Category: Cricket

Kapil Dev supported the idea of according a player a dignified farewell. “Every cricketer should be given a memorable warm send off (like Ashish Nehra) and should be told that you served the nation well. The cricketer will feel honoured,” said the former India skipper while flagging off ‘Wonder Cement Saath 7 cricket Mahotsav’ here on Wednesday. Kapil is the […]

Virender Sehwag was in a celebratory mood on Tuesday. The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), under the guidance of Administrator Justice (Retd) Vikramajit Sen, named Gate No. 3 after the legendary opening batsman, who has two triple centuries in Tests. In a first at the Kotla, Justice Sen fulfilled the promise made to Sehwag by the DDCA top brass […]

Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah climbed to the number one spot in the latest ICC T20 rankings while his fifth-ranked team could go as high as second if it beats New Zealand in the three-match series beginning on Wednesday. In the latest @MRFWorldwide ODI Bowling Rankings, @Jaspritbumrah93 is up to a career-high third! More: https://t.co/BcyvXbSqPq pic.twitter.com/3BBaWiuKfV — ICC (@ICC) October […]

India captain Mithali Raj on Monday moved up one place to occupy the number one spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings for women. Ellyse Perry of Australia and Amy Satterthwaite of New Zealand also jumped one place each to be at second and third spots. Mithali has 753 points, while Perry and Satterthwaite are on 725 and 720 points […]

Former Hyderabad Ranji Trophy star and ex-secretary of the Hyderabad Cricket Association, Dr. M.V. Sridhar passed away, after suffering a massive heart attack, here on Monday afternoon. He was 51. A right-handed batsman, whose career spanned between 1988 and 2000, Sridhar amassed 6701 runs in 97 First Class matches with 21 centuries and a highest score of 366 against Andhra […]

West Indies batsman Chris Gayle won a defamation case against an Australian media company in the New South Wales Supreme Court on Monday over an alleged incident during the 2015 World Cup. After less than two hours of deliberation, the jury found Fairfax media had failed to establish the truth of a series of reports it ran alleging the cricketer […]