Sam Curran took five wickets before England captain Eoin Morgan and Joe Root both hit unbeaten fifties as the 50-over world champions cruised to a series-clinching win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international at the Oval on Thursday. England finished on 244-2 with exactly seven overs to spare for an eight-wicket success that
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Ravi Shastri said it’s “great to be back on a sunny day at Wimbledon”.© Twitter Team India head coach Ravi Shastri on Thursday took some time off and went to watch Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer’s second-round match in the ongoing Wimbledon tournament on Centre Court. Federer beat French tennis player Richard Gasquet in straight
Hardik Pandya posted pictures from the past in his Instagram stories.© Hardik Pandya/Instagram All-rounder Hardik Pandya has undergone a drastic change on and off the field. From playing in the streets of Vadodara to representing India at the highest level; Hardik’s journey on the field is truly inspiring. On Thursday, in a series of pictures,
Skipper Mithali Raj‘s second successive fifty went in vain as Sophia Dunkley produced a fighting half-century after Kate Cross’ five-wicket haul to help England Women register a five-wicket win over India Women and grab an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series on Wednesday. Invited to bat, India could manage a below-par 221 in the
Joe Root still has ambitions to break into England‘s powerful batting line-up for the Twenty20 World Cup, with the Test captain insisting the controversial rest-and-rotation policy was “being put behind us”. Root last played a Twenty20 international in 2019 and, in his absence, England have climbed to the top of the T20 world rankings. But
Danushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis are among 3 players found breaching bio-bubble in England.© AFP Three Sri Lankan cricket players ordered to leave the tour of England on disciplinary grounds will be dropped from a home series against India in July, officials said Wednesday. Dubbed the “terrible trio” by media, vice captain Kusal Mendis, opener
Tabraiz Shamsi enhanced his reputation as the top T20 bowler in the international game by inspiring South Africa to a thrilling one-run victory over the West Indies in the third of their five-match series at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada on Tuesday. Defending another moderate total of 167 for eight after they were put
The five-match Test series between England-India will start the 2nd cycle of the WTC.© BCCI The five-match Test series between India and England beginning on August 4 will start the second cycle of the World Test Championship (WTC). India and England will face each other in the first Test from August 4 while Australia will
India and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja enjoyed a day out in London on Tuesday, after the cricketers were allowed to leave the bio-bubble following completion of the World Test Championship (WTC) final. Jadeja shared a couple of snaps of himself in a hoodie and shorts from a park in London, and captioned
The Shikhar Dhawan-led Indian white-ball squad arrived in Sri Lanka on Monday. India and Sri Lanka will face-up in three ODIs and as many T20Is, beginning July 13. Rahul Dravid is India’s head coach for the tour. All-rounder Hardik Pandya shared a picture in his Instagram story informing about the arrival of the Indian contingent
Jay Shah: Safety of players and stakeholder was prime reason to shift T20 WC to UAE.© BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah on Monday said “safety of players and other stakeholders” was the prime reason behind shifting the ICC T20 World Cup to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma shared a picture of them enjoying their breakfast.© Instagram Bollywood star Anushka Sharma on Monday took to Instagram to share a picture with husband and Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli. ”When you sneak in a quick breakfast and feel mighty victorious,” she captioned the picture. More to follow… Topics mentioned
Captain Mithali Raj on Sunday said the time has come for India women’s team to think beyond long-serving and over-worked Jhulan Goswami by grooming young pace bowlers for future. Raj blamed both the batting as well as the bowling units for India’s below-par show in the first ODI against England on Sunday, which the visitors
West Indies cricketer Carlos Brathwaite’s heroics against England’s Ben Stokes during the T20 World Cup final is a well-known incident amongst cricket fans. West Indies required 19 off 6 balls to win the trophy, with Stokes bowling the final over for his side. But Brathwaite had other plans, smashing four sixes off the first four
Not taking “your best swing bowler” Bhuvneshwar Kumar on the tour of England is a huge mistake and Shardul Thakur should have been a part of the 15-man squad for the World Test Championship final that India lost, feels former selector Sarandeep Singh. Since Thakur was not a part of the 15-man squad, he could
Rohit Sharma poses a photo with his daughter and with Ajinkya Rahane’s child.© Instagram Rohit Sharma, who is currently spending some quality relaxing time, took to social media to post a cute photograph with his daughter Samaira. The photo also had Ajinkya Rahane’s daughter Aarya in the frame. Also, it looks like they were spending
England defeated Sri Lanka by 89 runs in the 3rd T20I to seal a series sweep on Saturday.© AFP Dawid Malan scored a sensational fifty before David Willey picked three wickets to help England defeat Sri Lanka by 89 runs in the third and final T20I on Saturday. England clean-swept Sri Lanka 3-0 in the
After the conclusion of the first World Test Championship (WTC) final, Indian opening batsman Rohit Sharma, his wife, Ritika Sajdeh, and their daughter Samaira spent some relaxing time at the Lost Kingdom Park in the UK. Rohit shared pictures from the family outing on Instagram Stories. In the first snap, Ritika and Samaira are pictured