Tuesday, May 05
She said the team remains a work in progress and that thinking too much about the recent ODI World Cup win will not help future results.
Without any ceremony, 44 minutes after MS Dhoni finished his post-match press conference following the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the BCCI sent out a press release. The news came an hour after India had managed to draw an away Test — the first time in the previous 14 Australia-India Tests that the visiting team had not lost.
Smriti Mandhana was rested for India’s fifth T20I against Sri Lanka as the hosts made two changes despite leading the series 4–0. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur confirmed Mandhana and Renuka Singh Thakur were given a break, with 17-year-old G Kamalini making her debut and Sneh Rana returning. Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bowl in Thiruvananthapuram.
Thirty-one-year-old skeet shooter Gurjoat Singh Khangura won his maiden national title at the 68th National Shooting Shotgun Championship in Delhi, capping a year of technical changes and setbacks. Calling it just the beginning, Gurjoat sees the gold as a boost toward international selection, Asian Games goals and World Cup medals, stressing discipline, maturity and India’s rising skeet standards.
Surat gears up for the Indian Street Premier League's Season 3, a thrilling T10 tennis-ball cricket tournament, from January 9 to February 6, 2026. Eight franchises will compete, featuring top batters like Vijay Pawle, Ketan Mhatre, Saif Ali, Fardeen Kazi, and Jagannath Sarkar, promising explosive action and nail-biting finishes.
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen once again found himself in the spotlight, not for his chess moves, but for his angry reaction at the board. The incident happened on Monday during the World Blitz Championship in Doha, after Carlsen lost to India’s Arjun Erigaisi. Chris Bird, the arbiter who was on duty during the game, later explained what happened.
Mandhana’s run-scoring at the top of the order has played a key role in India Women’s results this season. She has scored runs in different formats and conditions while setting up innings for the team.
