Cricket

Colombo, July 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) An under-strength India, devoid of batting depth, were restricted to 81/8 in their 20 overs in the third and final T20 International against Sri Lanka here at the R Premadasa Stadium…

Colombo, July 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) India won the toss and elected to bat in the third T20 International against Sri Lanka here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Thursday. The match is the series-decider since both…

Mumbai, July 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former India pacer Vinay Kumar was appointed as talent scout for IPL franchise Mumbai Indians on Thursday. Vinay is the latest addition to the talent scout division of the defending champions,…

Colombo, July 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Longer boundaries of the R Premadasa Stadium here has made scoring fours and sixes a bit challenging for the Indians. Indian team’s bowling coach Paras Mhambrey said that the Indian players…

New Delhi, July 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav’s departure from Sri Lanka to join the Indian Test squad in England may be delayed after they were sent into isolation for being in close…

Colombo, July 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lankan all-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva has said that staying till the end of the innings was the role he is meant to do for the team. De Silva played an…

Colombo, July 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) A below-strength India, who were forced to make seven changes in the XI after nine players were ruled out due to Covid-related issues, stretched Sri Lanka before losing by four wickets…

Colombo, July 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) A depleted India, who were forced to make seven changes in the XI after nine players were ruled out due to Covid-related issues, stretched Sri Lanka before losing by four wickets…

Colombo, July 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) A below-strength India, who were forced to make seven changes in the XI after nine players were ruled out due to Covid-related issues, could muster 132 for five wickets in the…

Colombo, July 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Devdutt Padikkal, who became the first player born in the 21st century to play international men’s cricket for India, scored 29 off 23 balls on his debut in the second T20I…

Colombo, July 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian team was on Wednesday forced to field only four specialist batsmen as well as a wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson in the second T20 International against Sri Lanka after Covid-stricken Krunal…

Dubai, July 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) After his Player-of-the-Match performance in the first T20 against Sri Lanka on Sunday, India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar moved up four slots to 16th in the latest weekly men’s International Cricket Council…

London, July 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Test team off-spinner R Ashwin has hit out at critics of The Hundred tournament that is gaining popularity in England. The 100-ball format, which is in its inaugural edition, has…

Bridgetown (Barbados), July 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australian cricket team coach Justin Langer said a day after his team’s victory against the West Indies in the One-day International series that pace spearhead Mitchell Starc was the best…

London, July 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former England pace bowler Mike Hendrick, who took 26 of his 87 Test wickets against India during the 1974 and 1979 series and held the world record for most Test wickets…

Cardiff, July 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian opening batswoman Smriti Mandhana hammered an unbeaten 61 off 39 balls (5x4s, 3x6s) to power Southern Brave Women to an eight-wicket win over Welsh Fire Women in The Hundred here…

Chester-le-Street (Durham), July 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Some of the top fielding sides in world cricket like New Zealand, Australia and South Africa play rugby as warm-up. The Indian team in England took it a step further…

Durham, July 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Test team captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, who missed the tourists’ lone warm-up match against County Select XI due to niggles last week, were back to practice and…

Bridgetown (Barbados), July 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard has hit out at the quality of pitches laid for the ongoing ODI series against Australia after the Caribbean side lost the series 2-1 here….