Skipper Shai Hope led from the front with a 45-ball 102 as the West Indies pulled off a record chase to beat India by six wickets in the second T20 International and level the five-match series 1-1 in Ranchi on Friday.The West Indies looked in trouble when Mayank Yadav struck twice in the opening over…
Chennai: Electric mobility platform RIDEV has opened its 16th hub in Chennai. The company provides electric two-wheelers on rent to delivery and gig workers, along with battery swapping, maintenance, roadside assistance, insurance and standby EVs at no additional cost.RIDEV’s hub-based model aims to reduce vehicle downtime and eliminate the upfront investment and maintenance burden of…
Mayank Yadav celebrates after taking the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer. (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India’s batting fireworks set the stage for a ferocious pace assault as Mayank Yadav unleashed his thunderbolts to leave West Indies reeling in a record chase in Ranchi on Friday.After Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer and Tilak Varma powered India to…
TVK members celebrate party’s victory in Madurantakam and Dharapuram bypolls (Photo by R Ramesh Shankar ) CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s twin victories in Madurantakam and Dharapuram came as no surprise, but the scale of the wins fell short of the landslide its leadership had promised. The Oct 6 bypolls proved that wresting the two seats…
Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India’s batting firepower was on full display in Ranchi on Friday as Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer and Tilak Varma powered the hosts to their highest-ever T20I total against West Indies, piling up a staggering 249/5 in the second match of the five-game series.Samson led the…
Chennai: Chief Justice of Madras high court Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari has assured a lawyers’ delegation that he will ensure that vacancies in the subordinate judiciary are filled quickly, and that infrastructure, including decent toilet facilities for women lawyers, in those courts is put in place.He gave the assurance in response to a charter of demands…
Steve Smith moved past Steve Waugh to become Australia’s third-highest run-scorer in Test cricket during the first day of the first Test against South Africa at Kingsmead in Durban on Friday.Batting at No. 4, Smith scored 25 off 53 balls, hitting two sixes before his innings came to an end. He needed eight runs to…
TVK party cadres celebrate the party’s byelection victory, in Chennai on Friday. (Poto by R Ramesh Shankar CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay described TVK’s Madurantakam and Dharapuram byelection victories a rejection of money-driven politics and a rebuke to his critics. DMK president M K Stalin called it a temporary victory for betrayal,…
Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav (Pic credit: X) NEW DELHI: The numbers may have moved in his favour, but Kuldeep Yadav would have preferred a different story — one in which he and Yuzvendra Chahal continued to hunt wickets together, building on a partnership that became one of India’s most recognisable spin combinations.In a nostalgic…
IN THE DARK: Several neighbourhoods had no power from around 10.30pm to 3.30am on Oct 8 Chennai: Residents of the city’s western suburbs, including Valasaravakkam and Porur, have been enduring power cuts lasting up to five hours, disrupting sleep and leaving students, office-goers and families struggling with heat and mosquitoes.On Thursday night, several neighbourhoods had…