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Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma were blessed with a baby girl in January 2021.© Instagram Virat Kohli took to Twitter to share his message on father’s day, saying that being a dad is by far “the greatest joy and a blessing.” Kohli also said he misses his dad on the occasion of father’s day. “Happy

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill put on a 62-run stand for the opening wicket.© AFP Batting coach Vikram Rathour on Saturday said that a first innings score of 250-plus will put India in a fighting position against New Zealand, keeping the prevailing conditions in mind during the ongoing World Test Championship final in Southampton. India

England Women vs India Women: India managed a draw after being made to follow-on.© Twitter/ICC The one-off women’s Test between India and England ended in a draw on the final day at Bristol on Saturday, with the visitors defying the home side attack to score 344 for 8 in their second innings after following-on. India

Ace Indian sprinter Hima Das on Saturday not only remembered the tips given by Milkha Singh, but also reminisced the words of the late track legend which motivated her to aim for the best. One of the country’s earliest sports heroes, Milkha died of COVID-19 related complications in a hospital in Chandigarh late on Friday

Shafali Verma continued to amaze the cricketing world with her audacious strokeplay as she became only the fourth player in the history of women’s Tests to smash two half centuries on debut, taking India to 83 for 1 at stumps on the third day of one-off Test against England. The teenage prodigy was batting on 55

Indian men’s fielding coach R Sridhar was all praise for batting sensation Shafali Verma, who has impressed one and all with her twin half-centuries on Test debut against England. In fact, Sridhar said that the whole Indian team whenever they had time off from training have been glued to the Test match and mighty impressed

Shafali Verma revealed the success mantra behind her aggressive brand of cricket.© BCCI/Twitter Swashbuckling opener Shafali Verma revealed the success mantra behind her aggressive brand of cricket, saying that while growing up she, along with her brother, used to have a “six-hitting competition”, and her father used to award whoever hit more sixes with Rs

Shafali Verma scored 96 against England Women, falling just four short of a maiden Test century on debut.© Twitter India openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma scripted a stunning opening stand but five quick wickets in the final hour of play brought England back in the game on Thursday. England finished day two on top

Rishabh Pant had shared the picture on MS Dhoni’s birthday.© Instagram Ahead of the World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant took a trip down memory lane as he looked back at his Instagram memories. In a video shared by the International Cricket Council, Pant “relived the story behind the

WTC Final: Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson will be aiming to put in top displays.© AFP India take on New Zealand in the final of the World Test Championship starting Friday in Southampton. After two years of some thrilling series and captivating cricket, India and New Zealand have made it to the first-ever WTC final.

Spinners Sneh Rana and Deepti Sharma fashioned India’s comeback by triggering a batting collapse in the final session but England Women still managed a decent 269 for 6 on the opening day of the one-off Test in Bristol on Wednesday. Playing a Test match after nearly seven years, India Women were struggling badly but Rana (3/77)

New Zealand pacer Tim Southee on Wednesday said changes can be made to the format of the World Test Championship final going ahead, instead of it being a one-off match. Earlier this month, India head coach Ravi Shastri said that the WTC final should be decided in a best-of-three match series, which he feels would

BCCI were asked to pay a compensation of Rs 4,814.67 crore to Deccan Chronicles Holdings ltd.© AFP The Bombay High Court on Wednesday set aside an arbitration award that directed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to pay over Rs 4,800 crore to Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd (DCHL) over the alleged illegal

The two-Test series against England was certainly advantageous but New Zealand coach Gary Stead doesn’t feel that it’s as big a deal as it is being made out to be compared to their World Test Championship final rivals India’s lack of game time. New Zealand secured a rare Test win in England during a two-match

Rishabh Pant is known to play unorthodox cricketing shots.© Twitter/BCCI Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals (DC) shared a hilarious meme involving their star wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant and the Oscar-nominated Bollywood movie, ‘Lagaan’ on the film’s 20-year anniversary. The official Twitter handle of DC posted a picture that compared a charcter in the

Rahul Dravid will coach the Indian team in the limited-overs series in Sri Lanka.© AFP The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah has confirmed that former India skipper Rahul Dravid will coach the team in the limited-overs series in Sri Lanka. The Shikhar Dhawan-led team will play three ODIs and

England pacer Ollie Robinson will return to the cricket pitch to play for Sussex’s second team in the T20 game against Hampshire, his county confirmed on Monday. “Mitch Claydon is added to the Sharks squad as cover for the trip to Chelmsford. Henry Crocombe will not travel and will play in Sussex’s behind-closed-doors Second XI

India women’s Test vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Monday said the players picked the brains of men’s Test team deputy Ajinkya Rahane ahead of the one-off Test match against England. India and England women will face each other in a one-off Test beginning June 16 at Bristol. After that, both sides will square off in three