A strong bowling performance followed by some power packed batting saw India thrash arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets in their Group A clash of the Asia Cup cricket tournament here on Wednesday. Asked to field first, three-wicket hauls from pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and part-time off-spinner Kedar Jadhav enabled India to[Read More…]
Out! Manish Pandey takes a brilliant catch in the deep with Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed slamming a powerful shot, but Pandey took the catch near to the ropes. He thought that he is falling, but then he flew the ball in the air, and then he came out to take[Read More…]
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday predicted that the high-voltage Asia Cup clash between India and Pakistan would be an even contest. “It will be a 50-50 contest between India and Pakistan,” Ganguly said on the sidelines of a promotional event here. India have a 6-5 win loss ratio[Read More…]
Favourites India will look to sweep aside minnows Hong Kong in their Asia Cup opener on Tuesday and prepare for the much-anticipated clash against arch-rivals Pakistan the next day. Hong Kong, expectedly, lost to Pakistan by eight wickets in their first game. India, who even without talismanic skipper Virat Kohli,[Read More…]
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has been reportedly ruled out of the Asia Cup after fracturing his left wrist during the tournament opener against Sri Lanka here on Saturday. Iqbal, who suffered the injury in the second over of their innings, is likely to be out of action for at least[Read More…]
Melbourne, Sep 15 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) has decided to launch a probe on England all-rounder Moeen Ali’s allegations against an Australian player for calling him “Osama” during the 2015 Ashes. Moeen, 31, made the accusation in his soon-to-be-released autobiography, where he also labelled the 2015 Australian touring party as “rude”[Read More…]
London, Sep 13 (IANS) Former England skipper Paul Collingwood is set to retire at the end of the ongoing domestic season, ending a career spanning more than two decades. Collingwood, who led England to the World T20 title in 2010 — their first major win in a global tournament — played[Read More…]
Opener Lokesh Rahul and Rishabh Pant’s heroics went in vain as England defeated India by 118 runs in the fifth and final Test to clinch the series 4-1 at the Oval here on Tuesday. With India chasing a massive 463-run target, the last day of the series saw a bit[Read More…]
A batting collapse saw India reeling at 58/3 at stumps after England set them a victory target of 464 courtesy superlative centuries from Alastair Cook and Joe Root, on day 4 of the fifth and final Test here on Monday. K.L. Rahul was batting on 46 while Ajinkya Rahane was[Read More…]
From India to Sri Lanka, Austria and Switzerland, the world has no shortage of breathtaking places to play cricket. A Twitter user has shared some of the most stunning cricket grounds in a series of tweets. Nanga Parbat Beat that view of cricket with the background of Nanga Parbat pic.twitter.com/zg7O9uuWVY[Read More…]
England all-rounder Moeen Ali has said that the current Indian bowling attack is one of the best he has ever faced. Ali scored 50 off 170 balls and put on a 73-run stand with Alastair Cook as the hosts finished with 198-7 at stumps. “I just tried to take it a ball at a time. I thought they bowled really[Read More…]
England were 198 for 7 at the stump on the opening day of the fifth and final Test against India at Oval here on Friday. Opener Alastair Cook (71) and Moeen Ali (50) were the top-scorer for England. Jos Butler (11) and Adil Rashid (4) at the crease at stumps. England won the five-match series after taking a[Read More…]
Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali says pressure will be on arch-rivals India in the upcoming Asia Cup because of the Champions Trophy final defeat last year. Pakistan will face India for the first time since last year’s Champions Trophy final, in which Hasan picked up three wickets in Pakistan’s 180-run win. Pakistan will face India at least twice in the Asia Cup, and three times if[Read More…]
Former India pacer Ashish Nehra was on Wednesday elevated as a coach, thereby inducting him into the new coaching leadership team of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Nehra, the current bowling coach of the franchise will be part of[Read More…]
India suffered a 60-run defeat against England in the fourth Test at the Rose Bowl Cricket Stadium here on Sunday to go down 1-3 in the five-match series. Chasing 245 runs for victory, the visitors were bowled out for 184. The visitors resumed the evening session at 126/4 and lost[Read More…]
England were bowled out for 271 in their second innings on the fourth day here on Sunday to set a 245-run target for India to win the fourth Test. Resuming the day at 260/8, England lost Sam Curran (46) and Stuart Broad (0) as the hosts could add only 11[Read More…]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday decided to rest Virat Kohli, and handed the captaincy to Rohit Sharma for the Asia Cup to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 15. Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan was named the deputy while Rajasthan’s Under-19 pacer Khaleel Ahmed earned his maiden India call-up for the 14th edition of the meet. Among[Read More…]
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli exhibited immense courage and scored 97 and 103 runs in the first and the second innings respectively during the third test match at Nottingham. With this, Kohli reclaimed the number one position at the ICC Test Rankings. The score became a feat for Kohli as he[Read More…]
India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday celebrated the 203-run thrashing of England in the third Test by dedicating the win to the flood victims in the southern state of Kerala. Coming back from a 0-2 deficit, India put up a clinical all-round performance at Trent Bridge to deflate England, who[Read More…]
India were just one wicket away from a famous win against England at the start of play on Wednesday, the fiftth day. The Kohli-led team needed 17 runs to wrap up the match when to everybody’s surprise, R Ashwin got rid of James Anderson, leading India to clinch victory against[Read More…]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday appointed Ehsan Mani as the new chairman Pakistan Cricket Board, following the resignation of Najam Sethi from the post. “I have appointed Ehsan Mani as Chairman PCB. He brings vast and valuable experience to the job. He represented PCB in the ICC; was Treasurer ICC[Read More…]
India captain Virat Kohli registered his 23rd Test ton and in the process went past former Indian skippers MS Dhoni and MAK Pataudi in scoring fifty-plus runs in each innings of a Test match among Indian captains. The current India skipper has done it five times, whereas Dhoni, Pataudi has done[Read More…]
Hardik Pandya’s 5/28 broke the back of English batting line-up as the hosts were bundled out for 161 in their first innings against India in the third Test of the five-match rubber at Trent Bridge here on Sunday. India rode on a brilliant bowling display as the entire England batsmen[Read More…]
Skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy Ajinkya Rahane struck fluent fifties to help India recover from the early jolts in the morning session, as the visitors reached 189/3 at tea on Day 1 of the third Test at Trent Bridge here on Saturday. At the break, Kohli (51) and Rahane[Read More…]
Former Indian cricket captain Ajit Wadekar, who had represented the country in 37 Test match, passed away at the age of 77 on Wednesday, senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai conformed the news on Twitter. Very very sad news: the iconic former Indian cricket captain Ajit Wadekar is no more. Sir,[Read More…]
