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Defending champions Australia’s march in the Women’s T20 World Cup continued on Tuesday as it beat New Zealand in Sharjah. The win makes things interesting in the Group A points table with only the top two teams having a chance to enter the semi-finals. Currently, Australia lead the points table with two wins…
Gearing up: The Indian team will aim to wrap up the T20I series against Bangladesh in the second match. | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV There was an air of calm confidence in India’s training session at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Tuesday. After a thumping seven-wicket win over Bangladesh at Gwalior, this Indian team…
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India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana on Tuesday said skipper Harmanpreet Kaur will be leading the side against Sri Lanka in the Women’s T20 World Cup, having got retired hurt in the previous game due to discomfort in her neck. Harmanpreet had walked off the field when she was batting on 29 against Pakistan on…
India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is equipped to “play in any conditions” but will need to make some mental adjustments for the upcoming tour of Australia, the legendary Brian Lara said on Tuesday. Jaiswal has established himself as a vital cog in the Test side with 929 runs in only eight matches this year…
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Former India batter Yusuf Pathan and England spinner Monty Panesar engaged in some friendly banter during a Legends League Cricket (LLC) match between Konark Suryas Odisha and Toyam Hyderabad. The two – once regular players for their respective nations at senior level – have now been battling it out during LLC. However, as…
File photo of Joe Root© AFP England’s vibrant batter Joe Root took a step closer to matching Sachin Tendulkar‘s elusive record for 1000-plus Test runs in most calendar years. After Pakistan slammed a mammoth 556-run total on the back of centuries from Salman Ali Agha (104*), Abdullah Shafique (102) and skipper Shan Masood…
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File photo of Harmanpreet Kaur© Twitter Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on Tuesday climbed four spots to be joint 12th in the ICC Women’s T20 batting rankings. Off-spinner Shreyanka Patil surged nine places to be 29th in the bowlers’ rankings. Harmanpreet now shares the 12th position with Sri Lanka’s Harshitha Samarawickrama, boasting 610 rating…
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England finished the second day of the first Test in Multan on a solid 96-1 on Tuesday in reply to Pakistan’s mammoth 556 that was boosted by a fiery century from Agha Salman. The tourists lost stand-in skipper Ollie Pope for a second-ball duck before Zak Crawley and Joe Root steadied the innings…
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The Indian women’s table tennis team assured itself of a first ever medal at the Asian Championships with a stunning 3-2 win over Paris Olympics bronze medallists South Korea in the quarterfinals in Astana on Tuesday. World number 92 Ayhika Mukherjee was the architect of the famous victory as she beat world number…
Former Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta, who won two European Championships and the 2010 World Cup with an all-conquering Spain team, announced his retirement from football on Tuesday at the age of 40. “Being on the pitch is over,” a visibly emotional Iniesta told reporters at a news conference in Barcelona while reflecting on…
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