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KOHLI HAS INSTILLED A STURDY BELIEF IN TEAM, SAYS WAUGH

March 2, 2021

MUMBAI: Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh feels India captain Virat Kohli’s “new attitude” has instilled in his team the habit of taking on every hurdle and then getting over it rather than being intimidating by the opposite team. Waugh made these comments on his latest documentary “Capturing Cricket: Steve Waugh...

SHARDUL HITS 92 AS MUMBAI BEAT HIMACHAL BY 200 RUNS

March 2, 2021

Fast bowler Shardul Thakur put on a batting master-class to smash 92 runs off 57 balls -- also his maiden half-century in List A cricket -- in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy against Himachal Pradesh on Monday as Mumbai registered a comprehensive 200-run win. Opening batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prithvi Shaw,...

KOHLI & COMPANY SWEAT IT OUT IN NETS AHEAD OF FINAL TEST

March 2, 2021

The Indian cricket team is preparing intensively for the fourth and final Test against England and leaving no stone unturned at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday shared a video on Twitter to give a glimpse of players sweating it out...

ATLETICO DEFEAT VILLAREAL BY 2-0, EXTEND THEIR LEAD

March 2, 2021

Atletico Madrid opened up a five-point lead over Barcelona at the top of La Liga after a 2-0 win away to Villarreal. Recent results implied the game could be another potential banana skin for Atletico, who have seen their lead at the top of the table cut from 10 to...

All this moaning, groaning about the pitch has to stop: Sir Vivian Richards

March 2, 2021

Amid debate over the third Test pitch, West Indies great Vivian Richards slammed England for complaining about the spinning wicket and added that he wants to see a similar track in the final Test of the series. India had managed to defeat England within two days in the pink-ball Test....

HOSTS PUSHING CONDITIONS TO EXTREMITIES, SAYS FOAKES

March 1, 2021

AHMEDABAD: Amid the debates over the nature of the pitch that was prepared for the pink-ball Test between India and England in Ahmedabad, England wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes on Sunday said that his side knows that the pitch is going to turn from ball one as the hosts are pushing their...

ROHIT ATTAINS CAREER-BEST ICC RANKING, MOVES TO EIGHTH SPOT

March 1, 2021

DUBAI: India opener Rohit Sharma has progressed six places to a career-best eighth position in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after a fine performance in the low-scoring third Test against England in Ahmedabad that the home side won by 10 wickets to take a 2-1 lead in the four-match...

IF 4TH TEST’S WICKET IS SAME, ICC MUST DOCK POINTS: PANESAR

March 1, 2021

NEW DELHI: Former England spinner Monty Panesar on Sunday said that the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad did not deserve the Test match as it ended inside two days and added that the International Cricket Council should dock India’s points if the pitch is similar in the fourth Test. In...

HOSTS SWEAT IT OUT IN NETS AHEAD OF FOURTH TEST

March 1, 2021

AHMEDABAD: Ahead of the upcoming fourth Test against England, Virat Kohli-led India on Sunday had a grind in the nets and everyone was seen having a hit in the middle. Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) official handle tweeted the photos from the training session and captioned the...

Women’s hockey team go down after fighting Germany hard

March 1, 2021

Indian women’s hockey team battled hard but went down 1-0 to world number three Germany in the second match of the four-match series here in Dusseldorf on Sunday. Amelie Wortmann (24’) scored the only goal of the game as the Germans held on to their slender lead to take a...

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