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NEW DELHI: During the first Twenty20 international between India and New Zealand at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Wednesday, television cameras showed Virat Kohli, sitting in the team dugout, speaking on a walkie-talkie. Immediately, social media became abuzz about the ...

Rahul Dravid, the former India captain and current coach of the India A and India Under-19 teams, became the first high-profile personality in the cricket system to criticise the manner in which Anil Kumble’s tenure as coach came to an ...

Kanpur: India captain Virat Kohli lauded his bowlers after their series winning performance in the high-scoring third ODI on Sunday. Jasprit Bumrah’s (3/47 in 10 overs) fantastic bowling at the death ensured that India restricted New Zealand to 331 for ...

Rohit Sharma, the India vice-captain, has been in terrific form in 2017. The stylish right-hand opener scored his fifth One-Day International century of the year and 15th overall in the decider against New Zealand in Kanpur to play a key ...

Shikhar Dhawan might have starred with the bat as India easily chased down New Zealand’s paltry total in the second ODI in Pune to level the three-match ODI series. However, the Indian bowlers started the demolition job with pacers Bhuvneshwar ...

Pune: India captain Virat Kohli praised the potent pace combination of Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, saying both the bowlers have come of age. “Bowlers were really clinical today (Wednesday) and fielders as well. Both those guys (Kumar and Bumrah) ...

Maharashtra Cricket Association’s pitch curator Pandurang Salgaonkar was caught on camera leaking details about the pitch for the second one-dayer between India and New Zealand, set to be played at Pune’s MCA Stadium. As a result, Salgaonkar has been barred ...

Last week when the junior national selectors did not pick Prithvi Shaw in the India Under-19 team for the upcoming Asia Cup, asking him to play in the Ranji Trophy instead, it created ripples in the cricket fraternity. It was ...

London: Cristiano Ronaldo has caught up with Lionel Messi to become a five-time winner of FIFA’s best player award. The Real Madrid forward was crowned player of the year on Monday at the FIFA Best ceremony at the London Palladium ...

Left-arm paceman Usman Shinwari destroyed Sri Lanka with a five-wicket burst to help Pakistan achieve a convincing nine-wicket win in the fifth and final match for a 5-0 clean sweep of the series on Monday. Shinwari’s 5-34 in seven overs ...

Eight months back, Mohammed Siraj was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League auction and since the day he got his IPL contract, the medium pacer asked his father — an auto rickshaw driver — to stop ...

Virat Kohli surpassed the legendary Ricky Pointing to become the second highest century-maker in ODIs during the opening match against New Zealand in Mumbai on Sunday, where he scored 121. Kohli (121), who had a quiet series against Australia by ...

Veteran Indian wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel may not be featuring in the Indian side regularly but the 32-year-old has revealed that he is working hard on his wicketkeeping skills and is ready as a standby. Speaking to the Hindu, Patel said, ...

R Ashwin, the ace India offspinner, showered praises on the legendary legspinner Anil Kumble and as a mark of respect said that if he ever reaches 618 Test wickets (one behind Kumble’s tally of 619), he would retire from the ...