The Kerala High Court on Monday ordered Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to lift the lifetime ban on cricketer S Sreesanth that was imposed on the basis of spot-fixing charges against him. The court issued the order after considering a petition filed by the cricketer in March challenging BCCI’s decision not to lift the ban despite a […]
» Read moreIndia spinner Ravindra Jadeja has been suspended for the upcoming Pallekele Test after his accumulated demerit points reached six within a 24-month period following his latest breach of the ICC Code of Conduct for which he received a 50 per cent fine and three demerit points. During the third day’s play in the Colombo Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday, […]
» Read moreIndia won the Colombo Test by an innings and 53 runs. Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin picked up five-wicket hauls in the match. Sri Lanka put up a lion-hearted effort through centuries from Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis. Brief scores: India 622/9 decl beat Sri Lanka 386 all out (Karunaratne 141, Mathews 36) and 183 all out, by an innings […]
» Read moreIn an act of great gesture, Vijender Singh has offered to return his WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title to Chinese Zulpikar Maimaitiali in lieu of peace at the Indo-China border. Vijender, a double champion in pro boxing, has urged India and China to maintain peace at the border. The 31-year-old Olympic bronze medallist’s grew in stature last night by not […]
» Read moreIndian shooter Ankur Mittal clinched the individual as well as the team gold medal in men’s double trap at the 7th Asian Shotgun Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan on Saturday. Mittal shot 71 in the six-man final to finish at the top of the podium. With scores of Sangram Dahiya (43) and Mohammad Asab (34) added to Mittal’s final total, India […]
» Read moreRavindra Jadeja on Saturday became the second fastest Indian to reach 150 Test wickets, behind teammate Ravichandran Ashwin, when he bowled Dhananjay de Silva during the second Test against Sri Lanka. Jadeja achieved the feat while bowling in Sri Lanka’s first innings on Day Three of the second Test.
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