India lead by 162 as KL Rahul scores career-best 158 on Day 2
Kingston, Aug 1 (IANS) India scored 358 at the loss of five wickets and gained a lead of 162 runs at the end of Day 2 of the second Test against West Indies at Sabina…
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Rahul’s ton help India post 185/1 at lunch on Day 2
Kingston, July 31 (IANS) India opener Lokesh Rahul scored his third Test hundred and remained unbeaten on 107 to have his side on the driver’s seat at 185/1 at lunch of Day 2 of the…
Maxwell vows to return after being axed from Australian ODI squad
Kandy (Sri Lanka), July 31 (IANS) Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who was on Sunday dropped from the One-Day International (ODI) cricket squad against Sri Lanka, said he is disappointed but determined to get back his…
Happy to achieve what nobody else had: Ashwin
Kingston, July 31 (IANS) On a high here after claiming his 18th five-wicket haul in Tests, India’s star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has expressed delight on achieving the feat saying that he is happy to accomplish…
BCB may decide on Mustafizur’s surgery in England
Dhaka, July 31 (IANS) The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has contacted two surgeons in England and another in Australia for pacer Mustafizur Rahman’s shoulder surgery. The BCB said it may take a decision by Monday…
India bowl out Windies for 196, reach 126/1
Kingston, July 31 (IANS) India took firm control of the second cricket Test match by bowling out the West Indies for 196 runs before reaching for 126 for one at the end of the first…
Ashwin’s 5/52 helps India bowl out Windies for 196
Kingston, July 31 (IANS) Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up five wickets for 52 runs as India bowled out the West Indies for just 196 in their first innings of the second Test here on Saturday….
India reduce Windies to 88/4 at lunch on Day 1 of second Test
Kingston, July 30 (IANS) Middle-order batsman Jermaine Blackwood’s (62) fighting half-century lifted a lacklustre West Indies to 88/4 at lunch on the opening day of the second Test against India here on Saturday. Indian seamers…
Spotted a hungry, restless artist in Brett Lee: ‘UnIndian’ director Anupam Sharma
Mumbai: Former Australian cricket player turned actor Brett Lee during the promotion of upcoming film Unindian in Mumbai, on July 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Director Anupam Sharma of the upcoming film…
Lord’s like bell for Eden Gardens
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) The iconic Eden Gardens is all set to get a ‘bell’ like the one that hangs at the hallowed Lord’s ground in London, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly…
Windies opt to bat in second Test vs India
Kingston, July 30 (IANS) West Indies skipper Jason Holder won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against India at the Sabina Park here on Saturday. After losing the first Test in…
Justice Lodha hails SC verdict on BCCI reforms
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Former chief justice Rajendra Mal Lodha, who headed the panel for bringing reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) administration, on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court’s…
Rahul likely to replace injured Vijay for second Test vs Windies
Kingston, July 30 (IANS) Promising opener Lokesh Rahul is most likely to replace injured Murali Vijay, who has been ruled out with a sore finger, for the second Test against the West Indies starting at…
South African Nic Pothas appointed Sri Lanka fielding coach
Colombo, July 29 (IANS) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Friday appointed former South Africa stumper Nic Pothas as the national cricket team’s fielding coach. Pothas, who was the academy director at Leicestershire county, will begin…
India aim to extend domination against inexperienced West Indies
Kingston, July 29 (IANS) On a high after a thumping win in the series opener, India will aim to extend their winning run when they take on hosts West Indies in the second of the…
Spinner Holland to replace injured O’Keefe for Lanka Test series
Kandy, July 29 (IANS) Australiaâs left-arm spinner Jon Holland will replace injured Steve OâKeefe, who picked up an injury during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Pallakele and will miss the rest of the…
Harbhajan Singh blessed with daughter
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Indiaâs veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and his actress-wife Geeta Basra have been blessed with their first child, a baby girl. The baby was born in London on Wednesday. The cricketer and…
Syed Nayeemuddin to be awarded Mohun Bagan Ratna
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) Mohun Bagan will award the prestigious Mohun Bagan Ratna (jewel) this year to former India football team captain Syed Nayeemuddin on Friday. Besides the award, Nayeemuddin will also be given a…
Kumble’s advice to vary my pace on slow wicket helped me: Amit Mishra
Kingston, July 28 (IANS) India’s leg-spinner Amit Mishra revealed that head coach Anil Kumbleâs advice to vary his pace on the slow wicket in the first cricket Test against the West Indies helped him. Mishra…
Windies add uncapped Alzarri Joseph for second Test vs India
Jamaica, July 28 (IANS) After the drubbing in the first Test, West Indies have added uncapped pacer Alzarri Joseph for the second match against India starting here on Saturday. The hosts were mauled by an…