Rica Roy

3 days ago | sports.ndtv.com | Rica Roy

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has zeroed down on a date for the restart of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, sources close to the board told NDTV. The tournament was suspended for a week amid tensions at the border between India and Pakistan. However, with India and Pakistan agreeing over a ceasefire, the tournament is expected to resume, most likely by Saturday.

1 week ago | sports.ndtv.com | Rica Roy

Rohit Sharma has retired from Test cricket. The star batter announced the decision on Wednesday ahead of the Indian cricket team's Tour of England, that starts on June 20. Rohit, who till Wednesday was India's designated Test and ODI captain, was expected to lead the side in its upcoming Tour that consists five matches in the longest format. It will also be the start of India's campaign in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle.

1 month ago | sports.ndtv.com | Rica Roy

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) began its preparation for Olympics 2036 as India will have 10 Olympic training centres. According to sources, every centre will have one discipline and 150 athletes will be brought to them. The athletes will be chosen from Khelo India. The Khelo India Youth Games will take place in Bihar from 4th to 15th May with around 10,000 plus athletes taking part. The games will be taking place in different cities across Bihar and it will be have 28 sports in total.

2 months ago | sports.ndtv.com | Rica Roy

Star India batter Virat Kohli could come out of his T20I retirement, but there is a catch. Kohli announced his retirement from the format after the T20 World Cup final, which India won after beating South Africa in Barbados. However, Kohli has now revealed that he "could come" out retirement for one game in India reach the final of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics men's cricket event. For the unversed, cricket will make its return to Olympics after a gap of 128 years.

2 months ago | sports.ndtv.com | Rica Roy

Former India cricketer Dinesh Karthik will be donning a new hat this year, having switched the playing field for the dugout. Karthik, after 17 seasons in the Indian Premier League (IPL) will now be the batting coach of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in IPL 2025. Karthik was also at the auction table with RCB, where the franchise made some bold purchases.