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Shams Mulani is | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Shams Mulani has spent the better part of five years knocking on the doors of the Indian team. The Mumbai left-arm spinner has piled up wickets, contributed with the bat and recently earned the Player of the Series award in India A’s first-class series against Australia A….
Tamil Nadu skipper Sai Kishore attributed his team’s failure to take a first-innings lead against Rajasthan to the lower order’s lack of application. He also felt the pitch became increasingly spin-friendly as the match progressed, giving the toss (won by Rajasthan), a significant bearing on the contest. “I think it was a lack of application….
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has stepped in to prevent Arunachal Pradesh from forfeiting further matches this season by organising selection trials for the State’s men’s and women’s teams across age groups and at the senior level. The move follows Arunachal’s forfeiture of its Ranji Trophy opener against Nagaland and its…
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Rain denied Madhya Pradesh a win after it put defending champion Jammu and Kashmir on the ropes in their Ranji Trophy Group-A fixture at the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium on Wednesday. After the draw, M.P. took three points by virtue of its first-innings lead. Shubham Sharma’s unbeaten 106 (200b, 7×4, 3×6) and a ruthless display by the…
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On a track that was a graveyard for bowlers, it was always going to be a competition for the first-innings lead. Jharkhand had all but ensured it on the third day itself, while for Kerala, only a huge partnership from its overnight batters would have given it any chance. Salman Nizar and Aditya Sarwate had…
Punjab went all in for an outright win but had to settle for three points on the final day of its Ranji Trophy round-one match against Assam at the New PCA Stadium here on Wednesday. Overnight batters Emanjot Singh Chahal (114 n.o., 137b, 10×4, 4×6) and Salil Arora (110, 152b, 10×4, 3×6) needed less than…
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Bengal relied on its spinners’ combined yield of seven wickets and its openers’ brisk chase to record a hard-earned nine-wicket win over Delhi and grab six points in its Ranji Trophy opener at the Bengal Cricket Academy ground here on Wednesday. Re-starting its second innings at 101 for three, Delhi rode on skipper Ayush Badoni’s brilliant…
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Victory Flair, Exuma and Shamara caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday (Oct. 14) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Cornucpia (Saurav), Ocean Of Love (S.J. Sunil) 41. They were level. 800m: Ashwa Tazbeez (Gore) 51, 600/37. Moved well. Ms Brightside (Gore) 55, 600/41. Easy. Shivalik Superstar (Kaviraj) 53, 600/39. Moved freely. Minari…
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File photo of Pramod Kumar and Ajay Singh. | Photo Credit: ANI In a retaliatory move, Boxing Federation of India (BFI) president Ajay Singh has suspended secretary general Pramod Kumar, who earlier moved a no-confidence motion against the federation chief, on various grounds. In a letter issued on Tuesday, Ajay said several enquiries are pending against…
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She came. She led. She conquered. Now, she has stepped down. So, the best captain Indian women’s cricket has ever had will no longer walk out to toss with the rival captain in an international game. Harmanpreet Kaur would be cherishing those walks to the middle, in the glare of the television cameras. She is…
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