India captain Harmanpreet Kaur's endorsement portfolio is expected to triple in the coming months.
'The real story of 2025 is that India officially stopped being a 'market of the future' and started acting as the world's primary economic engine.'
India's cricketing journey post-independence is a saga of triumphs! From iconic World Cup wins to unforgettable Test series victories, the nation's passion for cricket shines through.
'I just enjoy it. So when I step onto the field, I don't think anything else. I just want to make the maximum of the moment.'
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has attached assets worth a combined Rs 8 crore of former Indian cricketers, actors and models like Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, former Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty, Sonu Sood and some others as part of its money laundering probe against an 'illegal' betting app named 1xBet.
Cricket fans discuss the first innnings of the India-Pakistan World Cup match.
Sack Gambhir before he damages any more careers, if you must. But it cannot stop there. The project ahead must be bigger, more ambitious, and far more urgent: Rebuilding the spine of Indian cricket from the grassroots up, and giving the Test team the seriousness it deserves. Only then will Indian cricket stop lurching from one crisis to another and begin, once again, to imagine greatness, suggests Prem Panicker.
As the year draws to a close, Rediff's Senior Contributor Roshmila Bhattacharya takes a look at the hits and misses, the highs and lows, the newsmakers and the dealbreakers in alphabetical order.
South Africa may be the favourite to win the World Cup, but February 22 -- the day they took on India -- told a different story.
For spin great Neetu David it was a culmination of a lifelong dream -- to see the India women's team finally end their wait for a World title.
As the year winds down, regardless of what it may have been, the belief is that the next year will be better, and that is what gives December its edge.
'As a nation, we create beautiful content and a high volume of it (films) but we are limited by the number of theatres and screen density.' 'You now have a living-room large screen available to showcase that.'
Sehwag, a member of India's 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup team, is one of the finest opening batters of all time, having made 17,253 runs in 374 matches and 443 innings at an average of 40.31, with 38 centuries and 72 fifties.
'I won't do anything I don't believe in just for money.'
Jemimah's success is carved not just from talent and hard work, but from dreams, faith, and an unshakable spirit.
At 16, when I first stepped into college, I also stepped straight into my first heartbreak. There was a boy, of course. We started talking, then dating, and my nave teenage self was convinced this was something special. My best friend, however, was never convinced. She said he wasn't right for me. I didn't listen. I was 16, dramatic, slightly delusional and completely in love (or so I thought).
As excitement builds for Sunday's India-Pakistan Asia Cup final, cricket fever has spread to the Kashmir Valley.
If the men of 1983 gave India a reason to dream, the women of 2025 could give it something rarer -- the courage to live that dream in full daylight, under an open sky that finally belongs to them, points out Prem Panicker.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan attended Sri Satya Sai Baba's birth centenary celebrations in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, and reflected on his teachings and principles.
India's women didn't just win a World Cup, they won the nation's heart, proving that belief, courage, and grace can turn dreams into destiny.
The Perth Stadium curator has promised the wicket will be green, fast and bouncy but Stokes offered no thoughts on whether England would attack with four quicks or pick the specialist spinner, Shoaib Bashir, in their 11.
'This game has given me so much, so I keep reminding myself that I need to show the world what the game has given to me, and I have to give it back to the game.'
While this is a thoroughly modern SUV, the soul of the original '90s icon lingers.
#WeTheWomen returned to Mumbai for its eighth edition.
'I thought helmets would help. So, I took a motorcycle helmet with a polycarbonate visor to WSC.'
Film folk lead busy lives but always sneak in a vacation.
'I have a deep affection for Indian cricket. If someone asked me to come back, I wouldn't say no.'
'Nobody cared for me, everyone had turned their back. People thought I wouldn't survive.'
He has since returned for key assignments, including the 2022 T20 World Cup victory and both the Ashes and ODI World Cup campaigns in 2023.
'So much pride you have brought for us all.'
Sidhu hit back at an X handle for falsely attributing quotes to him.
'We are not AI. We are allowed to break, and rebuild.'
Her laid-back style is perfect for the no-drama girl who wants comfort without compromising on the chic.
The leg-spinner was a part of KKR's 2014 IPL-winning team and hit the winning runs for the Gautam Gambhir-led side in the summit clash against the Punjab Kings in Bengaluru.
'He's been doing something we don't talk about much, working with acid attack survivors.' 'He supports them not just emotionally, but also financially.' 'His Mir Foundation helps them with the surgeries they have to go through to step out again and get back their lives.' 'He doesn't talk about it and I only learnt about this when we were in Kolkata once and some of the girls had come to meet him at the hotel.'
'The way he controlled the players on and off the field, it was brilliant. That's why the players also took to him very easily.'
The most famous cricket umpire of his time has left the ground forever.
'As a captain and a player, he never played for a draw, he always wanted to win.'
Pakistan leads India 3-2 in finals.
The IPL's overall valuation fell by 8 per cent to Rs 76,100 crore in 2025.
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