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Root becomes second captain after Bradman to hit 3rd successive 150-plus score
Chennai: England batsman Joe Root on Saturday became the second skipper to hit three successive 150-plus runs after Australian legendary batsman Sir Don Bradman.
Root achieved the feat in the first Test against India at the MA…
Root proved he’s a true great by scoring ton in 100th Test: Hussain
Chennai, Feb 5 England captain Joe Root proved that he belonged to the same category as India captain Virat Kohli, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson, and Australia's Joe Root by scoring a century in his 100th Test, said former England…
Ind vs Eng, 1st Test: Impressive start but we got to make it count now, says Root
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) , February 5 England skipper Joe Root wants the team to make the most of their "impressive" start in the first innings of the first Test against India and is even targeting a total of 600-700 runs in the innings.…
Ind vs Eng: Not focusing just on Root, all wickets equally important, says Bumrah
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) , February 5 Skipper Joe Root might be the batting mainstay for England but India pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Friday said the focus will be on getting all seven wickets on day two of the first Test.
Root, playing his…
Abu Dhabi T10: Fletcher, Chirag, Moores shine as Bangla Tigers beat Pune Devils
Abu Dhabi , February 1 Bangla Tigers opener and skipper Andre Fletcher showed the way for UAE's Chirag Suri and Tom Moores to record an eight-wicket win over Pune Devils in the first match of the Super League in the Abu Dhabi T10 on…
Ind vs Eng: We want to play in front of fans but it needs to be safe, says Jack Leach
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) , February 1 The Joe Root-led England squad would love to play in front of the crowds in the upcoming Test series against India, said spinner Jack Leach on Monday.
The first two games of the Test series will be…
Aware of Indian batsmen’s strengths but will stick to what I’m good at: Jack Leach
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) , February 1 England bowler Jack Leach is wary of the threat Indian batsmen could pose in the upcoming Test series but the spinner has his plans ready for the hosts' batters.
Jack played a key role in England's…
Bumrah is a hard man to prepare for, says England opener Rory Burns
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) January 28 : England opening batsman Rory Burns on Thursday said that India pacer Jasprit Bumrah is a hard bowler to plan against, looking at the angle he bowls with.
India and England are set to lock horns in…
Can China dominate the Indian Ocean?
Today it is legally indisputable that the high seas belong to all. This means China's navy has as much right to ply the Indian Ocean as any other nation, even though it might make countries like India feel a creeping sense of…
Two SA players for Sri Lanka series test positive
Centurion, Dec 18 Two members of the South African team have returned positive Covid-19 results in their scheduled first round of testing ahead of the team's entry into the bio-secure environment for their Test series against Sri Lanka,…
Dav Whatmore appointed coach of Nepal
Kathmandu, Dec 17 Former Australia cricketer Dav Whatmore was on Thursday appointed as head coach of Nepal. The former batsman, who played seven Tests for Australia in the 1979, had previously served in coaching capacity in almost all…
Bitcoin’s rebound: 3 reasons this bubble may not burst
Bitcoin is back. Three years after the bubble that inflated its value from US$5,000 to US$20,000 in less than three months burst in spectacular fashion, plunging more than 80%, the cryptocurrency is again on the verge of a record high.…
SA-SL Test series to go ahead as planned, confirm CSA and SLC
Cape Town , December 10 Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Thursday confirmed that the two-match Test series slated to begin from December 26 will go ahead as planned. The first Test will be played from…
Sri Lanka confirm tour of South Africa starting Dec 26
Cape Town, Dec 10 Sri Lanka have confirmed that they will tour South Africa for the forthcoming two-match Test Series scheduled to be played in Centurion and Johannesburg from December 26.
A statement from Cricket South Africa (CSA)…
Kohli 1st Indian captain to win series in all formats in Australia
While India had drawn the T20 series on that last tour, they managed to clinch it this time by winning the first two matches. The third match takes place on Tuesday at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
India had won a T20 series in 2016, when…
Cyclonic Storm Burevi over Sri Lanka moves west-northwestwards, likely to emerge into Gulf of…
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) , December 3 Cyclonic Storm Burevi over Sri Lanka moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 12 kmph during past six hours and lay centred about 60 km northwest of Trincomalee, 180 km east-southeast of…
Cyclone: IMD asks people of southern Kerala to remain vigilant
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) , December 1 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a pre-Cyclone watch for South Tamil Nadu and South Kerala coasts predicting that weather conditions there could intensify into a…
Sir Lanka Minister appoints five-member committee to probe prison riot
Colombo , December 1 : Sri Lanka's Justice Minister Ali Sabry on Monday appointed a special five-member committee to probe the unrest which erupted in a maximum-security prison near Colombo.
This comes after at least eight…
Banks to post larger capital declines without support: Moody’s
New Delhi: Banks in India are expected to post larger capital declines without public or private injections, Moody's Investors Service said in a report.
In its 2021 outlook for financial institutions amid Covid-19 recovery, Moody's…
Democracies sans Responsibility (2)
Democracies, are flawed world over, because of several reasons:
First and the foremost, is the primacy of Quantity (numbers) over Quality. It is true, every human being should have equal rights, facilities and preferences. But …