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Mandhana among four nominees for ICC Women’s Cricketer of Year Award

Star India batter Smriti Mandhana was on Friday nominated for the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year award for her spectacular performances across all formats. Mandhana was also nominated for Women’s T20 Player of the Year on Thursday.Mandhana was shortlisted for the top award along with Tammy Beaumont of England, Lizelle Lee of South Africa […]

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U19 Asia Cup final: India crush Sri Lanka by 9 wickets to clinch their eighth title

The Yash Dhull-led young Indian side hammered Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in the final of the U-19 Men’s Asia Cup 2021 to seal their eighth title at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday. Riding on a fine unbeaten 56 from Angkrish Raghuvanshi, India gunned down the 102-run target in just 22 overs to […]

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KL Rahul to lead India’s 18-man squad for South Africa ODIs, injured Rohit Sharma misses out

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday announced the 18-member India squad for the 3-match ODI series against South Africa, scheduled to be played between January 19 and 23. KL Rahul will be leading the Indian team in the three-match ODI series against South Africa in the absence of regular white-ball […]

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Indian pacers bundle out South Africa as India go 1-0 up in Test series

India’s once-in-a-generation pace unit destroyed a listless South Africa with its relentless attack to fashion an emphatic 113-run win in the first Test here on Thursday, setting the team on the path towards an elusive series-victory in the Rainbow nation. The 2021 started with India breaching the Fortress Gabba Down Under and it couldn’t have […]

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Hockey India names 60 players for Senior Men National Camp

Hockey India on Thursday announced a list of 60 players for the Senior Men’s National Camp which commences from 3 January 2022 at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru. The players have been selected based on their performance at the recently concluded 11th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship Pimpri Chinchwad 2021, 11th Hockey India […]

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India need six wickets on day five to breach Fortress Centurion Centurion

India had another terrific day in the first Test against South Africa as the tourists’ now needed six wickets to breach Fortress Centurion on day five. After setting a target of 305 for the hosts’, India took out four wickets, including two from a brilliant Jasprit Bumrah in the last 20 minutes of day four […]

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India lead by 148 runs, as Shami claims a five-wicket haul

Mohammed Shami recorded a five-wicket haul while Jasprit Bumrah and Shardul Thakur added two each to their name as India bundled out the hosts for 197 in the first innings. After Bumrah and Shami ripped through the SA top-order, Thakur entered the wickets column after he removed Quinton de Kock at the stroke of tea, […]

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Hockey India names 60 players for senior women national camp

Hockey India has named 60 players for the senior women’s national camp which starts from Monday at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru. The players have been selected based on their performance at the recently held 11th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2021, 1st Hockey India Senior Women Inter-Department National Championship 2021, and other […]

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Rahul strikes unbeaten ton, helps India make near perfect start in South Africa

Opener K L Rahul produced a majestic knock in testing conditions en route to his sixth overseas century as India made a near perfect start to the Test series against South Africa, here on Sunday. Rahul (122 batting off 248), alongside opener partner Mayank Agarwal (60), set up a strong platform for India with a […]

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Harbhajan retires from all formats of the game

Harbhajan Singh has announced his retirement from all formats of the game. In a video message on Twitter, the former India offspinner said that “in many ways, I had already retired”, but because of his commitments with Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, he was forced to delay the announcement. “There comes a time in […]