Smriti Mandhana showed her mettle once again. She scores big when it matters and this time she slammed a quickfire 135 as Indian women’s cricket team beat South Africa by 178 runs in the second ODI to clinch the...
1934
Nari Contractor, a dependable opener for India, was born on this day. Contractor made his Test debut against New Zealand in Bombay. But his bright cricket career was cut short due to a fatal injury at head from a...
1956
Peter Roebuck, perhaps the most famous cricket writers, was born on this day. He played 335 first-class matches and 298 List A matches for Somerset ut never played for England. Later he became a distinguished cricket writer. Roebuck died...
Indian women's team produced a clinical all-round performance to beat South Africa by 88 runs in the first ODI at Diamond Oval in Kimberley.
Electing to bat, India started well with a fifty-run partnership between openers Punam Raut and Smriti...
1921
Nazar Mohammad, Pakistan's first Test centurion, was born on this day. He played only five Tests and all against India in 1952-53.
1963
Eddo Brandes, the Zimbabwean seamer who was famous for his chicken farm, was born on this day. Brandes...
Consecutive birdies on the last two holes helped India’s Subhankar Sharma lift the title at the third edition of the Maybank Championship at the Saujana Golf and Country Club in Subang. This is Subhankar's second
Asian Tour and European Tour...
A week from now, South Korea’s PyeongChang will witness a winter carnival……a carnival of sports where 95 teams from across the world will show their mettle, perform their best and celebrate sportsmanship. It is the 23rd Winter Olympic Games,...
1939
The Timeless Test began in Durban between England and South Africa. The Test lasted for 11 days but ended without result. There were 1981 runs, six centuries and two rest days.
1939
Motganhalli Jaisimha, famously known as M L Jaisimha, was...
1974
Greg Chappell recorded the best aggregate in a single Test by scoring 247* and 133 against New Zealand at Wellington. Graham Gooch broke that record in 1990. This match remains the only one instance when two brothers scored a...
Mary Kom, Pwilao Basumatary and Lovlina Borgohain won gold in the women’s segment while Sanjeet and Manish Kaushik won gold in the men’s section at the India Open international boxing tournament.
Pwilao Basumatary was the first among the Indian women...