India’s Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha and Zimbabwe’s Courtney John Lock kicked off their Delhi Open 2025 doubles campaign with a hard-fought 2-6, 7(7)-6(5), 10-6 victory over Czech duo Marek Gengel and Dalibor Svrcina at the DLTA Complex here on Wednesday.
Shubman Gill rose to No 2 in the ICC ODI rankings for batters and is now closing in on former Pakistan skipper Babar Azam’s top spot. Gill closed the gap with Babar after hitting back-to-back fifties in the first two ODIs against England.
With a week to go until the first ball is bowled in the Champions Trophy 2025, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has unveiled the lineup of event ambassadors which includes India’s Shikhar Dhawan, who was instrumental in guiding the Men-in-Blue to the title in 2013.
India’s premier quick Jasprit Bumrah and Australia’s Mitchell Starc became the latest addition to the injured list dominated by pace bowlers ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, scheduled to begin on February 19.
The 2025 edition of the Women’s Premier League will run from February 14 to March 15, with five teams competing across four cities in India.
The 19-year-old Spaniard withstood a trademark Nadal fightback and registered a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 win in an absorbing two-hour, 29-minute quarterfinal encounter of the ATP Masters 1000 event in the Spanish capital.
Inter Milan entered San Siro with two points behind leader AC Milan and needed a win to keep pressure on their city rivals on Friday night. The away side stunned the Nerazzurri as they raced into a 2-0 lead within 30 minutes.
The defeat against Mumbai Indians notwithstanding, Gujarat Titans' charismatic spinner Rashid Khan showed on Friday that his bowling is not to be taken lightly even though he is passing through a lean patch and has not been as effective wicket-wise as some other bowlers in the team.
Mandeep threw away his bat in defence against Sun Risers Hyderabad team’s bowler, as the bowler bowled a good length ball that pitched outside off stump; but the ball got an edge as wicket-keeper Nicholas Pooran racked up a restful catch.
When Riyad Mahrez scored with 17 minutes remaining in Wednesday's semi-final second leg, City moved two goals ahead on aggregate and appeared to have floored Carlo Ancelotti's men.
