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Maratha Arabians restricted to just 87-3 as Bulls cruise to nine-wicket victory. Dubai: Delhi Bulls notched up their second successive victory by registering an emphatic nine-wicket win in just five overs over defending champions Maratha Arabians in the second match of the second day of the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium. The Bulls charged to an easy victory after restricting Arabians to just 87-3. Opener Evin Lewis hit a belligerent unbeaten 55 runs off just 16 balls with seven sixes

Strong bowling and powerful batting as Qalanders trounce Pune Devils by nine wickets. Dubai: Qalandars trounced Pune Devils by nine wickets in the fourth match of the Abu Dhabi T10 at Zayed Cricket Stadium, thanks to a clinical display of accurate bowling and powerful hitting, The first match of the second day saw Qalandars exhibiting their enormous bowling strength to restrict Pune Devils to 107-2 despite Tom Kohler-Cadmore’s fine knock of 53. Qalandars then raced to the target through Tom Banton’s 45 off

Team Abu Dhabi pay the price for a poor start and crash to a six-wicket defeat. UAE’s medium pacer Zahoor Khan and South Africa’s experienced batsman Cameron Delport steered Deccan Gladiators to a six-wicket win over Team Abu Dhabi in third match of the second day of the Abu Dhabi T10 at Zayed Cricket Stadium. Zahoor Khan and Imtiaz Ahmed, hailing from India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, bowled accurately to restrict Team Abu Dhabi to 95-9 in 10 overs. Khan returned with

Full schedule, squads, match timings. The Abu Dhabi T10 League is taking place in Dubai from January 28. A number of former and present cricketers will be in action during the tournament, which will be played in Abu Dhabi. KEY HIGHLIGHTS The 4th edition of T10 League will kick off on Thursday (January 28) All the matches will be played at one venue in Dubai The likes of Shahid Afridi, Mohammed Amir will be in action during the tournament The 4th season of

England all-rounder Ben Stokes, fast-bowling spearhead Jofra Archer, and batsman Rory Burns will begin their training on Saturday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium for the upcoming first Test against India slated to be played from February 5. While England's touring contingent arrived in Chennai on Wednesday and are undergoing quarantine, Stokes, Archer, and Burns touched down in India a few days before the rest of their teammates, who were wrapping up the 2-0 Test series win over Sri Lanka. The trio will practice

DUBAI: Virat Kohli remained the highest-placed Indian batsman at fourth position even as Cheteshwar Pujara rose a rung to sixth in the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Saturday. Apart from Kohli (862) and Pujara (760), Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane (748) is the other Indian batsman in the top-10, hanging on to the eighth spot. Pujara moved up one place to sixth, while wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and star opener Rohit Sharma remained static on the 13th and 18th spots respectively.

Kagiso Rabada achieved the feat on Day three of the ongoing first Test against Pakistan at the National Stadium in Karachi. Kagiso Rabada became the 8th South African to scalp 200 Test wicketsRabada took 8,154 balls to claim his 200th wicket in the longest formatRabada is the fourth-youngest bowler ever to reach the milestonePace spearhead Kagiso Rabada on Thursday not only became the eighth South African to scalp 200 Test wickets, but also became the third-fastest Proteas bowler to reach the milestone in

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Spinners Nauman Ali and Yasir Shah rattled South Africa to help Pakistan win the first test by seven wickets inside four days on Friday. Nauman, a 34-year-old left-arm spinner making his test debut, returned 5-35 and Shah took 4-79 to dismiss South Africa for 245 in the second innings before lunch on day four. It set up a small target of 88 and despite Anrich Nortje’s (2-24) twin strike in one over, Pakistan reached 90-3 before tea in 22.5

In an unprecedented build-up schedule for an overseas Test series, India will take on India A in a four-day practice match when the two sides travel to England later this year. The game will be played at the County Ground in Northamptonshire in July later this year. The exact dates of the match will be unveiled later. The India cricket team is scheduled to tour England in August and September to play five Test matches, beginning with the opening game at Nottingham on

Former India fast bowler Javagal Srinath will be the match referee for England's entire tour, which also comprises five T20Is and three ODIs.The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed the pair of Anil Chaudhary and Virender Sharma to stand alongside Nitin Menon in the first two Tests of the upcoming series between India and England, thus continuing the trend of home umpires officiating in Tests ever since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. According to a report in ESPN, Chaudhary will be the on-field

Sourav Ganguly, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, will have a stenting procedure done on Thursday, Woodlands hospital in Kolkata said on Wednesday. The procedure will be done by Dr Aftab Khan in the presence of renowned cardiologist Dr Devi Shetty, with Dr Saptarshi Basu and Dr Saroj Mondal attending. Ganguly had undergone an angioplasty earlier in the month. Earlier on Wednesday, he had visited the Apollo Gleneagles hospital in Kolkata for a cardiac checkup. The hospital said all

Cricket Australia on Wednesday confirmed that the members of the Indian cricket team were subjected to racial abuse during the third Test at Sydney. Cricket Australia on Wednesday confirmed that the members of the Indian cricket team were subjected to racial abuse during the third Test at Sydney. The Indian team had lodged an official complaint after the crowd at the SCG racially abused pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj over the second and third day of the Sydney Test. Siraj had to

Pakistan captain Babar Azam is aware that his side has a poor a record against South Africa in tests but he is confident that the past will count for nothing when the two teams meet in the opening test in Karachi from Tuesday. South Africa, led by Quinton de Kock, will play their first test in Pakistan since 2007 and have lost only four out of 26 matches against their opponents. "We should not think about past, we should focus on what's ahead

UAE batsman Alishan Sharafu

The final of the inaugural championship was tentatively scheduled to begin on June 10 at the iconic venue in London. But since the IPL final is also expected to be played around the same dates, it could have complicated the quarantine schedule of the participating players. The start of the inaugural World Test Championship final has been pushed back by eight days and will now begin at Lord’s on June 18, keeping in mind the proximity with the next IPL’s summit showdown. The

Virat Kohli does three things as India captain that Ajinkya Rahane does not, said Ravichandran Ashwin, who also added that their captaincy styles is nonetheless "pretty much similar". Ravichandran Ashwin said Virat Kohli does a few things differently from Ajinkya Rahane when leading the Indian team but that the way they go about their captaincy duties is similar. “I am totally blown away by the kind of comparisons people like to make when it comes to captaincy. I feel this Indian team has had some wonderful results in

Ajinkya Rahane, India's stand-in skipper in the just-concluded Test series in Australia, addressed the team after the visitors secured a memorable win at the Gabba. India, marred with injuries, beat Australia by three wickets in the fourth Test and in the process ended the hosts' 32-year-long unbeaten run at the Gabba. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday took to Twitter to share a video in which Rahane can be seen appreciating the effort of each individual throughout the

James Anderson and Joe Root kept England in contention on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. Anderson took 6-40 from 29 overs - his 30th Test five-wicket haul - as England bowled their hosts out for 381. He dismissed Angelo Mathews for 110 but Sri Lanka eked out a good score from 243-6, Niroshan Dickwella making 92 and Dilruwan Perera 67. England fell to 5-2 in reply before Root's enterprising 67 not out from 77 balls led England

Australia vs India: Shardul Thakur feels he can contribute with useful runs for the Indian cricket team. He has seven first-class fifties to his credit. I Can Be Called A Bowling All-Rounder, I Can Bat: Shardul ThakurAustralia vs India: Shardul Thakur feels he can contribute with useful runs for the Indian cricket team. He has seven first-class fifties to his credit.Press Trust of IndiaUpdated: January 22, 2021 02:28 PM ISTRead Time: 3 min It was a debut over two years after his actual