Thursday, May 26, 2022
Jan 15, 2022 Jayanta Oinam After South Africa captain Dean Elgar successfully overturned an LBW decision off Ravichandran Ashwin on Day 3 of the third Test, Indian cricketers insinuated that not everything was fair.
Jan 14, 2022 PTI India's preparation for the ICC U-19 World Cup 2022 has been perfect after their U-19 Asia Cup triumph in the UAE. The Boys in Blue also won both their warm-up games against hosts West Indies and Australia.
A total of five Ireland players are in isolation at present. Paul Stirling, Simi Singh and Ben White had earlier tested positive for the virus and missed the first ODI.
Jan 08, 2022 PTI Ajaz Patel picked up all 10 wickets in a Test innings against India in the month of December and became only the third player in the format to reach the milestone following Jim Laker and Anil Kumble.
The new playing conditions will come into effect from this month. An optional drinks break midway through an innings has been allowed in bilateral T20 internationals.
The four players, who were not named, took part in a four-match youth one-day series against the Ireland U-19 side ahead of the ICC Men’s U-19 World Cup 2022. Zimbabwe begin their campaign on January 16.
Ravichandran Ashwin, with 883 rating points, is the only Indian bowler in the top-10 of ICC Test Rankings. In the batting list, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retained their 5th and 7th positions respectively.
Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan, Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka, Mitchell Marsh of Australia and Jos Buttler of England have been shortlisted for the ICC T20I Player of the Year 2021 award.
Besides Ravichandran Ashwin, England skipper Joe Root, New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson and Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne were also nominated for the ICC Test cricketer of the year award.
Australia's Marnus Labuschagne has replaced England captain Joe Root to go atop the standings for the first time in his career. Another Aussie Steve Smith take the 3rd spot. India's Rohit Sharma is at fifth.
India lost to England in ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 final at Lord's by nine runs. India play Pakistan on March 6 at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
England were handed a fine of 100 per cent of their match fee and penalised five WTC points for maintaining a slow over-rate against Australia in the first Ashes 2021-22 Test in Brisbane. Australia won the game by nine wickets.
Cricket, along with three other sports were excluded from the provisional list of sports at 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The final list will be out after a voting process at the IOC Session in Beijing in February next year.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja is also a member of the ICC working group reviewing committee that is looking after the state of affairs in Afghanistan cricket after the Taliban takeover.
Shreyas Iyer, who became India's 16th Test centurion on debut, entered the ICC Test Rankings in 74th position. Iyer, with 105 and 65, also became the first Indian player to slam a ton and fifty on Test debut.
As a result, three teams - Bangladesh, Pakistan and the West Indies - will progress to the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022. Australia, England, India, South Africa and hosts New Zealand have already qualified for the tournament.
The India vs Pakistan clash in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 saw a record consumption of 15.9 billion minutes in India. This is now the most viewed T20I match in history. The previous high was the India vs West Indies semi-final in 2016.
The ICC announced the schedule of global cricket tournaments for the period, 2024-2031. A tournament is slated to be played every year.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Jan 15, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Jan 08, 2022 Rakhi Bose 
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
Jan 01, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.
Dec 28, 2021 Tanvir Aeijaz 
