NAGPUR: National team skipper Virat Kohli has demanded a greater share of India’s growing cricket wealth for players ahead of contract talks this week, officials said. Top players saw their annual basic deals doubled to $300,000 this year. But the Indian squad, who are due to hold talks with t

Nagpur : India skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday set another milestone as he scored 19th Test century of his cricket career while batting Sri Lanka out of the Nagpur Test, here at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. The captain fantastic’s recent century also brings him his fourth against the L

Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly today back current skipper Virat Kohli on the issue of cramped scheduling and said that the team needs more time to prepare for tough assignments like the upcoming South Africa tour. Kohli yesterday complained that cramped schedules are getting in the

KOLKATA: After the first day’s play of the warm-up match between Sri Lanka and Board President’s XI, Lankan opener Dimuth Karunaratne said the main challenge for the visitors would be to negotiate the Indian spin duo of R. Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the Tests. The left-hander, who retired afte

New Delhi: The flamboyant Indian cricketer MS Dhoni visited Dubai on Saturday and unveiled his first global cricket academy in the effervescent city of Dubai. Named after the two-time world cup winning captain the MS Dhoni Cricket Academy (MSDCA) is a joint venture of Dubai-based Pacific Sports Clu

NEW DELHI: Hyderabad pacer Mohammed Siraj on Sunday made his debut for the India in the second T20I against New Zealand in Rajkot. As the talented bowler took the field in coloured clothing, he failed to control his emotions and was broke into tears towards the end of the national anthem ceremony

Former India cricketers VVS Laxman and Ajit Agarkar slammed MS Dhoni for his average performance against New Zealand at Rajkot on Saturday and said that it was time for Team India to look for other options in Twenty20 cricket. Chasing a mammoth 197 in the second T20I at Rajkot on Saturday, India fel

NEW DELHI: During the first Twenty20 international between India and New Zealand at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Wednesday, television cameras showed Virat Kohli, sitting in the team dugout, speaking on a walkie-talkie. Immediately, social media became abuzz about the legality of what was visible on TV,

Rahul Dravid, the former India captain and current coach of the India A and India Under-19 teams, became the first high-profile personality in the cricket system to criticise the manner in which Anil Kumble's tenure as coach came to an end. At the Bangalore Literature Festival, Dravid was asked b

Kanpur: India captain Virat Kohli lauded his bowlers after their series winning performance in the high-scoring third ODI on Sunday. Jasprit Bumrah's (3/47 in 10 overs) fantastic bowling at the death ensured that India restricted New Zealand to 331 for 7 after scoring 337 in the final ODI, winning t

Rohit Sharma, the India vice-captain, has been in terrific form in 2017. The stylish right-hand opener scored his fifth One-Day International century of the year and 15th overall in the decider against New Zealand in Kanpur to play a key role in India’s nail-biting six-run victory on Sunday (October

Shikhar Dhawan might have starred with the bat as India easily chased down New Zealand's paltry total in the second ODI in Pune to level the three-match ODI series. However, the Indian bowlers started the demolition job with pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah wreaking havoc on the visiting

Pune: India captain Virat Kohli praised the potent pace combination of Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, saying both the bowlers have come of age. “Bowlers were really clinical today (Wednesday) and fielders as well. Both those guys (Kumar and Bumrah) are coming along nicely. They know they a

Maharashtra Cricket Association's pitch curator Pandurang Salgaonkar was caught on camera leaking details about the pitch for the second one-dayer between India and New Zealand, set to be played at Pune's MCA Stadium. As a result, Salgaonkar has been barred from entering the ground. Ramesh Mamunkar,

Last week when the junior national selectors did not pick Prithvi Shaw in the India Under-19 team for the upcoming Asia Cup, asking him to play in the Ranji Trophy instead, it created ripples in the cricket fraternity. It was a first-of-a-kind move.The 17-year-obld Mumbai opener vindicated their sta

London: Cristiano Ronaldo has caught up with Lionel Messi to become a five-time winner of FIFA's best player award. The Real Madrid forward was crowned player of the year on Monday at the FIFA Best ceremony at the London Palladium theater attended by runner-up Messi and third-placed Neymar. A

Left-arm paceman Usman Shinwari destroyed Sri Lanka with a five-wicket burst to help Pakistan achieve a convincing nine-wicket win in the fifth and final match for a 5-0 clean sweep of the series on Monday. Shinwari's 5-34 in seven overs reduced Sri Lanka to 103 all out in 26.2 overs in Sharjah b

Eight months back, Mohammed Siraj was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League auction and since the day he got his IPL contract, the medium pacer asked his father — an auto rickshaw driver — to stop working. Just at the age of 23, Siraj has taken another big step in his cric