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South Africa media manager Sipokazi Sokanyile to ring bell for 2nd Test vs India
Johannesburg, Jan 2: Sipokazi Sokanyile, the media manager of South Africa men's team, will ring the bell at Wanderers to signal the start of second Test between India and South Africa on today.
Sokanyile, who was born in Eastern Cape,…
KL Rahul to lead India for ODIs, Bumrah named vice-captain in SA series
Mumbai, Dec 31: KL Rahul will lead India for the three-match One-Day International series against South Africa. Jasprit Bumrah has been named as vice-captain, the Chairman of Selectors Chetan Sharma announced on Friday.
The All-India…
Bumrah becomes fastest to take 100 overseas Test wickets for India
Centurion, Dec 30: Jasprit Bumrah on Thursday became the fastest bowler to take 100 overseas Test wickets for India.
The 28-year-old achieved the feat in only 23 matches, breaking the record held by B Chandrasekhar who reached the…
Indian cricket legends heap praises on team after historic win vs SA
New Delhi, Dec 30: From Ravi Shastri to Sachin Tendulkar, Indian legends heaped praises on national team for scripting history at Centurion on Thursday.
The Virat Kohli-led side secured their first-ever Test win at Centurion after…
Ashes series: England suffer batting collapse, lose 3rd Test and series
Melbourne. Dec28 (Agencies): British team suffered yet another batting collapse, this time in 3rd Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Apart from Root, England's batting has been woeful so far in the…
Credit goes to my father: Shami after picking 200 Test wickets
Pant breaks Dhoni's record in Test cricket behind stumps
India-South Africa at Centurian:Rain washes away Day 2
Centurion, Dec 27 (UNI) The second day's play of the first Test between India and South Africa had to be called off without a ball being bowled due to persistent rain here on Monday.
The start of the match, which was scheduled at 1:30 pm…
PK Dhumal congrats Himachal team for winning Vijay Hazare Trophy
Hamirpur (HP), Dec 27: While congratulating the players of Himachal Pradesh for winning the Vijay Hazare Trophy by defeating the mighty Karnataka team, former HP Chief Minister and senior BJP leader, Prem Kumar Dhumal has said that those…
India begin SA tour with first test in Centurian
Strong Kohli teams looks for first series win in South Africa
1983 World Cup winning India team gathers at Film City
Mumbai, Dec 21 (UNI) The 1983 Cricket World Cup winning India team gathered for an interactive session ahead of the much-awaited release of 83 film here at the Film City on Tuesday.
The movie 83 is based on the Indian team that defeated…
Jofra Archer ruled out of West Indies tour
London, Dec 21: Fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out of England's tour of West Indies in March, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Tuesday.
The board in a statement stated that the fast bowler "underwent a…
KL Rahul named Team India vice-captain for 3 SA tests
Mumbai, Dec 18: The All-India Senior selection committee of BCCI today named KL Rahul as vice-captain for the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa.
Rahul replaced Rohit Sharma as vice-captain, who was ruled out of the Test…
Sidhu-Bhajji pics on twitter create ripples in Punjab politics
Chandigarh, Dec. 15: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday posted on Twitter a picture of him with former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh, setting off speculation about the veteran off-spinner joining the party ahead of the…
Opener Panchal replaces Rohit in India’s Test squad vs SA
Mumbai, Dec 13 (UNI) India Test vice-captain Rohit Sharma on Monday was ruled out of the upcoming three-match series against South Africa.
Priyank Panchal will replace Rohit in the Test squad after the vice-captain sustained a left…
India to host Afghanistan for ODI series
Kabul, Dec 13: India will host Afghanistan for three-match One-Day International series in March next year, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Monday. The ACB put out their Future Tour Program (FTP) for 2022-23, which…
We had requested Virat Kohli not to step down as T20I captain: Sourav Ganguly
Irrespective of India’s performance at the T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli would have stayed as white-ball captain if he wouldn’t have relinquished T20I captaincy. Once Kohli quit captaincy in the shortest format, the selectors decided to…
BCCI sacks Virat Kohli as ODI captain, Rohit Sharma takes over
Rohit Sharma has replaced Virat Kohli as India’s ODI captain. Unlike the T20I captaincy change, where the announcement came from Kohli, citing his workload, this is a BCCI decision, to remove him as ODI skipper.
Three months ago, while…
Like Sachin Tendulkar, relieving of captaincy could unburden Virat Kohli the batsman
Captaincy never seemed to shrink Virat Kohli, rather he had grown with it. Through largely good times, and the intermittent bad, leading a team never seemed to burden him. Shades of silver did intrude into his once jet-black tidily-trimmed…
South Africa announce 21-member squad for Test series against India
Johannesburg, Dec 7 (UNI) Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday announced a 21-member squad for the three-match Test series against India, which is set to take place from December 26 to January 15, 2022.
The series will form part of the…
Harbhajan Singh set to join support staff of major IPL franchise for next season
Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will be seen in a different avatar during next year’s Indian Premier League as a key member of the support staff in one of the high-profile franchises.
The 41-year-old Harbhajan, who featured in a…
