Dubai : India skipper Virat Kohli and his limited overs deputy Rohit Sharma will end 2019 as number one and two in the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen, having maintained their places following a fine showing against the West Indies. Rohit on Sunday broke Sanath Jayasuriya’s 22-year-old record for most runs in a calendar year […]
Mumbai : India opener K L Rahul feels the series-sealing win over West Indies was a good learning experience in setting-up big totals, something his team has not been able to do consistently. Rahul slammed a match-winning 91 as India won the series-deciding by 67 runs here on Wednesday. India have been good chasers but […]
Indore : Indian captain Virat Kohli played ‘gully (street) cricket’ with children during a shoot in the Bicholi Mardana area here. Kohli, who was rested for the three-match T20 series against Bangladesh which India won 2-1, will lead the side for the two-match Test series beginning here on Thursday against the visitors. The second match […]
Mohali: India spinners once again held centrestage as the hosts produced a clinical performance to cruise to a comfortable eight-wicket victory on the fourth day of the third cricket Test and thereby take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. The trio of Ravichandran Ashwin (3/81), Ravindra Jadeja (2/62) and Jayant Yadav (2/21) shared bulk […]
Visakhapatnam: India beat England by 246 runs in the second cricket Test to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series here today. It took the home team 32 balls to get the first breakthrough as England lost two wickets — Ben Duckett (0) and Moeen Ali (2) — in first hour of play before […]
Indore: The Virat Kohli-led India made a perfect Dussehra gift to the cricket-mad nation as it mauled New Zealand by 321 runs in the third and final Test at the Holkar Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. Completing a 3-0 clean sweep in the series, India have now stamped their authority and clinched the No. 1 […]
Kingston: 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 the Sabina Park here on Saturday. Skipper Virat Kohli also hinted at picking Rahul, who has been in good nick after hitting two […]
Antigua:West Indies managed to crawl their way to 31/1 in 16 overs at stumps on the second day of the first Test against India at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium here on Friday. Kraigg Brathwaite and Devendra Bishoo stayed put at 11 and 0 respectively. India’s only successful bowler was pacer Mohammed Shami who managed […]
Antigua: Leading from the front, skipper Virat Kohli smashed his 12th Test century to guide India to an impressive 302/4 at stumps on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies at the Sir Viv Richards stadium here on Thursday. Kohli remained unbeaten on 143 off 197 balls alongside Ravichandran Ashwin’s 22 […]
New Delhi: Limited overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday said he doesn’t see any major alterations in India’s batting order, when the Virat Kohli-led side takes on hosts West Indies in a four-Test rubber, starting Thursday. Dhoni, who led India to a 1-0 win, the last time when India toured the Caribbean in 2011, […]
