MUMBAI: Royal Challengers Bangalore (173-6) handed Rajasthan Royals (169-3) their first defeat of the season on Tuesday by winning the match 13 of the Indian Premier League by four wickets. Here are the major highlights from the match – Compact and composite Buttler: Jos Buttler is renowned for his audacious strokeplay but on Tuesday he […]
Propped up by Rishabh Pant’s rollicking 96 and Hanuma Vihari’s fifty, India reached 357-6 at stumps on Day 1 of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Mohali. Playing his 100th Test, Virat Kohli uncorked a few gorgeous shots but was prised out at 45. Here are the highlights of the day: Rohit pulls and […]
On Friday, Virat Kohli became the 12th Indian cricketer to play 100 Tests as the first match between India and Sri Lanka at Mohali gets underway. He has joined the elite list of cricketers such as Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan […]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced that Rohit Sharma will be India’s full-time Test captain. He is replacing Virat Kohli, who had voluntarity quit Test captaincy after the series defeat against South Africa. Rohit is already the ODI and T20I captain of India. Rohit has score 3047 runs in […]
The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) has announced a revised schedule for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour of India, keeping in the mind the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The assembly polls in UP are being held in seven phases, the last of which will take place on March 7. The tour will […]
KOLKATA: India’s limited-overs captain Rohit Sharma has thrown his weight behind embattled Virat Kohli, who has been grappling with poor form of late. Speaking with the media on the eve of the T20I series against the West Indies, Rohit stated that the team management has no issues with his form. “I think it all starts […]
Ajinkya Rahane, who was India’s stand-in captain during 2020-21 tour of Australia, has opened a can of worms by claiming in an interview that someone ‘stole’ his credit for the series victory. India had bounced back and registered a historic 2-1 Test series win Down Under after getting bundled out for 36 in the first […]
After India’s unceremonious exit from the World Cup in March 2007, former Australian skipper Ian Chappell wrote a scathing piece ripping apart the batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar. “Before anybody else makes a decision on what will happen to Tendulkar the player himself has to have a good long look in the mirror and decide what […]
NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma led Indian Cricket team is set to play 1000th ODI on February 6 at Narendra Modi Stadium, the first side ever to reach the milestone. India will play three ODIs and as many T20Is against the West Indies in Ahmedabad and Kolkata respectively, starting from 6 February. But fans are upset […]
NEW DELHI: Indian Test cricket team captain Virat Kohli on Saturday shocked his fans and BCCI after he announced to step down as the skipper for the only remaining format, less than a month after he was removed as ODI captain to bring uniformity in the leadership across shorter formats of the game. His decision comes […]