Cricket
Hangzhou, Sep 24 (UNI) India Pacer Pooja Vastrakar’s four-wicket haul helped India to thrash Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the semifinal of the Asian Games 2023 women’s cricket tournament here on Sunday. Bangladesh opted to bat first and were skittled out for a paltry 51 in 17.5 overs. India chased the total down the target…
Bengaluru, (UNI) Samit Dravid, son of Team Head Coach Rahul Dravid, has been named in Karnataka’s 15-member squad for Vinoo Mankad Trophy here on Saturday. The Under-19 tournament will be held in Hyderabad from October 12 to 20. Samit will play under the aegis of Karnataka Captain Dheeraj J Gowda and his deputy Dhurv Prabhakar….
Mumbai, (UNI) India’s policy of rotating their fast bowling options ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has received support from their veteran pacer. India have practised a rotation policy for their seamers since the start of Asia Cup. This has meant that only two of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj,and Mohammed Shami have…
By BD Naraayannkar Mohali, Sep 22 (UNI) Late half centuries by Suryakumar Yadav and Captain KL Rahul saw India break the Mohali curse by defeating Australia by five wickets in the first of the three-match ODI series at IS Bindra Stadium here on Friday. This was the first win India registered against Australia at Mohali…
Mohali, Sep 22 (UNI) India Captain KL Rahul won the toss and opted to field against Australia in the first of the three ODI matches at IS Bindra Stadium here on Friday. The biggest news coming from the middle is the inclusion of Ravichandran Ashwin into the Playing XI. The star spinner gets his first…
Hangzhou, (UNI) The Indian women’s cricket team progressed to the semifinals of the Asian Games 2023 courtesy of its higher seeding after rain washed out the quarterfinal match against Malaysia here on Thursday. Batting first, Asian Games debutants India scored 173/2 in 15 overs and Malaysia were at 1/0 before rain stopped play at Zhejiang…
Melbourne, (UNI) Australia will be without the services of two key players for the start of the three-match ODI series against India, which begins on Friday. Skipper Pat Cummins confirmed that Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell are set to miss the opening match against India but remains hopeful of their participation towards the end of…
Mohali, (UNI) India Head Coach Rahul Dravid on Thursday said the team for the World Cup has been picked and Suryakumar Yadav is in it. “I don’t think he needs to worry about the 27th. We have picked our team for the World Cup and Surya is in it,” he said on the eve of…
Dubai, (UNI) The International Cricket Council (ICC) have confirmed three major USA cities: Dallas, Florida and New York, as the venues for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. The USA is set to host the T20 World Cup for the first time, with Grand Prairie in Dallas, Broward County in Florida and Nassau County…
Dubai, (UNI) Mohammed Siraj’s rampage that dismissed Sri Lanka for 50 in Colombo has helped him top the charts of the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings. The Asia Cup-winning spell of 6/21 has returned him to the No.1 position, a place he last occupied in March 2023, before being displaced by Josh Hazlewood….
