NDTV Sports-Latest Swashbuckling batter Suryakumar Yadav on Friday expressed his delight at being appointed captain of the Indian T20 side for the tour of Sri Lanka, saying the last few weeks have been “nothing short of a dream”. In a heartfelt post, Suryakumar thanked everyone for keeping faith in him and for receiving plenty of…
NDTV Sports-Latest Contenders India started their Women’s T20 Asia Cup title defence on a rousing note, demolishing arch-foes Pakistan by seven wickets in Dambulla on Friday. India bundled out Pakistan for a below-par 108 after being asked to bowl and then chased down the target with as many as 35 balls remaining. Chasing 109, Indian…
NDTV Sports-Latest India’s newly-crowned T20I captain, Suryakumar Yadav, was given the team’s leadership responsibility on Thursday. Though it looked like Hardik Pandya would get the role, having been Team India’s vice-captain under Rohit Sharma for a long time, the all-rounder’s repeated fitness issues prompted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selection committee…
NDTV Sports-Latest The India vs Sri Lanka T20I and ODI series, which starts later this month, will begin a new chapter for Indian cricket. Under new head coach Gautam Gambhir, the side will embark on a mission to add to more laurels. The sides picked bear interesting looks with the biggest change being the T20I…
NDTV Sports-Latest Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja remembered his mother Lata and paid her rich tributes. He said his achievements in the filed are a tribute to her. Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, the veteran all-rounder, who recently won the ICC T20 World Cup with Men in Blue in the West Indies and USA, wrote, “Whatever…
NDTV Sports-Latest The India vs Sri Lanka series that will start in the last week of July is going to herald a new era under Gautam Gambhir‘s coaching. Veteran stars like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja have retired from T20Is, which means that the team will bear a very fresh look. India will…
NDTV Sports-Latest Rafael Nadal swept past Leo Borg, son of tennis great Bjorn Borg, to advance to the second round of the Bastad Open on Tuesday as he builds towards the Paris Olympics. It was Nadal’s first singles match since the 38-year-old fell in the opening round at Roland Garros on May 27, and he…
NDTV Sports-Latest England cricketer and Hampshire captain James Vince has made a public appeal regarding persistent attacks on his property that resulted in his family being forced to leave his hometown in Southampton. For nearly eight years, Vince and his family enjoyed the tranquility of their home in a village east of Southampton. That peace…
NDTV Sports-Latest Veteran Indian cricket team spinner Amit Mishra has spoken about a stark difference in the nature between Indian stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The leg-spinner pointed out that Kohli does not have many friends within the Indian team for a reason, and stated that “fame and power” has changed him. Mishra drew…
NDTV Sports-Latest Abhishek Sharma and Riyan Parag have been together since U19 days and even went on to win the 2018 U19 World Cup trophy as members of the Indian team. Six years later, paths of Abhishek and Riyan crossed again in Indian colours when the duo got to make their senior India men’s T20I…