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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicInternational cricket

Topic: international cricket

Champions Trophy: In dream debut, Mohd Shami bowls his way into record books

Shami is now only the eighth Indian to take 200 wickets in ODIs. He is also the only second Indian bowler after Ravindra Jadeja to take a five-wicket haul in Champions Trophy.

Bowling with both hands, India-born Nivethan Radhakrishnan to play for Australia in U19 WC

Radhakrishnan is the only known ambidextrous cricketer in Australia. Before this, he was part of the IPL as a net bowler for the Delhi Capitals.

Remembering Vijay Hazare, one of India’s first great batsmen & first successful captain

Vijay Hazare was famous for making twin centuries against Don Bradman’s ‘Invincibles’ in Adelaide, and also for getting The Don clean-bowled twice.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.