Chennai, Sep 17 (PTI) Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha feels playing against cricketing powerhouse India will give his team a fair assessment of where it stands internationally, as he looks forward to relishing the challenge against Rohit Sharma’s side in the two-Test series commencing on Thursday. Bangladesh are coming off a triumphant 2-0 away Test-series win against Pakistan, having annihilated the Shan Masood-led side by 10 wickets in the opening game, following which they won the second match by six wickets. However, India, currently leading the World Test Championship (WTC) table, are expected to pose a much stronger challenge to…
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London, Sep 17 (PTI) Former England pacer James Anderson could return to T20 cricket after a decade following a Major League Cricket team’s interest in hiring his services for the upcoming 2025 season. The 42-year-old, who retired from international cricket in July, has not played any white-ball cricket since 2019. His last T20 match was the 2014 NatWest Blast final for Lancashire while his last T20 assignment for England was in 2009. However, “senior figures with at least one MLC team have had their interest pricked by Anderson’s comments last month about a return to white-ball cricket,” according to a…
Changzhou (China), Sep 17 (PTI) Rising Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat suffered a straight-game defeat to Canada’s Brian Yang as he made an opening-round exit from the China Open here on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Indian, who won the Orleans Master last year, went down 13-21 16-21 to his Canadian opponent in a 36-minute men’s round-of-32 contest of the Super 1000 tournament. Rajawat, the world number 36, was a member of the Indian team that won the historic Thomas Cup title two years ago. World number 40 Kiran George is now the lone Indian challenger left in the men’s singles event. He…
Johannesburg, Sep 16 (PTI) The first phase of Khelo India games hosted outside the country have successfully concluded in South Africa after a fortnight of activity that saw local South Africans and Indian expatriates unite in volleyball, badminton, table tennis and chess tournaments. Four other traditional Indian games – Kabaddi, Kho Kho, Carrom, and Satoliya/Lagori — are planned to take place soon in the second phase of the event, said Manish Gupta, chairman of the India Club, an organisation of expatriate Indians settled in South Africa. India Club co-hosted the events with the Consulate General of India in Johannesburg. “We…
Chennai, Sep 16 (PTI) The 95th edition of the All-India MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey tournament is all set to kick off here on September 19. The competition will witness 10 teams battle it out, clubbed across two groups of five each. Pool A will consist of the defending champion Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB – Indian Railways), along with Indian Army – Red, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), Hockey Maharastra and Hockey Unit Of Tamil Nadu (HUTN). As for Pool B, it will have 2023 runner-up Hockey Karnataka, along with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), NCOE Bhopal, Central Secretariat and…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Monday appointed Santosh Kashyap as the new head coach of the national senior women’s team, replacing former international player Chaoba Devi at the helm of affairs. Kashyap’s first assignment will be the SAFF Women’s Championships to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from October 17 to 30. A 29-member squad will camp in Goa from September 20 in preparation for the championships. A former India international, Kashyap has almost a decade of coaching experience in the I-League, managing clubs like Mohun Bagan, Aizawl FC and Mumbai FC among others. The…
London, Sep 16 (PTI) The Scottish capital of Glasgow is set to be announced as the host city of a “scaled down” Commonwealth Games in 2026, a year after Australian state Victoria pulled out due to ballooning costs, according to reports. The 2026 Commonwealth Games were to be held in multiple cities across Victoria but the Australian state made a shock announcement in July 2023 that it has pulled out of the multi-sport event citing a steep rise in projected expenditure. The withdrawal, which led to the Victorian government paying 380 million Australian dollar (around USD 256 million) compensation to…
Alur (Karnataka), Sep 16 (PTI) Arjun Tendulkar warmed up for the upcoming first-class season with a match-winning nine-wicket haul in Goa’s innings and 189-run victory over hosts Karnataka in the Dr (Capt) K Thimmappiah Memorial Tournament, which is also known as KSCA Invitational, a pre-season meet for state teams. KSCA XI comprised mostly their U-19 and U-23 players with only two established names — Nikin Jose and glovesman Sharath Srinivas — in the playing XI. The legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s son had a match haul of 9 for 87 in 26.3 overs across two innings. In the first innings, Karnataka folded…
Chennai, Sep 16 (PTI) Young pacer Nahid Rana was in focus as Bangladesh started their preparations for the two-Test series against India from September 19 with an intense practice session, here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Monday.Buoyed by their historic 2-0 win in away series over Pakistan, the Tigers are high on confidence but world No 2 India, perched at the top of the table in World Test Championship, will pose the sternest test for Najmul Hossain Shanto’s side.Bangladesh’s grit and resilience were at their prime in Pakistan but they face a test of character here since no other…
Chennai, Sep 16 (PTI) Ask any international cricketer worth his salt and he would tell you about how important the second season is after a stellar first season. If sky-rocketing expectations are one aspect of it, the other part comprises of opposition’s familiarity with his game and enough on-ground material available for dissection. As Yashasvi Jaiswal eyes to beat second season blues, he can consider himself lucky that that he gets to face Jasprit Bumrah in the nets, the best in the business that you want to face before real action begins. During Monday’s net session, Bumrah repeatedly made short…