India’s Varun Chakravarthy (AP Photo) Former India captain Kris Srikkanth has backed Varun Chakravarthy as India’s most dangerous weapon at the moment, even suggesting that the mystery spinner is proving more lethal than Jasprit Bumrah in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026. Srikkanth also expressed surprise that Varun is not receiving the recognition he deserves.Varun … Read more
Shivam Dube said guidance from former India captain MS Dhoni helped shape his batting approach after he played a match-winning 67-run knock in the last group-stage match of the T20 World Cup against Netherlands at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday.Dube said he had struggled against pace bowling early in his career, but advice from … Read more
Veteran Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir has issued a stern warning to India opener Abhishek Sharma after the batter registered three consecutive ducks at the start of the T20 World Cup 2026. Before India’s high-profile clash with Pakistan last Sunday in Colombo, Amir had labelled Abhishek a “slogger,” and the batter’s early struggles have now drawn … Read more
India’s Shivam Dube celebrates his half-century (ANI Photo) Ahmedabad: For someone who would get picked for team India only if Hardik Pandya got injured and who even was struggling to find a place in the Mumbai team for one season, Shivam Dube has come a long way. His ability to tonk the spinners for big … Read more
Abhishek Sharma (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India legend Sunil Gavaskar believes the weight of expectation is behind Abhishek Sharma’s alarming slump in the T20 World Cup, urging the young opener to resist the temptation of instant big shots and instead focus on building his innings patiently.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Abhishek … Read more
India vs Pakistan (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Mohammad Amir recently compared Pakistan’s current cricket team with the side from the 1990s. He said the respect Pakistan once commanded has faded.“The Pakistan team in the 90s and the current team has a difference. India used to fear us back then, now they don’t take us seriously … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir’s players celebrate after the team’s victory in Ranji Trophy semifinal against Bengal. (PTI Photo) KALYANI: History had barely settled in when the phone rang. A familiar face flashed up on a video call. Minutes after Jammu and Kashmir sealed a spot in the Ranji Trophy final, the team heard from BCCI president … Read more
South Africa’s Dewald Brevis (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India and South Africa are bracing up for a mouth-watering Super 8 clash in the T20 World Cup in Ahmedabad on Sunday. With both sides having quite a few match winners, the game offers plenty of match-ups. One of them could possibly involve India’s mystery spinner Varun … Read more
India’s Tilak Varma, right, and captain Suryakumar Yadav (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) TimesofIndia.com in Ahmedabad: Suryakumar Yadav & Co. have won all their group stage games of the T20 World Cup but the 4-0 record doesn’t plaster over the cracks which have been exposed along the way. A worrying pattern and vulnerability against off-spin will make … Read more
West Indies vs Italy Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: West Indies, two-time T20 World Cup champions, will aim to sharpen their combinations and sustain momentum when they take on debutants Italy in their final Group C match on Thursday. The Caribbean side, which last lifted the trophy at this venue a decade ago, appears … Read more