Sarfaraz Khan (Image credit: X) MUMBAI: Showcasing his laudable consistency and making an emphatic statement ahead of India’s Test season starting in October against West Indies, Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan slammed his second hundred – an unbeaten 109 off just 109 balls, his innings studded with nine fours and five sixes, against Haryana in their…
India’s captain Shubman Gill celebrates after scoring a century (AP Photo/Jon Super) Shubman Gill‘s return to India will be marked not just by glowing praise but by a few unforgettable keepsakes from his heroic Test series in England. Among his prized possessions from the tour are the stump from Headingley, where he struck a classy…
A study by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University has revealed that the North Atlantic Ocean contains approximately 27 million tons of nanoplastics — microscopic plastic particles smaller than one micrometer. These tiny plastics, invisible to the naked eye, pose serious threats not only to marine ecosystems but also to…
Gautam Gambhir (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) India head coach Gautam Gambhir has made it clear he’s not interested in celebrating individual milestones after India’s defeat in the opening Test against England at Headingley. Despite five Indian centuries, including two from vice-captain Rishabh Pant, the team fell short, and Gambhir wasn’t ready to sugar-coat the…
India’s Rishabh Pant (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) India vice-captain Rishabh Pant yet again proved why he is one of the most entertaining characters in world cricket, both with his audacious shots and with the conversations he has with himself in the middle. On Day 4 of the first Test against England at Headingley, Pant added another…
KL Rahul (Pic credit: Sahil Malhotra/TimesofIndia.com) Timesofindia.com in Leeds: ‘You just let Rishabh Pant be Rishabh Pant. Stand out there and admire.’ KL Rahul’s words summed up the essence of day four at Headingley, where the Indian duo of Rahul and Pant unleashed twin centuries to propel India to 364 all out in their second…
India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) Headingley is a beautiful conglomeration of the old and the new. Since the turn of the 20th century, this historic homeground of the Yorkshire cricket team has experienced the ebbs and flows of some memorable Test matches. On a sun-soaked Friday afternoon, a packed house, which…
India’s captain Shubman Gill hugs to congratulate Yashasvi Jaiswal (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) Records came tumbling down on the opening day of India’s much-awaited Test series against England at Headingley, as the young generation showed they are ready to carry the weight left behind by legends Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. 300+ runs on the first…
The Indian Coast Guard Ship Sachet departed for Sudan on Friday, carrying over two tons of life-saving medicines, including anti-cancer drugs.https://x.com/meaindia/status/1895523036708946280?s=46“Extending Humanitarian Assistance to the People of Sudan. An Indian Coast Guard Ship Sachet departed today for Sudan, carrying a consignment of more than 2 tons of lifesaving medicines including anti-cancer drugs,” the Ministry of…
Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world’s mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them shrinking more than twice as fast as in the early 2000s. The world’s glaciers lost ice at the rate of about 255 billion tons (231 billion metric tons) annual from 2000 to 2011, but that…