Mitchell Starc (Getty Images) Australia hit back strongly after their shock defeat in the first Test against Bangladesh, winning the second match by an innings and 51 runs in Mackay on Sunday. Mitchell Starc starred with 10 wickets as Australia completed the Test inside two days. Only 28 Tests have finished in two days Australia’s … Read more
L-R: Ajit Agarkar, Gautam Gambhir, Shubman Gill, and Sitanshu Kotak. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s defeat to Australia in the second Test in Mackay has given India a small but significant boost in the race for a place in the World Test Championship (WTC) final.Bangladesh had stunned Australia in the opening Test in Darwin to … Read more
Australia beat Bangladesh in two days. (Pic credit: CA) Former Australia opener Justin Langer has slammed the increasing frequency of Test matches ending inside two days, calling the trend “unacceptable” after Australia wrapped up an innings-and-51-run victory over Bangladesh in Mackay on Sunday.Australia needed only 750 balls to complete the second Test, bouncing back from … Read more
India’s captain Shubman Gill PTI Photo) Shubman Gill added another milestone to his growing Test career on Sunday, becoming the fourth-youngest Indian to reach 3,000 runs in the longest format.The India captain achieved the landmark on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. Gill needed … Read more
Long before ‘artificial intelligence’ became a regular part of the everyday lexicon, Amazon came up with the concept of “artificial artificial intelligence,” or, in other words, work that appeared to be automated but, in reality, was completed by humans.Amazon brought this type of work to the masses via its crowdsourcing marketplace called Mechanical Turk. Launched … Read more
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Asitha Fernando clash. (Video grab) NEW DELHI: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sri Lanka pacer Asitha Fernando were involved in a heated exchange during the first session of the second Test in Colombo on Sunday, with the India opener confronting the bowler after receiving an animated send-off.Jaiswal had been well set on 45 when … Read more
NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s much-anticipated Duleep Trophy campaign got off to a disappointing start on Sunday as the teenage batting sensation was dismissed for just eight against North East Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2 in Bengaluru.Opening the innings for East Zone alongside Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sooryavanshi began brightly, smashing back-to-back boundaries before … Read more
Australia square the series 1-1 (X-Cricbuzz) Mitchell Starc produced another devastating spell in Mackay to finish with a 10-wicket match haul as Australia crushed Bangladesh by an innings and 51 runs in the second Test, levelling the two-match series 1-1 inside two days.Starc returned figures of 10-51, adding four wickets on Sunday to his remarkable … Read more
India’s Ravindra Jadeja (ANI Photo) Ravindra Jadeja entered the record books on Sunday, becoming the first Indian cricketer to feature in 50 World Test Championship matches.The 37-year-old all-rounder from Jamnagar, Gujarat, reached the landmark when India took on Sri Lanka in the second and final Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. India’s most … Read more
Portugal team after the win against Spain. (Pic credit: ICC) Portugal have found a rather unexpected way to avenge their FIFA World Cup heartbreak against Spain.Just over a month after Cristiano Ronaldo and Co. were knocked out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup by their neighbours, Portugal got one back — not on a football … Read more