Tag: India
India wins record medals at Paralympics 2024—All medal winners
The Paralympic athletes from the nation with tri-colour nation have come to represent a contingent of 84 athletes across 12 different disciplines, which is three more than the number of disciplines they represented in the Tokyo Paralympics in 2020. India has won a record 19 medals in the Tokyo Paralympics, which comprised 5 golds, 8 silver medals, and...
Indian Men’s Selection Committee led by Agarkar has a new member in Ajay Ratra
One of India’s main four members of the Ajit Agarkar-led Indian Men’s selection committee, Salil Ankola has been replaced by Ajay Ratra, a former Indian cricketer. However, previous members like Shiv Sundar Das, Sridharan Sharath and Subroto Banerjee will hold onto their positions and reprise their roles. Ajay Ratra has played very little professional cricket for India, as he...
Sunil Gavaskar comes up with a bold prediction for Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25; predicts winner and scoreline
Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 is among the much-anticipated international assignments coming at the end of this year. This will be a blockbuster series between the top two Test teams in the world at the moment. This edition will be held in Australia, and to make it more grand, both teams will now play five test matches. India have won the last...
Jonty Rhodes picks this Indian star as the best fielder in the World; leaves out Rohit or Virat
Jonty Rhodes picks best fielder in the world. Batting and bowling are the key aspects in the game of cricket, but fielding is not far behind. The game has seen many incredible fielders in the past who have earned fame with their quick reflexes and agility. But one name who is remembered for his fielding is former South African star...
Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal move up while Rohit Sharma slips as ICC releases the latest Rankings
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Yashasvi Jaiswal are within the top ten rankings in the Test format. India are the only team that have three players within the top ten Test rankings for the batters. On Wednesday, the ICC released the latest rankings, which saw Joe Root maintaining his top spot after a brilliant game against Sri Lanka in...
England announces women’s Squads for upcoming women’s cricket series against Ireland
England announces women's team for upcoming women's cricket series against Ireland: The England women's cricket team is set to play an exciting series against Ireland in September 2024. This white-ball series will include three-match ODI and two-match T20 series, which will start from September 7. England will be captained by Kate Cross in this series, who will replace regular captain...
Women’s T20 World Cup: Indian women’s team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s bold claim after team selection
After the announcement of the India squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup, the skipper Harmanpreet Kaur made a bold claim that she and her team would "want to give the country another reason to celebrate this year.” The skipper clearly wanted her team to draw inspiration from their men’s team that made the chests of Indians swell up...
Rohan Jaitley to replace Jay Shah as the New BCCI secretary – Report
Jay Shah is probably the most influential administrator in the cricket world right now, which is why he is considered for the role of the next chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). But it will leave the role of secretary in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) open, which is another big post. Hence, as...
Most Half-centuries in Test Cricket
Test cricket is the pinnacle of the game, and it is the hardest format, which takes away a lot of hard work and patience from a cricketer. That's why any milestone in this format is cherished more. Just like the most test centuries. Sachin Tendulkar holds this record with 51 Test hundreds. He also holds the record for the most...
India tour of England 2025: BCCI releases full schedule, Test match venues and match dates
India tour of England 2025: BCCI releases full schedule, Test match venues and match dates: The schedule for India's five-Test series-long visit of the United Kingdom was released by the BCCI on Thursday. India will commence a new World Test Championship cycle with a visit that will take them nearly two months, with Test matches to be played in London,...
