Ricky Ponting backs Smith to succeed as opener during Australia's Champions Trophy campaignRicky Ponting supports promoting Steve Smith to opener for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, citing his success in domestic T20 cricket. Austr...
19 Feb, 2025, 05.24 PM IST
He needs to back himself: Ricky Ponting reflects on Shubman Gill's poor overseas formFormer cricketer Ricky Ponting urged Shubman Gill to back his defensive technique more in Australia for better results. Gill's overseas per...
24 Dec, 2024, 10.19 AM IST
Trust your game like Virat Kohli to turn things around: Ricky Ponting tells Smith, LabuschagneFormer Australia captain Ricky Ponting advised struggling batters Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith to trust their strengths and take more...
30 Nov, 2024, 12.07 PM IST
"That's what superstars generate, create all over the world...": Ponting on media hype about Virat in AustraliaRicky Ponting believes Virat Kohli's passionate and aggressive playing style has earned him superstar status in Australia, despite recent s...
20 Nov, 2024, 08.39 AM IST
Ricky Ponting predicts 3-1 win for Australia, says India will struggle without Mohammed ShamiFormer Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes Australia will defeat India 3-1 in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He predicts Austra...
06 Nov, 2024, 02.26 PM IST
Steve Smith restored to middle-order, won't open against India in Border Gavaskar TrophySteven Smith will return to Australia's middle order for the Border Gavaskar Trophy against India. He had briefly opened after David Warner...
14 Oct, 2024, 12.50 PM IST
ODI rankings: Virat Kohli moves to eighth, Kishan jumps 117 places to 37Star India batter Virat Kohli has moved up two rungs to the eighth position, while young opener Ishan Kishan rocketed 117 spots to 37th pla...
14 Dec, 2022, 03.26 PM IST
His decision is personal, BCCI respects it: Sourav Ganguly on Virat Kohli's decision to quit Test captaincyA massive controversy had erupted when BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and chief selector contradicted Kohli's claims that that he was not as...
16 Jan, 2022, 10.13 AM IST
You're paid to win, not play: Steve Smith talks of CA pressure before ball-tampering scandalSmith is likely to return to the Australian team for the ODI series against Pakistan in March next year after serving three more months of ...
26 Dec, 2018, 11.50 PM IST
Ricky Ponting on ball tampering: Shocking but not a cultural issueThe two-time World Cup winning captain admitted that it was a shocker for him as to what the trio indulged in and the reaction of Australia...
05 Apr, 2018, 11.05 PM IST
Hold your Horses: Steve Smith ain't no criminalIf acts of ball tampering are being equated with criminality, then Pakistan could have never fielded a proper team through the '80s and '90...
28 Mar, 2018, 07.59 PM IST
Warner century after no-ball reprieve hands Australia solid startThe aggressive opener, who had been marooned in the 90s for over 40 minutes, was poised on 99 to bring up his century as he faced the last ...
26 Dec, 2017, 02.03 PM IST
Virat Kohli grabs second position in Test rankingsKohli's double ton was followed by a 50 in the second innings as he finished with 610 runs in the series, which India won 1-0 after the fir...
07 Dec, 2017, 02.49 PM IST
Steve Smith clinches ICC's coveted trophiesThe Australian cricketer won Cricketer of the Year and the Test Cricketer of the Year awards. He also won Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.
23 Dec, 2015, 12.33 PM IST
Ricky Ponting saw streak of Adam Gilchrist in Hughes batting"He was a really impressive young guy. The thing that made my job easy was that he was just so likable," said former Australian captain Pon...
29 Nov, 2014, 01.14 PM IST
Australia 273-5 on Day 1 of 2nd test; ruthlessness still missing in this Oz sideOn the first day of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide on Friday, Australia’s batsmen were responsible for their own demise.
06 Dec, 2013, 05.05 AM IST
- Ishant Sharma among the country's hottest young sports property
Market sources estimate that Ishant could overall earn between Rs 75 lakh to Rs 1 crore annually from endorsements. Business of Cricket
12 Apr, 2008, 05.10 PM IST