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India's Tests against England, Australia were not fixed: ICC

CSK sign Behrendorff as replacement for Hazlewood

6:12 pm April 9, 2021

Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings have signed Australia pacer Jason Behrendorff as a replacement for Josh Hazlewood for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The left-arm quick has featured in 11 ODIs and seven T20Is so far. This is Behrendorff’s second IPL team, having represented Mumbai Indians in 2019 where he played five […]

T20 World Cup in India on track despite pandemic woes, says ICC

5:07 pm April 7, 2021

Dubai: The International Cricket Council does not yet see the need to activate its backup plan for the Twenty20 World Cup and is sticking to hosting the event in India later this year despite the country experiencing a record COVID-19 surge recently. India reported a record 115,736 new cases on Wednesday, a 13-fold increase in […]

Fakhar Zaman run-out: MCC says it’s up to umpires to decide if de Kock was at fault

7:42 pm April 5, 2021

London: Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman’s contentious run-out in the second ODI against South Africa has sparked a debate on spirit of the game with Marylebone Cricket Club saying it was ”up to the umpires to decide” if Quinton de Kock had attempted to mislead the batsman. In a stiff chase of 342, Zaman smashed a spectacular […]

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England thump India by eight wickets in T20 series opener

11:03 pm March 12, 2021

Ahmedabad: Indian batsmen had little to offer in the face of a regimented English bowling effort on a two-paced track as the hosts received an eight-wicket hammering in the opening Twenty20 International here on Friday. Indian batsmen struggled to score freely before Shreyas Iyer showed the way with a dogged 67-run knock that took Virat […]

Kohli is like modern day hero: Waugh

8:26 pm March 1, 2021

Mumbai: Australian great Steve Waugh feels that Virat Kohli is like a “modern-day hero” who represents the “new attitude of India” of taking everything head on with a mind set of nothing is impossible. In a 60-minute documentary titled, “Capturing Cricket: Steve Waugh in India”, the former Australia captain said that Kohli is loved by […]