Cricket

Aligarh, May 03: A small two-room quarters within the premises of an LPG distribution company’s storage compound near Aligarh stadium has become the talk of the town within days after the IPL auction. It’s the house of Rinku Singh, an…

Derby, April 17: After more than two years of dry run, Cheteshwar Pujara on Sunday roared back to form as he cracked his maiden first-class double hundred in a County Championship match for Sussex against Derbyshire. Pujara finished…

Dubai, April 10: BCCI Secretary Jay Shah has been appointed as Member Board representative of the ICC Men's Cricket Committee, the world cricket governing body announced on Sunday. At the ICC Board meeting, a number of fresh appointments to…

Hamilton, April 4: New Zealand batter Ross Taylor ended his 16-year long international cricket career by taking a match winning catch in his final appearance, as the Black Caps whitewashed the three-match ODI series against the…

Mumbai, March 30: BCCI Secretary Jay Shah, who also heads the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), has initiated an ambitious plan to revive the Afro-Asian Cricket Project to develop the game in the African continent. The Project, which was…

London, March 22: England's leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson said that he has "made peace" with being dropped for the West Indies tour. The 39-year-old Anderson along with Stuart Broad, 35, was left out of the squad for the…

Auckland, March 19: Australia won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 match at the Eden Park here on Saturday. Both sides made one change in their line-ups. For India, Shafali Verma replaced…

Tauranga, March 16: England have won the toss and elected to bowl against India in their do-or-die ICC Women's Cricket World Cup match at the Bay Oval here on Wednesday. Both England and India are unchanged from their previous fixtures…

Bengaluru, March 14 (BD Narayankar-UNI) Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah's bowling helped India bowl out Sri Lanka for 208 runs in their final innings of the series to seal a 238-run win over Sri Lanka on Day 3 of the pink-ball…

Bengaluru, March 13 (UNI) Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer's brilliant fifties, besides Jasprit Bumrah's five-for 24 propelled India to post 303 for 9 declared, setting a massive target of 447 for Sri Lanka to square the two-Test series on…

Bengaluru, Mar 12 (UNI- BD Naraayannkar ): Shreyas Iyer's 92 and five wickets between Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami put India on top on Day 1 of the pink-ball Test against Sri Lanka at Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Saturday. Sri Lanka…

Hamilton, March 12 (UNI) Veteran India fast bowler Jhulan Goswami on Saturday became the all-time highest wicket-taker in Women's ODI World Cups. With 40 wickets, Jhulan surpassed the 34-year-old record which was held by Australia's Lyn…

New Delhi, March 9: India pacer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of the game. Taking to Twitter, the right-arm pacer said: "During my 25 years career as a cricket player, I have always…

Dunedin, March 9 (UNI) West Indies pulled off another upset as they beat the defending champions England by seven runs in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at the University Oval here on Wednesday. After edging out hosts New Zealand…

Mohali, March 6 (UNI) Team India Captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday said it was the team and Ravindra Jadeja's decision to declare India's first innings after the selfless player sent a message out to the dressing room to put Sri Lanka into…

Mohali, March 6 (UNI) All-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin became the second highest Indian wicket-taker after he surpassed Kapil Dev on day 3 of the first Test against Sri Lanka here on Sunday. He raced past Kapil's record of 434 wickets…

Tauranga, March 6 (UNI) India won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in their opening match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at the Bay Oval, New Zealand here on Sunday. India skipper Mithali Raj said, "It's a good wicket…

Mohali, March 5 (UNI) Ravindra Jadeja cracked an unbeaten 175 as India declared their first innings at a staggering 574 for 8 in the first innings against Sri Lanka here on Saturday. The bowling-all-rounder took to cleaners a listless…

New Delhi, March 4 (UNI) Cricket fraternity around the world is in deep shock after hearing the news of Australian cricket legend Shane Warne's untimely demise. Warne, widely regarded as the greatest spinner, passed away of a…

Mohali, March 4 (UNI) Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant took the game away from Sri Lanka by smashing a sterling 96 to help the host reach 357 for 6 at stumps on Day 1 of the first Test at the IS Bindra Stadium, here on Friday. Pant was…