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As Windies pick up the pieces, Hope finds progress in elimination

Kolkata, March 2 -- The night ended in elimination, but West Indies captain Shai Hope chose reflection over regret. In a calm and candid press conference at Eden Gardens, he framed his side's T20 Worl... Read More


India seal semifinal berth, down West Indies by 5 wickets in T20

Kolkata, March 1 -- India booked their place in the semifinals of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup with a spirited five-wicket win over the West Indies cricket team, chasing down 196 with four balls to spa... Read More


'Embrace moment': Ten Doeschate to players

Kolkata, Feb. 28 -- On the eve of a virtual quarterfinal at Eden Gardens, India's assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate urged his players to embrace the occasion rather than be burdened by it, backing th... Read More


Lights, pressure, action: Eden set for run-feast as India take on WI

Kolkata, Feb. 28 -- When India take on the West Indies under lights at Eden Gardens tomorrow, it will feel like a knockout before the knockout. Both sides have been beaten by South Africa in the Super... Read More


India bat away blues in do-0r-die clash

Chennai, Feb. 26 -- On a night when India needed certainty, they found it in their batting - and in Hardik Pandya. His commanding all-round display earned him Player of the Match in a contest that rev... Read More


Wanted: Big win at Chepauk

Chennai, Feb. 25 -- India walk into the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday with no room for drift. The defeat to South Africa has stripped their T20 World Cup campaign to its bare essentials: win, or ... Read More


Kotak coy on Samson's return

Chennai, Feb. 25 -- India's batting coach Sitanshu Kotak struck a composed note on Wednesday, but he did not dismiss the possibility of changes for the must-win Super 8 clash against Zimbabwe. The mes... Read More


'Big mess-up': ten Doeschate rues loss, clears Axar's omission

Ahmedabad, Feb. 23 -- India's campaign veered into crisis mode after a bruising defeat to South Africa, and assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate made no attempt to dilute the reality. "We've made a lot ... Read More


India are beatable, declares David Miller

Ahmedabad, Feb. 23 -- A calm, cutting verdict from David Miller captured the night: "India are beatable." It followed a controlled South African performance that out-thought and outplayed India in the... Read More


India's myth of depth busted against Proteas

Ahmedabad, Feb. 23 -- The hush at the Narendra Modi Stadium was not the silence of a narrow defeat. It was the silence of exposure - of a team stripped of its mythology. A batting unit marketed as dee... Read More