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Pune: India's star all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin became the highest wicket-taker in the history of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) during the second Test against New Zealand at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune Thursday. Ashwin achieved the milestone in the opening session...

Ahmedabad: Saima Thakor and Tejal Hasabnis have been handed their international debuts as India’s stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and elected to bat first against New Zealand in the ODI series opener at the Narendra Modi Stadium Thursday. "Harmanpreet Kaur has a niggle...

Pune: Ravichandran Ashwin snared two wickets in the first session but New Zealand negated the Indian spinners deftly on a slow and spin-friendly surface to reach 92/2 at lunch on day one of the second Test here Thursday. Devon Conway looked assured against a three-pronged...

Pune: New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat against India in the second Test of the three-match series here Thursday. New Zealand made one change to their playing eleven bringing in left-arm spinner Mitchell Santer in place of injured pacer Matt Henry. India...

Pune: Rishabh Pant has ‘no injury concerns’ and is set to keep wickets for India while the team will decide on Jasprit Bumrah's workload after the second Test against New Zealand starting here Thursday, said head coach Gautam Gambhir. Pant copped a blow on the...

Pune: India head coach Gautam Gambhir Wednesday threw his weight behind under-fire batter KL Rahul, saying it's the team management's opinion that matters and not the criticism that he is facing on social media. Rahul was dismissed for a duck in the first innings of...

Pune: Jolted by an unexpected loss on home turf, star-heavy India will look for the right balance in the line-up to counter-attack against a spunky New Zealand in the crucial second Test beginning in Pune Thursday. After being shot out for an embarrassing 46 in...

Bhubaneswar: Hosts Odisha FC rolled past East Bengal FC with a 2-1 victory to register their second win of the Indian Super League (ISL) here Tuesday. Seasoned stars Roy Krishna (22nd minute) and Mourtada Fall (69th) found the back of the net once each to...

New Delhi: India's chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand feels that excluding badminton from the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has been aimed at 'stunting the progress of nations like India'. He added that the move should be scrutinised and discussed with the relevant stakeholders....

Sydney: Former Australia opener David Warner Tuesday said he is willing to come out of retirement and play against India in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy if the home team needs him in the opening slot. The 37-year-old left-handed opener announced his retirement from the sport...