Olympic bronze medal-winning shutter Saina Nehwal, in a recent podcast, said that she sometimes feels bad that cricket actually gets a lot of attention. In fact she added, “I love cricket…but you’ve to also give that kind of attention to others sports, otherwise, how will India become a sporting nation and how will we compete…
Team India is unlikely to travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025, ANI actually reported citing BCCI sources. In fact the report added that the BCCI will ask ICC to host matches in Dubai or Sri Lanka. Notably, Asia Cup 2023, which was initially schedule to be held entirely in Pakistan, actually took place…
On Sunday all-rounder Abhishek Sharma created history by recording most runs against spinners in a T20I by an Indian. Actually Abhishek scored 65 runs against Zimbabwe spinners in the second T20I, the most for India in a men’s T20I. In fact he overtook Yuvraj Singh, who held the previous record with 57 runs against Pakistan…
Till now India and Zimbabwe have played eight T20I matches against each other. In this India have won six of those T20Is, while Zimbabwe have won two. Actually India’s highest total against Zimbabwe in T20Is is 186/5 recorded on November 6, 2022 in Melbourne. In fact the five-match T20I series between India and Zimbabwe will…
Alcohol and drugs kill nearly 30 lakh people annually, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on this Tuesday. Actually a WHO report said 26 lakh deaths were attributed to alcohol consumption in 2019 according to the latest available statistics, accounting for 4.7% of all deaths worldwide that year. In fact nearly three-quarters of those deaths…
Recently Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 8 runs (DLS method) in their last T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight stage match to qualify for T20 World Cup semi-finals for the first time ever. In fact with this, Australia and Bangladesh have been knocked out of the tournament. Now Afghanistan will face South Africa in their semi-final,…
Recently after their win against Australia, Afghanistan are third on Super Eight Group 1 points table. Actually Afghanistan will qualify for semi-finals if they beat Bangladesh and India beat Australia. Even if Australia beat India by one run, Afghanistan can win by 36-plus runs to overtake Australia on NRR and become second qualify team from…
Recently Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has become the highest wicket-taker in World Cup (T20 and ODI) history. In fact with his sole wicket in the T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight match, Starc took his tally of wickets in World Cups to 95. Actually he overtook Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga, who took 94 wickets…
On Thursday all the 10 Afghanistan batter were dismissed caught out against India in their T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight match. In fact this marked the first instance of India taking all 10 catches in a T20I. Actually Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja took three catches each for India in the match. With it…
On Monday Estonia batter Sahil Chauhan created history by smashing the fastest T20I hundred. Actually the 32-year-old reached the three-figure mark off 27 deliveries against Cyprus to set the record. In fact he scored 144*(41) to help his team chase down 192-run target in 13 overs. Actually Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton slammed the previous fastest…
