ICC’s initiative would see ‘inertial sensors’ attached to the bowler’s arm to assess the legality of his action.
New Delhi: The BCCI has decided to recommend the names of former Indian captain Rahul Dravid and opener Gautam Gambhir’s names for the prestigious Padma Bhusan and Padma Shri awards respectively. According to a BCCI official, president N Srinivasan and secretary Sanjay Jagdale were supposed to discuss the issue and forward the names to the [...]
Hyderabad: Bamboozled by the spinners, New Zealand suffered a crushing defeat in the first Test but skipper Ross Taylor (right) said they would rectify the mistakes and comeback strong in the second Test. “I guess any time you are bowled out for 160 both times, you have got to be disappointed. We have three to [...]
India defeated defending champions Australia by six wickets to win their third Under-19 Cricket World Cup title here Sunday. Captain Unmukt Chand scored an unbeaten 111.
Mumbai: The BCCI today announced a cash prize of Rs 20 lakh each for members of the Indian team which lifted its third Under-19 World Cup title in Townsville after defeating defending champions Australia. BCCI President N Srinivasan congratulated the team, which was led superbly by unbeaten centurion skipper Unmukt Chand in the final against [...]
Hyderabad: Play got underway on the fourth day of the first cricket Test between India and New Zealand after a two-hour delay forced by light rain and wet ground conditions here today. The match started at 11 pm after officials inspected the ground at 10.40pm. The morning drizzle stopped around 9 am, the advanced scheduled [...]
Hyderabad: Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s career-best figures of six for 31 helped India easily enforce the follow-on against New Zealand on third day but inclement weather stood in the path hosts’ victory in the first cricket Test being played here today. The New Zealand first innings folded at 159 as Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha three for [...]
Having lost wickets at regular intervals, New Zealand have been forced to follow on after Ashwin troubled the batsmen claiming six wickets. Hyderabad: The Kiwis would not have been able to comprehend as to what hit them from the time their innings began. Ravichandran Ashwin claimed his third five-wicket haul when he scalped six for [...]
Hyderabad: India bowled out New Zealand in their first innings for 159 at lunch on the third day of the first cricket Test match taking a lead of 279 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, here Saturday morning. India’s Ravichandran Ashwin finished with figures of 6/31 clinching the last three wickets. Pragyan Ojha [...]
In an unexpected turn of events, the number for spectators who turned up for the second day of the first Test match between India and New Zealand at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium fell drastically from over 15,000 on the first day to a paltry 8,900 today. The stadium was expected to witness an increased [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
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