India erupts in celebrations as Men in Blue clinch Asia Cup 2025

IANS | September 29, 2025 1:33 AM

Dubai/New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The entire nation erupted in joy on Sunday night as Team India secured a thrilling five-wicket victory over arch-rivals Pakistan to lift the Asia Cup 2025, marking their ninth triumph in the Continental tournament.

Asia Cup: Kuldeep Yadav takes four as India bowl out Pakistan for 146

IANS | September 28, 2025 10:04 PM

Dubai, Sep 28 (IANS) Kuldeep Yadav yet again led India’s charge with a four-wicket haul, including three scalps in the 17th over, as India produced a stunning turnaround to bowl out Pakistan for 146 in 19.1 overs in the Asia Cup at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.

Cricket, Kalashnikovs and Pakistan’s radicalised psyche (IANS Analysis)

IANS | September 28, 2025 7:31 PM

New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Cricket has been described as a gentleman’s game where grace, patience, and fair play come together to create a spectacle for the masses. Like any sport, its traditions have long dissuaded political sloganeering or any form of disposition to violence. Yet, when Pakistani batter Sahibzada Farhan mimicked firing an AK-47 rifle with his bat during a recent Asia Cup T20 match against India, it was a moment of dragging this celebrated sport into a darker terrain.