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Virat Kohli will play his 100th Test match if he takes field against Sri Lanka in Mohali Former Indian cricketers including the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, the Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly and head coach of the Indian cricket team Rahul Dravid paid their tribute and wished luck

Shreyas Iyer has been in red-hot form in recent games.© BCCI Former India selector Saba Karim has showered praise on batter Shreyas Iyer, following the latter’s exploits in the recently-concluded T20I series against Sri Lanka. The 27-year-old starred with the bat as India clean swept the visitors 3-0 last week. Shreyas amassed 204 runs in

Veteran India wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik on Tuesday said he could understand it would have been a “hard one to swallow” for Wriddhiman Saha when the team management decided to move on from him but said the call was pretty understandable as Rishabh Pant had “pretty much nailed his place in the side.” Lauding the

IND vs SL: Fans will be allowed in the stadium for Virat Kohli’s 100th Test match.© AFP The first Test between India and Sri Lanka, which will be superstar batter Virat Kohli’s landmark 100th match, beginning on Friday will be played in front of spectators, reversing an earlier decision to play the game behind closed

New Zealand’s hopes of defending their World Test Championship suffered a major setback when South Africa crushed them by 198 runs in the second Test in Christchurch on Tuesday. It was New Zealand’s third defeat in six Tests over the past three months, and their second at home, where they have enjoyed being almost unassailable

2nd Test, Day 5 Live: South Africa series-levelling win over New Zealand.© AFP NZ vs SA, 2nd Test, Day 5 Live Score Updates: Chasing a target of 426, New Zealand find themselves in a spot of bother against South Africa in the second Test at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. The Kiwis are 94/4, still needing

File photo of former England cricketer and captain Kevin Pietersen© AFP Former England captain Kevin Pietersen took to Twitter on Monday to share an update about his “immediate family”, who have escaped from Ukraine due to the ongoing Russian invasion. Pietersen in his post spoke about the “love” that fleeing Ukrainians are getting from neighbouring

Shaheen Afridi led Lahore Qalandars to the PSL title.© Instagram Left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi became the youngest captain to win a major T20 league title when his team Lahore Qalandars beat Multan Sultan in the Pakistan Super League final in Lahore. Afridi is 21. Previously, Australia’s former captain Steve Smith held the honour,

New Zealand will look for some early wickets on Day 4 of the 2nd Test vs South Africa.© AFP New Zealand vs South Africa, 2nd Test, Day 4, live cricket score and updates:South Africa will look to post a big second innings total while New Zealand will eye quick wickets when the two sides resume action

Ishan Kishan will not be available for India’s 3rd T20I against Sri Lanka.© BCCI India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of Sunday’s 3rd T20I against Sri Lanka in Dharamsala. “Team India wicket-keeper Ishan Kishan was struck on the head while batting in the 2nd T2OI at Dharamsala on Saturday. Accompanied by a Team

Fit-again India allrounder Ravindra Jadeja is relishing his new role of batting in the middle-order and thanked skipper Rohit Sharma for showing faith and promoting him up the order. The left-arm spin all-rounder returned to action after recovering from a knee injury, and in the second T20I against Sri Lanka he blasted his way to

South Africa will look to consolidate on the third day of the second Test vs New Zealand.© AFP New Zealand vs South Africa, 2nd Test, Day 3, live cricket score and updates:New Zealand will look to continue their recovery while South Africa will eye early wickets when the two teams resume playing on the third day

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DavidWiese hit three sixes in the last over Namibian cricketer David Wiese displayed his wide range of shots as he smashed Pakistan bowler Waqas Maqsood for 27 runs off the final over while batting for Lahore Qalandars in their Pakistan Super League (PSL) playoff match against Islamabad United on Friday. Batting first at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore,

New Zealand will look for some early wickets on Day 2 of the 2nd Test vs South Africa.© AFP New Zealand vs South Africa, 2nd Test, Day 2, live cricket score and updates: South Africa will look to consolidate when they resume their innings on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand in

India will face Sri Lanka in the second T20I in Dharamshala on Saturday.© BCCI India are on the verge of joining arch-rivals Pakistan in an elite list of teams in T20I cricket. With 99 wins in T20I cricket so far, India are behind only Pakistan in the list of international teams with most victories in the

File photo of Ashish Nehra© AFP India are without the services of former captain Virat Kohli and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant for the ongoing three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka. However, star pacer Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja are back in the mix after missing the series against West Indies due to various reasons. Both

New Zealand and South Africa face off in the 2nd Test starting Friday.© AFP New Zealand vs South Africa, 2nd Test, Day 1, live cricket score and updates: New Zealand go into the second Test against South Africa on Friday on the cusp of clinching the series and reclaiming the mantle of number one in the