LAUSANNE: National men’s team captain Manpreet Singh on Thursday became the first Indian to win the International Hockey Federation‘s (FIH) Player of the Year award, capping a memorable 2019 season in which he led the side to Olympic qualification. The 27-year-old midfielder, thus, became the first from the country to win the accolade since the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Be it former India captain Sourav Ganguly or the current Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, their Rahuls have done wonders whenever the team needed them. Rahul Dravid, the Indian Test batting stalwart, not just frustrated world-class pace attacks but also guarded the three sticks for a long time. Now, Team India has KL … Read more
MELBOURNE: India opener Smriti Mandhana‘s 37-ball 66 went in vain as Australia claimed the tri-nation women’s T20 series with a gritty 11-run win following a sensational five-wicket haul by spinner Jess Jonassen here on Wednesday. Set a target of 156, India were all out for 144 after being 115 for three in the 15th over. … Read more
MT. MAUNGANUI (New Zealand): An underwhelming India suffered the ODI series whitewash as New Zealand completed a 3-0 sweep with a five-wicket victory in the third match on Tuesday. SCORECARD In 1989, India were beaten 5-0 by the West Indies back in an away assignment. India travelled to Sri Lanka in 1997 for the three-match … Read more
DUBAI: The prolific Yashasvi Jaiswal and highest wicket-taker Ravi Bishnoi were among three Indians named in the ICC U-19 World Cup Team of the Tournament on Monday. Besides left-handed opener Jaiswal and leg-spinner Bishnoi, right-arm pacer Kartik Tyagi was the other Indian to feature in the 12-member team, led by World Cup-winning Bangladesh skipper Akbar … Read more