Category: Cricket

Dhananjaya de Silva has replaced the injured batsman Kusal Perera in Sri Lanka’s Champions Trophy squad, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a statement on Saturday. Perera suffered a hamstring injury in Thursday’s stunning seven-wicket victory over defending champions India at The Oval. “The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 has approved Dhananjaya de Silva as […]

The Indian team manager’s post could become a contractual job – like coaches and support staff – with a minimum term of two years if the Committee of Administrators (CoA) has its way. The BCCI old guard is still batting for a rotational policy of appointing the team manager on a tour-to-tour basis in order to oblige different state associations […]

Riding on half-centuries from Danushka Gunathilaka (76 off 72) and Kusal Mendis (89 off 93), Sri Lanka stunned defending champions India in Match 8 of the ICC Champions Trophy on Thursday at the Kennington Oval, London. With this win, Sri Lanka kept themselves alive in the tournament overhauling India’s total of 321 for six with seven wickets in hand and […]

Defending champions India will look to book a place in the semi-finals of the ongoing Champions Trophy when they take on Sri Lanka in their crucial second Group B encounter at the Kennington Oval here on Thursday. “At the moment, we are playing good cricket, but, that doesn’t mean we play with arrogance as a team.We respect every opposition the […]

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is the sole sportsperson from the country to feature among the world’s 100 highest paid athletes in the latest Forbes list topped by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo. Kohli, 28, has been ranked 89th on the 2017 Forbes list of ‘The World’s highest paid athletes’ with a total pay of $22 million that includes $3 million […]

Wahab Riaz, Pakistan’s left-arm pacer, has been ruled out of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2017 due to an ankle injury. The 31-year-old bowler suffered the injury during Pakistan’s tournament opener against India in Birmingham on Sunday (June 4).