Banned Australia captain Steve Smith, whose reputation lay in tatters after the ball-tampering scandal, is poised to make a comeback to cricket after being named among the marquee players for the inaugural Global T20 Canada event beginning June 28. Smith will be playing alongside other international stars such as Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi in the six-team tournament […]
» Read moreSouth African superstar AB de Villiers has announced his retirement from international cricket, four days after his IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore exited the 11th season of the lucrative Twenty20 league in which his exhilarating batting and pyrotechnics in the field have further endeared him to a legion of Indian fans. He announced his decision on Twitter on Wednesday bringing […]
» Read moreKolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by 25 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Eliminator on Wednesday, setting up a clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Friday’s Qualifier 2. Brief Scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 169/7 (Dinesh Karthik 52; K Gowtham 2/15) beat Rajasthan Royals 144/4 (Sanju Samson 50; Piyush Chawla 2/24) by 25 runs
» Read moreHarmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana made a big push for an IPL for women saying that India has enough players to form four or five teams. Harmanpreet will lead IPL Supernovas against Smriti’s IPL Trailblazers in the Women’s T20 Challenge, ahead of Qualifier 1, at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday. The teams will have four foreign players each, drawn from […]
» Read moreKings XI Punjab failed to make it the IPL 2018 play-offs, franchise co-owner Preity Zinta has been caught on camera apparently delighted that defending champions Mumbai Indians did not progress beyond the league stage either. In a video that went viral on Twitter Sunday, the Hindi film star is seen turning to a fellow KXIP entourage member and mouthing what […]
» Read moreThe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the Indian squad which will take on Afghanistan for the one-off Test starting June 14 in Bengaluru. The notable inclusion in the squad is that of Karun Nair, who has made his way into the team in place of captain Virat Kohli. Nair has been in decent form in the […]
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