Category: Cricket

Murali Vijay and Ajinkya Rahane survived some torrid bowling as India battled to 70/1 at stumps in their second innings on the third day of the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka at the P. Sara Oval here on Saturday. Despite being forced on the defensive by some incisive Lankan bowling, Vijay (39 not out) and Rahane (28 not out) […]

India lost two wickets in quick succession in the first innings of the second Test match against Sri Lanka on Thursday. Opener Murali Vijay was bowled out for a duck in the first over, while No. 3 batsman Ajinkya Rahana went for four. Both wickets were bagged by Dhammika Prasad. Earlier, captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to […]

Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik tied the knot with squash player Dipika Pallikal on Tuesday in a Christian ceremony in Chennai. The couple will be getting married again in a Telugu-Naidu style wedding on August 20. Pallikal, who became the first Indian squash player to break into the top 10 of the World Squash rankings, has been engaged to Karthik since […]

New Delhi: Kings XI Punjab co-owner Preity Zinta on Wednesday blasted media reports that she had accused several players of the Indian Premier League (IPL) team of match-fixing. A section of the media had reported on Wednesday that the actress had told Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials during an IPL working group meeting on August 8 […]

Colombo: Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan was on Monday ruled out of the rest of the Sri Lanka series with a hairline fracture on his right hand, in a major blow to the tourists. Dhawan, 29, sustained the injury during the first Test in Galle which India lost by 63 runs on Saturday to concede the lead in the three-match series. […]

Allrounder Stuart Binny will join the India Test squad before the start of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the PSS Oval on August 20. The BCCI tweeted about the development but did not mention about who was he coming in place of.