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Nov 4: Raj Kumar Sharma, the childhood coach of Indian skipper Virat Kohli, on Saturday asserted that he doesn`t want a comparison between former Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar and his protege. "I don`t want to make any comparison. Sachin was a great batsman and has many records to his name. But the way Virat has shown consistency in all three formats is a big achievement. Sachin was Virat`s idol

New Delhi, Nov 4: India's ODI specialist Ambati Rayudu announced his retirement from first-class cricket to focus on ODIs and T20s. The 33-year-old Rayudu is one of the key members of the Indian ODI side but has never played Test cricket. "This is to inform that Ambati Rayudu, Hyderabad captain and member of the India ODI team, has decided to retire from the longer version of the game including

New Delhi, Nov 4: Virender Sehwag on Saturday announced that he will not be part of the Kings XI Punjab dressing room next IPL after mentoring the team in the previous three seasons. Sehwag's future at KXIP became unclear after the team appointed former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson on a two-year contract earlier this week, replacing Australian Brad Hodge. "All good things must come to an end and

Sydney, Nov 3: Sprint king Usain Bolt's attempt to become a professional footballer with Australia's Central Coast Mariners collapsed as his trial period was terminated after contract talks failed. The eight-time Olympic champion had been trying out with the A-League side for an indefinite period since arriving in August, hoping to fulfil a childhood dream to become a soccer player. The 32-year

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 2: A ruthless India completed a nine-wicket demolition of the West Indies in the fifth and final ODI here Thursday for their sixth successive series win at home. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets to help India bundle out the West Indies for 104 in just 31.5 overs. Pacers Khaleel Ahmed and Jasprit Bumrah chipped in with two wickets each. The home team took

Thirvananthapuram, Nov 2: India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday reiterated that Mahendra Singh Dhoni remains an integral part of the ODI team and the veteran wicket-keeper batsman decided not to play the upcoming T20s only to make way for the much younger Rishabh Pant. “I think the selectors have already addressed this if I’m not wrong. And he’s been spoken to, firstly... So, I don’t see any

Mumbai, Nov 2: Virat Kohli sauntering towards Sachin Tendulkar’s records that once looked staggering and seemingly unsurpassable has amazed the icon, who on Thursday called the Indian captain one of the greatest but said he “never believed” in comparisons. Recently Kohli surpassed Tendulkar to become the fastest player to score 10,000 One Day International runs. He is also inching towards

London, Nov 1: Former India wicketkeeper-batsman Farokh Engineer has urged Pakistan's captain-turned-Prime Minister Imran Khan to use his political clout and restore bilateral Test cricket between the arch-rivals. Since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, bilateral cricket ties between India and Pakistan have been frozen amid political tensions and they only play each other in multi-nation events such

Colombo, Nov 1: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday suspended Sri Lanka's bowling coach Nuwan Zoysa after accusing him of match-fixing and other "corrupt conduct" in the sport. "Mr Zoysa has 14 days from 1 November 2018 to respond to the charges," the ICC said in a brief statement. Zoysa is charged, among other things, for "being party to an effort to fix or contrive or to

New Delhi, Oct 31: Expressing a "deep sense of fear" with regards to the present condition of the Indian cricket administration, former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said that "Indian cricket is in danger." In a letter to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) acting president CK Khanna, Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and Treasurer Anirudh Chaudhary, Ganguly conveyed his concern