Manish Ojha, coach of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, shares insights into the young cricketer's training and mindset after his record-breaking century in the U-19 World Cup.
Book to tell 500 years of cricketing stories beyond the scorecards
The opposition party's attack came after Shashi Tharoor, not part of the four leaders nominated by the Congress, was named as the head of a delegation to key partner countries to convey India's message of zero tolerance against terrorism following Operation Sindoor.
'If the BCCI wants to or does not want to remember Tiger's legacy, it is for them to decide.'
'The Pataudi Trophy vanished overnight -- no farewell, no tribute, just a quiet replacement.' 'If a name can be erased this easily, what faith can we place in the permanence of Tendulkar-Anderson?'
Umpires should invoke cricket's laws and protect England's tailenders from Australia's relentless 'bodyline' bowling in the ongoing Ashes series, former England captain Michael Atherton has said.
A piece of cricketing history -- the bat used by the legendary Donald Bradman in the 1934 Ashes series with which he scored two triple centuries is up for auction.
Australia skipper Tim Paine believes his side is climbing back towards the top of Test cricket after a third successive victory at Perth
If we have not been world beaters in cricket for the longest time, here is the reason: We look down on our bowlers and deify batsmen, argues Aakar Patel.
Plan to take off-side out of Australians was hatched in July, reveals India bowling coach Bharat Arun.
Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar believes that with Sourav Ganguly becoming BCCI president, India would have a strong voice in the ICC, which they can capitalise on to make some changes in the sport
If players like Suresh Raina fails in Test cricket due to lack of technique against short pitched deliveries, it would be a big loss for the game, former Australian captain Ian Chappell has said.
If players like Suresh Raina fails in Test cricket due to lack of technique against short pitched deliveries, it would be a big loss for the game, former Australian captain Ian Chappell has said.
Only a fool or cricketing ignoramus, says Haresh Pandya, would judge Tiger on the basis of his figures of 2,793 runs at 34.91 in 83 innings of 46 Tests.
Australia's former Test skipper Ian Chappell has asked England to learn from the Bodyline series and bring Andrew Flintoff out of the retirement to make Ricky Ponting's life miserable during the Ashes.
Sachin Tendulkar is a great batsman but to suggest he is the best ever is demeaning to those former greats who survived the bodyline series and stood at the crease without any modern-day safety gears, feels former England skipper Mike Atherton.
True test for England lies in their ability to defend the Ashes title in Australia, which is altogether a trickier business and a rare feat achieved only on four occasions by the Poms since the controversial Bodyline series of 1932-33, feel former English cricketers.
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.
Australia's newspapers said the most-hyped series in generations was in danger of becoming another one-sided contest.
Rajneesh Gupta picks fun sledging through the decades. Take a look!
Everyone seems to be a fan of statement sleeves.
Congress strategist and Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh in an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN has said that the 2014 general elections are not a battle between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.
England's next Ashes series in Australia may have a day-night Test match, Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland said on Monday.
England failed to make the inroads into the Australian batting order they needed after gambling on bowling first in the inaugural day-night Ashes Test on Saturday and the hosts reached the second break on 138 for two.
Factbox on the second Test match between Australia and England, which starts on Saturday:
His great grandfather played Test cricket for both England and India. His grandfather was arguably the most charismatic captain India has had.
The trio, stripped of their positions, will discover the full extent of their punishment in the next "24 hours" with Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland promising "significant sanctions" at a news conference in Johannesburg.
Defending champion Saina Nehwal was the lone Indian survivor at the $700,000 China Open Super Series Premier after P V Sindhu suffered a close defeat in the pre-quarterfinals of the women's singles competition in Fuzhou on Thursday.
World No. 11 Kidambi Srikanth overcame some stiff resistance in the second game from lower ranked Mexican rival Lino Munoz before winning his Group H clash in straight games in the badminton singles event at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, on Thursday night.
H S Prannoy outwitted World No 2 and title favourite Kidambi Srikanth in a thrilling final to win the men's singles title at the 82nd Senior National Championship, in Nagpur on Wednesday.
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The Indian men's team salvaged some pride with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Germany in their inconsequential Group C tie to end its campaign at the Thomas Cup badminton tournament on a positive note at the Siri Fort Sports Complex.
'The dressing room is a precinct that abounds with all the complexities that make up human nature -- and the unpredictable consequences that can emerge from interpersonal relationships. 'A cursory study of cricket history throws up interesting (and some hugely surprising) examples of conflict between players from the same team,' says Ayaz Memon
Saina Nehwal produced one of her finest performances in recent times to guide Indian women's team to a comfortable victory over Thailand and catapult the hosts to the top of Group Y in the Uber Cup badminton tournament in New Delhi.
Despite the death of Mitchell Johnson's former team mate Phillip Hughes, the likelihood is he will unleash a similar barrage on India should the first Test go ahead.
Parupalli Kashyap etched his name firmly in the history books by becoming the first Indian male shuttler in 32 years to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games.
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