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MUMBAI: Batting great Sunil Gavaskar has backed teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to make his India debut in the opening T20I against England in Durham on Wednesday, saying the 15-year-old could provide the spark India desperately needs after their disappointing 0-2 series defeat to Ireland.India’s batting unit struggled throughout the Ireland series under new T20I captain…

India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate admitted the dressing room was left in “disbelief” after the T20 world champions suffered a 2-0 series defeat against Ireland, saying the visitors were “outdone and outsmarted” because they failed to adapt to the conditions.After losing the opening T20I by 34 runs, India went down by one run in…

Brazil vs Japan Live Score: Lineups are in! The lineups are officially in from the stadium, and we have an absolute blockbuster on our hands today! Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti has kept total faith in his squad. After completely hammering Scotland in their previous match, he sees absolutely no reason to change a winning team…

Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Divya Deshmukh, and Koneru Humpy The player draft for Season 4 of the Global Chess League (GCL) produced plenty of excitement on Monday, with Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin emerging as one of the most sought-after players. After a bidding battle, Sarin was signed by American Gambits, adding further strength to a…

R-L: Gautam Gambhir and Shreyas Iyer (PTI Photo) India’s disappointing 2-0 T20I series defeat against Ireland has sparked criticism from former batter Manoj Tiwary, who questioned who would take responsibility for the team’s poor performance. Despite entering the series as two-time defending T20 champions, India struggled with the conditions and failed to deliver with the…

Ryan Williams gave up his Australian passport to play for India. He made his debut in March 2026 against Hong Kong. (Pic credit: AIFF) NEW DELHI: India’s Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) player policy, ignited after the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) proposal during the Special General Meeting (SGM) on June 20, has stirred a…

Hello and welcome to Offside: your daily recap and look forward to the World Cup. The strangest thing about day 18 was that it had only one game and it was one that would have made cricket fans feel like they were watching the first round of an ICC tournament if Cricket Canada wasn’t disbanded…

Kidambi Srikanth (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s Kidambi Srikanth finished runner-up at the US Open Super 300 badminton tournament after losing a hard-fought men’s singles final to Chinese Taipei’s Su Li-yang. The 33-year-old former world No. 1 showed great fighting spirit by recovering after losing the opening game, but eventually went down 15-21, 21-16, 9-21…

England’s Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes (AFP Photo) Former England fast bowler and Ashes winner Steve Harmison has strongly criticised England’s current Test setup, saying head coach Brendon McCullum should step down following Ben Stokes’ international retirement announcement during the third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.Harmison, who played 63 Tests and took 226…

India suffered a shocking 2-0 T20I series defeat to Ireland, marking the first time they have lost a bilateral T20I series against the Irish side. After dominating the IPL on batting-friendly surfaces, India’s young batting unit struggled to adapt to the seamer-friendly conditions in Ireland as the hosts outplayed them in both matches. The result…