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South Africa opener Reeza Hendricks struck 60 from 40 balls and seamer Corbin Bosch took a career-best four for 14 in four overs to help their side to a 55-run victory over host Pakistan in the first Twenty20 International in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. The visitor was sent in to bat and amassed 194 for nine…
It was not the result Tamil Nadu had hoped for, but the team managed to secure a 66-run first-innings lead against a resilient Nagaland side on the final day of the second round of the Ranji Trophy clash at the BCCI CoE on Tuesday. Both teams’ head coaches, M. Senthilnathan for TN and Debashish Mohanty,…
A host of Indian shuttlers, both experienced and youngsters, will face stiff competition with several tricky first-round encounters lined up across categories as they continue their quest for glory at the USD 475,000 Hylo Open Super 500 tournament beginning on Tuesday. In the men’s singles, 2021 World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen, who reached the…
A retiring Sophie Devine. Legends like Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu and India’s Harmanpreet Kaur captaining their first, and potentially last, ODI World Cup. An England side out to set right its run of underwhelming results ahead of the showpiece. An ambitious Bangladesh and Pakistan that wanted to punch above their weight. Despite all these incredibly…
A 141-ball 200 from Prithvi Shaw had to be the highlight of the second round of Ranji Trophy fixtures on Monday. This is now the third-fastest First-Class double ton by an Indian, only behind Ravi Shastri (123 balls vs. Baroda in 1985) and Tanmay Agarwal (119 balls vs. Arunachal Pradesh in 2024). Chandigarh eventually saw…
Punjab exploited the low bounce of a deteriorating day three pitch to smother Kerala’s aspiration of batting out time in their Group B Ranji Trophy match at the PCA New Cricket Stadium, Ground B on Monday. Vathsal Govind, Ankit Sharma (62, 152b, 6×4, 1×1), and Mohammed Azharuddeen (43, 72b, 2×4, 2×6) were left to rue…
Getting dropped from the Indian national cricket team is like being pushed off a cliff. You do the hard yards and climb all the way up to the top, only for a lapse or two to cost you dear. Karun Nair is the latest to experience this harsh reality. After two glorious seasons for Vidarbha, during…
Services on Sunday beat Assam by eight wickets to break the record for the shortest-ever Ranji Trophy match (in terms of balls) at the Tinsukia District Sports Association Ground. The home team was blown away by eight wickets in merely 540 balls. The fixture that earlier held the record was a Railways versus Delhi contest…
The second round of Ranji Trophy fixtures continued on Sunday. Gurjapneet Singh wrote himself into the record books by taking a hat-trick for Tamil Nadu against Nagaland, running through the top-order for his wickets. The left-arm quick is only the seventh bowler to take a hat-trick for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy. He is…
Hyderabad had its moments of recklessness but exhibited patience to a greater degree as it posted 435 in its first innings against Pondicherry in a Ranji Trophy Group-D encounter at the CAP Ground 2 on a cloudy Sunday. In response, Pondicherry lost opener Paras Ratnaparkhe early before bad light stopped play prematurely again. Hyderabad’s wicketkeeper-batter…
