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Visakhapatnam: Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan smashed sizzling half centuries before Hardik Pandya provided the finishing touches to take India to 179 for five against South Africa in the 3rd T20I here on Tuesday. Invited to bat, Gaikwad (57 off 35) and Kishan (54...

New Delhi: The Indian Cricketers Association (ICA) Tuesday expressed their "immense gratitude" towards BCCI for increasing the pension of former Test and first-class cricketers along with retired umpires. BCCI has doubled the pension of former first-class and Test cricketers with those earning Rs 15,000 going...

Al Rayyan (Qatar): Australia qualified for a fifth straight World Cup after a 5-4 penalty shootout win over Peru in their intercontinental playoff. The teams failed to score in regulation and extra time at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Monday, and goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne, sent on...

Mumbai: Two different broadcasters won the TV (package A) and digital rights (package B) for the Indian subcontinent in the e-auction of the media rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) cycle 2023 to 2027 in the second day of the auction Monday. As the...

Mumbai: The Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) Monday announced a hike in monthly pensions of former cricketers (both men and women) and former umpires. Ex-India captain and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said that it is extremely important for the cricket board to...

Mumbai: Two different broadcasters won the TV (package A) and digital rights (package B) for the Indian subcontinent in the e-auction of the media rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) cycle 2023 to 2027. With 410 matches to be broadcasted in the five-year cycle, the...

New Delhi: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) mourned the death of distance-running legend Hari Chand, who passed away Sunday evening. Chand, 69, was two-time Olympian (1976 and 1980) and winner of the 5000m and 10000m gold medals in the 1978 Asian Games as well...

Dubai: Pakistan's young leg-spinner Tuba Hassan Monday was named the ICC Women's Player of the Month after enjoying significant success with the ball during her debut T20I series against Sri Lanka in Karachi. The 21-year-old was instrumental in restricting scores set by opponents Sri Lanka...

Nottingham: Joe Root, the batter, has added another cap to his illustrious cricketing career, with the 31-year-old former England captain becoming the first player to score more than 3,000 runs in World Test Championship history. Thanks to Root's unbeaten 163, embellished with 25 boundaries, and...

Cuttack: While most of the other batters struggled to bat on what can be called a ‘slow’ pitch at the Barabati Stadium here Sunday, South African batter Heinrich Klaasen (81, 46b, 7x4, 5x6) seemed to having a ball. In fact it was Klaasen’s knock that...