Ricky Ponting, Shreyas Iyer MUMBAI: Having worked in close tandem with Shreyas Iyer at Punjab Kings, where the duo formed a successful captain-coach combination over the last two IPL seasons — PBKS reached the IPL final last year and narrowly missed out on the playoffs this time — Australia’s former captain Ricky Ponting was naturally…
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday dismissed as withdrawn a plea seeking to direct the authorities to restore the long-standing practice of starting govt functions in the state with ‘Tamil Thai Vazhthu’.The petitioner, Ananya Radhakrishnan of Chennai, wanted the court to direct the Union and the Tamil Nadu govt to condemn the relegation of Tamil…
India’s Sai Sudharsan celebrates his fifty (AP Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Mullanpur: On the eve of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, head coach Gautam Gambhir had said that Sai Sudharsan would get a “longer rope” and that the management had complete faith in him to succeed at No. 3. Sudharsan, who received two reprieves but missed…
CHENNAI: ‘We the Leaders’ movement, launched by the former BJP Tamil Nadu state president K Annamalai on Friday after resigning from the party, has garnered more than 13 lakh members within just 24 hours of its rollout. Taking to the social media platform X, the former IPS officer-turned-politician expressed profound gratitude for the overwhelming public…
India’s KL Rahul, left, celebrates his century with captain Shubman Gill (PTI Photo) Shubman Gill and KL Rahul produced centuries of contrasting styles as India dominated the opening day of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, finishing on a commanding 368 for 3 and firmly taking control of the contest.While Rahul relied on patience, discipline and…
Chennai Metro Rail’s CMRL tunnelling work involving a Tunnel Boring Machine TBM Chennai: Motorists navigating the city’s maze of metro barricades may have to endure the inconvenience for longer, as delays in Chennai Metro Rail Ltd’s underground construction have created a costly bottleneck involving tunnel boring machines (TBMs), potentially delaying phase-2 deadlines.Officials said that in…
India’s KL Rahul, left, and Sai Sudharsan run between the wickets (PTI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Mullanpur: The challenge before KL Rahul and Sai Sudharsan was not Afghanistan’s bowling attack. It was the transition from two months of relentless T20 cricket back to the demands of Test cricket. One had to rediscover patience after a prolific…
Chennai: Two men have been arrested so far in connection with the sensational theft of hard disks from the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) headquarters and a total of 34 hard disks have been recovered from them, police said on Friday. The arrests and recoveries come two days after the TOI expose on the theft…
How India’s Ireland and England squads look different from T20 World Cup (Image: X) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has officially announced India’s squad for the upcoming T20I tours of Ireland and England, and the selections signal the beginning of a new chapter in the team’s white-ball journey. While the core…
aakash baskaran film producer ed tasmac Chennai: Enforcement Directorate has decided to withdraw its proceedings against film producer Aakash Baskaran, based on searches conducted at the Tasmac headquarters in connection with suspected irregularities. A submission to this effect was made by Union govt in Madras high court on Friday.The adjudicating authority will, however, undertake fresh…