On Wednesday, President Droupadi Murmu extended her congratulations to Jay Meena, who made history by winning India’s inaugural Asian Games medal in soft tennis, securing a bronze in the men’s singles category at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026. The President described Meena’s achievement as a significant milestone for Indian Soft Tennis. A Message of Inspiration … Read more
The highly anticipated ODI series between South Africa and Australia will kick off on Thursday. This marks the start of a year-long build-up to the 2027 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, set to be hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. The first match of the series will be played in Durban. While Australian captain … Read more
For Gautam Gambhir, the all-format cricketer is becoming an increasingly difficult idea to sustain. Speaking to JioStar, the India head coach said that while coaches and selectors would naturally prefer as many players as possible to feature across Tests, ODIs and T20Is, “you will have very few three-format players in the coming times” because rotation … Read more
Puducherry, September 23 (Daily Kiran) : India-A has taken a commanding lead against Australia-A in the first Test of their unofficial series at the Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground. After scoring 334 runs in their first innings, the home team restricted Australia-A to just 171 runs, ending the second day with a significant 163-run advantage. … Read more
Pakistan coach head coach Mike Hesson said that India are the benchmark in terms of white ball cricket and it was a challenge for Pakistan to catch up with them. Hesson also said that the Men in Green will look to put India under pressure if the two teams meet in the upcoming Asian Games. … Read more
Jay Meen’s historic Asian Games medal in soft tennis has encouraged the national federation to push for the sport’s inclusion in the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad, with the country eyeing a strong medal haul. Meena created ripples in the sport after India won its first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis at Nagoya. The … Read more
Manu Bhaker held back her tears after missing out on a medal at the 2026 Asian Games. But her emotions became impossible to control when she was asked about her former coach and mentor Jaspal Rana. She finished fifth in the women’s 10m air pistol final on Wednesday, in what was her first multi-sport event … Read more
The 2027 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction will be held in December in Goa, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia said on Wednesday. This will make it the first time that the IPL auction will be held in India since December 2022, when the auction for the 2023 season was … Read more
New Zealand have announced a 16-member squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against India, with a seven-strong pace attack headlining the first BLACKCAPS squad of the home summer. White-ball captain Mitchell Santner will lead the expanded T20I squad for the five-match series, which will begin on October 22 at Hagley Oval in Christchurch and … Read more
At just 23, Delhi’s Arun is set to represent India at his second Asian Games, competing in the men’s team regu and quadrant events in sepak takraw. His journey to the continental stage has been anything but easy, having balanced school, work and training from the age of 13 amid financial struggles. Speaking exclusively to … Read more