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Thiruvananthapuram: Young India left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh said "adaptability" is the main focus of the team ahead of the T20 World Cup, starting later this month in Australia. The T20 World Cup will be held in Australia from October 16 to November 13, and Arshdeep...

Karachi: Pakistan's Naseem Shah will miss the fifth T20I against England in Lahore Wednesday after the pacer was rushed to the hospital on the eve of the game with a severe viral infection. Naseem was set to to feature in the fifth T20I but the...

Dubai: India batter Suryakumar Yadav jumped a place to reach a career-best-equalling second position in the latest ICC men's T20I Player rankings issued Wednesday. Suryakumar now has 801 rating points after smashing a match-winning 69 off 36 deliveries in the third match against Australia in...

Melbourne: Australian great Mark Waugh has included India's pace-bowling mainstay Jaspit Bumrah in his list of five cricketers who he thinks are the best T20I players in the world. Waugh is confident the 28-year-old Bumrah, ranked 45th in the ICC T20I bowling ranking, will fire...

New Delhi: Hosts India will take on lower-ranked Spain in the men’s Hockey World Cup opener at the newly-built Birsa Munda International Stadium in Rourkela on the opening day January 13, next year. Tokyo Olympics bronze medallists India are currently ranked World No. 5 in...

Thiruvananthapuram: South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said Tuesday that facing the swinging ball in the power play overs will be one of the main challenges for his team in the three-match T20 series against India, beginning here Wednesday.  India are on a high with come-from-behind...

Dubai: Riding on her stupendous show against England, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur Tuesday jumped four spots to reach the fifth spot in the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings. She leads a bunch of India players who have made rapid gains in the rankings after the...

Mumbai: Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar feels batting stalwart Virat Kohli is growing in confidence since the time he has made his comeback to the side following his self-imposed month-long break from the game due to a string of poor scores and declining form. The...

Kolkata: India all-rounder Deepti Sharma revealed Monday that Charlie Dean was warned against backing up multiple times. However, as she did not heed to the warnings, Deepti Sharma carried out a controversial run out of the England batter in the third and final ODI played...

New Delhi: Yet to recover from Covid-19, fast bowler Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of India’s three-match T20I series against South Africa. In another development Bengal all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed has been included in the Indian squad in place of the rested Hardik Pandya. The...