Bengaluru, June 16 The day for the Afghan cricketers began in euphoria, with an early morning Eid feast and gaiety; it ended in despair when they were handed a rare two-day defeat by India in their inaugural Test match. Afghanistan were bowled twice on Friday, lasting a total of 66.3Read More

Bengaluru, June 15 India captain Ajinkya Rahane feels “visualising Test match situations” during practice will go a long way in preparing Afghanistan for the unforgiving five-day format. India beat Afghanistan by an innings and 262 runs inside two days in what turned out to be a complete no contest afterRead More

Madrid, June 15 The Indian women’s team played a 1-1 draw against hosts Spain in their second game of the five match series at the Consejo Superior de Deportes Hockey Stadium. Hosts Spain dominated the match in the first-two quarters but the Indian team made a comeback in the latterRead More

Bengaluru, June 15 Afghanistan coach Phil Simmons today said his “team has a mountain to climb” before it emerges as a strong Test playing nation. Simmons made his comments after Afghanistan suffered a crushing loss against India on their Test debut with the one-off game finishing inside two days. “IRead More

LONDON, June 15 Australia made a stuttering start to coach Justin Langer’s tenure as they lost by three wickets to England in the opening match of the ODI series at The Oval. Only Glenn Maxwell impressed as Australia batted first, scoring 62 as the touring side lost regular wickets andRead More

Bengaluru, June 15 It was Afghanistan’s day. Yes, they were indeed thrilled and nervous to begin with; they did concede 280/1 at one stage, in some 51 overs, their pacers looking toothless and their spinners nervous and erratic. But the nerves eventually settled; India played a few false strokes, Afghanistan’sRead More

Bengaluru, June 14 India scored 158 for no loss at lunch on the opening day of the one-off Test against Afghanistan at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here on Thursday. Left-handed opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan (104 not out) completed his century, while Murali Vijay was batting at 41 at the break.Read More

New Delhi, Afghanistan is all geared up to face a mighty Indian side at the first cricket test match in Bengaluru starting Thursday, the first test challenge to captain Asghar Stanikzai’s leadership since Afghanistan achieved the status of a test playing nation last year. This might be the first official testRead More

London, June 14 Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from next week’s Wimbledon warm-up event at Queen’s Club as the world number one takes a break following his latest French Open triumph.Nadal crushed Dominic Thiem to clinch his 11th French Open title on Sunday, but the Spaniard hinted after the final thatRead More

New York, June 14 Subhankar Sharma was all fired up after attending a dinner hosted by Ernie Els, the captain for the 2019 Presidents Cup, and looked desperate to produce a fine show at the US Open, which tees off at the Shinnecock Hills tomorrow. Subhankar had two sessions ofRead More