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MUMBAI: The campaign by certain section of former players to categorise ODI cricket as a dying format, especially in its 50-over avatar can be junked. When you have brand ambassadors like Virat Kohli acting as its custodians and thrillers…

Whether hunting in a pack of six or five, Indian bowlers have shown superb control and consistency to trouble the best batting line-upsLUCKNOW: Mohammed Shami was steaming in, but it was Ben Stokesat the crease who was huffing and puffing.…

Days after suffering the ignominy of being shot out for the third-lowest total in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Rajasthan Royals (RR) bounced back in style…

Ravi Shastri is not the one to mince his words, and when he was asked to name which players he thinks could come into reckoning for the upcoming 50-over World Cup to be hosted by India later this year, the former all-rounder was quick to…

NEW DELHI: In the final week of its league phase and with most franchises still jostling to grab a playoffs spot, the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League has been nothing short of a blockbuster.Returning to its traditional…

By PTI MUMBAI: Delighted to earn a maiden national call-up, left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh said bowling to the big-hitting Punjab Kings batters in the nets helped him perfect his yorkers. The 23-year-old, who has…

Usman Khawaja of Australia. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Australia opener Usman Khawaja believes England's pitches are the ultimate test for top-three batters and the only way to train for the conditions there is to work really hard…

Hoping to avoid a third consecutive defeat and stay in the race to IPL 2023playoffs, Royal Challengers Bangalore will travel to the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday to take on hosts Rajasthan Royals, with the match billed as a…

Only five starting pitchers in Major League Baseball average 97 miles per hour with their fastballs. All of them throw that pitch more than half the time, except for Shane McClanahan of the Tampa Bay Rays. He has too many other…

Lucknow Super Giants will be itching to get back to winning ways against a buoyant Sunrisers Hyderabad with young wrist spinner Ravi Bishnoi holding the key in a must-win IPL game here on Saturday.LSG, having lost two of their last three…