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The classic definition of being able to make the side on the basis of the primary vocation has somewhat gone out of the window, with bits and pieces players flourishing across leagues all over the world....
The VIVO IPL 2020 Player Auction list is out with a total of 332 cricketers set to go under the hammer in Kolkata on December 19th, 2019. While 997 players had initially registered...
Whether or not, India will find success in Australia, only time will tell. But, what Kohli's men displayed in Mumbai was certainly a step in the right direction.
There were a few areas in which India had been lacking in T20Is but the team set the record straight to emerge victorious in the series decider at Mumbai's iconic Wankhede Stadium.
Standing at 6 feet tall, Dube is not your typical Indian batsman, somewhere around 5' 8", easy on the eye, mostly classy and one who can hit the odd boundary.
India had beaten West Indies in seven consecutive T20Is before this game but a 8-wicket victory in the 2nd T20I of the series helped the visitors break the streak...
The ongoingT20I and ODI series between India and West Indies will be contested trialling technology to call front foot no balls.
Chief Operating Officer at the Rajasthan Royals, Jake Lush McCrum, gives an exclusive insight into what goes on behind the scenes at an Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.
With the evolution of the game and almost every team equipped with firepower, it is the bowlers, especially during the powerplay and the death overs, who decide the course of the match.
No one really likes to see 200 playing 200 in a T20, reckon many. But, is that really true?
While there is a lot of excitement around the seasoned Indian and overseas players in the IPL, young guns also draw a lot of interest. The prodigy story never fails to impress.
With the trading window and annual auctions added to the IPL bouquet, there is a lot of activity going around the league throughout the year.
The All-India Women’s Selection Committee met in Kolkata to pick India A Team for the tour of Australia in December for three one-day and three T20 matches....
India Women take an unassailable 3-0 lead and clinched the T20 International series against the West Indies Women
Cricket West Indies (CWI) advises that West Indies Women’s captain Stafanie Taylor has been ruled out of the ongoing five-match T20 International series against India Women.
All you need to know about the West Indies tour of India, comprising 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs. The series kicks off on December 6 with the first T20I in Hyderabad.
Shai Hope made 52 runs in the only opportunity that he got in the T20I series against Afghanistan but that knock came at a strike rate of 113.04. His run scoring rate is possibly one of the reasons why he has been dropped from the T20I squad.
Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the upcoming Paytm T20I series against West Indies. Dhawan suffered a deep cut on his left knee during a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy game against Maharashtra in Surat.
The team would know that things will not come this easy to them in the SENA countries, but, for now, Kohli and his boys have every right to revel in their incredible home run. The overseas inquiries can wait.
Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim counter attacked with Virat Kohli having to disperse the field for a short while. Indian bowlers then came back to have Bangladesh down on the mat at the close of play.
With all the talk of the pink ball doing a lot, the ball in fact moved a lot less as compared to the red ball to begin with
The ODIs will have little context attached to them but the focus will be on the T20Is, with pressure on players like Kuldeep Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar who are making a comeback.
With two ICC T20 World Cups coming to Australia in 2020, the event has appointed two major national organisations as local charity partners.
The All-India Senior Selection Committee met in Kolkata today to pick the Indian Cricket Team for the upcoming tour against West Indies. India are set to play 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs from 6th December – 22nd December, 2019.
India completed a 5-0 T20 International series win over the West Indies Women after they won the final T20I by 61 runs at the National Stadium in Guyana.
Both teams have not had the taste of pink ball cricket under lights and will step into the unknown as they play their first day-night Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata starting November 22.
Mushfiqur Rahim's dismissal for a well-made 64 was the last nail in Bangladesh's coffin as the team was bowled out for 213.
Following today’s deadline for franchises to extend Player Contracts, 127 players, including 35 overseas cricketers were retained by the eight VIVO IPL franchises.
England’s Cricket World Cup winners Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler have been retained by the Rajasthan Royals ahead of the VIVO Indian Premier League 2020 season.
This was only the third time that India scored over 400 in a day in a Test match, the other two coming against Sri Lanka in 2009.
Mominul Haque, Mohammad Mithun and Mushfiqur Rahim spent some time at the crease but after Shami (13-27-3) came on to bowl first change, he turned things around quickly.
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India's T20I form, before the Bangladesh win, was not great. The team suffered a 2-0 loss against Australia at home and then lost 2-1 against New Zealand while touring.
If you asked someone a few months ago as to who would be India's leading pace bowlers in the upcoming T20 World Cup, the answer would have been
India Women defeated West Indies Women by 10 wickets in the second T20 International at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground to take a 2-10 series lead.
Best ever T20I figures from Deepak Chahar help India pocket T20I series in emphatic fashion
India Women defeated the West Indies Women in the first T20 International by 84 runs at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground.
Jagadeesha Suchith left-arm spinner will represent Kings XI Punjab in the VIVO IPL 2020 following a successful trade by Delhi Capitals.
Deepak Chahar has put in consistent performances in T20Is to ensure that he finds a place on the flight to Australia in 2020.
India overpowered Bangladesh in 2nd T20I by 8 wickets at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot today.
A captain’s knock could not save the West Indies Women from a series defeat in the three-match Colonial Medical Insurance One Day International series against India Women, after India Women won the third match by six wickets at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) named a fourteen (14) member squad to take on India Women in a five-match T20 International Series
India leveled the three-match Colonial Medical Insurance (CMI) One Day International (ODI) series when they defeated the West Indies Women by 53 runs in the second match, at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
Mushfiqur Rahim looked a bit scratchy to begin with but made full use of the fortune on offer to score an unbeaten 43-ball 62...
Caneisha Isaac has been named by the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s and Girls selection panel as the replacement for Britney Cooper
All you need to know about the Bangladesh tour of India consisting of 3 T20Is and 2 Tests.
Quite surprisingly, India's recent record in T20I cricket has not been great.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced that the second Test match of the upcoming Bangladesh tour of India, 2019, scheduled to be played in Kolkata from November 22nd will be India’s first Day-Night Test match.
As Umesh Yadav bowled a ripper of a bouncer to catch Quinton de Kock off guard and have him out caught by wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha while trying to fend at it, was a cathartic moment for the vintage Indian cricket fans.
India Women beat Pakistan Women by seven wickets in ACC Women’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 match played at the Navy Cricket Ground, Werisala in Sri Lanka
The All-India Senior Selection Committee met in Mumbai today to pick the Indian Cricket Team for the upcoming tour against Bangladesh. India are set to play 3 T20Is and 2 Tests from 3rd November – 26th November, 2019.
Rohit Sharma has become the third India batsman to reach the top 10 in all three formats of the men’s game after a memorable series against South Africa in which he donned the new role of Test opener.
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Team India, with 300 points, is now miles ahead of any other opposition in the ICC Test Championship charts. And, with them possessing an all-weather attack, this juggernaut does not look likely to halt any time soon.
The news is horrible to the Indian cricket fans with a capital H. World’s number one ranked fast bowler and India’s match winner on foreign soil Jasprit Bumrah has a stress fracture.
This is South Africa's fourth-biggest innings defeat and only the third time that they have been white washed since re-admission.
South Africa were bowled out for 162 in the first innings and were reduced to 132-8 again, before bad light stopped play.
South Africa still trail by 488 runs and their only way out seems to be a draw as a lot of time has already been lost in the match due to bad light.
Rohit Sharma batted India through a difficult new ball period after Virat Kohli had again won the toss to score his third century of the series
Not many can contest the proposition that the election of Sourav Ganguly as the BCCI President, rather the coronation of the Prince of Kolkata as the President-elect of the apex cricketing body in India, ensues excitement.
At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London on April 19th, 2018, the Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi announced that India will organise cricket training for boys and girls under the age of 16 giving them an opportunity to train with some of the best cricketers in India in one of the best facilities.
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India captain Virat Kohli has reached to within one point of top-ranked Steve Smith in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings after his imperious 254 not out in the second Test against South Africa in Pune helped take a winning 2-0 lead in the three match-series.
Team India now holds the record for maximum consecutive Test wins at home with 11 successive victories, getting past Australia's streak of 10.
It is likely that India will try to get some quick runs in about three hours and then put South Africa in to bat last.
KESHAV MAHARAJ and Vernon Philander brought some much-needed determination and no little courage to the Standard Bank Proteas
Laura Wolvaardt led an excellent batting display by the Proteas Women but even a record score against India on their home turf in Vadodara was not enough to prevent them from going down by five wickets in the second One-Day International on Friday.
After India crossed the 600-run mark, courtesy of a 200+ partnership between Kohli and Jadeja, the skipper showed selflessness and declared despite being unbeaten on 254.
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VIRAT KOHLI led a record-breaking day for India as they piled up the runs on day two of the second Freedom Series Test against the Standard Bank Proteas at Pune on Friday and, then, in a repeat of the first match, got rid of three of the visitors’ top order before the close of play.
While South Africa included Anrich Nortje in place of Dane Peidt, India replaced batsman Hanuma Vihari with Umesh Yadav.
Marizanne Kapp’s half-century was not enough to rally the Proteas Women after a poor start as they fell to an eight-wicket loss to India in game one of their three-match One-Day International Series in Vadodara on Wednesday.
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Team India opening batter Smriti Mandhana has been ruled out of the ongoing 3-match ODI series against South Africa due to a fracture on her right toe.
India batsman Rohit Sharma, who became the first player to score a century in each innings of his maiden Test as opener, has reached a career-best 17th position in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings.
With this win, India have extended their winning streak at home to 10 Test matches and are placed atop the Test Championship points table with 160 points.
If the Indian spinners get on a roll on the last day and the weather stays fair, there is an opportunity for India to make it 1-0 in Visakhapatnam.
South Africa are still 117 runs behind but their tenacity has made it very tough for India to strive for a win from here, with weather expected to play a part on the remaining two days.
After Agarwal brought up his double century in style, India declared upon reaching the 500-run mark.
IT was India’s day from the moment that Virat Kohli won the toss on the opening day of the Test series against the Standard Bank Proteas at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.
Resting all the doubts about opening in Test cricket, Rohit Sharma raced to his fourth test century while Agrawal remained unbeaten on 84 as well.
The Junior Selection committee met in Mumbai to pick the team for the Emerging Teams Asia Cup. The tournament is scheduled to be held in Bangladesh in November, 2019.
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The All-India Women’s Selection Committee met on Friday in Surat to pick the Indian Women’s Cricket Team for their upcoming tour of West Indies.
It is all credit to South Africa as they inflicted a serious beating on the home team, who were in experiment mode
A century by Priyank Panchal ensured there was no surprises on the final day of the second four-day Test between South Africa A and India A
Kohli has now become not only the highest run-scorer in T20Is with 2441 runs, going past Rohit Sharma's tally of 2434, but is the only batsman to average over 50 in all the three formats.
Both India and South Africa were looking to try out a few youngsters leading up to the T20 World Cup but will now have to wait till Wednesday for the 2nd T20I.
The tour is South Africa’s first for the 2019/2020 season and Miller is excited by the changes that the new-look team comes with. Former Imperial Lions coach Enoch Nkwe and Quinton de Kock were named Interim Team Director and T20 team
India A needed just under an hour to wrap up victory over South Africa A on the final morning of the first Test in Trivandrum on Thursday.
The All-India Women’s Selection Committee met at the BCCI HQ to pick India A Women’s Team for the upcoming tour to Bangladesh and also the Indian team for the ACC Emerging Women’s Asia Cup to be played in Sri Lanka from Oct 20-28, 2019.
In an initiative to enhance the coverage of Indian Cricket and take it to the nook and corner of the country, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced a two-year radio rights arrangement with All India Radio (AIR).
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Former India T20I captain, Ms Mithali Raj has announced her retirement from T20 Internationals.
The West Indies bowling was good throughout the series but it was their batsmen who let them down. In fact, the Windies batsmen averaged 14.95 in the series, their lowest ever.
India did not enforce the follow-on and opted to add to their lead by taking the chance to bat for the second time.
The All-India Senior Selection Committee met at BCCI NCA in Bengaluru to pick India A squad for the Paytm multiday series against South Africa A.
The All-India Senior Selection Committee along with fitness expert Mr Ranadeep Moitra met at BCCI NCA in Bengaluru to conduct a practical assessment of the five shortlisted candidates ....
Bumrah, carrying on from his five-wicket haul in the second innings of the first Test, struck six times, including a hat-trick, to break the back of the West Indian batting line up.
An excellent all-round display by George Linde was not enough as South Africa A slipped to a two-wicket defeat to their India counterparts in a rain-reduced game....
Pant (27) and Vihari (42) are looking fluent at the crease and one more session in India's favour will help them to a commanding position in the Test.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) congratulates Ms Poonam Yadav and Mr Ravindra Jadeja for being conferred with the Arjuna Awards.
The All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked the Indian Cricket Team for the upcoming three-match Paytm T20 Trophy against South Africa.
Vinay Kumar continued to bat at one drop in this game as well, scoring a half-century. KB Pawan also shone with a 39-ball 56.
Skipper Vinay Kumar, who did not bowl due to a groin injury, joined Mohammed Taha for a 102-run partnership and remained unbeaten on 81 from 51 deliveries.
Manjesh Reddy plundered 30 off 9 deliveries, including four sixes in the last eight balls and a six over long-on off the last delivery to take the Warriors to a thrilling three-wicket win.
Belagavi Panthers now have three wins and two losses from six matches and have climbed to the second spot. Their positive net run rate might ensure a place for them in Qualifier 1.
Earlier, Ajinkya Rahane and Hanuma Vihari consolidated and put their foot on the pedal shortly after. Rahane ended his Test drought by bringing up a ton.
Krishnamurthy Siddharth and Aniruddha Joshi remained unbeaten for 48 and 46 respectively to help the team win by nine wickets. Mysuru Warriors have now climbed to the fourth spot.
Stallin Hoover and Manish Pandey shared 15 fours and 10 sixes between them, both going at a strike rate of over 200.
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