Sports

London, Aug 17: Joe Root slammed an unbeaten 92 as England took a substantial first innings lead of 237 runs on the second day to tighten their grip on the fifth and final cricket Test against a hapless India here on Saturday. Resuming the day on 62 for no loss after bundling India out for 148 yesterday, England scored at a brisk pace by adding 323 runs today from 86 overs to end the day on 385

London: Aug 16: Raising concerns over India’s selected XI for the all-important fifth and final Test against England, veteran batsman VVS Laxman said that he would have opted for Rohit Sharma instead of Stuart Binny in the crucial game. “Little surprised at Binny’s inclusion. The reason given for his inclusion is that he can also bowl a few overs. But for me what is more important is playing a

Aug 16: India crashed to 148 all out on Day One of the fifth Test against England at The Oval, thereby continuing their dreadful streak of cheap totals. Shiamak Unwalla looks at how the Indian batting followed the same pattern of their last few innings. Harsha Bhogle said on commentary during the live telecast of the fifth Test at The Oval that when a batsman is out of form, they would ideally

Aug 15: Team India take on England in the fifth and final Test match of their Test series at The Oval. Trailing by a 1-2 margin , the tourists have the last chance to get their act together and draw level in this series. India will play the final Test at The Oval starting August 15 on this trip. While they started off on a positive note in this Test series with a draw at Trent Bridge and a rare

New Delhi, Aug 13: India offspinner R Ashwin will receive the prestigious Arjuna Award, thus becoming the 46th Indian cricketer to receive the honour which was instituted in 1961 by the Indian government to recognise outstanding achievement in national sport. Ashwin made a return to India's Test XI during the recent three-day defeat to England at Old Trafford, scoring 40 and 46 not out but going

Aug 13: The Indian women take on the English for a one-off Test match starting on August 13. This will be the first Test which the Indian women will play since 2006. Incidentally, that the last was against England women as well. Shiamak Unwalla wonders whether having a one-off contest is actually worth it. The Indian men’s team have played 94 Test matches since the year 2006. The Indian women’s

New Delhi, Aug 12: Former India captain and legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar had a miraculous escape in a road accident while travelling from Manchester to London after the conclusion of the fourth Test on Sunday. The driver of his Jaguar car swerved to the right but failed to avoid a collision with another vehicle that hit them from the opposite direction. Gavaskar was travelling in the car with

New Delhi, Aug 12: Mahendra Singh Dhoni might be closing in on a dubious captaincy record held by Stephen Fleming, the coach of the Chennai Super Kings, and West Indies’ Brian Lara. Fleming and Lara have the highest 16 overseas Test losses as skipper. After the humiliating defeat in the Manchester Test, Dhoni has lost 13 away Test matches, just three short. After losing a Test match in New Zealand

Wroclaw, Aug 11: Deepika Kumari-led women archers clinched the recurve team gold after routing Mexico 6-0 in the final as India returned with five medals in the Archery World Cup Stage IV in Wroclaw, Poland on Sunday (Aug 10). Deepika herself won three medals as she also bagged a bronze each in recurve women's individual event and recurve mixed team pair event with her partner Jayanta Talukdar

Aug 11: India's abject cricket in every department of the game should not compromise the part played in England's revival by a collection of fresh faces. Enthusiasm is a great gift. From it comes energy, application and courage. After Lord's, where England themselves surrendered pathetically, the dressing-rooms would have reflected the emotional whirl of professional sport. One team rampant, the