Kolkata, March 20 In awe of Virat Kohli’s batting genius in the World Twenty20 win over arch-rivals Pakistan, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the elegant right-hander’s willingness to take challenges head on sets him apart from others. In a low-scoring tense encounter last night, Kohli played the sheet-anchor roleRead More

New Delhi, Yogeshwar Dutt bagged an Olympics quota and the gold medal in the men’s 65kg freestyle category at the ongoing Asian qualifying tournament on Saturday. Dutt easily overpowered his opponents enroute the final where Katai Yeerlanbieke of China forfeited the bout to hand the Indian the gold. Having defeated KimRead More

Kolkata,Normally, MS Dhoni doesn’t make sweeping and pompous statements. In the run-up to the World T20, the Indian skipper, however, did make a few statements that seemed a little out of character, reeking of overconfidence, and maybe a bit of arrogance too. During the Asia Cup, high on the team’sRead More

Kolkata, Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga has been ruled out of the remainder of the World Twenty20 after failing to recover from a knee injury. Malinga (32), missed Thursday’s win over Afghanistan and will return home on Friday. “Sri Lanka team management on tour have observed that Malinga who’sRead More

Kolkata, Many would have smirked secretly when Asghar Stanikzai, the Afghanistan skipper, on the eve oftheir opener against Sri Lanka, asserted that they could beat the defendingchampions. Well, the Afghans didn’t beat them but were not outplayed either. In fact, until quite late in the second innings, they were in theRead More

New Delhi, Mindful of the storm triggered by her male counterpart Shahid Afridi’s comments about being loved more in India, Pakistan women’s cricket team captain Sana Mir today said her team is adored more back home because it seldom gets a chance to play on its own turf. Afridi courted aRead More

Kolkata, Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi led by example as his team put a tumultuous build-up behind them to launch their bid for a second World T20 title with a 55-run victory against qualifiers Bangladesh on Wednesday. Pakistan posted 201/5 at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens after opting to bat first and restricted theirRead More

Nagpur, So, what are the implications of India’s stunning defeat to New Zealand? In less than 90 minutes of their batting innings, India, the overwhelming favourites, had been left to salvage their wrecked ship. The morale-crushing 47-run loss to Black Caps has come as a bolt from the blue for theRead More

Ranchi, March 17 Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be required to pay one-time tax along with penalty after his sports vehicle ‘Hummer H2′ was ‘mistakenly’ registered as Scorpio by the transport department in 2009, said the district transport officer of Ranchi. As a result of the typingRead More

MUMBAI, Chris Gayle smashed the first hundred of the sixth World T20 to underline his reputation as cricket’s most destructive batsman and powered West Indies to a six-wicket win over England in their Super 10 match on Wednesday. The tall left-handed opener, who often polarises opinions with his antics off theRead More