Category: Cricket

Virender Sehwag, on Tuesday (October 20), made public his decision to retire from all forms of international cricket as well as from the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 37-year-old brings down the curtains on a glorious international career that spanned 16 years and which saw him aggregate 17,253 runs across all formats. The announcement comes in the aftermath of his […]

A woman, a friend of cricketer Amit Mishra has alleged that he physically assaulted her last month. In a complaint registered with the Ashok Nagar police on 27th September, the woman has alleged that she was in Mishra’s room on 25th September when he walked in.The two had a fight during which Mishra allegedly assaulted her. The Ashok Nagar police […]

Ravindra Jadeja was recalled to the Indian Test after a little more than a year when the Indian selectors announced sides for the first two Tests, last two One-Day Internationals and the tour match against South Africa on Monday (October 19). S Arvind, the medium pacer from Karnataka who made his international debut in the first Twenty20 International in Dharamsala […]

New Delhi: Zaheer Khan is set to announce his retirement from international cricket today, Indian Premier League chairman Rajeev Shukla tweeted on Thursday. The left-arm medium-pacer has been on the sidelines on account of drop in form and persistent injuries, having last played for India in February 2014 against New Zealand in Wellington. On Thursday morning, Rajeev Shukla posted on […]

Shoaib Malik hit a maiden double century and Asad Shafiq his eighth hundred as the pair batted through the second full session on Wednesday on Day 2 of the first Test against England in Abu Dhabi. The 33-year-old Malik became the sixth Pakistan cricketer to score 200 or more against England. He was finally dismissed by Ben Stokes after he […]

Kanpur: Rohit Sharma’s rollicking 150-run knock went in vain as South Africa pulled off a thrilling five-run victory in the first ODI against India to continue their winning run on Sunday. Chasing a record 304 at the Green Park, the Indians fell agonisingly short of the target in the last over, giving the visitors a 1-0 lead in the five-match […]