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Guyana, Nov 10: The hitting was incredible and the sixes unbelievably monstrous, making Harmanpreet Kaur the first Indian woman to record a century in the format and propelling her team to a 34-run win over New Zealand in the World T20 opener Friday. The 29-year-old smashed 103 off 51 balls and her carnage included eight sixes, some of them towering, and seven boundaries. Opting to bat after the

Fuzhou, Nov 9: Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth were ousted from the China Open World Tour Super 750 on Friday after losing their singles quarterfinals matches here. While Sindhu yet again struggled to go past China's He Bingjiao in women's singles, Srikanth fell in straight-games to world number 3 Chou Tien Chen in the men's singles event. Third seeded Sindhu, who clinched

Galle, Nov 9: Spinners Moeen Ali and Jack Leach combined to destroy Sri Lanka and bowl England to a comprehensive 211-run victory inside four days in the first Test on Friday. With no realistic chance of winning after conceding a 139-run first innings lead to England, Sri Lanka tried in vain to force Rangana Herath's farewell Test into its final day. Yet while Angelo Mathews made his second fifty

New Delhi, Nov 9: Former India batsman Mohammad Kaif was Friday named assistant coach of IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils for the upcoming 2019 season. "Delhi Daredevils have roped in former Indian batsman Mohammad Kaif as their assistant coach for the upcoming Indian Premier League season," the team announced. Kaif, who was roped in as a talent scout in the DD set-up, was earlier an assistant coach

Chennai, Nov 9: Pace duo of Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah and spinner Kuldeep Yadav have been rested for the third T20I against West Indies ahead of India's tour to Australia. Punjab seamer Siddarth Kaul was included in the squad for the final T20I to be held at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday. "The Indian team management has decided to rest Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav

Kuwait, Nov 9: India's teenage shooting sensation Saurabh Chaudhary continued his incredible run by claiming his fourth individual gold medal in as many months with a top finish in the 10m air pistol junior men's event of the Asian Airgun Championship in Kuwait on Thursday. The 16-year-old, son of a farmer based in Meerut, first combined with compatriots Arjun Singh Cheema and Anmol Jain to log a

Fuzhou, Nov 8: Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the quarter-finals of the China Open World Tour Super 750 here on Thursday. Olympic and World Championship silver medallist Sindhu , Sindhu defeated Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-12 21-15 in the second round, while Srikanth defeated Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto in a three-game match. Earlier, Srikanth had skipped the

New Delhi, Nov 8: Indian skipper Virat Kohli wants World Cup-bound fast bowlers to be rested at next year's IPL but the idea mooted at a meeting with the Committee of Administrators (CoA) is unlikely to find favour with the franchises. During a recent meeting of the CoA in Hyderabad, Kohli suggested resting pacers, especially Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, from the entire IPL to keep them

New Delhi, Nov 8: Virat Kohli has found himself embroiled in a controversy over his "I don't think you should live in India" response to an enthusiast who called the skipper overrated while expressing his admiration for English and Australian batsmen. In a video that has gone viral for all the wrong reasons and available on his newly released app, Kohli was reading tweets and Instagram messages

Nov 8: Central Districts medium pacer Willem Ludick earned an unwanted place in the record books on Wednesday when Northern Districts took 43 runs off one of his overs in a domestic one-day cricket match in New Zealand. Northern Districts batsmen Joe Carter and Brett Hampton belted six sixes -- two of which were hit off no balls -- a four and a single during the first class match at Hamilton`s