Resigned as the T20I captain, then sacked as the ODI captain, Virat Kohli was fighting a protracted war with the BCCI boss Sourav Ganguly before stepping down for the second time.
England fast bowlers Stuart Broad and Mark Wood bowled with similar intensity of the Australian pace quartet as the home team stuttered to 37/3 at stumps on day 2 of the fifth Ashes Test for an overall lead of 152 runs.
His relations with the BCCI having reached its lowest ebb, it can be safely concluded that Virat Kohli has 'retired hurt,' the decision only accentuated by a shock defeat against the weakest South African Test side in recent times.
Virat Kohli stepped down from India's Test captaincy on Friday in a social media post. Kohli's decision comes after India failed to win their maiden Test series in South Africa on Friday. India lost 2-1.
Virat Kohli had recently stepped down as India's T20I captain and was subsequently removed as the ODI captain ahead of the South Africa tour. Rohit Sharma was named as his replacement.
Australia opener David Warner on Saturday achieved a dubious distinction by getting out for a duck for the second time in the fifth and final Ashes 2021-22 Test match against England.
Arindam Bhattacharya, who won the Golden Glove award for most clean sheets last season, left ATK Mohun Bagan to join East Bengal before the start of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2021-22.
Kerala Blasters lead the Indian Super League (ISL) 2021-22 table with 20 points from 11 matches. They have lost only once this season. Defending champions Mumbai City are fourth with 17 points from 11 outings.
Lakshya Sen, ranked 17 in the world, will face world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in India Open badminton summit clash on Sunday in a repeat of the Dutch Open final last year.
India defender Shilky Devi is the youngest player in the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 at 16 years and two months. India will begin their campaign against Iran on January 20.
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.
The third and final Test match between South Africa and India in Cape Town was rocked by DRS controversy, with the visitors insinuating that everything was not fair while an LBW decision was overturned after review.
The recent development of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's health condition kept the Gabonese out of their African Cup of Nations 2021 match vs Ghana. It also puts Auba's participation in doubt for the rest of AFCON 2021.
This is the second consecutive match for ATK Mohun Bagan to be postponed due to COVID-19 in the ongoing ISL 2021-22. ATKMB had their match against Odisha FC postponed for COVID last Saturday.
Rodion Alimov’s mixed doubles partner Alina Davletova also had to withdraw from India Open 2022 as she is the close contact. The Russian pair was slated to play in semis on Saturday.
Two-time women's major champion Garbine Muguruza said Novak Djokovic could have avoided all his visa-related issues in the lead up to the Australian Open 2022 by getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
Australia immigration minister Alex Hawke used his special powers to revoke Novak Djokovic's visa for the second time on Friday. The Serbian had his visa cancelled on his arrival in Melbourne on January 6.
Sri Lanka rode on Sakuna Liyanage’s run-a-ball 85 to post 218 before Dunith Wellalage’s left-arm spin helped the island nation bowl out Scotland for 178 in ICC U-19 World Cup 2022.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.