New Delhi, November 4 Sri Lanka cancelled their opening training session in the national capital on Saturday due to “severe” air pollution but Bangladesh braved the adverse weather conditions to train, a day after choosing to skip their practice session....
Ahmedabad, November 4 Adam Zampa produced three timely strikes in the middle overs as Australia knocked out defending champions England out of the ODI World Cup with a 33-run win here on Saturday, their fifth consecutive victory. Australian batters were...
Kolkata, November 4 The entire Mohun Bagan cricket team was on celebratory mode having just won the P. Sen Trophy at the Eden Gardens back in 2009, barring one individual. From a distance, the architect of that crown was quietly...
Colombo, November 4 Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Mohan de Silva has resigned in the wake of the national team’s disappointing run in the ODI World Cup win in India. Sri Lanka lost to India by a massive 302 runs in...
Bengaluru, November 4 Fakhar Zaman hit an extraordinary hundred and the weather gods too smiled on ‘unpredictable’ Pakistan, who miraculously kept their semifinal hopes alive after walking away with a crucial 21-run win over New Zealand through DLS method in...
Kolkata, November 4 The top spot is at stake and an unconquered Indian team will certainly feel a sense of deja vu when it takes on a red-hot South Africa on Sunday in what will be a battle of equals...
Ahmedabad, November 4 England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bowl in their World Cup match against arch-rivals Australia here on Saturday. For Australia, all-rounders Marcus Stoinis and Cameron Green came in for injured Glenn Maxwell and...
Lucknow, November 4 Head coach Jonathan Trott feels despite losing against India at the World Cup, the match worked as a confidence booster for Afghanistan, who have started believing they can also win and dominate games. Enjoying their best-ever performance,...
Bengaluru, November 4 Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss and elected to field against New Zealand in a World Cup match here on Saturday. Pakistan made one change, bringing Hasan Ali in place of Usama Mir. New Zealand made...
Kolkata, November 4 Star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya was on Saturday ruled out of the ongoing World Cup after failing to recover from his ankle injury. Pacer Prasidh Krishna, who played 17 ODIs, has been named Pandya’s replacement in the...
Bengaluru, November 3 Pakistan’s chances of entering the World Cup semifinals hang by a thread, and director of cricket Mickey Arthur today made a blunt assessment of his side’s performance terming it well below-par. The former champions must win against...
BENGALURU, November 3 Matt Henry has been ruled out of the World Cup in India with a torn right hamstring and replaced in the squad by fellow New Zealand paceman Kyle Jamieson. Henry sustained the injury during Wednesday’s match against...
Ahmedabad, November 3 Australia head into their World Cup clash against defending champions England with two important players absent but skipper Pat Cummins said today that although the situation is less than ideal, the five-time champions will cope. Mitchell Marsh...
Ahmedabad, November 3 Joe Root has attempted to rally England with fighting words ahead of their World Cup clash against Australia, calling his team a better outfit “man for man” despite being last in the standings. Jos Buttler’s England have...
LUCKNOW, November 3 Afghanistan kept their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup semifinals alive after beating Netherlands by seven wickets in a low-scoring group game here today. Afghanistan climbed to fifth in the standings with eight points, behind New...
Rohit Mahajan Kolkata, November 3 The tickets for India’s matches were snapped up in a flash, soon after they were made available for online sale. Yet, there were several holes among spectators in the stands at the Wankhede Stadium yesterday,...
Rohit Mahajan Kolkata, November 3 The Indian cricket party reached their eighth city of the World Cup — 10th, if you count the warm-up venues Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram. That’s a lot of flying in a little over four weeks. Rohit...
New Delhi, November 3 Yuvraj Singh isn’t a professional coach but youngsters in the Punjab set-up swear by his “contribution” to their game. One of the beneficiaries of Yuvraj’s mentoring is rising star Shubhman Gill, whose class was never under...
Lucknow, November 3 Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and Rahmat Shah made well-compiled fifties and veteran Mohammad Nabi produced a stifling spell as Afghanistan continued their dream run in the World Cup, registering a smooth seven-wicket victory over Netherlands to keep their...
Bengaluru, November 3 Pakistan have been going through a difficult World Cup campaign and their Director of Cricket Mickey Arthur on Friday attributed one part of the rough ride to the heightened security around players, largely confining them to the...
Lucknow, November 3 The Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards won the toss and elected to bat against Afghanistan in their World Cup match here on Friday. Afghanistan brought in Noor Ahmad in place of Naveen Ul Haq, while Netherlands made three...
Ahmedabad, November 3 Australia and England have endured widely contrasting fates in the World Cup with one firmly on course for the semi-final while the other barely surviving. But on Saturday when the two Ashes rivals clash, a lot will...
Mumbai, November 3 Sri Lanka’s decimation by India in the Asia Cup final in September could potentially have dented the confidence of the players, which led to another crushing defeat in their World Cup match against Rohit Sharma’s side here...
New Delhi, November 3 New Zealand pace spearhead Matt Henry was on Friday ruled out of the World Cup with a torn right hamstring and has been replaced by Kyle Jamieson. The 31-year-old sustained the injury during New Zealand’s match...
Bengaluru, November 3 An injury-tormented New Zealand will seek resurgence while Pakistan need a continuation of their recent resurrection, and that subtext of desperation could turn their crucial World Cup match into a classic here on Saturday. The fortunes of...
Mumbai, November 3 Individual milestones don’t take precedence in a stage like World cup, said Shreyas Iyer, hoping to get a hundred for India in the coming matches after smashing a 56-ball 82 against Sri Lanka here. India’s huge total...
Kolkata, November 3 Kolkata Police has summoned officials of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and the online ticket booking portal following a complaint lodged alleging black marketing of tickets for Sunday’s ICC World Cup match between India and South...
Rohit Mahajan Mumbai, November 2 India’s seventh consecutive victory guaranteed the team a spot in the semifinals of the World Cup, but the contest was the sort of farcical mismatches that leave the partisans elated and the purists disappointed. The...
Mumbai, November 2 He did have issues with rhythm in the past couple of games but Mohammed Siraj’s parameter of judging himself is consistency in deliveries bowled in good areas rather than the volume of wickets taken. Siraj has so...
Mumbai, November 2 India became the first team to enter the World Cup semifinals after winning seven matches on the trot, and captain Rohit Sharma was delighted to see his side achieving the goal of reaching the last four stage...
