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McSweeney’s ton was instrumental in taking Australia-A to 274. | Photo Credit: X@CAP Four wickets against his name, three with balls over 142 kmph on the speed gun. Mahli Beardman’s raging balls of fire proved too hot for India-A as it succumbed to a 125-run loss to Australia-A in the first one-dayer at the CAP…
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Indian team celebrate a wicket during the first Twenty20 international against West Indies in Lucknow on October 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI All-rounder Naman Dhir had a dream debut, picking up three wickets with his off-spin to help India bowl out West Indies for 171 in the first T20 International of the five-match series…
Smriti Mandhana was made the Indian women’s cricket team captain following the resignation of Harmanpreet Kaur. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Senior opener Smriti Mandhana was on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) appointed captain of the Indian women’s cricket team after Harmanpreet Kaur stepped down from the role. Harmanpreet announced her decision to step down as…
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FIle photo of Indian seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Veteran India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) returned to the national side nearly four years since his last appearance for the upcoming five-match T20I series, to be played in New Zealand later this month. The squad announced by the BCCI…
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B. Savitha Shri. Remember the name. She was the surprise package India unleashed at the 24th Olympiad in Uzbekistan. In a display which shocked the chess world and even herself, the 19-year-old laid down a marker for the future, with her progress set to be followed keenly. From being a kid who once sat across…
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has formally begun the process to find Ajit Agarkar’s successor on the men’s senior selection committee, inviting applications for one vacancy on Tuesday, two days after the former India pacer’s contract expired. The appointment will assume significance with the new selector expected to join a four-member…
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Leg-spinner Green was Australia’s go-to weapon and he did not disappoint on the second day of the second ‘Test’ in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Tanmay Baloda continued from where he left off in the first innings, adding four more wickets to his match tally to make it a 10-for. His spell…
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Turnaround: Aditya feels he has rediscovered a part of his game that had gone missing over the last few years. | Photo Credit: File Photo: K. Murali Kumar Aditya Mehta will have a little extra motivation when he takes the table at the Commonwealth cue sports championships in Ahmedabad from Wednesday. The former World No….
India were in a familiar situation at the Asian Games. Victory was taken for granted, defeat would have counted as a disgrace. This is the fate of top-ranked teams: damned if you do and doubly damned if you don’t. The repercussions would have been greater had India lost to Japan following the infamous ‘wide ball’…
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Iron Mirage and Avener impressed when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday (Oct. 6) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Zafferano (Santosh) 41. Easy. 800m: Rizz (Shekawat) 55, 600/41. Urged. New Yorker (Avinash) 51, 600/37. Pressed. El Nino (Yash) 57, 600/42. Easy. 1000m: Starlight Serenade (V. Bunde), Shadow Phoenix (Ajinkya) 1-9, 800/53, 600/39. They moved level…