DAMBULLA: Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the centre of attention as India's ODI specialists enjoyed their first training session on Thursday. It was an optional session where Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal and Jasprit Bumrah looked like hitting the r

LAHORE: Umar Akmal faces sanction from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) following the out-of-favour batsman's public outburst against head coach Mickey Arthur. Akmal addressed a news conference on Wednesday in which he lashed out at Arthur, accusing the South African of insulting him and refusing

Sri Lanka white-ball captain Upul Tharanga has called for patience and support from the fans following their humiliating Test series defeat to India. Upul Tharanga will lead Sri Lanka in five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 clash against India, having been whitewashed in the three Tests u

New head coach Ravi Shastri set his sights on the World Cup in 2019 along with continuing India’s supremacy in Test cricket after a comprehensive 3-0 whitewash over Sri Lanka in an interview with Times of India on Tuesday. “The World Cup has its own space that needs to be respected. And while tha

MS Dhoni has joined the likes of Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singhin starting his own cricket academy but instead of starting off in India, former India captain has chosen Dubai as the location for his upcoming venture. Reports from the region have indicated that the academy will be

Pallekele: An authoritative India today completed a 3-0 clean sweep of Sri Lanka with an innings and 171-run annihilation in the third and final Test Cricket, bringing to an early end to one of the most lopsided series in recent years. This series win was historic for India as it was their first thr

Mumbai: Former captain Kapil Dev says India finally possess a bunch of world class pacers and the team could rely on them besides the spinners. In recent times, India pacers have strongly aided the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. They have played a key role in the Test team’s

New Delhi [India]: The Indian national football team have dropped a place to the 97th spot in the latest Federation Internationale de Football Association(FIFA) rankings. The downward movement in the rankings came as India did not play a single international match in last one month. India are

Pallekele : Left-arm spinner Axar Patel has been called in as a replacement for Ravindra Jadeja in the 16-man Indian squad for the third and the final Test of the three-match series against Sri Lanka, beginning August 12 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. “The All-India Senior Select

Colombo : Indian wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha on Monday admitted that he enjoys keeping to ace spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. “I enjoy wicket-keeping on turning tracks because on such wickets more balls are coming towards you and as a result, as a wicketkeeper you have to remai

Melbourne [Australia]: Former South Africa skipper Shaun Pollock believes that the Proteas must persuade swashbuckling batsman AB de Villiers to return to the Test arena if they wish to turn around their batting performance in the near future. The Faf du Plessis-led side have not been able to per

Johannesburg [South Africa]: Former Manchester United skipper Wayne Rooney feels that his goal-scoring record at the club will remain intact and will not be broken any time in the near future. Rooney, who netted 253 goals in a span of 13 years at the club, says players don’t stay long enough at o

Colombo: India captain Virat Kohli today heaped praised on Ravindra Jadeja for his all-round abilities and said the Saurashtra cricketer is “precious” and brings “great balance” to the side, especially in Test matches. Jadeja scored an unbeaten 70 off 85 balls in the first innings and then grabbe

Colombo [Sri Lanka]: A five-wicket haul from Ravindra Jadeja helped India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 53-runs in the Colombo Test on Sunday, thus taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Following on Day Four at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC), Sri Lanka came out with a spi

London [UK]: England batsman Alex Hales fell agonisingly short of equalling Chris Gayle’s record of the fastest century in T20 cricket, dismissed just short of three figures in England’s domestic T20 competition on Saturday. While playing for Nottinghamshire, Hales displayed some serious power-hi

Colombo [Sri Lanka]: India registered a comprehensive win against Sri Lanka in the Colombo Test on Sunday and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Virat Kohli’s men, who posted 622-9 declared in their first innings, won the Test by an innings and 53 runs after enforcing follow

COLOMBO: With the pitch showing no signs of aiding the bowlers, offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin is pinning his hopes on the second new ball to give India breakthroughs on the fourth day of the second Test against Sri Lanka. Replying to India's massive first innings total of 622/9 declared, Sri Lan

Colombo:The resilient Sri Lankan pair of Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis displayed their best batting performance to keep India at bay after a first innings debacle guiding the hosts to 209 for 2 here on the third day of the second Test. After being bowled out for a paltry 183 in the first in