Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul scored centuries for India in the second innings (Image via BCCI) Team India scripted Test cricket history at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds, as they registered five individual centuries in a single Test match for the first time ever. The remarkable batting display has left England on the back foot,…
Rishabh Pant (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant continued his scintillating form, smashing his eighth Test century on Day 4 of the first Test against England at Headingley Stadium in Leeds on Monday. Pant created history and became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score centuries in both innings of a Test match….
Mushfiqur Rahim ended Day 1 with 105* runs from 186 deliveries (Image via X/@CricCrazyJohns) Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim surpassed Mohammad Ashraful’s record to become the country’s highest Test run-scorer in Sri Lanka during the first day of the Galle Test on June 17. He achieved this milestone with an unbeaten century of 105 runs, taking his…
Sai Sudarshan (ANI Photo) In a night where records tumbled at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Gujarat Titans’ Sai Sudharsan etched his name into history books by becoming the youngest ever to score 700 runs in a single IPL season. The 23-year-old southpaw achieved the milestone during GT’s steep run-chase of 229 against…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star batter Virat Kohli etched his name in the record books by becoming the first cricketer ever to amass 9,000 T20 runs for a single franchise. The landmark was achieved during RCB’s final league stage encounter against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Lucknow on Tuesday.Kohli, RCB’s all-time leading run-scorer, has accumulated…
Jasmine Paolini (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: In a remarkable victory at the Italian Open on Saturday, Jasmine Paolini secured her second 1000 series championship by defeating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2, setting a positive tone before Roland Garros this month.The achievement marks Paolini as the first Italian woman to secure the Rome tournament since Raffaella Reggi’s…
NEW DELHI: India’s middle-distance runner Mohammed Afsal scripted history on Friday by breaking the long-standing men’s 800m national record at the UAE Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai. The 29-year-old clocked an impressive 1:45.61s to surpass the previous record of 1:45.65s set by Jinson Johnson in 2018.Afsal’s performance earned him a second-place finish at the World…
NEW DELHI: Prabhsimran Singh lit up the picturesque HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala with a blistering knock at the top of the order for Punjab Kings. After settling in early, the opener unleashed a flurry of powerful strokes, taking the attack to the Lucknow Super Giants bowlers. He brought up his half-century in just 30 balls,…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli plays a shot. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli continues to redefine consistency and class in the Indian Premier League, becoming the first player in tournament history to score 500 or more runs in eight different seasons. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star crossed the milestone with a scintillating 62…
The US military has established a second designated military zone along the southern border, this time in Texas, to support immigration enforcement efforts. The newly declared “Texas National Defense Area” spans 63 miles east of El Paso along the Texas-New Mexico border, following a similar 170-mile-long zone created in New Mexico last month. The move…