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[ad_1] On eve of 100th Test, Cheteshwar Pujara reveals how playing white-ball domestic cricket for Sussex spurred his late-career revivalNEW DELHI: Exactly a year ago, Cheteshwar Pujara’s chances of making it to his 100th Test seemed to have diminished drastically when the selectors decided to leave him out for the …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A clinical bowling display followed by an outstanding batting show powered Australia to a crushing 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the Women’s T20 World Cup in Gqeberha, South Africa on Thursday.With the win, Australia have now virtually sealed the semis spot.Openers Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy …

[ad_1] Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik is known as much for his exploits with the bat and wicket-keeping gloves on the field as he is now about how well he can articulate about the complexities of the game off the field, either behind a microphone or on a panel.Talking to Harsha …

[ad_1] Bangladesh have appointed Chandika Hathurusingha for a second spell as head coach, with the former Sri Lanka batsman signing a two-year deal, the country’s cricket board announced on Tuesday.Hathurusingha, 54, previously coached Bangladesh from 2014-2017, leading them to their first one-day international series victories over Pakistan, India and South …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin‘s idea of an early start in the ODI World Cup matches got full support from his skipper Rohit Sharma who too wants it so that no one has to compromise too much on the toss factor.Rohit, who does not want any team to …

[ad_1] (With inputs from Prasanth Menon)NEW DELHI: Mohammed Siraj has been making headlines of late for his very disciplined and very accurate bowling style that is helping him reap rich dividends. In the recently concluded ODI series vs Sri Lanka, Siraj was the highest wicket-taker overall with 9 wickets in …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Talented Shubman Gill has justified his inclusion in the playing XI over another rising star Ishan Kishan as he hit his second ODI hundred against Sri Lanka in the third and final ODI of the series in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.Gill’s century came in 89 balls with the …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s batting coach Vikram Rathour has cleared the air over raging controversy as why Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav are not getting chances in the ODI set up despite their exploits in T20Is in recent times. According to Rathour both the in-form batters have not been forced …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma would ideally like to have a left-hander in the top-order but categorically stated that he doesn’t want to tinker with the combination of players just for the heck of it.India clinched the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka by winning the low-scoring second …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Young fast bowler Umran Malik has been surprising everyone with his sheer pace and is getting better with each passing day. The pace sensation on Tuesday bettered his own record of India’s fastest bowler as he clocked a 156 kph delivery in the first ODI against Sri …