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Batsman Ashwin’s experience pays off as he ‘ambushes’ England
It was a coincidence that former India leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, who as a state selector had once dropped R Ashwin from a Tamil Nadu junior team for poor batting performance, interviewed the off-spinner who scored his fifth Test…
Brought out the sweep shot after 13-14 years: Ravichandran Ashwin
India off-spinner R Ashwin, who scored his fifth Test century after a five-wicket haul to help India take the stranglehold of the second Test, said he brought out his sweep shot for the first time after well over a decade."After the last…
Ashwin’s wickets per Test higher than Kumble, Harbhajan
If India off-spinner R Ashwin ends up playing 100 Test matches -- the current Test is his 76th -- he might end up with over 500 wickets and become India's second highest wicket-taker in Test cricket behind leg-spinner Anil Kumble. And if…
Makes it look so simple: Former cricketers laud Rohit Sharma
India opener Rohit Sharma, who scored his seventh Test century to lead India's charge in the second Test against England here on Saturday, received effusive praise from former cricketers for his performance.Sharma dominated and attacked the…
Race walking : Sandeep, Rahul, Priyanka qualify for Olympics
Haryana's international athletes Sandeep Kumar and Rahul Kumar in the men's event and Uttar Pradesh's Priyanka Goswami in the women's category won the 2021 Olympic Games quota places in the 20km event of the eighth National Race Walking…
Indian eves set for FIFA friendlies against Serbia, Russia & Ukraine
The senior Indian women's football team will be travelling to Alanya, Turkey to play three international friendlies in what will be their first outing after the Covid-19 lockdown. The team will face Serbia on February 17 followed by a match…
World Para Athletics GP: 2 golds among India’s 5 medals on Day 2
Indian para-athletes continued their good show at the 12th Fazza International World Para Athletics Grand Prix winning five medals, including two golds, on the second day of the competitions.Para-athlete Simran got closer to her Paralympic…
Women’s Pro Golf: Seher leads, as amateur Avani, Amandeep trail
Seher Atwal overcame a double bogey on the back nine to maintain her dominance at the third leg of the Women's Pro Golf Tournament at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club on Thursday.Seher, who shot a superb 5-under 65 on the first day, added…
ICC Test rankings: Kohli & Pujara move down, Root goes to 3rd
India's Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara have moved down by a spot while Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah have moved upwards in the respective ICC Test rankings which got updated after the culmination of the first Test which England…
Reverse swing made us feel we were in game all the time : James Anderson
England fast bowler James Anderson's three-wicket burst in the first session on Tuesday broke India's backbone as the hosts crumbled to 110/5 from 92/2 in just over six overs, before getting bowled out for 192 and losing the first Test by…