Ajinkya Rahane-led Mumbai concluded their Ranjit Trophy 2024 group stage campaign with a huge win over Assam on Saturday. The experienced pacer Shardul Thakur took ten wickets across two innings and Shivam Dube recorded an unbeaten hundred in the first innings.
Indian women's team stunned Japan in the first semifinal by 3-2 with Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly, Ashmita Chaliha and Anmol Kharb recording brilliant wins guiding India to their first-ever final at the Badminton Asia Team Championship.
After bowling out England on 319 just before tea, Indian batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubam Gill added unbeaten 155 runs for the second wicket to boost India's second innings lead to 322 at the end of Day 3's play in Rajkot.
Ravichandran Ashwin-less Indian bowling attack impressed on Day 3 to bowl out England to just 319 and then a sensational unbeaten century from Yashasvi Jaiswal stretched India's lead to 280* in the Rajkot Test on Saturday.
The 2024 edition of the Pakistan Super League will kick off in Lahore with the defending champions Lahore Qalandars taking on Islamabad United on Saturday, February 17. The teams look quite different from the last season following the draft and numerous big-ticket trades pre-season.
New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson has suffered a third injury blow, his third in less than two years as he is ruled for at least a year. Jamieson, who played the first Test against South Africa, missed the series decider in Hamilton and the scans revealed a stress fracture.
For one final time, the lights will turn on at the Dubai International Stadium as MI Emirates take on Dubai Capitals in the final of the 2024 edition of ILT20 on Saturday, February 17. Capitals have won four games in a row on their way to the final while table-toppers MI Emirates won Qualifier 1.
R Ashwin withdrew from the ongoing third Test in Rajkot due to a family emergency while Kyle Jamieson has been ruled out for a year due to a stress fracture at the very same spot where he suffered an injury earlier. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on February 17.
Indian players were seen sporting black armbands on Day 3 of the third Test against England in Rajkot. It was a good start for the hosts on the third morning as they got two early wickets after England made a rollicking start with the bat scoring 207 runs in just 35 overs and lost just two wickets.
India vs England 3rd Test Live: India have reached the point of ascendency in the ongoing third Test in Rajkot, having taken a 322-run lead against England after three days of play. Shubman Gill is batting on 65 as India still have 8 wickets in hand and England will hope to take early wickets.
Team India was handed a body blow in the third Test against England with R Ashwin withdrawing midway due to a family emergency. England have smashed 207 runs in just 35 overs and India need wickets and their remaining four bowlers will have to do the job.
Former England pacer Steve Finn has questioned Indian skipper Rohit Sharma's tactics in the third Test as the visitors came out all guns blazing and smashed 207 runs in just 35 overs in Rajkot. Rohit called upon R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja very late as Ben Duckett was already set by then.
Ravichandran Ashwin created history on Day 2 by recording his 500th Test wicket but will not be available for the remainder of the match in Rajkot. England posted 207/2 in just 35 overs and are trailing by 238 runs in their first innings.
Assam players displayed the spirit of the game as they withdrew an appeal to call back Mumbai captain Ajinkya Rahane after being given out obstructing the field in the last Ranji Trophy 2024 group stage match on Friday.
The veteran Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Zak Crawley to give India a breakthrough on Day 2 of the Rajkot Test match as England responded to India's huge first innings total by smashing 207/2 in just 35 overs.
The defending champions Lahore Qalandars will take on Shadab Khan-led Islamabad United in the opening match of the ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday, February 17.
The 22-year-old all-rounder smashed 210 off just 256 balls to register the fourth-highest individual score in women's Test cricket history to help Australia record the biggest-ever innings total of 575/9 in red-ball cricket.
"It's been quite a long journey. I'd like to dedicate this 500th wicket to my father. He's been through the thick and thin of everything I've done in my life. He's had heart attacks every time I've played," Ravichandran Ashwin said after Day 2's play in Rajkot.
India managed to add 119 runs in the first innings before getting bowled out on 445 on Day 2 but England's batters replied with aggressive cricket to balance the game at the end of Day 2's play at the Rajkot Test with Ben Duckett scoring an 88-ball hundred.
“This is a matter of serious concern and I have asked for a thorough investigation to be done in this matter and a decision will be made based on the outcome of the investigation,” HCA president Jagan Mohan Rao said.
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