Hyderabad: India skipper Rohit Sharma wants to give wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik more time in the middle before the team heads Down Under for the T20 World Cup next month. India have been alternating between Karthik and Rishabh Pant in their playing XI. While the young keeper was given the nod ahead of the veteran […]
HYDERABAD: India won the third and deciding Twenty20 against Australia in the last over after punchy half centuries by Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday. The hosts won by six wickets with one ball remaining after Hardik Pandya, unbeaten on 25, hit the winning boundary. Kohli and Yadav put on a century stand to […]
KARACHI: Pakistan won by three runs in a final over thriller that saw the teams’ fortunes seesaw until Haris Rauf took two back-to-back wickets in the penultimate over that set up the Greenshirts’ victory in the fourth Twenty20 against England at the National Stadium in Karachi. The two teams are now levelled 2-2 with the […]
Coimbatore: West Zone thrashed South Zone by 294 runs to win the 2022 Duleep Trophy here on Sunday, completing the formalities before lunch on the fifth and last day’s play. Set an improbable target of 529 runs for an outright win, South Zone were bowled out for 234 in 71.2 overs, with left-arm Shams Mulani […]
London: Going by the ICC manual, India all-rounder Deepti Sharma’s run out of Charlie Dean in the third ODI was perfectly legal, but it still divided opinions with some backing it and Englishmen, such as Stuart Broad and James Anderson, expressing their annoyance. The Indian women’s team beat England at Lord’s to sweep the three-match […]
PAMPORE: Shakir Ahmad’s lone goal proved to be difference as Parimpora Football Club edged past Syed Football Club in the summit clash of 7-A-Side Iqbal Footbal tournament under floodlights played at Sports Stadium Margi Pampore. In the finals player under floodlights, Shakir scored a goal in the first half and Parimpora FC managed to hold […]
Chennai: Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav’s sensational hat-trick and Prithvi Shaw’s quick-fire half century (77) set up a four-wicket win for India ‘A’ against New Zealand ‘A’ in the second unofficial ODI to clinch the three-match series here on Sunday. Electing to bat, New Zealand ‘A’ were all out for 219 in 47 overs as […]
NEW DELHI: The BCCI has described Jhulan Goswami’s two decade-long international career as “monumental”, saying an era has come to an end with the retirement of one of women’s cricket’s greatest players. The 39-year-old Jhulan retired from international cricket following the conclusion of the ODI series in England, in which the visitors secured a first-ever […]
Hyderabad: India will be hoping their key bowlers, Harshal Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal, are back to their best when the hosts take on Australia in the series-deciding third T20 International here on Sunday. India were able to plug the gaps in Nagpur to level the three-match series with a comprehensive win in the eight-over-a-side contest. […]
Nagpur: Big-hitting Tim David is a “versatile and flexible” player and his presence only adds to the options that Australia possess going into the T20 World cup, feels skipper Aaron Finch. The Singapore-born batter, known from his explosive knocks, made his debut for Australia in the first T20. “What Tim brings to the table obviously […]