Sportstar

03 Jan 2025 06:35

Starc removes Jadeja (26)

India 134/7 after 62.4 overs in Sydney

#AUSvIND 5th Test Live Updates ⬇️
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Sportstar

03 Jan 2025 05:30

Few players have analysed cricket as deeply as R. Ashwin. Even fewer have dared to execute their ideas on the field with the same audacity.

With the 38-year-old Ashwin announcing his retirement from international cricket, Pranay Rajiv provides some of the standout numbers from his illustrious career

#FromTheMagazine ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4iTLmXT

Sportstar

03 Jan 2025 05:04

Hundred comes up for India in 47.5 overs!

Pant (26*) and Jadeja (10*) in the middle

#AUSvIND 5th Test Live Updates ⬇️
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Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 18:06

#AUSvIND | Here is what we know about the Sydney Cricket Ground and its conditions from the Test matches played at the venue ➡️ https://bit.ly/40i7W5e

#SydneyTest

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 15:40

The last 12 months have seen Jasprit Bumrah straddle formats, confound opponents and adapt to conditions with ease, questioning the narrative that the sport is tipping towards the bat wielders.

In this stats deep dive, Pranay Rajiv looks at Bumrah's scintillating year, that also brought India a World title, in numbers ➡️ https://bit.ly/3WqXUMT

#TeamIndia #Bumrah

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 11:36

According to reports, Rohit Sharma has opted out of the 5th and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, set to start in Sydney on Friday, and Jasprit Bumrah will lead the Indian team

#INDvsAUS | Read: https://bit.ly/3PiAm8D

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 10:21

JUST IN: World Chess Champion D Gukesh, Paris Olympics bronze medallists Harmanpreet Singh (hockey) and Manu Bhaker (shooting), and Paris Paralympics gold medallist Praveen Kumar (high jump) are set to receive the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024

Details: https://bit.ly/41SPm4P

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 08:48

Will Rohit Sharma play in Sydney?

Head coach Gautam Gambhir addressed the pre-match press conference at the SCG but did not confirm whether the Indian captain will be a part of the playing eleven for the 5th Test

✍️ K.C. Vijaya Kumar

READ: https://bit.ly/41WQwfJ

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 07:37

Kusal Perera scored Sri Lanka’s fastest T20I century — from 44 balls — to spur his team to a consolation win over New Zealand by seven runs in the final game of the three-match series

#NZvsSL | Details: https://bit.ly/3W0QLT0

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 06:13

IN: Beau Webster
OUT: Mitchell Marsh

Pat Cummins confirms the only change in Australia's Playing XI for Sydney Test against India

#AUSvsIND | READ: https://bit.ly/3ZYn5ak

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 01:30

The Chinese Super League has gone from being a highly sought, cash-rich one for the world’s best stars to one riddled with problems.

Rajdeep Saha analyses what has gone wrong with the CSL.

Read Here ➡️ bit.ly/3DNkJn8

Sportstar

01 Jan 2025 18:42

The rub of the green went Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers’ way as it registered its second win in as many games with a 2-1 victory against Team Gonasika at the Birsa Munda Stadium.

Uthra Ganesan ✍️

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Sportstar

01 Jan 2025 15:05

The 11th season of PKL will not just be remembered for Haryana Steelers' maiden title win, but also for how even the playing field was.

Saikat Chakraborty ✍️

Read Here ➡️ bit.ly/4gXrKA7

Sportstar

01 Jan 2025 12:26

There was theatre when Shane Warne bowled; an equally dramatic rush happens when Jasprit Bumrah is at work. Great players impose their will on contests, writes KC Vijaya Kumar

Read ➡️ bit.ly/3ZRetCc

#AUSvIND | #BorderGavaskarTrophy

Sportstar

01 Jan 2025 09:10

🚨 On stands this weekend 🚨

⭐️ COVER: Celebrating Ravichandran Ashwin, penned by Anil Kumble
❤️ Appreciations for Ash ft. Wriddhiman Saha, Pragyan Ojha, Jayant Yadav, Sai Kishore, K Gowtham, KC Cariappa
📊 Ashwin in numbers - a stats breakdown
✍️ Diaries from #BorderGavaskarTrophy, #VijayHazareTrophy
🗣️ Interview: Deandra Dottin
📃 Coverage of #PKL11, #HockeyIndiaLeague, football around the world, India's chess triumphs

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Sportstar

03 Jan 2025 06:04

Two in two for Scott Boland!!!

Removes Rishabh Pant (40) and Nitish Reddy (0) to reduce India to 120 for 6

#AUSvIND 5th Test Live Updates ⬇️
https://bit.ly/41X0RrS

Sportstar

03 Jan 2025 05:14

TEA!

India at 107/4 in 50 overs with Pant (32*) and Jadeja (11*) in the middle

India scored 50 runs and lost the wicket of Virat Kohli in the second session in Sydney

#AUSvIND 5th Test Live Updates ⬇️
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Sportstar

03 Jan 2025 03:48

Rahul ❌
Jaiswal ❌
Gill ❌
Kohli ❌

At 72/4, India in all sorts of trouble after opting to bat first in Sydney

#AUSvIND 5th Test Live Updates ⬇️
https://bit.ly/41X0RrS

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 16:12

Sportstar news wrap 📰

🏅 Khel Ratna awardees announced
🏏 Rohit Sharma opts out of #SydneyTest
🏏 Marsh dropped, Webster to debut in Sydney
🏏 Kwena Maphaka to make Test debut for SA
🌸 World oldest living Olympic medallist dies aged 103

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 12:32

At the SCG, with its history weaved around runs and spin, any Asian team should feel optimistic. India is no different though its performance here over the decades reads as one win, seven draws and five losses.

✍️ K.C. Vijaya Kumar

#AUSvsIND 5th Test Preview ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4hhk0cH

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 10:49

✍️ Wriddhiman Saha's tribute to Ravichandran Ashwin

The India keeper-batter talks about his experiences of keeping to an intelligent bowler like Ashwin and also remembers their memorable partnerships with the bat in his piece for Sportstar.

Read here ➡️ https://bit.ly/4gDzbwz

#FromTheMagazine | #TeamIndia

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 09:48

Australia skipper Pat Cummins expects the SCG pitch to help the bowlers in the 5th and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

✍️ K.C. Vijaya Kumar

Read: https://bit.ly/4fJKTVp

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 08:00

COVER STORY | Anil Kumble's tribute to Ravichandran Ashwin

The legendary Indian spinner wishes Ashwin wasn't typecast as a spinner suited mostly for subcontinent conditions as he reflects on his memories of the man.

READ ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ZYuXbN

#FromTheMagazine

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 06:44

India's record in Tests at Sydney Cricket Ground

Draws: 7
Losses: 5
Wins: 1

India's sole win at SCG came 47 years ago when the side, led by Bishan Singh Bedi, defeated Bob Simpson's Australia by an innings and 2 runs

#AUSvIND

Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 04:02

FIH President Tayyab Ikram has made it clear that while the window for the Hockey India League was fixed, the exact dates were up to Hockey India and the franchises.

Uthra Ganesan ✍️

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Sportstar

02 Jan 2025 01:30

‘I’ll show what I can do’ — How Tilak Varma convinced Suryakumar Yadav to let him bat at three

Anish Pathiyil caught up with Tilak on the sidelines of the #VijayHazareTrophy ➡️ bit.ly/4jdgkKP

Sportstar

01 Jan 2025 16:38

FIH President Tayyab Ikram has made it clear that while the window for the Hockey India League was fixed, the exact dates were up to Hockey India and the franchises.

Uthra Ganesan ✍️

Read Here ➡️ bit.ly/4h16vh7

Sportstar

01 Jan 2025 12:42

Record Alert 🚨

Jasprit Bumrah registered the highest-ever rating points tally by an Indian bowler overtaking R Ashwin’s record in the latest ICC Men’s Test bowling rankings.

More Details ➡️ bit.ly/3BUwc3P

Sportstar

01 Jan 2025 11:24

‘I’ll show what I can do’ — How Tilak Varma convinced Suryakumar Yadav to let him bat at three

Anish Pathiyil caught up with Tilak on the sidelines of the #VijayHazareTrophy ➡️ bit.ly/4jdgkKP

Sportstar

01 Jan 2025 07:57

Promotion-relegation in Tests? Ravi Shastri says go for it!

"This match further emphasises why we need a two-tier system with the top 6-8 teams and then include promotion and demotion. You will not get these kinds of crowds if you don't have two proper teams playing."

A two-tiered Test framework was pitched in 2016, but BCCI strongly opposed it keeping interests of smaller cricketing nations in mind. Full story ➡️ bit.ly/3ZWXjDy