursday (June 4, 2026) evening at the Wankhede Stadium, the duo briefly turned the clock…
India’s tryst with one-off Tests dates back to June 1932, and their inaugural Test, against England at Lord’s. In the intervening 94 years, they have played just 14 more such games, among them the first-ever Tests for Zimbabwe (October 1992) in Harare, Bangladesh (November 2000) in Dhaka and Afghanistan (June 2018) in Bengaluru. There have…
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Sunil Subramaniam. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Sunil Subramaniam, the newly appointed chairman of selectors for the Tamil Nadu senior men and under-23 teams, has stressed that stability will be the guiding mantra for the new committee. “The first thing I want to focus on is stability. We need to identify players and give them…
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The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Thursday (June 4, 2026) suspended five wrestlers, including U20 Asian Championship trails winner Deepanshu, for four years after their birth certificates were found to be fake during a verification exercise in its crackdown on age fraud in the sport. Deepanshu, who had won the men’s freestyle 65kg event…
Ryan ten Doeschate. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: K.R. DEEPAK The position of No. 3 in India’s Test team has been like a revolving door for the past couple of years. As many as seven players have batted there since January 2024. India’s previous red-ball assignment against South Africa was an apt microcosm of the…
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