Dubai : Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin retained his top spot as a Test bowler in the ICC Test Rankings for bowlers in men’s cricket, despite missing out on the ICC World Test Championship against Australia at The Oval, informed ICC on Wednesday. Ashwin finished as India’s leading wicket-taker and overall third-highest wicket-taker behind South Africa’s Kagiso…
Dubai: Srilanka born Indian star Dev Joshi picked up by Fujairah Kings in upcoming first season of GBL-T20. His last-minute entry in GBL shocked the entire gulf region. Dev is easily the most penetrative and successful new-ball bowler Fujairah Kings have had, he swings and seams the ball with skill- sources said. He has been…
Apart from tabling a big-money deal, the Saudi club had private jets on standby for Messi in Paris and his father in Barcelona, ready to fly the duo to Riyadh to finalise the deal Football superstar Lionel Messi’s next home is now known with the Argentine headed to the United States for his American bow….
Novak Djokovic reached his seventh French Open final in dramatic and controversial circumstances on Friday when world number one Carlos Alcaraz suffered serious cramping which torpedoed his challenge. Djokovic, 36, triumphed 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 to become the oldest man in 93 years to reach the championship match where he will be bidding for a…
Since the incomparable Don Dradman left the game in 1948 with an other-worldly Test average of 99.94, cricket has seen several great batsmen. Garry Sobers, Ken Barrington, Viv Richards, Greg Chappell, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Kumar Sangakkara and Jacques Kallis…the list goes on. But none of the great batsmen that scored at least…
India will enter the field on Wednesday for the high-octane World Test Championship final against Australia less than 10 days after the end of the gruelling Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The biggest challenge for Rohit Sharma’s men will not be the formidable Australian team they need to tackle in an attempt to end the…
Lionel Messi, who last week played his last game for Paris St Germain, is open to making a return to La Liga side Barcelona, the Argentine forward’s father said on Monday. Barca was forced to let its talisman leave in 2021 because his high wages coupled with strict La Liga financial rules could have jeopardised…
Can Man City let the Germany midfielder go after his latest match-winning display in the 2-1 victory over Manchester United on Saturday? Moments before Ilkay Gundogan raised aloft the FA Cup trophy to fireworks inside Wembley Stadium, the Manchester City captain leaned over the podium and had a brief word with club chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak….
New Delhi: Former Australian cricketer Greg Chappell believes that the Oval conditions will suit the star Indian batter Virat Kohli as the Indian team prepares to face Australia in the World Test Championship final 2023. In less than three days’ time, India will feature in their second consecutive WTC final. Last time after a hard-fought battle,…
The left-arm spinner, however, said that the focus is on hitting the right spot irrespective of the ball used Switching from playing T20s to the longest format of the game is difficult, but practising with the red ball through the IPL will help in the tough transition at the World Test Championship final against Australia,…
