A great day for India, Sania Mirza advanced to the third round of both the women’s and mixed doubles events, while Rohan Bopanna and Purav Raja also won their respective mixed doubles matches at the Wimbledon. Mirza and Croatia’s Ivan Dodig, who are seeded fourth, needed an hour and 18 minutes to see off the Japanese duo of Yusuke Watanuki […]
» Read moreDefending champion Andy Murray and 10-time French Open winner Rafael Nadal both moved to the third at Wimbledon with a straight-sets wins. World No 1 Murray took only an hour and 36 minutes to beat Germany’s Dustin Brown 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 while Nadal, who from 2012 to 2015 was defeated by players ranked respectively by No 100, No 135, No […]
» Read moreVirat Kohli scored an unbeaten century enroute to India’s thrilling eight-wicket-win over hosts West Indies in the fifth and final ODI in order to clinch the series 3-1. In doing so, Virat Kohli also notched up his 18th successful ODI century during a chase and surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s record. The master blaster now has the most successful ODI hundred in […]
» Read moreMS Dhoni is celebrating his 36th birth anniversary today. The legendary wicketkeeper-batsman was born in Ranchi, Jharkhand (then Bihar) on July 7 in 1981. Dhoni made his international debut at the age of 23 when he was handed the ODI cap No.157 against Bangladesh in December 2004. Dhoni is the only captain to win all three ICC trophies — 50-over […]
» Read moreFormer Zimbabwe batsman Grant Flower is unlikely to get an extension of his contract as batting coach when the performance of the national team support staff is reviewed by the Pakistan Cricket Board later this month. Flower, who is with the Pakistan team for the last three and a half years, is the only member of the support staff who […]
» Read moreVirat Kohli led from the front with a fluent century as India today wrapped up the five-match series 3-1 with a convincing eight wicket win over West Indies. Asked to bowl, comeback man Mohammed Shami bagged four wickets as an under-fire India produced a disciplined bowling effort to restrict West Indies to a modest 205 for nine. Playing only his […]
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