Mount Maunganui (New Zealand) Pacer Mohammed Shami starred with the ball taking three wickets helping India overcome veteran Ross Taylor’s defiant 93 and restricting New Zealand to a below-par 243 in the crucial third ODI at the Bay Oval here on Monday. The former New Zealand skipper stood out with a 106-ball 93, laced with 9 […]
Praising the upcoming generation of kabaddi players, veteran star and national captain Ajay Thakur has asserted that the ‘desi’ sport will be the most popular game in the country within a decade. On Friday, Thakur, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, was named for the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award, on the occasion of […]
New Delhi, The Indian womens football team completed back-to-back victories over hosts Hong Kong, with the second coming thanks to a well fought 1-0 win on Wednesday. The only goal of the game was scored by forward Pyari Xaxa, as the Indian eves now set off for Indonesia for a couple of more preparatory friendlies. […]
Virat Kohli has become the first player in history to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year, the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year and the ICC ODI Player of the Year awards following an extraordinary 2018. Not only is Kohli the first player to win these three major […]
New Delhi, Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar led the congratulatory wishes for skipper Virat Kohli and his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who starred in India’s 6-wicket series-levelling win in the second One-day International at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. Sachin highlighted Kohli’s continued love affair with the Adelaide Oval, where he struck his 39th ODI ton […]
Adelaide, India rode skipper Virat Kohli’s magnificent century followed by stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s unbeaten half-century as India defeated Australia by six wickets to level the three-match rubber 1-1 at the Adelaide Oval here on Tuesday. Chasing a competitive 299 for victory, the tourists banked on a collective batting effort from the top order, before […]
New Delhi, All-rounder Hardik Pandya and opener Lokesh Rahul were on Friday asked to go home from the three-ODI series against Australia starting in Sydney on Saturday after being suspended for their controversial comments during a television talk show. The BCCI, in a statement, said the tainted pair would be barred “from playing any form […]
Nassau (Bahamas), Jan 8 An Indian-origin professional poker player is among the top contenders in the Pokerstars tournament here, even as the top winning price goes up to Rs 36 crore ($5.1 million), helped by new players who joined in till noon on Tuesday — the cut-off time. Shyam Srinivasan, a Canadian citizen born in […]
Eight Indian men from across the country are vying to win one of the largest prize money of over Rs 21 crore in a poker tournament being held over five days in this picturesque island, known for its watersports and casinos. The eight won the entry ticket of $25,000, among the largest, through “platinum […]
After India scripted history by winning its first series on Australian soil, edging past the hosts 2-1, an elated Virat Kohli termed the victory as his “best achievement’. After winning the Adelaide and Melbourne Tests, India scored 622 for 7 in their first innings before bowling out Australia for 300 and later enforced follow-on in […]