India’s Twenty20 series against South Africa ends 2-2 with final game washed out. Hosts bounced back from 2-0 down to level the series in Bangalore. Rain delays mean India’s players head straight to England for rescheduled fifth Test against England. Skipper Rishabh Pant on Sunday said India’s different approach to win matches has paid off … Read more
Out-of-form Virat Kohli says that he has a positive-fire manner of drowning out his growing range of critics — he just mutes the tv. The 33-year-old former India skipper has continued an extended batting stoop for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League and fell for his third golden duck of the season on … Read more
India will be heavy favorites to keep their pink-ball Test record intact at home, as new skipper Rohit Sharma targets a clean sweep of Sri Lanka in the second Test, which begins on Saturday. The hosts crushed Sri Lanka in Mohali in three days to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series, and the … Read more
Batsman Suryakumar Yadav and fast bowler Deepak Chahar were on Wednesday ruled out of India’s three-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka because of injuries. India, led by new all-format skipper Rohit Sharma, will play the opening Twenty20 international in Lucknow on Thursday followed by two matches in Dharamsala. Yadav, who scored 107 runs to be … Read more
Some of the world’s top cricketers will be among 590 players in the two-day auction for the big-bucks Indian Premier League this weekend. AFP sport looks at five stars who could attract massive fees when the 10 franchises — including two new ones — place their bids in Bangalore ahead of the Twenty20 tournament due … Read more
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli has “unsettled” his Royal Challengers Bangalore team by announcing that he will stand down as captain at the end of the Indian Premier League season, former top players said. Kohli made public just hours before Bangalore’s first game in the resumed IPL on Monday that he will be handing over the team leadership. … Read more
