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Dubai: India’s Shafali Verma climbed to fourth in the latest ICC Women’s T20I Batting Rankings after a productive Asian Games campaign, while a number of players from India, Pakistan and South Africa made significant gains in the latest update. Shafali’s rise came after she struck...

New Delhi: ICC chairman Jay Shah and BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia congratulated the Indian women’s cricket team after it successfully defended its Asian Games gold medal with a commanding 147-run victory over Sri Lanka in the final in Nisshin Tuesday. India produced a dominant all-round...

Nisshin (Japan): The Indian women's cricket team reasserted its continental dominance by clinching a second successive gold medal at the Asian Games, thrashing familiar foes Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the final Tuesday. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side's gold was India's first of the ongoing...

Sano (Japan): Seasoned spinner Axar Patel choked the inexperienced Japanese batters just in time as India survived a scare to win the rain-curtailed one-off T20 International between the two mis-matched sides by a mere two runs here on Tuesday. With the match being reduced to...

Sano (Japan): Unheralded Japanese spinners choked a star-studded Indian batting line-up on a rank turner to restrict them to a below-par 32 for 4 in the rain-truncated five-over-a-side one-off T20 International Tuesday. The match was curtailed due to inclement weather, which left the pitch with...

Sano (Japan): India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat against Japan in their rain-truncated historic one-off T20I against Japan in Sano Tuesday. The contest was reduced to a 5-overs-per-side affair after wet outfield owing to heavy overnight rain delayed the start...

Nisshin (Japan): Defending champions India won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the women's T20 gold medal match at the Asian Games in Japan’s Nisshin Tuesday. The fixture is not only a rematch of last edition's final but also the Asia...

Lahore: Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan has been denied permission by the country's Cricket Board (PCB) to hold a media conference regarding investigations by the National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency pertaining to his involvement in online betting and gambling. A reliable source said that Rizwan...

Chennai: Chennai Super Kings Monday named former India pace great Zaheer Khan as their new head coach for the upcoming season. Zaheer replaced Stephen Fleming, who was at helm for 18 seasons. "Welcoming Zaheer Khan as the Head Coach of Chennai Super Kings," CSK announced...

Tokai City (Japan): Defending champions Indian men's and women's kabaddi teams made winning starts to their Asian Games campaign with thumping victories over Japan and Bangladesh in their respective opening matches, Monday. Last edition's gold-medallist Indian men's team began its title defence with a resounding...