Cricket

Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) Despite India losing their World Twenty20 warm-up game against South Africa, opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan believes his knock of 73 was a great learning experience which made him wiser. Batting first…

Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Star batsmen Jean-Paul Duminy and Quinton de Kock struck fluent half-centuries as South Africa registered a nail-biting, four run victory against India in the warm-up match ahead of the World Twenty20…

Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Out of favour India batsman Gautam Gambhir believes a game against Pakistan in a World Cup is not “the game” and that all the hype around it is media created. He…

Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) The Pakistan cricket team set foot on Indian soil on Saturday evening amid tight security. The team travelled from Lahore to Abu Dhabi and rested there for some time before boarding…

Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) England leg-spinner Adil Rashid on Saturday said he and team-mate off-spinner Moeen Ali encourage each other and can turn out to be a good spin bowling pair in days to come….

Nagpur, March 12 (IANS) The Afghanistan cricket team came out with a commendable performance to defeat Test playing nation Zimbabwe by 59 runs at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium at Jamtha here on Saturday to…

Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) England produced an impressive all-round performance to outclass New Zealand by six wickets in their warm-up match ahead of the World Twenty20 cricket tournament at the Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday….

Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood says he is working on variations and trying to bowl from close to the stumps to come good in Indian conditions in the upcoming World twenty20. “I…

Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Cricket pundits have generally been rating India as the favourites to win the upcoming World Twenty20. Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh acknowledges that the hosts are a great side, but feels they…

Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Australian pace bowler John Hastings on Saturday credited former India skipper Sourav Ganguly for giving an aggressive dimension to the India-Australia rivalry on the cricket field. Between 2000 and 2005, Ganguly…

Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Cricketing great Rahul Dravid feels that though India have been doing well lately in the shorter formats of the game, the next challenge is to start getting results overseas. “Even in…

Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the online process to register for the lottery system for the India-Pakistan match on March 19, started at 12 p.m….

Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Cricket legend Rahul Dravid believes India are likely to make the semi-finals of the upcoming World Twenty20, to be played at home, but added that the knockouts will be all about…

Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Australia cricket captain Steve Smith on Saturday said they will try and grab hold of the World Twenty 20 trophy this time around in India, a prize that has eluded them…