India all-rounder Washington Sundar feels the must-win third and final ODI against Sri Lanka will provide them a big opportunity to counter the spin threat in challenging conditions and hold the team in good stead ahead of next year’s Champions Trophy. The Indian team is staring at its first bilateral ODI series defeat against the
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File image of Bangladesh playing Pakistan.© AFP Bangladesh senior men’s team two-Test away series against Pakistan starting August 21 in Rawalpindi looks doubtful due to the current civil unrest in the country after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign and flee the country. Bangladesh’s senior team are supposed to play two Tests
Virat Kohli in a chat with Gautam Gambhir© AFP The ODI and T20I series against Sri Lanka were quite important from the perspective of the Indian cricket team as they were the first assignments of new head coach Gautam Gambhir. Rahul Dravid‘s tenure as the head coach came to an end following the T20 World
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen suffered an inexplicable meltdown and missed out on an Olympic medal, going down in three games to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia in the bronze play-off at the Paris Games on Monday. A fired-up Sen was unstoppable in the beginning but a nine-point streak from Lee in the second game changed the
India openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma, along with Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu have been nominated for ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for July 2024. Smriti, the left-handed opener and India’s vice-captain, is aiming to make it back-to-back success after winning the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award in June 2024,
A controversy took place during the second ODI between India and Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Sunday. On the final ball of the 15th over, an Akila Dananjaya delivery caught Virat Kohli right in front of the stumps and umpire also raised his finger over the LBW appeal made by the Sri
File photo of Shikhar Dhawan (left) and Rohit Sharma.© Instagram On the occasion of Friendship Day, Indian veteran Shikhar Dhawan opened up on bonding with his batting partner Rohit Sharma and named a song that the ‘Hitman’ liked to sing while they batted together. Though the International Day of Friendship is observed on July 30
India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI LIVE Cricket Updates© AFP India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Live Updates: Sri Lanka skipper Charith Asalanka won the toss and opted to bat against India in the second ODI of the three-match series on Sunday. Rohit Sharma and co have announced an unchanged Playing XI while the hosts
A DRS (decision review system) confusion during the first Sri Lanka vs India ODI in Colombo irked captain Rohit Sharma. The incident took place on the fourth ball of the 14th over of Sri Lanka’s innings. Shivam Dube bowled a delivery down the leg side to Pathum Nissanka, who missed the glance, and the ball
Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has lashed out at a Pakistani fan on social media. The fan had posted a clip where Pakistan captain Babar Azam can be seen rejecting an interview. However, the fan incorrectly said that the interviewer was former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan. Enraged at the false appropriation, Harbhajan jumped to the
Rishabh Pant, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Ayush Badoni, Anuj Rawat and Harshit Rana emerged as the key picks of the day at the player draft for the inaugural edition of the Delhi Premier League, held in New Delhi on Friday. Purani Dilli 6 secured the services of Pant and Ishant while the North Delhi Strikers
Gautam Gambhir reacts to Arshdeep Singh’s dismissal© X (Twitter) Shivam Dube and Arshdeep Singh were dismissed by Charith Asalanka off consecutive deliveries with India just one run away from victory as the first ODI encounter against Sri Lanka ended in a tie on Friday. Chasing a target of 231, India looked all set to clinch the
India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI© AFP India captain Rohit Sharma believes that the 231-run target set by Sri Lanka in the first ODI at the R Premadasa Stadium was “gettable”. After restricting Sri Lanka on 230/8, it turned out to be a topsy-turvy chase for the Indian team. Despite the explosive start provided by
India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI LIVE Cricket Updates:© AFP India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Live Updates: India will be taking on Sri Lanka in the 1st ODI of the three-match series on Friday in Colombo. There will be clamour around the first sighting of veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as well, after the recent
Skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday said it is a tough decision to pick India’s wicketkeeper batter in ODIs between KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, maintaining that both the players are “match-winners” in their own way. Pant made a return to India colours during the T20 World Cup in the Americas, while Rahul will be eyeing
The Union Health Ministry has urged the BCCI and the Sports Authority of India to take measures to prevent surrogate advertisements of tobacco and alcohol by sportspersons, saying they are role models for millions of youth not only in the country but across the world. In a letter to Board of Control for Cricket in
With Sri Lanka needing nine runs to win off 12 balls, India summoned Rinku Singh to press his part-time off-spin bowling into action. Rinku, bowling for the first time in T20Is, gave away only three runs while picking two wickets in a superb 19th over. There was more out-of-the-box thinking in store as captain Suryakumar
The IPL team owners were divided in their opinions on issues ranging from the mega auction to the impact substitute player rule when they met with the BCCI officials here on Wednesday. With the mega auction slated to be held ahead of the 18th edition of the T20 league next year, the BCCI had called
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