Vistara started allowing passengers to book an extra seat from Tuesday. IndiGo and SpiceJet, too, are in the final stages of designing such a product to be sold as an add-on.
Some of their bowling and fielding frailties exposed in the series-opener, India will aim for quick course correction when they take on a resurgent New Zealand in a must-win second ODI, in Auckland, on Saturday. India find themselves in a familiar situation after the loss in Hamilton. But the visitors have come from behind against the West Indies and Australia to win their last two ODI series and Virat Kohli's men will aim to do the same against the Kiwis.
Loans for Indian airlines have dried up as banks have become cautious to lend to the sector.
The third umpire ruled Jadeja out after which Kohli looked miffed and rose from his seat before having a word with the fourth umpire Anil Choudhary. However, he did not enter the field of play.
An emotional Michael Holding didn't hold back as he delivered a powerful message against racism on Wednesday, asserting that the black race has been dehumanised and its accomplishments wiped off from a history "written by people who do the harm." Holding, who will retire from commentary at the end of next year, talked about racism as cricket restarted amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Southampton with the first England-West Indies Test.
Virat Kohli is appalled by the team's sloppy fielding against West Indies
While there were no glaring surprises in the squad, Manish Pandey has once again been sidelined as the selectors continue to repose their trust in out of form KL Rahul.
'A Colourful World is for every child, telling them that like the different coloured crayons in a box, they should also appreciate their differing identities, shine and live peacefully with other human beings in our colourful world.'
Jasprit Bumrah started off from where he had left before being laid low by stress fracture as he bowled flat out at the India nets in Guwahati ahead of their first T20 International against Sri Lanka on Sunday. Closely monitored by team's support headed by Ravi Shastri, Bunrah hit the straps straightway, bowling with pace on a breezy winter evening on Friday even as the Sri Lankan team decided to take rest for the day.
New Zealand abandoned their limited-overs series in Pakistan on Friday after receiving a security alert, with the tourists "unilaterally suspending" all their scheduled matches.
Now we do not know if the Board bugs the dressing room or employs Pegasus in players' phones. But nothing stopped them from speaking with Kohli, points out Shekhar Gupta.
'It wasn't easy because there is no real escape, you cannot go out for coffee, or for dinner or you cannot see your family and you think about your failures a little more than normal.'
The promoter-brothers, distant cousins to IndiGo's Rahul Bhatia, are eyeing Air India's ground handling subsidiary to augment their aviation services business even as they make a big play in EVs.
The start of the journey to the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2022 was scheduled to begin with the European Regional Qualifier in Denmark between July 24 and 30. The ICC will consult participating members to figure when these events can be staged.
To watch Dada standing on the steps of the airplane ladder with a glittering trophy in hand was exhilarating, recalls Hemant Kenkre.
India's bowling coach Bharat Arun claimed the team's fast-bowling strength has never been more 'exciting' with new find Khaleel Ahmed being the latest addition to the stocks.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead a full strength India squad for the two-match Twenty20 series against the West Indies in the United States on August 27 and 28.
Former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq has urged the International Cricket Council to review its existing 15-degree arm/elbow extension law for bowlers.
As Bangladesh completes 20 years in Test cricket, Norma Astrid Godinho picks nuggets about a cricket-passionate nation who no team can take lightly anymore.
The novel coronavirus shutdown has allowed cricketers to recharge their batteries and could help prolong their careers by a few years, England wicket-keeper Jos Buttler said. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last month extended the suspension of the professional game in the country until July 1 and Buttler believes the extended break will prove beneficial in the long run.
New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill says their pace attack have forged a blueprint they will seek to follow for the rest of the World Cup after dismantling the Sri Lankan batting order in Saturday's opening win in Cardiff.
Pace duo of Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah and spinner Kuldeep Yadav have been rested for the third T20I against West Indies
England's players will wear the names of selected COVID-19 workers with cricketing backgrounds on their training shirts during the upcoming Test series against West Indies in recognition of their selfless services. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that the three-match Test series, to be played behind closed doors at The Ageas Bowl and Old Trafford due to the pandemic, will be named "raise the bat" series as a tribute to those on the frontline.
ITC has introduced differentiated cigarettes like Gold Flake Indie Mint, Gold Flake Neo and Classic Rich & Smooth in the premium end. Godfrey, too, introduced flavoured variants like Four Square Clove Crush in the mid-tier segment and has seven variants of the Marlboro brand for India.
Images from Day 4 in the first Test between India and New Zealand, at Green Park in Kanpur, on Sunday.
Zimbabwe's cricketers are willing to 'play for free' to keep the game alive in the country, expressing their desperation to compete in the upcoming World Twenty20 Qualifiers.
The ICC will discuss the the 40-minute delay to the start of the second Twenty20 International between India and West Indies in Lauderhill on Sunday in its annual workshop for match officials next month. The delay at the start of the game, for "technical" reasons, robbed the match of a result with rain arriving two overs into the second innings.
India are favoured to extend their dominance while West Indies face insurmountable odds to draw parity, in the second One-day International, in Visakhapatnam, on Wednesday.
West Indies, set 401 to win, were 89 without loss when the teams departed for the second and final time in the afternoon session.
A look at 5 key battles in Sunday's clash at the T20 World Cup in Dubai.
Prithvi should bat just like he does for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy, said Rahane
West Indies and Bangladesh will play two Twenty20 matches in Florida in August, Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced on Tuesday.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
Broad posted his picture on Instagram, saying the Test match will be glorious at Lord's.
West Indies held on for a dramatic draw against England in the third Test on Thursday, finishing the final day on 370 for nine to maintain their 1-0 lead in the five Test series. Last wicket pair Daren Powell and Fidel Edwards frustrated England in deteriorating light conditions before the umpires offered them bad light with four scheduled overs remaining.
Jadeja wasn't a regular part of the white-ball set-up but came into the scheme of things closer to the ODI World Cup in England.
Shannon Gabriel extends unreserved apology to Joe Root for sledging
Part-time bowler Tillakaratne Dilshan snapped up two West Indies wickets within the space of three balls to tilt the balance of the second Test in favour of Sri Lanka on the third day in Colombo, on Thursday.
'The game nicely drifted in the last 7 overs and one boundary off Umesh off the shoe and one in the end, a couple of inches from Rayudu from pulling it in... That's how the game goes. I've enjoyed being a part of it and West Indies certainly deserved a draw for the way they played'
They made a fast start to their innings with Chris Gayle, dropped by Joe Root in the first over, thumping three huge sixes as the visitors reached 45 without loss after five overs.
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