(Photo credit: @leicsccc Twitter) LEICESTER: Rishabh Pant decided to rise in the west after his woes in the sub-continent, batting in his signature attacking manner to hog the limelight on the second day of the warm-up match between India and Leicestershire here. One among four India players to turn out for the English county side
NEW DELHI: The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has passed the half-way mark after a month of high-octane action in the world’s richest Twenty20 cricket tournament. AFP Sport looks at five talking points from the first half of the season. Jos Buttlerhas smiled his way to the top of this season’s batting
NEW DELHI: Abdul Rashid was sitting at his fruit and vegetable shop, at Shaheedi Chowk intersection in Jammu, when some nearby shopkeepers rushed to him and began congratulating him. Rashid was taken aback, but he greeted everyone and then asked what had happened. One of the men said ‘Abdul bhai, aapke bete ne kamaal kar
Kohli gets back-to-back first-ball ducks as Jansen, Natarajan dazzleFor Royal Challengers Bangalore, the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai turned into a haunted house on Saturday as they played out a horror show they won’t forget in a hurry. AS IT HAPPENEDAgainst Sunrisers Hyderabad‘s fiery bowling attack, Faf du Plessis’ men came up woefully short in shot
NEW DELHI: It’s not over till it’s over. It’s not over till Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at the crease, wielding his willow like a sword, decimating the bowlers and sending the ball to all parts of the ground, taking his team to victory, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. Over the years, we have
Skipper slams 96, Hazlewood scalps 4/25 as Bangalore down LSG by 18 runsWhen Royal Challengers Bangalore went for Faf du Plessis during the IPL auction earlier this year, they were not only bringing their new skipper on board but also ensuring a 600-plus run-scorer for the season. The former South Africa captain is like a
Rawat, Kohli shine as Bangalore sail to 7-wkt win; Surya’s knock in vainFor a team brimming with talent, most of Mumbai Indians‘ batting line-up has been turning up with a cold bat. Against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday night it was no different. Amidst the ruins, Suryakumar Yadav stood tall with a 37-ball unconquered 68
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Kolkata club coach Partha Pratim Chowdhury has witnessed hundreds of cricketers with dreamy eyes flocking the Maidans but never a young man with engineering books accompanying his cricket kits until Shahbaz Ahmed checked in. It was a bit of a novelty even for the middle-aged Chowdhury, associated with Kolkata’s first division club Tapan
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