Veteran tennis player Leander Paes was on Thursday dropped from the Indian team for the Asia/Oceania Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan to be held in Bengaluru from April 7 to 9. India’s non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi instead selected Rohan Bopanna to pair with Sriram Balaji in the second round Davis Cup tie in Group 1 of the Asia/Oceania zone to […]
» Read morePakistan’s illustrious Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq will retire after the upcoming Test series against the West Indies, he announced on Thursday, after months of speculation over his future. “The series against the West Indies is my last series,” the 42-year-old told reporters at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, adding he was under no pressure to retire. “I am satisfied,” he said. […]
» Read moreIndia’s top shuttlers P.V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal on WEdnesday suffered shocking first-round exits from the Malaysia Open Super Series in Kuching. Rio Olympics silver medallist Sindhu was shown the door by unseeded Chen Yufei of China 18-21 21-19 21-17 in the women’s singles at the Stadium Perpaduan. It took Chen one hour and eight minutes to get the better […]
» Read moreIndian captain Virat Kolhi was on Wednesday named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016, adding another feather to his already crowded cap. Kohli amassed 1215 Test runs at a stupendous average of 75.93 last year. Ten ODI appearances fetched him 739 runs at 92.37, while he scored 641 T20 International runs at 106.83. Only six batsmen have ever […]
» Read moreDelhi Daredevils received a severe blow ahead of the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League with Shreyas Iyer getting ruled out of the initial few matches with chicken pox. With two big names Quinton de Kock and JP Duminy already not available, Daredevils’ top order has been weakened now with this latest setback. Iyer was bought by the franchise […]
» Read moreFormer Australian all-rounder Shane Watson will stand in as captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the initial stages of Indian Premier League 2017. Watson will skipper RCB until Virat Kohli, the regular captain, makes a full recovery from a shoulder injury sustained during the recently-concluded Test series against Australia. Watson, a two-time recipient of the player of the tournament […]
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