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India began their tour of Australia in great style as the men in blue demolished an under par Western Australia Cricket XI side. Electing to bat first on a glorious evening, the Indians notched up a healthy 192 on board. Top order batsmen Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli were the chief architects, as the two […]

Afghanistan notched up a five-run victory in a thrilling Twenty  20 clash on Friday, after their historic ODI series  win a few days ago in UAE, Afghanistan’s adopted home for cricket matches. Afghanistan batting first scored 188 with the help of Mohammad Shahzad, Usman Ghani and Gulbadin Naib who scored 33, 42 and 37 respectively. […]

St. John’s (Antigua), Jan 9 (IANS) Star West Indies players Darren Sammy, Andre Russell, Sulieman Benn, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Dwayne Bravo were not included in the list of new contracted players issued by the Carribean cricket board for the 2015-2016 period. Swashbuckling batsman Chris Gayle, who had previously turned down national contracts several times, including […]

Perth, Jan 9 (IANS) Rookie Australian paceman Joel Paris is hoping to make his One-Day International (ODI) debut against India in front of his home crowd at the Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) ground on Tuesday. India and Australia will play five ODIs and three Twenty20s in the series which ends on January 31. “If […]

“IPL or County cricket in order to play test matches”! This has been the exact dilemma faced by a lot of English players in recent times. The most recent example of this is England’s flamboyant wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler, who is uncertain whether to join the IPL or not. Buttler had previously hinted that despite receiving […]

Perth, Jan 8 (IANS) Australia coach Darren Lehmann has said the forthcoming limited-overs series against India will be an exciting one, considering the aggressive nature of cricket the visitors are playing lately. The visitors will be playing five One-Day Internationals (ODI) starting on January 12 in Perth followed by three Twenty20 Internationals. Youngsters Gurkeerat Singh, […]

Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) Mithali Raj will lead the Indian women’s cricket team for the limited-overs series against Australia starting at the Adelaide Oval on January 26. The Indian girls are scheduled to play three One-Day Internationals (ODI) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) from January 26. Fast bowling all-rounder Jhulan Goswami will be the vice-captain […]

Perth, Jan 8 (IANS) India batsman Rohit Sharma on Friday said he will look to introduce new ideas in his batting style during the limited-overs series against hosts Australia starting on January 12 here. The visitors are scheduled to play five One-Day Internationals (ODI) followed by three Twenty20 Internationals against hosts Australia. Rohit (6) failed […]

India’s limited over captain MS Dhoni ushered praise on 15-year-old Pranav Dhanwade for his unbelievable 1009 runs innings in School cricket.  Pranav hit 129 boundaries and 59 sixes during his innings. “It’s not a joke to score so many runs. It’s serious business in any conditions and ground keeping in mind the age. It’s tremendous, it’s […]

India will play Australia in a five-match One-day International series against the World Champions in their own den starting from 12th January. The Indian team’s record in Australia has not been great but they have a point to prove. It will be an exciting series between these two cricketing superpowers.  Here, we look at the […]