Chandigarh, Three days ago, Sachin Tendulkar said that the Indian T20 team is the best in the world, and that they would be the favourites to win the T20 World Cup, to be played in March-April. “I think we have the best side in the world right now,” Tendulkar said.Read More

Ranchi, February 11 Ahead of the second Twenty20 International (T20I) against Sri Lanka, India team director Ravi Shastri on Thursday said he is aiming at trying all possible combinations to get the best squad prior to the forthcoming World T20 at home next month. Having whitewashed Australia 3-0 in theirRead More

Mirpur, The Rahul Dravid-coached India stormed into the final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup with a convincing 97-run win over Sri Lanka in the first semifinal at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Tuesday. Anmolpreet Singh scored 72 and Sarfaraz Khan made 59 as India recovered from early setbacks toRead More

Pune, Sri Lanka rode on a strong bowling performance to defeat India by five wickets in their first T20I at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Tuesday. Chasing a meagre target of 102 runs, the Lankan chase was boosted by a 39-run partnership between Dinesh Chandimal (35) and Chamara KapugederaRead More

Melbourne, Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne has launched an astonishing attack on his former captain Steve Waugh, calling him “the most selfish cricketer that I’ve played with”. Speaking on a TV show, Warne said there were many reasons he didn’t like Waugh, but highlighted one incident — his axing in theRead More

Guwahati, India plundered most of the gold medals on offer for the fourth successive day with the swimmers, archers and track-and-field athletes putting in a dominating performance. Continuing their terrific show, the Indian athletes took their overall medal count to 124, including 78 gold, 36 silver and 10 bronze medals. HoldingRead More

Barcelona, Barcelona striker Lionel Messi is expected to play in Wednesday’s King’s Cup semifinal against Valencia despite missing training on Monday to have tests on his kidneys, the club said. “Barcelona striker Lionel Messi will undergo several tests on Monday and Tuesday to assess the evolution of the kidney problems heRead More

Melbourne, His long-standing feud with Steve Waugh was out in the open once again when spin legend Shane Warne slammed the former Australian captain as “the most selfish cricketer that I’ve played with” during a TV programme. “There’s a lot of reasons I don’t like Steve Waugh, a lot of reasonsRead More

Melbourne, Aaron Finch was replaced with Steve Smith as captain, while Test wicket-keeper Peter Nevill was included in place of Matthew Wade as Cricket Australia (CA) effected critical changes in its 15-member World T20 squad on Tuesday. “The Australian men’s T20 International squad will be led by current Test and One-DayRead More

Guwahati, The Indian grapplers annihilated their opponents, scooping 14 gold medals out of total 16 as the wrestling competition in the South Asian Games ended here today. Despite being represented by a second string team, the home wrestlers proved too strong for their South Asian neighbours as they grabbed five goldRead More