Watch: Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid share heartfelt messages for Harbhajan Singh.© BCCI/Twitter Current India Test captain Virat Kohli and head coach Rahul Dravid lauded Harbhajan Singh for a wonderful career after the veteran off-spinner announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Friday. Both Dravid and Kohli are currently with the Indian Test side
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Barring Joe Root, England’s other batters have struggled for runs.© AFP England are staring down the barrel as Australia are enjoying a 2-0 lead going into the Boxing Day Test match in the Ashes. The Joe Root-led side will have to play out of their skins in order to claw their way back in the Test
Harbhajan Singh on Friday announced his retirement from all formats of the game, five years after last playing an international game for Team India. Harbhajan, who featured in 103 Tests, 238 ODIs and 28 T20Is, bows out of the sport with more than more than 700 wickets to his name. For the record, Harbhajan is
SA vs IND: Former South Africa cricketer recalled Virat Kohli’s remark from 2018© AFP Former South Africa pacer Allan Donald cited a comment by Virat Kohli in 2018 while crediting the Indian cricket team for its improved away form in Tests. Speaking to cricket.co.za, Donald said he is looking forward to the upcoming three-match Test series
Eoin Morgan will captain the England for the West Indies T20I series.© AFP Eoin Morgan will captain England’s five-match T20 tour to the West Indies next month under stand-in coach Paul Collingwood. With the Ashes Test series in Australia set to end just four days before the first clash between the sides in Barbados, Collingwood
Known to have a humorous personality on social media, David Warner once again sent Twitter into meltdown after giving his attention to a die-hard fan. The fan in question had tweeted to the Australian opener for 27 days in a row and finally got a reply on Thursday. On the 27th day of tweeting, Warner
Jason Behrendorff had picked one wicket vs Melbourne Renegades on Wednesday.© Instagram Perth Scorchers consolidated their position on top of the Big Bash League (BBL) points table on Wednesday, defeating Melbourne Renegades by 21 runs at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne. Other than Mitchell Marsh’sblistering 86-run knock, there were plenty of highlights for the Scorchers
Tom Latham was named as New Zealand captain for the Bangladesh Test series after regular skipper Kane Williamson was ruled out with an elbow injury, New Zealand Cricket announced on Wednesday. In another major development, wicketkeeper-batter Devon Conway returned to the squad after recovering from an injury that kept him away from the India tour.
The BCCI and Cricket South Africa have mutually agreed that the upcoming Test and ODI series between the two teams will continue even if there is an isolated case of COVID-19 among players or support staff and close contacts will not be forced into isolation, the host board’s medical officer Shuaib Manjra has said. India
Tottenham manager Antonio Conte described UEFA’s decision throw his side out of the Europa Conference League as “incredible” and suggested Spurs will launch an appeal through the courts. Spurs were handed a 3-0 defeat for their final group stage match against Rennes after the match was postponed due to a wave of positive coronavirus cases
Himachal Pradesh rode on a stroke-filed 99 by Prashant Chopra as they stunned Uttar Pradesh by five wickets to storm into the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Tuesday. First, despite a 76 by Rinku Singh, UP could only manage 207/9 as the Himachal bowlers, led by pacer Vinay Galetiya (3/19), ripped apart the opposition
SA vs IND: Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the three-match Test series.© AFP South Africa on Tuesday suffered a huge blow just days before the start of the three-match Test series against India. Star pacer Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the Test series after failing to recover from a “persistent” injury,
File picture of Wasim Akram.© Instagram Legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram was all praise for Pakistan skipper Babar Azam, saying that the 21st century belongs to the Lahore-born batter. The former Pakistan skipper compared Babar with some of the greatest batters Pakistan have ever produced, adding that the 27-year-old has “still got plenty in him”.
Australia batter Steve Smith Australia stand-in skipper Steve Smith on Monday had some words of advice for his English counterpart Joe Root, who has had troubles with the captaincy in the ongoing Ashes. Jhye Richardson scalped five wickets in the second innings as Australia defeated England by 275 runs in the second Ashes Test. With
Australia ground down a battling England to win the second Test in Adelaide Monday and go 2-0 up in the Ashes series, leaving the visitors’ dreams of winning back the hallowed urn in tatters. England resumed day five of the pink ball Test in deep trouble at 82 for four chasing a massive 468 to
Cheteshwar Pujara will hope to recover his form with the bat in South Africa.© AFP India batter Cheteshwar Pujara is hoping to recover his form with the bat when the three-match Test series in South Africa starts later this month. India will face the Proteas in three Tests starting with the opening match in Centurion
South Africa will face India in three Tests and three ODIs.© AFP Cricket South Africa on Sunday announced that the remaining round of CSA four-day franchise series, the country’s premier domestic competition, has been postponed as a precautionary measure over COVID-19 fears. The announcement came just a week before the three-match Test series between India and
Watch: Virat Kohli lauded Pep Guardiola with a special video message in Punjabi© Instagram Team India Test skipper Virat Kohli took note of Manchester City’s winning-run in the Premier League and lauded the team’s manager Pep Guardiola with a special video message. Both Kohli and Guardiola share a friendly equation and have interacted on social