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Left Railways job to play for Bengal, says Majumdar

9:13 pm February 29, 2020

Kolkata: Bengal’s saviour in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal and semifinal, Anustup Majumdar had left a secured Indian Railways job to play cricket for his home state, and says he is not short of motivation at 35. Despite not playing all the matches this season, the batsman has been instrumental in Bengal’s march into the semifinals. […]

Family support for Australia’s Labuschagne in South Africa

10:54 pm February 28, 2020

Paarl (South Africa): Marnus Labuschagne will be supported by several of his South African family when he plays for Australia in the first one-day international against South Africa at Boland Park on Saturday. Some of those family members share his surname — but not the way it is pronounced. It has been a source of […]

I’m not going to show all my tricks in IPL: Tom Curran

10:41 pm February 28, 2020

New Delhi: England all-rounder Tom Curran says he will not be showing all his tricks during the upcoming IPL keeping in mind the T20 World Cup that begins in Australia in October. “If I’m bowling in the nets to some of the Indian guys, I’m not going to be showing them all the tricks,” Curran, […]

Backing our strengths, not focused on Rahul: Arun Lal

9:06 pm February 28, 2020

Kolkata: Bengal are not intimidated by the presence of K L Rahul in the Karnataka line-up and coach Arun Lal on Friday said they would back their strengths in their Ranji Trophy semifinal. Fresh from his limited overs exploits in New Zealand where he bagged the Man-of-the-Series award in India’s 5-0 whitewash of the hosts […]

Looking forward to Rahul’s quality on field: Nair

7:43 pm February 28, 2020

Kolkata: Karnataka skipper Karun Nair on Friday said K L Rahul’s inclusion is a big boost for his team and he will look to get valuable inputs from the India opener during their semifinal clash against Bengal beginning here on Saturday. Rahul has been in sparkling form in the limited overs series in New Zealand. […]