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December 17, 2018 20:20 ISTThe IPL auction will take place in Jaipur, Rajasthan at 02.30 PM IST on Tuesday (December 18).
The IPL auction will take place in Jaipur, Rajasthan at 02.30 PM IST on Tuesday (December 18).
Post the success of various sporting leagues in India, the Volleyball Federation of India and Baseline Ventures India Private Limited have joined hands to launch a new Volleyball league with an eye to improve the overall popularity of the sport in the country. The league has been named as The Pro Volleyball League, which will have six teams in Ahmedabad Defenders, Calicut Heroes, Chennai Spartan, Hyderabad Black Hawks, Kochi Blue Spikers and U Mumba Volley. The league is scheduled to begin on February 2, 2019.
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir told IndiaTV that it was not easy for him to call it a day. Gambhir recently announced his retirement from the game. He has also declared that he will not be playing even domestic cricket or in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Gambhir last played for India in Tests against England in November 2016.
Description: Kohli is also second on the list of Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list. The Delhi man is behind Bollywood super star Salman Khan, who earned a total of Rs 253.25 crore this year.
Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has a special connection with the city of Adelaide where India will play their first Test against Australia from December 6. Video Courtesy: ANI
Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday confidently said that the bowlers are ready to take up challenge. While praising his team, he also said that his bowlers are ready to perform in hard conditions. The first Test match between India and Australia will take place in Adelaide on December 6. Video Courtesy: ANI
The Australian cricket team was seen practising at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday ahead of the first Test match against India, starting on December 6. Video Courtesy: ANI
Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli and Australia cricket team captain Tim Paine posed with the Border-Gavaskar trophy on the eve of the first Test in Adelaide on Wednesday. Video Courtesy: ANI
Former India opening batsman Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, saying his time to continue with the game was over. The 37-year-old Delhi batsman announced his decision in a video post on his Twitter handle. Gambhir played in 58 Tests between 2004 and 2016, scoring 4154 runs at an average of 41.95, with the help of nine hundreds and 22 fifties.
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.
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