Bollywood and cricket world’s one of the most adorable couple Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli will celebrate their first 1st wedding anniversary very soon. Virushka tied the knot on December 11 in Tuscany, Italy. To celebrate their first year of togetherness, the actress has taken a break from Zero promotions[Read More…]
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Jaipur: Virat Kohli asks for relocation of Elephant ‘Number 44’
The captain of Indian cricket team across all formats, Virat Kohli on Thursday submitted a letter on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India to Rajasthan’s forest and environment minister. In the letter, he asked for the relocation of ‘Number 44’, an elephant, to a rehabilitation[Read More…]
Virat Kohli replies to the recent backlish on his ‘leave India’ comment
Virat Kohli has replied to the recent backlash he faced over his ‘leave India’ comment. Kohli, tweeted, “I guess trolling isn’t for me guys, I’ll stick to getting trolled! I spoke about how “these Indians” was mentioned in the comment and that’s all. I’m all for freedom of choice. Keep it[Read More…]
Virat Kohli turns 30! A list of his famous five performances
From his Under-19 World Cup triumph to lifting India’s second World Cup in 2011, from marking his spot against Sri Lanka in 2008 to scoring at an average of 151 against Windies this year, Virat Kohli has been unarguably the most consistent batsman of the modern times. The fastest to 10,000[Read More…]
Kohli moves past Tendulkar to become fastest to 10,000 ODI runs
Visakhapatnam: India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday surpassed batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar to become the fastest batsman to amass 10,000 runs in One-day Internationals (ODI). Kohli reached the milestone in his 205th ODI innings, 54 innings quicker than Tendulkar. The 29-year-old is the fifth Indian batsman and 13th overall to[Read More…]
Pleased with the batting effort, says West Indies skipper
Guwahati: West Indies skipper Jason Holder on Sunday said despite the eight wicket loss against India in the first ODI, he is pleased with the batting effort of his team. A brilliant century by Shimron Hetmyer (106) and some useful contributions from Devendra Bishoo and Kemar Roach towards the end[Read More…]
1st ODI: Bowlers could have applied bit better, says Kohli
Guwahati: After winning the first ODI against the West Indies here, Indian skipper Virat Kohli said bowlers could have performed better, especially in the last few overs. A brilliant century by Shimron Hetmyer (106) and some useful contributions from Devendra Bishoo and Kemar Roach towards the end helped West Indies[Read More…]
Rohit, Kohli star as India thrash West Indies in 1st ODI
Guwahati: Opener Rohit Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli scored blistering centuries to help India thrash the West Indies by eight wickets in the first One-Day International match here on Sunday. India dominated with the bat through out the innings as Rohit remained unbeaten on 152 while Virat was dismissed for[Read More…]
Skipper Kohli backs Rayudu for fourth spot
Guwahati: Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday backed Ambati Rayudu for the number four slot ahead of their first ODI against the West Indies here. “The team felt there — and I also watched him — he is designed to play that middle order batsman role. We feel that our[Read More…]
Kohli hopes batsmen replicate home form in Australia
Hyderabad: Heaping praise on his bowlers, India skipper Virat Kohli asked his batters to replicate their home form in Australia next month. “I’m really happy to see these guys fit and hungry. It’s up to the batsmen to do the rest of the job. I think this game was tougher[Read More…]
Rishabh Pant in squad for first 2 Windies ODIs, Dinesh Karthik out
New Delhi: Rising wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was on Thursday included in the India squad for the first two One-Day Internationals (ODI) of the five-match rubber against the West Indies on October 21 and 24, the BCCI announced. Rishabh Pant has been in prolific form with the willow in the longer[Read More…]
BCCI congratulates Virat Kohli, Smriti Mandhana for national awards
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The BCCI on Tuesday congratulated skipper Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana on being honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Arjuna award respectively. Virat was conferred the highest sporting honour in the country by President Ram Nath Kovind at the National Sports Awards[Read More…]
IND vs ENG: India reeling at 58/3 as England inch towards win
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…]
BCCI reveals salary details of Indian cricketers; Check out how much Kohli earns
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the information about the payments made to Indian cricket players, head coach Ravi Shastri and others. While team India coach Ravi Shastri received a whopping amount of INR 2.05 crore as advance fees for his services for a period of[Read More…]
Coach Ravi Shastri, Nimrat Kaur break silence on their rumoured relationship
There have been many speculations over relationship status shared between Indian head coach Ravi Shastri and Bollywood actress Nimrat Kaur. However, the duo recently broke their silence, rubbishing all the rumours. Airlift actress Nimrat Kaur had took to the Twitter reacting to the many reports that suggested she is dating[Read More…]
Virat Kohli surpasses Aussie greats Ricky Ponting & Don Bradman
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…]
Kohli dedicates 3rd Test win to Kerala flood victims
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 vs England: Virat Kohli smashes 23rd Test ton
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…]
India vs England: Kohli, Rahane fifties propel India to 189/3 at tea
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…]
“Very poor team India,” says Sehwag following India’s defeat at Lord’s Test
Following India’s defeat against England in the second Test match, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag criticised the team terming it “very poor”. Sehwag took to the Twitter to express his disappointment by defeat of Indian team and, even slammed Virat Kohli for showing less efforts to fight back. Very poor from[Read More…]
Virat Kohli grabs top spot in ICC Test batting rankings
London: India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday became the top-ranked batsman in Test cricket for the first time in his career as he ended Australian Steven Smith’s reign of nearly 32 months. Kohli scored 149 and 51 in India’s 31-run defeat in the first Test in Birmingham against England and[Read More…]
India vs England: England win the 1st Test by 31 runs
England win by 31 runs Back of the length from Stokes, comes in to Pandya, who edges it to Alastair Cook at first slip. Cook hold on to it and England get 1-0 up in the 5-match series. OUT! Rashid takes the first wicket of the match and what a time[Read More…]
India vs England: Kohli stands firm as India need 84 runs to win first Test
Birmingham: Skipper Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 43-run knock helped India score 110/5 at stumps on the third day of the first Test against England here on Friday. India needs another 84 runs to win. After bowling out the hosts for 180 in their second innings at tea, Indian batters once again[Read More…]
Captain Kohli’s magical ton helps India post 274 in 1st innings
Birmingham: Virat Kohli took on England single-handedly to notch up a sublime hundred and guide India to 274 all out and still trail by 13 runs in the first innings on the second day of the first Test match here on Thursday. Replying to England’s 287, Kohli — dropped twice[Read More…]
Chris Gayle joins league of most international sixes with Shahid Afridi
Smashing five sixes against Bangladesh in the third ODI encounter in St Kitts to take his tally to 476, West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle has equaled the record of most number of international sixes, previously held by Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi. But the West Indies batsman steals the show by[Read More…]