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India came up trumps in a battle of nerves against a gutsy New Zealand to win the all-important third ODI by six runs and clinch their seventh successive bilateral series by 2-1 margin on Sunday. KANPUR : Rohit Sharma (147 off 138) and Virat Kohli (113 off 106) conjured up classy hundreds to fire India to a record 337 … Read more
Virat Kohli’s Indian cricket team and Kane Williamson’s New Zealand side square off in the third and series-deciding clash at Green Park, Kanpur. Centuries from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli powered India to 337/6. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli tons powered India to 337/6 in the Kanpur ODI against New Zealand. Kohli’s Indian cricket team … Read more
कानपुर के ग्रीन पार्क में भारत और न्यूज़ीलैंड के बीच तीसरा वनडे मैच खेला जा रहा है। नई दिल्ली, जेएनएन। भारत और न्यूज़ीलैंड के बीच वनडे सीरीज़ का तीसरा मैच कानपुर के ग्रीन पार्क मैदान पर खेला जा रहा है। इस मैच में न्यूज़ीलैंड के कप्तान केन विलियमसन ने टॉस जीतकर पहले गेंदबाज़ी करने का फैसला … Read more
Debutant FIFA hosts India broke the record for the highest attendance at an U-17 FIFA World Cup, after 13,47,133 spectators turned up to witness the tournament. Each of the 52 matches at six venues across the country saw an average attendance of 25,906. The tournament also broke the record for the most number of goals … Read more
Pandurang Salgaonkar, the Pune pitch curator, has been suspended after being accused of agreeing to tamper the pitch upon request of reporters disguised as bookies on the eve of the 2nd ODI between India and New Zealand. The curator at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Ground in Pune, Pandurang Salgaonkar, has been suspended after being … Read more
Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, while running a double against Australia in the second T20I, clocked his personal highest speed of 31 km/h while running between the wickets. In August, Dhoni had run 20 metres in 2.91 seconds at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, and had completed the run-a-three race in 8.3 seconds. … Read more
Facing a possibility of missing out on a 2018 FIFA World Cup spot, Argentina’s captain Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to help his team defeat Ecuador 3-1 on Wednesday and qualify for the tournament. Messi’s hat-trick came after his side conceded a goal in the game’s very first minute. Argentina came into the match after … Read more
Cricketers-turned-commentators Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Brett Lee and Dean Jones attempted Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s ‘Helicopter Shot’ in a challenge at Ranchi during the first India-Australia T20I. The commentators tried to knock the ball for a six with the shot but were unable to do so. Sehwag was unanimously voted as the winner of the contest … Read more
According to the BCCI CEO Rahul Johri, “The captain, coach, and chief selector, along with other members of selection committee, have set the fitness parameters and for athletes to be eligible for selection these are non-negotiable.” What’s the Yo-Yo test? Yo-Yo test was developed by Danish football physiologist Jens Bangsbo and is a variation of … Read more
The Indian cricket team, led by captain Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri, pledged its support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachhata Hi Seva campaign ahead of the fifth ODI on Sunday. BCCI shared a video of the cricketers throwing a bottle into the dustbin. “There’s no other place garbage deserves to be other than … Read more
