Category: Cricket

India entered the final of the U-19 cricket World Cup after thrashing arch-rivals Pakistan by a massive 203 runs in the semifinals here on Tuesday. India will now meet Australia in the summit clash on February 3. Australia had beaten Afghanistan by six wickets in the first semifinals on Monday. Brief Scores: India: 272 for 9 in 50 overs (Shubman […]

Virat Kohli was on Thursday named captain of the ICC Test and ODI teams of the year that included four other Indians as well. Kohli scored 2,023 runs at 77.80, including eight centuries and three half-centuries in 18 matches during the qualification period. He surprisingly pipped Australian skipper Steve Smith for the ICC’s Test team captaincy. Smith had led his […]

In phenomenal form across formats, Indian captain Virat Kohli was on Thursday named the world cricketer of the year. He also bagged the top honour for ODI players in the ICC annual awards announced here. In the qualification period from September 21, 2016 to the end of 2017, Kohli scored 2,203 Test runs at an average of 77.80, including eight […]

India went down by 135 runs in the second Test against South Africa and lost the three-match series 0-2 at Centurion in South Africa on Wednesday. Chasing 287, India were bundled out for 151 in 50.2 overs. Resuming the day at 35 for three, India failed to recover in their second innings and surrendered to a potent South Africa pace […]

India skipper Virat Kohli has been fined 25% of his match fee for showing dissent against the umpire during the third day’s play of second Test against South Africa in Centurion. “India captain Virat Kohli has been fined 25% of his match fee and received one demerit point for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the […]

Optimism mingled with an eagerness to know what lies ahead as India’s potential future stars geared up to lock horns with Australia in their big- ticket campaign opener of the ICC U-19 World Cup in Mount Maunganui on Sunday. Coached by the distinguished Rahul Dravid, there is no dearth of talent in the sqaud, and the former India captain’s sprightly […]