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Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma (ANI Photo) Not long ago, the first six overs in a T20, the Powerplay, merely set the tone of the game. Now, they deliver the verdict.What was once the phase when batters “got their eye in” has mutated into something far more decisive: a window where games are won, lost,…
Abhimanyu Puranik and Aronyak Ghosh NEW DELHI: The National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship concluded at Sarala Birla University in Ranchi, where more than 400 players from across the country competed in intense matches that tested both speed and strategy. The tournament featured two formats in Blitz and Rapid and saw impressive performances from several…
Sachin Tendulkar (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Batting great Sachin Tendulkar kept a close eye on the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 even as wedding festivities for his son Arjun Tendulkar unfolded in Mumbai. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Amid the celebrations ahead of Arjun’s marriage to Saaniya Chandhok, Tendulkar…
Middle East is burning. US, Israel and Iran are engaged in a military conflict, de-stabilising the whole region. The targeted killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, by the United States and Israel marked one of the most consequential escalations in the region in decades.In Washington and Tel Aviv, the expectation appears clear: remove the…
Hardik Pandya, left, celebrates his fifty with Tilak Varma. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s T20 World Cup campaign roared back to life in emphatic fashion as they crushed Zimbabwe by 72 runs in a virtual knockout, a performance that earned glowing praise from batting legend Sachin Tendulkar. Hailing the team’s character under pressure, Tendulkar declared…
File photo: A person walks through a makeshift memorial to fallen Ukrainian and foreign soldiers in Independence Square in Kyiv (Picture credit: AP) On 24 February 2022, Russian forces crossed into Ukraine on the orders of President Vladimir Putin. What was expected by many to be a swift military operation has become one of the…
What’s in a name? US President Donald Trump is no stranger to naming things after himself. While most American presidents wait until leaving office to have places or institutions named after them, Trump is clearly not up for that concept. Rather than letting history define his legacy, he is choosing to shape it himself, putting…
PUNE: In Maharashtra, some surnames have for long carried more weight than manifestos, like Thackeray and Pawar.For BJP, the January 15 polls and its favourable outcomes on Friday were not just about gaining control over the richest civic body in India — the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) — or to establish its governance in Pune,…
RCB’s captain Smriti Mandhana Grace Harris (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) Royal Challengers Bengaluru produced a one-sided show in Navi Mumbai as an explosive opening stand between Grace Harris and Smriti Mandhana sealed a nine-wicket win over UP Warriorz in the Women’s Premier League on Monday. Asked to bat first, UP Warriorz were rocked early by disciplined…
Viswanathan Anand and Nihal Sarin (Photos by Vivek Sohani) KOLKATA: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand recovered from an early setback to register two victories and emerge as joint leader with Nihal Sarin after six rounds of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid on Thursday.Rounds four to six produced fighting chess and frequent shifts at the…
