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Off the field camaraderie between Virat Kohli and Mohammad Amir grabbed attention on eve of the much-awaited India-Pakistan contest in the ICC World T20 here tomorrow. Just before the Indian team was about to leave Eden Gardens, Amir and Kohli greeted each other and were engaged in a long discussion. Kohli also offered his bat […]
Indian boxing star Vijender Singh will fight his next bout on April 2 in London. Vijender blew away Hungary’s Alexander Horvath at the Liverpool Echo Arena on Saturday to record his fourth successive professional victory. The 30-year-old will compete in an eight-round fight and his last fight was a six-rounder. “London here I come! I […]
Today in Nagpur, in World T20 tournament after wining TossNew Zealand captain Kane Williamson, chose to bat against India. Indian Bowlers shine as India restrict New Zealand to 126/7. India managed early breakthroughs in the opening match of the World Twenty20 2016 against New Zealand. India team: 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Virat […]
The superb build-up run has made India the clear favourites for an unprecedented second World Twenty20 title but the in-form hosts will have to guard against complacency when they take on a spirited New Zealand in their campaign opener here tomorrow. No host country has won the T20 world title in the last five editions […]
His brilliant 73-run knock in the warm-up game against South Africa might have fallen just short of ensuring a win for India, but opener Shikhar Dhawan said the crucial time he had spent at the crease has made him more “wiser” ahead of their ICC World Twenty20 campaign. Chasing a steep 197 for win, Dhawan […]
Having played under Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the now-suspended Chennai Super Kings, Australian all-rounder John Hastings credited the Indian limited overs skipper for being instrumental in building a formidable team. “There’s little margin for error in this format. Their batsmen have a lot of confidence right through from Dhawan and (Rohit) Sharma to Kohli, Raina […]
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis saw off the challenge of Australian team of Casey Dellacqua and Samantha Stosur to move to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open, here. The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair defeated their rivals 6-3 7-5 in just 68 minutes in their opening round of the USD 6,844,139 hard court event. […]
Among other IPL 2016 cricket tournament starting from April 2016, in Rajkot many matches against new entrant Gujarat Lions team led by Suresh Raina will be played. Gujarat Lions will play five matches at Rajkot as per following schedule: Date Opponent Team 14 Apr 8 pm against Rising Pune Supergiants 21 Apr 8 pm […]
After days of waiting, the India-Pakistan World Twenty20 group match was shifted out of Dharamsala on Wednesday and allotted to Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, as per sources.The International Cricket Council (ICC) informed the decision at a press conference, after the Himachal Pradesh venue lost the battle to retain the high-profile, and commercially lucrative, contest scheduled on […]
Today Gujarat sports minister Nanubhai Vanani made announcement on new sports policy on behalf of sports policy. The policy was developed with a mission to spread awareness of and promote sports culture in the state with grooming of sports personalities, benefits to students with sporting ability, annual benefits, performance and participation at state, national […]
