Ranchi, Oct 9 (IANS) India captain Shreyas Iyer said it was difficult to determine a par score with the dew factor playing a significant role after the hosts' imposing total of 249/5 was chased down by the West Indies in the second T20I at the JSCA International Stadium Complex here on Friday.
Ahmedabad, Oct 9 (IANS) Indian cueists Dhvaj Haria, Anupama Ramachandran and Revanna Umadevi secured places in the finals on Day 3 of the Commonwealth Cue Sports Championships 2026 at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad on Friday.
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Karnataka’s international sprinter Manikanta Hoblidhar suffered stomach cramps but overcame the setback to emerge as the fastest man of the 65th National Open Athletics Championships here at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday.
Beijing, Oct 9 (IANS) Top seed Wang Manyu of China advanced to the women's singles semifinals at the 2026 WTT China Smash on Friday, sweeping South Korea's Shin Yu-bin 4-0. Wang extended her winning streak against Shin to eight matches, triumphing 11-8, 11-7, 11-3, 11-9 in half an hour.
Ranchi, Oct 9 (IANS) Skipper Shai Hope smashed a blistering 45-ball century before Sherfane Rutherford hammered 84 off 37 deliveries as the West Indies pulled off a sensational six-wicket victory over India in the second T20I at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi on Friday, getting past a daunting target of 250 to register the second-highest successful run-chase in men's T20I cricket.
Harare, Oct 9 (IANS) Zimbabwe Cricket has named its limited-overs squads for a multi-format tour of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where the team will face hosts Afghanistan and Bangladesh in an ODI tri-series before taking on Afghanistan in three T20Is and two Test matches.
Harare, Oct 9 (IANS) Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) on Friday retained the 15-player squad that secured the country’s landmark first-ever ICC Women’s Championship victory over the West Indies for their upcoming six-match white-ball tour of India, scheduled to begin on October 16.
Hyderabad, Oct 9 (IANS) Using their compound archers to apply pressure at the start of each set, Chola Chiefs defeat Kakatiya Knights 6-2 to register their first win of Season 2 of the Archery Premier League (APL) in Hyderabad on Friday.
London, Oct 9 (IANS) English county club Essex on Friday confirmed the release of batter Robin Das after he appeared in court charged with raping a woman twice. Das appeared in the dock at the Inner London Crown Court on Friday and was granted conditional bail ahead of a five-day trial scheduled for January 2028.
Ranchi, Oct 9 (IANS) Sanju Samson said his responsibility as an India opener was to provide the team with a strong start and insisted there was no room to change his approach despite a string of low scores, after his blistering 82 off 41 balls powered India to 249/5 against the West Indies in the second T20I at the JSCA International Stadium Complex here on Friday.
