The ace spinner is the eighth Indian cricketer to join Australia's women's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition after being roped in by Brisbane Heat for the upcoming season.
Former Youth World Championships gold medallist Poonam Poonia produced a fearless display to hand defending 54kg champion Sakshi Chaudhary a shock defeat, causing the first major upset of the National Boxing Championships in Greater Noida on Thursday.
India's leg spinner Poonam Yadav on how she stayed positive during her injury lay-off and return for the women's T20 World Cup.
Lovlina Borgohain and Sachin Siwach secured victories, leading a strong Indian contingent into the finals of the BOXAM Elite International Tournament. Twelve Indian boxers, including eight women and four men, will compete for gold.
Actress Khushi Mukherjee, known for MTV Splitsvilla, has landed in legal trouble after a Rs 100 crore defamation case was filed against her by social media influencer Faizan Ansari.
Both teams will be hoping their key players step up as the league phase reaches a decisive stage.
MI have managed just two wins from five outings, while Delhi Capitals are last with three losses from four matches.
Star batters Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant made solid fifties as Delhi eked out a narrow seven-run win against Gujarat in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Film folk mourned Zarine Khan and condoled with her family at her prayer service on November 10 at Mumbai's JW Marriott hotel.
Shafali Verma was named captain of the North Zone team for the Senior Inter-Zonal T20 Trophy, starting in Nagaland, from Tuesday.
Poonam Yadav fashioned a resounding 17-run victory over the four-time champions.
India's pocket rocket Poonam Yadav says a stinging rebuke from Harmanpreet Kaur on opening night helped her take the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 by storm.
Poonam Yadav produced career-best bowling figures as India thrashed a hapless Zimbabwe by nine wickets in a Group A match.
Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning and Harmanpreet Kaur were some of the big names retained by their respective franchises for the next edition of the Women's Premier League.
Gurindervir, Kujur, Manikanta, Amlan set new 4x100m relay national record
The film industry bid an emotional farewell to Manoj Kumar, one of Bollywood's legendary actors.
The 33-year-old from Uttar Pradesh emphasised the need for India to focus on bowling all-rounders.
Why did Mithali Raj share a picture with Poonam Yadav and Jhulan Goswami?
Ahead of their tournament opener of the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, Delhi Capitals' Poonam Yadav and Taniyaa Bhatia opened up about the doors the WPL opens up.
BCCI recommended India pacers Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and women's team player Poonam Yadav for the Arjuna award.
The 15-year-old Shafali, who was dismissed for a four-ball duck on her debut in the opening match, laid the foundation for a good total with a 33-ball innings, while Jemimah Rodrigues (33) provided the stablity, scoring a 22-ball 33.
The players' auction ahead of the 2024 edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) will be held on December 9 in Mumbai, the BCCI announced on Friday.
Javelin thrower Sachin Yadav of Uttar Pradesh, 18-year-old high jumper Pooja Singh of Haryana and long distance runner Sawan Barwal of Himachal Pradesh rewrote National Games records and won gold medals on the concluding day of athletics competition. Yadav sent his spear to a Games-record distance of 84.39m in his fifth attempt, while Pooja cleared 1.84m to defend the women's high jump gold. Barwal won the men's 5000m in a time of 13 minutes and 45.93 seconds, bettering the earlier Games record.
Delhi Capitals will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Women's Premier League (WPL) opener in Mumbai on Sunday.
Delving further deep into the chances of the Harmanpreer Kaur-led side, Sthalekar said India have the wherewithal to beat Australia, their nemesis in global events over the years
Images from ICC women's T20 World Cup match between India and Bangladesh, in Perth, on Monday.
Veteran pacer Shikha Pandey axed, rookie keeper Shwetha gets maiden call-up.
Harmanpreet Kaur was on Wednesday named India women's team captain for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka on a day when her ODI predecessor Mithali Raj announced her international retirement.
Wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia, who has an unimpressive strike rate of under 100 in the T20 format, was on Monday named in the Indian women's squad for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Also released from the squad are Devika Vaidya, Simran Shaikh and Shivali Shinde.
India's stunning win over defending champions Australia proves how competitive the women's T20 World Cup is going to be, says former India Test and ODI captain Mithali Raj.
The likes of Monica Patel, C Prathyusha have been dropped from the squad altogether.
She joined the SP the day Rajnath Singh filed his nomination papers, hoping to retain the seat he won in 2014.
Poonam Sinha is likely to file nomination on April 18.
Jemimah Rodrigues and Poonam Yadav produced special performances to fire India to a 13-run win over Sri Lanka in the first T20 International of the five-match series, in Katunayake, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old cricketer, who retired from T20s last September, remains India's ODI captain and plans to carry on till the 2021 World Cup.
The Grade B has an annual retainer fee of Rs 30 lakh and veterans such as Jhulan Goswami, Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma are among 10 players in this bracket.
A government school teacher, his wife and two daughters were allegedly shot dead at their rented accommodation on Thursday, over a month after the family lodged a first information report (FIR) against a man saying he would be responsible if something untoward happened to them, police said.
The women's team will take on England in a one-off Test, three ODIs, and three T20Is
India level series as England pressed self destruct button towards end
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