India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane on Tuesday tagged Australia as the favourites ahead of the first Test and said the visitors will have to come up with long partnerships to win their maiden series Down Under. The Indian batting line-up has come under immense criticism for their twin failures in South Africa and England, wherein Kohli was the only one to defy the opposition.
The talk is all about Virat Kohli right now but the Australian bowlers' preparation for other Indian batsmen is as detailed and anyone who thinks otherwise is plain "silly", all-rounder Mitchell Marsh said Tuesday. Gearing up for the four-match Test series that starts Thursday, Marsh said his team's bowlers have strategies in place and would be aiming for perfect execution when the action begins.
Not more than 3500 tickets are left in total for the 2019 World Cup in England. Campbell Jamieson, General Manager - Commercial at the International Cricket Council, said most of the tickets have been sold out for the tournament to be held in the UK from May 30-July 14. Overall, 48 games will be played in the mega event. Tickets for all India games are sold out including the one against Pakistan on June 16 at Old Trafford.
Dabang Delhi Kabaddi Club is all set to give its fans an enthralling experience as it gets ready for the home leg of the Pro Kabaddi League 2018, from 30th November to 6th December, at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex.
21-year-old Lovlina Borgohain had to settle for the bronze as she exited the championships, losing her 69 kg semi-final bout to the experienced Chen Nien-Chin of Taiwan in a split verdict (0:4).
Debutant Sonia Chahal settled for silver in the finals of Women’s World Boxing Championships after losing to Germany’s Wahner Ornella Gabriele.
Australia skipper Aaron Finch refused to believe that India are a one-man army and said that there are players, who can hurt you badly if taken for granted. Finch said that the likes of Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul can be equally devastating on their day.
Virat Kohli is aware that Australia are a depleted side without their key players in Steve Smith and David Warner but he insisted that they are not taking them lightly in their own backyard. Speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of the first T20I against Australia in Brisbane, Kohli said that the Aussies are still a very good side despite the absence of Smith and Warner.
India coach Ravi Shastri on Thursday said that there won't be any more 'chopping and changing' with the ODI side with just 13 matches remaining before the opening World Cup game against South Africa on June 5. Shastri indicated that from now on, they will be playing around those 15 players, who are going to board the UK bound flight.
During an exclusive chat with IndiaTV, former India cricketers Zaheer Khan and Virender Sehwag opined that Virat Kohli-led India are capable of beating Australia in the upcoming four-match Test series, scheduled to start from December 6 in Adelaide.
Olympics bronze-medallist boxer Mary Kom was seen engaged into a friendly boxing bout with Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore at Indira Gandhi Stadium. Rathore visited the Indira Gandhi Stadium and interacted with boxers during training session ahead of International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women World Championship, to be held from November 15 to 24 in Delhi. Eyeing sixth World Championship title and second gold at home since 2006 during the prestigious tournament, Mary Kom expressed delight over the same and assured that she would give her best shot.
India captain Virat Kohli reiterated that Mahendra Singh Dhoni remains an integral part of the ODI team and the veteran wicket-keeper batsman decided not to play the upcoming T20s only to make way for the much younger Rishabh Pant.
The victory lifted Barcelona back to the top of the Spanish league with 21 points, while Madrid were left languishing in ninth place with 14 points.
'Run Machine' Kohli now has 38 ODI centuries in ODIs and out of them, only six came in a losing cause including the one in the third ODI against Windies in Pune.
No Mahendra Singh Dhoni for T20I series against West Indies, Australia
Former India captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Friday dropped from India's 16-member teams for both the T20 International series against the West Indies and Australia later this year.
Boosted by the return of white ball specialists Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, India will aim to bounce back. Following a heart-stopping draw that denied them a 2-0 lead, they face a resurgent West Indies in the 3rd ODI.
Run-machine Virat Kohli sprinted to fastest 10,000 ODI runs but West Indies stole a tie from India with Shai Hope's gutsy hundred in an exhilarating second one-dayer in Vizag on Wednesday.
India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday joined an elite list of cricketers as he became the fastest man to complete 10,000 runs in one-day international cricket. He reached the milestone in the 2nd ODI against West Indies in Vizag. Kohli surpassed batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar to reach the milestone. Tendulkar entered the 10k club in his 259th innings and in his 266th match, while it took Kohli only 205 innings and 213 matches to canter to 10,000 runs.
India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat in the second One-Day International (ODI) against at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday. Both teams have made one change each from the last match. India have brought in left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav in place of rookie pacer Khalil Ahmed. The visitors have replaced Oshane Thomas with debutant Obed McCoy. India lead the five-match series 1-0 after winning the opening match by eight wickets.
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