India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav on Thursday said overcoming the fear of failure in knockout games has been a key contributor to the national team’s stellar success over the past 15 months. India has won two ICC titles and the Asia Cup since its T20 World Cup triumph in June 2024. The Champions Trophy win…
The most common grouse against cricket levelled by those who are not besotted by its nuances and vagaries is the amount of time the sport takes up. Even its shortest variant lasts between three and a half to four hours. The chaos that roiled after the Asia Cup final between India and Pakistan in Dubai…
Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav was on Thursday asked to refrain from making any comments that could be construed as political in nature by the ICC match referee Richie Richardson during an official hearing of the global body on a complaint filed by Pakistan Cricket Board. The hearing against Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan and Haris Rauf, on…
India captain Suryakumar Yadav didn’t mention the word ‘Pakistan’ even once during a 12-minute press conference ahead of his team’s rip-roaring Asia Cup Super-Four match in Dubai on Sunday. In the wake of the handshake saga that followed India’s seven-wicket group-stage win over Pakistan last Sunday, the fixture has acquired renewed interest, particularly surrounding…
Sandwiched between two high-octane contests against Pakistan, India’s Asia Cup encounter against winless Oman will be little more than an extended workout session in Dubai on Friday. With the Men in Blue scheduled to play Pakistan here on Sunday in the Super Fours, India will also be mindful of not overexerting its key players in…
Pakistan cancelled its pre-match conference ahead of its must-win Asia Cup contest against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Dubai on Wednesday but practised at the same International Cricket Council (ICC) Academy premises — as India — in the wake of the handshake controversy. The air was tense amidst speculation that Pakistan could pull out…
Suryakumar Yadav cleared a fitness test at the Centre of Excellence which makes him eligible for selection for the upcoming Asia Cup next month, PTI reported on Saturday. India’s T20I captain, Suryakumar, had undergone a surgery for sports hernia in June, immediately after the Indian Premier League ended. After surgery, Yadav had posted on Instagram:…