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Rohit Sharma has been hit on his head during training ahead of the South Africa tour.© AFP There was an injury scare for Rohit Sharma ahead of the South Africa tour as the India opener was hit on the hand during training on Monday. Gujarat opener Priyank Panchal has been called in as cover for

Rohit Sharma replaced Virat Kohli as India’s white-ball captain after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made the announcement while naming the Test squad for the South Africa tour. Virat Kohli had already announced that he would be stepping down as T20I captain after the T20 World Cup. Rohit, however, didn’t just

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton suffered a heartbreak at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday as he missed out on a record eighth F1 world championship title after a dramatic end to the race. With Hamilton leading comfortably in the final few laps of the season-ending race, Nicholas Latifi of Williams crashed towards the end. This

Having replaced Virat Kohli as India’s captain in limited-over internationals, Rohit Sharma spoke on his new responsibility for the first time in an interview with the website of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Rohit, who also replaced the out-of-form Ajinkya Rahane as Test vice-captain, said he is not bothered by “talks that

Wishes poured in for former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh as he celebrates his 40th birthday on Sunday. Yuvraj, who announced his retirement from all formats of the game in 2019, played 40 Tests, 304 One-Day Internationals and 58 T20Is, amassing more than 11,000 runs across formats. He also registered 17 hundreds and 51 half-centuries in

Three West Indies players, along with a non-coaching member of the team management, have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the start of their tour of Pakistan. The three players, Roston Chase, Sheldon Cottrell and Kyle Mayers, returned positive tests in Karachi. The West Indies squad had arrived in Pakistan on Thursday. The Caribbean side is slated

Rajkot: Unstoppable Ruturaj Gaikwad churned out a third century on the trot but the Maharashtra skipper’s effort went in vain as they went down to Kerala by four wickets in their group D clash of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, in Rajkot on Saturday. Continuing his blistering form, the Maharashtra opener slammed 124 from 129 balls to

Ashes: Alex Carey becomes first wicketkeeper to take 8 catches on Test debut© AFP It was a memorable Test debut for Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey as he achieved a huge milestone in the first Ashes Test against England at the Gabba in Brisbane. Carey on Saturday became the first wicketkeeper to take 8 catches (both

Aus vs Eng 1st TestDay 4live Australia vs England 1st Test Day 4 Live:Joe Root and Dawid Malan will look to continue the good work and put the pressure right back on Australia on Day 4 of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba in Brisbane. Australia would like to believe they are still in

With his tenure as Team India’s head coach ending after the 2021 T20 World Cup, Ravi Shastri has opened up about the opposition he faced when he had applied for the coach’s job after the end of his stint as Team Director in 2016. Shastri has had three stints with Team India with his first

Controversy erupted on Day two of the ongoing first Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Gabba on Thursday as Ben Stokes’ no-ball denied the visitors a crucial wicket of David Warner, who was batting on 17 at that time. It was later revealed that Stokes had overstepped each of the previous three deliveries,

Australia vs England 1st Test Day 3 Live© AFP Australia vs England 1st Test Day 3 Live: Australia are in complete control of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba in Brisbane. They are already 196 runs ahead with three wickets in the bank, one of them being the well-set Travis Head, batting on 112. England,

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) “thanked” Virat Kohli for leading the Indian ODI side with “grit, passion and determination.” The Indian cricket board’s tweet comes a day after Rohit Sharma was appointed India’s full-time ODI and T20I captain. BCCI also shared a photo describing Kohli’s numbers as an ODI captain. In his 95

Pakistan’s Abid Ali was seen feeding a cat during the second Test against Bangladesh.© Twitter Pakistan had an enjoyable stay in Bangladesh in their recently concluded tour as they cruised to comfortable victories in the T20I and Test series. After sweeping the three-match T20I series 3-0, Pakistan completed a 2-0 Test series win over the

South Africa A vs India A© Twitter/CSA Ishan Kishan missed out on a hundred but played a vital part, helping India A secure the first-innings lead before South Africa A put on a solid show with the bat in the second innings to end Day 3 of the third four-day game at 196/1 in Bloemfontein

Australia captain Pat Cummins returned with 5/38 on Day 1 in Brisbane© AFP Pat Cummins made a brilliant start to his captaincy career. The right-arm seamer became the first captain since England’s Bob Willis to get a five-wicket haul in an Ashes Test in 1982. Cummins picked up 5 for 38 on Day 1 of the

BAN vs PAK 2nd Test Live Updates: Sajid Khan picked 6 wickets on Day 4.© AFP Bangladesh vs Pakistan 2nd Test Match Day 5 Live: Bangladesh were at 76/7 at the end of Day 4 of the second Test match against Pakistan at the Shere Bangla Stadium in Dhaka. The home team were trailing Pakistan

File image of Hanuma Vihari© Instagram Wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan and skipper Hanuma Vihari hit a fifty each to take India A to 229 for six in reply to South Africa A’s 268 all out at stumps on the second day of the third unofficial Test here on Tuesday. At the close of play, Kishan