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India's gamble of playing a batsman less -- by dropping KL Rahul -- and including an extra bowler in T. Natarajan didn't cost them at all as they managed to post a mammoth 224 for two wickets in 20 overs to out-bat England."The fact that…

 Pacer Shardul Thakur took his second consecutive three-wicket haul while Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a miserly spell, taking two wickets, after captain Virat Kohli's unbeaten 80, to help India beat England in the fifth and final T20…

Anne Bosch's al l-round show helped South Africa women beat India women by eight wickets in the first T20 International of the three-match series at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium here on Saturday.Bosch,…

M Prasidh Krishna has received a maiden call-up to the Indian squad for their upcoming three-match ODI series against England. The 18-member squad, which was announced on Friday, also includes Suryakumar Yadav, who made his international…

It is good for England in the run-up to the 2021 T20 World Cup that the final match of their T20I series against India will decide the winner of the rubber, said all-rounder Ben Stokes. India levelled the five-match series 2-2 with an…

 Batting great Sachin Tendulkar scripted history on this day in 2012 when he scored his 100th international century while playing in the Asia Cup for India.It was Tendulkar's 49th and final century in ODI cricket and, interestingly, only…

 Opener Ishan Kishan, who clobbered the England attack to lead India to a seven-wicket win on Sunday, said he wasn't even aware that he had reached his half-century and it was only captain Virat Kohli's reminder that made him realise that…

 India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah on Monday got married to TV sports presenter Sanjana Ganesan at a private ceremony in Goa, where a limited number of people were present. Bumrah on Monday tweeted the pictures of his wedding and wrote a…

India's bowlers need to prepare better before a series, said captain Mithali Raj after their seven-wicket defeat to South Africa women on Sunday. The visitors took a 3-1 lead with the win, thus confirming a series win for themselves.All of…

Ishan Kishan's 32-ball 56 on debut and his 94-run partnership for the second wicket with skipper Virat Kohli (73 not out off 49 balls) in nine overs helped India thrash England by seven wickets in the second T20I at the Narendra Modi…