Kolkata, Sep 13 (PTI) Former captain Sourav Ganguly believes India will win the upcoming five-match ODI series against Australia but said that a 5-0 whitewash is unlikely against the visitors. “At home, India will be very tough to beat. India will win but 5-0 (like against Sri Lanka) may not be […]

New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI) Virat Kohli and Steve Smith are on even keel as far as leadership qualities are concerned, feels former Australia skipper Michael Clarke even though he rates the Indian captain as a slightly better ODI batsman. Asked who is a better batsman and leader among the […]

Dubai, Sep 11 (PTI) ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar has welcomed the return of international cricket to Pakistan and hopes that the series involving a World XI side in Lahore this week will lead to more teams playing in the country. It is the first high-profile series in Pakistan since a […]

  London, Sep 9 (AFP) James Anderson took the best innings figures of his Test career as England completed a nine-wicket and series-clinching victory against West Indies at Lord’s today. Anderson followed up his Friday feat of becoming the first England bowler and only sixth in history to take 500 […]

Dhaka, Aug 30 (AFP) Bangladesh registered their first ever win over Australia in Test cricket, beating Steve Smith’s men by 20 runs in a thrilling opening game in Dhaka on Wednesday. All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan took five wickets for 85 runs to help the hosts bowl out Australia for 244 shortly […]

Kandy, Aug 28 (PTI) A bruised and battered Sri Lanka’s woes were further aggravated today after senior batsman Dinesh Chandimal was ruled out of the remainder of the limited-overs’ fixtures against India due to a hairline fracture in his right thumb. He was hit off a Hardik Pandya delivery whilst […]

Pallekele, Aug 27 (PTI) Rohit Sharma once again showed his class in the limited overs format with a stylish unbeaten 124 as India took an unassailable 3-0 lead with a six-wicket victory in the third ODI, which was marred by unruly crowd behaviour. Sensing another meek surrender from the home […]

Galle, Jul 29 (PTI) India captain Virat Kohli feels that all-rounder Hardik Pandya has all the skill sets required to emulate world’s premier all-rounder Ben Stokes. “I have a lot of faith in him (Hardik) as far as any format is concerned. If he grows in confidence you see someone like […]

Galle, Jul 27 (PTI) Sri Lanka were struggling at 154 for five in reply to India’s first innings total of 600 at the end of second day of the first cricket Test, here today. Angelo Mathews (54) and Dilruwan Perera (6) will resume Sri Lanka’s first innings tomorrow. India began the […]

Kolkata, Jul 21 (PTI) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has termed India as favourites against hosts England for the upcoming final of the ICC Women’s World Cup on Sunday. Ganguly hailed Harmanpreet Kaur for her superb unbeaten 171 off 115 balls which enabled India beat Australia by 36 runs in the […]