Chennai: A brilliant batting display from Shikhar Dhawan (92) and Rishabh Pant (58) helped India edge past West Indies by six wickets in a last ball thriller in the final match of the Twenty20 International series here on Sunday. With this win, India completed a whitewash in the three-match series. After two quick wickets, Dhawan and…
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Injured Saha eyeing comeback by mid or end of December
Kolkata: Out of action for most part of the year due to injury, India wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha on Sunday said he is eyeing a comeback to competitive cricket by the mid or end of December. “I am much better than before. I expect to make a comeback by mid-December or by the end of the year.…
Women’s World T20: India restrict Pakistan to low total
Georgetown (Guyana): Pakistan rode on half-centuries from Bismah Maroof and Nida Dar to post 133/7 in their ICC Women’s World T20 clash here on Sunday. Fresh from a 52-run defeat to title contenders Australia in their opening match, Pakistan struggled to get going in the face of some accurate Indian bowling. Asked to bat first, Pakistan…
Dortmund overpower Bayern in Bundesliga’s top clash
Berlin: Front-runners Borussia Dortmund twice came from behind to beat Bayern Munich 3-2 at the 11th round in Bundesliga. Bayern grabbed the lead twice on Saturday through Robert Lewandowski but Marco Reus’ brace and Paco Alcacer’s winner secured all three points on home soil to extend the lead atop the standings, reports Xinhua news agency. Both…
Alaves rallies to 2-1 win vs Huesca
Vitoria (Spain): Alaves beat Huesca 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday, rallying back from a 0-1 deficit to extend newly-promoted Huesca’s winless drought to the 11th match. Huesca was the first to create a scoring chance when Spanish midfielder Moises Gomez Bordonado collected a loose ball in front of the area ten minutes into the first…
India hammer West Indies by 71 runs, win series 2-0
Lucknow: An all-round show guided India to a thumping 71-run victory over West Indies in the second contest of the three-match T20 international series at the newly inaugurated AB Vajpayee Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. It was a completely one-sided affair as the hosts dominated the visitors in every department of the game and with the…
Rohit cracks magnificent ton to help India post big total
Lucknow: Rohit Sharma became the leading Indian scorer in Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) as he cracked an unbeaten hundred to help the hosts post 195/2 in their 20 overs against the West Indies in the second T20I at the newly inaugurated AB Vajpayee Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. Rohit remained unbeaten after smashing 111 runs off 61…
Just wanted to absorb pressure, help team to win: Karthik
Kolkata: Having played a pivotal role in steering his team to victory after initial jitters in the first of the three Twenty20 Internationals against the West Indies, veteran Dinesh Karthik on Sunday said he wanted to absorb the pressure while keeping his focus on positive cricket. Karthik remained unbeaten on 31 as India overhauled West Indies’…
Don’t think we applied ourselves: Brathwaite
Kolkata: West Indies skipper Carlos Brathwaite on Sunday said his side lost to India in the first of the three Twenty20 Internationals as they could not apply themselves. “I don’t think we applied ourselves. We were either too defensive or too attacking. We could’ve scored 130-140, which would’ve been a winning total, had we kept some…
Bowlers exceptional but some learning for batsmen: Rohit Sharma
Kolkata: India’s stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma praised his bowlers for their “exceptional performance” after a hard-fought five wicket win over the West Indies in the first of the three T20 Internationals here on Sunday. However, Sharma also conceded that the low-scoring match at the Eden Gardens also had some lessons for his batsmen, as to how…