Mumbai, Dec 22 (IANS) A few weeks after they were left out of the 30-member preliminary squad for the 2015 World Cup, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh were Monday dropped from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) contracts list while medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was promoted to a Grade A contract. Pacer […]
Madrid, Nov 9 (IANS) Luis Suarez was the hero for FC Barcelona as he came off the bench at halftime to set up the goals that gave his side a 2-1 win against Almeria. The Uruguayan set up Neymar and Jordi Alba to score the second half goals that gave Barca three vital points, reports Xinhua. […]
London, Aug 16 (IANS) Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott said that the Indian players know that the Oval Test is already lost and praised India skipper Mahendra Singh for his valiant 82 in the first innings. Thanks to Dhoni’s 82, India made 148 before being bowled out by England. Boycott said the Indians know that the […]
Manchester, Aug 9 (IANS) Scoreboard at lunch on day three of the fourth cricket Test between India and England at Old Trafford here Saturday. India (first innings): 152 all out England (first innings, overnight 237/6) Alastair Cook c Pankaj Singh b Aaron 17 Sam Robson b Kumar 6 Gary Ballance lbw b Aaron 37 Ian Bell […]
Roseau (Dominica), July 7 (IANS/CMC) Andre Fletcher’s second half-century in as many days paired with Sheldon Cottrell’s incisive three-wicket burst, propelled West Indies to a 39-run victory over New Zealand and a share of the two-match Twenty20 series here Sunday. Sent in at Windsor Park, West Indies rallied to 165 for six off 20 overs, thanks […]
Derby, July 4 (IANS) India won their second warm-up game beating Derbyshire by five-wickets at the County Ground here Thursday. Derbyshire, who started the day 15 runs behind the Indians, declared their second innings at 156 for three after Billy Godleman top scored with 56 not out and Alex Hughes was unbeaten on 36. Set a […]
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Continuing their dream run, Kolkata Knight Riders moved closer to the knock-out round by galloping to a eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings as their batsmen led by Robin Uthappa put up a sparkling show in an Indian Premier League match here Tuesday. Playing their first match at the home ground Eden […]
Sharjah, April 18 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the toss and put the Delhi Daredevils in to bat in the second match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here Thursday. The following are the squads: Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (Captain), Nic Maddinson, Parthiv Patel, Yuvraj Singh, […]
Miami, March 23 (IANS) India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and his South African partner Kevin Anderson suffered a first-round exit from the men’s doubles event of Sony Open Tennis here. Bhupathi and Anderson went down 4-6, 6-4, 6-10 to the second-seeded pair of Alexander Peya of Austria and Bruno Soares of Brazil in the first round here Saturday. […]
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) India discard Gautam Gambhir doesn’t see the Indian Premier League as a platform to make his case for a national comeback. The opening batsman has set no deadline for himself but says he will quit the day he is not enjoying the game. For the present, Gambhir’s priority is the upcoming […]