David Warner continued to blaze his way through the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the bat but his misfield helped Kings XI Punjab to a dramatic victory over his Sunrisers Hyderabad Monday.
The aggressive opener scored 70 not out from 62 balls for (...)
England's rising star Sam Curran claimed the first hat trick of this season's Indian Premier League to help his side Kings XI Punjab beat Delhi Capitals by 14 runs Monday.
Curran returned figures of 4-11 in just 2.2 overs of medium-pace bowling as (...)
Rishabh Pant will take over as wicketkeeper from MS Dhoni for the final two matches of India's one-day series against Australia with the former captain being rested ahead of the World Cup later this year.
The decision to rest Dhoni may signal the (...)
Kings XI Punjab kept their playoffs hopes alive with a 14-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in a must-win Indian Premier League match on Tuesday.
After being sent in to bat, Kings XI captain Glenn Maxwell's 44 helped his side to a total of (...)
Sunil Narine smashed a half-century off only 15 balls to equal the fastest 50 in the Indian Premier League as Kolkata Knight Riders demolished Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets on Sunday.
Narine hit West Indies teammate Samuel Badree for (...)
Three blistering half-centuries by Shikhar Dhawan, skipper David Warner, and Kane Williamson led defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad to a strong 207-3 before beating Kings XI Punjab by 26 runs in the Indian Premier League on Friday.
Beforehand, (...)
Ravindra Jadeja's sparkling all-round performance floored England and handed India an unbeatable 2-0 lead after it cantered home to a comprehensive eight-wicket win in the third Test Tuesday.
Top-ranked India surpassed the 103-run target in the (...)
Ravindra Jadeja led India›s strong lower-order batting display with a career-best 90 before spin partner Ravichandran Ashwin wrecked England's top order to put the host firmly in charge of the third Test Monday.
Jadeja fell agonizingly short of his (...)
Ravichandran Ashwin hit an attacking half-century to give India the edge after England's bowlers dented the hosts with quick wickets on day two of the third Test in Mohali Sunday.
India was 271 for six at stumps with Ashwin (57) and Ravindra Jadeja (...)
Jonny Bairstow's composed 89 helped England survive some poor top order shot-making and reach 268 for eight at the close on the first day of the third Test against India Saturday.
Alastair Cook won an important toss but the tourists conceded much of (...)
India Test captain Virat Kohli gave a thumbs-up to the Decision Review System (DRS) Friday, signaling cricket's financial powerhouse might permanently embrace the technology aimed at curbing umpiring errors.
It took a lot of cajoling to convince (...)
Yuvraj Singh's unbeaten 42 off 24 helped Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Sunday.
With this win, Hyderabad became the first team to qualify for the playoffs. Yuvraj's knock was inclusive of three (...)
A captain's knock by Murali Vijay went in vain as Royal Challengers Bangalore snatched a nail-biting one-run win over Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League here Monday.
Chasing a target of 176, Punjab was cruising along with Vijay smashing 89 (...)
New-entrant Gujarat Lions defeated Kings XI Punjab by five wickets to begin its Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign on a winning note here Monday.
Barring the first over, Lions was in total control in chase of 162. It won with 14 balls to spare on (...)
India qualified for the World Twenty20 semifinals and knocked out Australia after Virat Kohli smashed an unbeaten 82 in their do-or-die showdown here Sunday.
Kohli's powerful 51-ball knock propelled India to a six-wicket victory, as it successfully (...)
Australia will look to dump host India out of the World Twenty20 tournament Sunday in a do-or-die clash between cricket's two biggest teams.
A narrow win by India over Bangladesh, followed by Australia's 21-run triumph against Pakistan, has (...)
Coach Waqar Younis Friday lamented the decline of Pakistan cricket after his team was knocked out of the World Twenty20 with a disappointing 21-run defeat against Australia.
A wayward Pakistan let Australia off the hook after having it in early (...)
Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi will go back home before deciding whether to retire from international cricket after his team lost to Australia and was eliminated from the World Twenty20 Friday.
Australia beat Pakistan by 21 runs in Mohali and (...)
James Faulkner took a record five-wicket haul after Steve Smith hit an unbeaten half century to help Australia post a 21-run win and knock Pakistan out of the World Twenty20 Friday.
The victory means Australia remains in the hunt for a place in next (...)
Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik Thursday vowed his team will do all it takes to pull off a win against Australia and give skipper Shahid Afridi a winning send-off at the World Twenty20.
Afridi, who no longer plays Test and one-day cricket, has hinted (...)
New Zealand became the first team to book a spot in the World Twenty20 semifinals after opener Martin Guptill smashed his 10th fifty in the game's shortest format to set up a 22-run win against Pakistan in their Super 10 stage match Tuesday.
The (...)
Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz and batsman Mohammad Hafeez are doubtful starters in a key World Twenty20 match against unbeaten New Zealand Tuesday.
Left-armer Riaz was hit by a ball on the head during a training session Monday while Hafeez has (...)
India's Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin thrived on a spinners' paradise in Mohali, bamboozling South Africa's batsmen in the first Test to secure a 108-run victory with more than two days to spare Saturday.
Eighteen wickets tumbled on an (...)
Part-time spinner Dean Elgar ripped through India's batting line-up with four wickets as South Africa made the host rue its decision to bat first on the opening day of the first Test Thursday.
India captain Virat Kohli said he felt Thursday would be (...)
Indian captain Virat Kohli and his South African counterpart Hashim Amla Wednesday attempted to douse the fire over dry, turning wickets that are likely to be prepared for the Test series.
The build-up to the four-match series, which opens in Mohali (...)
