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KL Rahul received a warm welcome in the dressing room after his batting heroics at Lord’s.© Twitter KL Rahul scored an unbeaten centuryat the Lord’s cricket ground on Thursday to put India on top in the second Test against England. KL Rahul put on a batting masterclass in an innings that was laced with 12

KL Rahul gave England a lesson in how to bat in tough conditions with the opener’s composed unbeaten century leaving India well-placed on 276-3 at stumps on the first day of the second Test at Lord’s on Thursday. Rahul was initially outshone by Rohit Sharma, who made 83 in their fine stand of 126 —

Indian women’s cricket team fielding coach Abhay Sharma, who was praised by the players for his work on the UK tour, has not entered the bio-bubble in Bengaluru ahead of the Australia tour and is set to be replaced alongside trainer Naresh Ramdas. Sharma, who is among the support staff at the National Cricket Academy,

Jasprit Bumrah poses for a selfie with his wife Sanjana Ganesan.© Instagram Sanjana Ganesan took to social media to post an adorable photograph with husband Jasprit Bumrah. The pacer is currently with the Indian cricket team for their ongoing five-match Test series against England. The duo tied the knot in March this year and they

England could be without both Stuart Broad and James Anderson in a home Test for the first time in nearly a decade following a double injury setback at Lord’s. Broad, 35, has been ruled out of the rest of the five-match series against India after pulling up with a calf problem ahead of the second

Having completed rehabilitation for the shoulder surgery Shreyas Iyer underwent, the batsman has thanked everyone who helped him recover. He has said it is now time to get back onto the field and let the bat do the talking. Taking to Twitter, Shreyas wrote, “Ready to go out there. Ready to fight. Ready to play..Thank you

England vs India: All-rounder Moeen Ali has recalled by the hosts.© AFP England Test skipper Joe Root on Tuesday said that all-rounder Moeen Ali has the ability to win games for his side with both the bat and ball in hand. Root’s comments came as Moeen Ali was drafted into the England squad for the

Ahead of the upcoming second Test match against England, R Sridhar seems to have come up with a new fielding drill for Team india players, including wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant. The BCCI took to social media to post a video of Sridhar training Pant with a unique method, which also included Prasidh Krishna, Wriddhiman Saha and

Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) tweeted an image of their captain MS Dhoni to mark ‘World Lion Day’ on August 10. The caption read, “Lion Day Entry”, with the image showing the former India captain – clad in a white t-shirt, beige trousers, and carrying a backpack – walking inside a

Black Caps captain Kane Williamson and several other senior players were on Tuesday excluded from upcoming tours to Bangladesh and Pakistan as New Zealand focuses on the Twenty20 World Cup.  New Zealand confirmed their World Cup line-up in an unprecedented 32-man white ball squad to handle a heavy workload over the next four months. In addition

England skipper Joe Root scored a century in the second innings of the first Test match against India.© AFP England head coach Chris Silverwood on Monday admitted that batsmen apart from Joe Root also need to start contributing more to ease off the pressure on the Three Lions skipper. The first Test between India and

ENG vs IND: Jasprit Bumrah returned nine wickets in the first Test against England.© AFP India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah tweeted after his game-changing returns in the first Test between England and India at Trent Bridge. Bumrah, who picked up five wickets in the second innings and nine in the match, tweeted “Still don’t need

England skipper Joe Root on Sunday said that his bowlers could have created opportunities in case they had a shot for at least 40 overs at the Indian batters on the washed out final day of the first Test. The match ended in a draw after India were 52 for 1, chasing 209 in the fourth

Tokyo Olympics: Virat Kohli tweeted to congratulate India’s Olympic stars.© AFP India skipper Virat Kohli tweeted to congratulate all athletes who participated in the recently-concluded Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo Games concluded on Sunday with a glittering closing ceremony after more than two weeks of high-octane action. Kohli, who was also set to take the field

IND vs ENG: Rohit Sharma gave a confident start to India on Day 4 in 209 runs chase vs England.© AFP Day 5 of the first Test match between England and India at Trent Bridge, Nottingham will be a challenging one for both teams. India were at 52/1 at the end of Day 4 and

Skipper Joe Root led from the front with a superb counter-attacking hundred but Jasprit Bumrah’s five-wicket haul on the fourth day made India favourites to chase down a tricky victory target of 209 against England in the first Test. In the time left during the penultimate hour, India scored 52 for 1 with Stuart Broad dismissing

Dan Christian smashed 39 and spinner Mitchell Swepson returned figures of 3-12 as Australia edged out Bangladesh by three wickets for a consolation Twenty20 victory on Saturday. Chasing 105 for victory, Australia depended on Christian’s 15-ball blitz and Ashton Agar’s 27 to achieve their target in 19 overs of the fourth match in Dhaka. Bangladesh,

ENG vs IND: KL Rahul scored 84 runs in the first innings that guided India to take lead of 95 runs.© AFP The two years that he has been away from the Test team has taught KL Rahul the lesson on making most of the opportunities that come his way like the he did in