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Mumbai, July 14: Former India spinner Anil Kumble stressed that the partnership between KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant is really crucial to India's hopes of chasing down the target on a tricky fifth-day pitch at Lord's. After off-spin bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar used his drift and accuracy well to pick a brilliant 4-22 and end England's second innings at 192 in 62.1 overs, India embarked on a chase of 193 to go 2-1 up in the five-match series. Will It Rain in London During IND vs ENG 3rd Te ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, JP Nadda, visited Dammam and Riyadh from July 11-13. His visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was focused on enhancing bilateral cooperation with India in the field of Chemicals and fertilisers. He led a high-level delegation that included the Secretary and other senior officials from the Department of Fertilisers and Ministry of External Affairs. JP Nadda held discussions on Sunda ...Read More >
Mumbai: A Lord's Test and an India bowling day. Cast your mind back to 2021 and those 60 overs of hell. It took India 62.1 overs this time to dismiss England for 192. But to get over the line this time, India have to chase those runs down. England recorded four strikes late on Sunday in Yashasvi Jaiswal (0), out to an injudicious half pull, Karun Nair (14), gone to an ungainly leave, Shubman Gill (6), whose nervy vigil lasted nine balls, and nightwatchman Akash Deep (1). Going into the fifth d ...Read More >
LONDON (AP) - India collected four wickets and England stumbled to 98-4 by lunch on a lively fourth morning of the third test at Lord's on Sunday. Mohammed Siraj took two wickets and Nitish Kumar Reddy and Akash Deep got the others. Joe Root was 17 not out at the interval with captain Ben Stokes on 2 and England was leading by 98 runs in its second innings. The pitch was offering plenty for the seamers with deliveries flying off a length, rearing up almost dangerously. It was such a minefield ...Read More >
Also Read: India vs England 3rd Test Day 3 LIVE: Jadeja Hits Gritty Fifty As India Lose Sixth Wicket, Trail by These Many Runs The final few minutes of the day turned tense when Zak Crawley, facing the fifth delivery from Jasprit Bumrah, stopped mid-over citing a physical issue and called for the physio, leading to an unnecessary delay. This was followed by another brief discussion with fellow opener Ben Duckett, further slowing down play. Shubman Gill, visibly frustrated, was seen making angry ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which sought all documents from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), is expected to examine the money trail in the club conversion activity that landed Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president A. Jaganmohan Rao and others in jail. The ED will scrutinise bank transactions, fund flows, and cash movements linked to the name change of Gowlipura Cricket Club into Sri Chakra Cricket Club. This includes examining payments made for alleged "club ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A day after the CID police arrested five persons, including Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president A. Jaganmohan Rao, for alleged irregularities, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is all set to take up investigation into financial irregularities at the local cricketing body. According to sources, ED officials have approached the CID seeking details and would focus on possible money laundering and illegal cash transactions. Source said the ED personnel had been tracking the HCA ...Read More >
Mumbai: The capacity crowd at Lord's was making enough noise to keep the atmosphere festive. It's a good thing there was also a fair spread of past greats and connoisseurs because the cricket for the best part of day 1 from the home side, was anything but Bazball. The uber aggressive method that England have been playing for three years now under Ben Stokes was abandoned, particularly in the post-lunch session by Joe Root and Ollie Pope. Not to say it was a predetermined ploy by England as a b ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former England batter Mark Ramprakash has praised India Test captain Shubman Gill for his classic batting technique and being adaptable across formats, saying that he has shown the potential to fill in the boots of 'Fab Four' -- Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson -- era batters. After amassing scores of 147 and 8 in Leeds, Gill smashed gigantic scores of 269 and 161 to be at the forefront of a thumping 336-run win for India in Birmingham. A ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 8: Akash Deep's sensational 10-wicket haul in India's historic win over England at Edgbaston wasn't just a sporting triumph; it was a deeply personal one. As the young pacer tore through the English batting lineup, his sister, Akhand Jyoti Singh, who has been battling cancer for the past two months, felt immense joy and pride. Emotional Akash Deep Reveals His Sister Has Cancer After Team India's 336-Run Win in IND vs ENG 2nd Test 2025 at Edgbaston. "Akash dedicated his victory to m ...Read More >
Amritsar: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey from Jharkhand has claimed that Britain assisted India in executing the 1984 Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, stoking a new controversy.In a post on X on Monday, Dubey alleged that then PM Indira Gandhi "launched an attack on the Golden Temple in collaboration with Britain", with British Army officers present in Amritsar.He uploaded a classified British document, "Sikh Community", claiming that on Feb 23, 1984, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 8 (ANI): Akash Deep's sensational 10-wicket haul in India's historic win over England at Edgbaston wasn't just a sporting triumph; it was a deeply personal one. As the young pacer tore through the English batting lineup, his sister, Akhand Jyoti Singh, who has been battling cancer for the past two months, felt immense joy and pride. 'Akash dedicated his victory to me, and I feel very proud of him... We were overjoyed when he took 10 wickets. We were all cla ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) After leaving Mumbai and obtaining a no-objection certificate (NOC), right-handed opener Prithvi Shaw is all set to represent Maharashtra in the upcoming 2025/26 domestic season. Akash took 6-99 as England, set a mammoth 608 runs to win, were dismissed for 271 on day five, giving India a famous series-levelling win. His match figures of 10-147 are now his best figures in a Test career worth eight matches. "It's a very proud moment. I can never forget this moment ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) hailed the Indian team and skipper Shubman Gill for thier record-breaking 336-run victory over England at Edgbaston in the second test on Sunday. India's triumph not only levelled the five-match series 1-1 but also marked their first-ever Test win at Edgbaston, Birmingham. The emphatic nature of the win drew widespread acclaim, particularly for skipper Shubman Gill, who scored 269 and 161 in the tw ...Read More >
New Delhi: The political fallout between US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk escalated sharply on Sunday, with Trump slamming Musk's newly announced "America Party" as a recipe for "total disruption and chaos." In a blistering post on his Truth Social account, Trump said Musk had "gone off the rails," accusing the Tesla and SpaceX chief of pursuing a "third political party" that would never succeed in America's entrenched two-party system. The comments come a day after Musk for ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Former Indian selector and cricketer Sarandeep Singh hailed Team India following their memorable win at Birmingham, saying that skipper Shubman Gill is in a 'different zone' since taking up captaincy and hailed the all-round show by the team, right from its top four batters to the pace unit. A historic outing with the bat by skipper Shubman Gill, a ten-wicket haul by pacer Akash Deep were the highlights of a total team effort as India ended their winless streak ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Thousands of people who gathered at ashoorkhana in Dabeerpura on the 10th day of Muharram (Youm-e-Ashura) took part in the Bibi-ka-Alam procession. The procession commenced from Dabeerpura on an elephant and concluded at Chaderghat. The Shia mourners took out the procession to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Prophet Mohammad's grandson, Imam Hussain, on the 10th day of Muharram. Members of the Shia sect performed matam and participated in processions. The 10th Muharram is the day o ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Former Indian selector and cricketer Sarandeep Singh hailed Team India following their memorable win at Birmingham, saying that skipper Shubman Gill is in a 'different zone' since taking up captaincy and hailed the all-round show by the team, right from its top four batters to the pace unit. A historic outing with the bat by skipper Shubman Gill, a ten-wicket haul by pacer Akash Deep were the highlights of a total team effort as India ended their winless streak ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 6 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin lauded captain Shubman Gill and vice-captain Rishabh Pant's exceptional performance and said that the visitors can probably pull out the game on the last day of the Birmingham Test at Edgbaston against England on Sunday. Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep rattled England's top-order with the new ball yet again, leaving India seven wickets shy of going level in the series after the end of the fourth day, thorough ...Read More >
ALSO READ: India Dominates as Siraj, Akash Deep Rattle England on Day 4: 7 Wickets Away from Series Leveling Win India dominated the opening four days, piling up a mammoth second-innings total and leaving England buried under the pressure of a record run-chase. After reducing England to 72/3 at stumps on Day 4, the visitors are now just seven wickets away from levelling the five-match series 1-1. Acknowledging the challenge ahead, Trescothick told reporters: "Whenever the situation is challen ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: After Shubman Gill notched up another century and helped India set a towering 608-run target for England's Bazballers, Indian pacers Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep made the new ball talk once again, rattling England's top order. The hosts were left reeling at 72 for three in 16 overs at stumps on day four of the second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Saturday.Akash Deep removed the dangerous Ben Duckett and the experienced Joe Root, while Siraj dismissed Zak Crawley with a full outs ...Read More >
BIRMINGHAM: India pacer Mohammed Siraj credited fellow seamer Akash Deep for playing a big role in his six-wicket haul, describing the Bengal speedster as a "horse" who was just waiting for his opportunity. Siraj (6/70) and Akash Deep (4/88), who replaced a rested Jasprit Bumrah, complemented each other perfectly to bundle out England for 407 in reply to India's first innings total of 587 in the ongoing second Test here. "Akash Deep is like a horse. He was waiting for opportunity and when the ...Read More >
CHENNAI: A little into the third session on Day Three, Indian pacers had finally broken the Jamie Smith-Harry Brook partnership. It happened as soon as the second new ball came into play and, England, in quick time, were nine down with Mohammed Siraj taking a fifer -- his first since the Cape Town Test in early 2024. Immediately after he took the wicket of Josh Tongue -- his fifth of the innings -- Siraj welcomed Shoaib Bashir with a brutal bouncer that hit the England spinner on the helmet. Ju ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The West Bengal unit of BJP, under the leadership of its new State party President Samik Bhattacharya is making all efforts to ensure a political rally in the state, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing it, before Trinamool Congress's annual Martyrs' day rally in Kolkata on July 21. An insider from the state committee of BJP said that the week before July 21, the Prime Minister is scheduled to go for an election campaign in Bihar where the Assembly polls ...Read More >
CRICKET - INDIA finished day three of the second Test on 64-1 to lead England by 244 runs after they dismissed the hosts for 407 in the first innings at Edgbaston yesterday despite Jamie Smith's commanding and unbeaten knock of 184. After England's horror start saw them slump to 84-5, Smith and Harry Brook transformed the innings in a masterclass of counter-attacking cricket as both smashed centuries in a crucial sixth-wicket partnership worth a precious 303 runs. But England's remarkable figh ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: ED on Friday said it has attached properties worth Rs 34 crore linked to Kannada actor Ranya Rao and her associates in its ongoing gold smuggling and money laundering case.The case had assumed significance after the actor claimed proximity to a Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara. Premises of the latter were searched by ED in May in connection with the money laundering case.Later, ED shifted its investigation into the gold smuggling case from Bengaluru to its headquarters in Delhi. ...Read More >
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) -- England had big centuries from Harry Brook and Jamie Smith but little else to celebrate as India stayed in control of the second test on a turbulent Day 3 at Edgbaston on Friday. Resuming on 77-3 in reply to India's mammoth first-innings 587 all out, England lost Joe Root and Ben Stokes to successive balls from Mohammed Siraj in the second over but recovered brilliantly purely thanks to a 303-run stand by Brook (158) and Smith (a career-best 184 not out). After taki ...Read More >
CHENNAI: It was the ninth ball on Day Three in Edgbaston. Mohammed Siraj ran in with all the hopes of giving India an early breakthrough, and bowled a full delivery that was drifting down the leg side. On any other day, Joe Root might have flicked it for a four or just completely missed. Friday was neither as he got a feather touch and Rishabh Pant completed the rest. England's best batter was back in the pavilion and Siraj had found his energy. In the very next ball, he delivered a sharp bounc ...Read More >
New Delhi: India has increased its lead against England to 244 runs by scoring 64 runs for the loss of one wicket in its second innings on Friday, the third day of the second Test match. At the end of the day's play, KL Rahul was present at the crease with 28 runs and Karun Nair with seven runs. During this time, India lost the wicket of opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (28 runs) to Josh Tongue. Earlier, despite the big centuries of Jamie Smith (184 not out) and Harry Brook (158) and a 303-run partnersh ...Read More >
New Delhi: On Day 2 of the Birmingham Test, veteran India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja flouted the Board of Control for Cricket-in-India (BCCI) guidelines. This was after a 3-1 series defeat of India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, the BCCI had ordered that players should not travel alone, but should be as a group to and from the ground using the team bus. Jadeja violated the rule as he turned up at Edgbaston before the start of Day 2 to bash a few balls in the net to work out some e ...Read More >
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