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Dubai, Oct 27: Pakistan survived a late Glenn Maxwell charge to beat Australia by 11 runs in the second Twenty20 on Friday. Maxwell, dropped twice, made 52 off 37 balls and Nathan Coulter-Nile scored a fighting 27 but Pakistan restricted Australia to 136-8. Earlier, opening batsman Babar Azam once again top scored with 45 and together with Mohammad Hafeez (40) anchored Pakistan to 147-6 after

Pune, Oct 27: Pacer Jasprit Bumrah denied Shai Hope a second-consecutive century on his way to a four-wicket haul but the West Indies made a superb recovery after a shaky start to post a respectable 283 for nine against India in the third One-day International, here Saturday. Returning to the team after being rested for the first two matches, Bumrah emerged the most effective bowler, conceding

Mumbai, Oct 27: India have recalled batsmen Rohit Sharma and Murali Vijay to their 18-man test squad for the tour to Australia, opting to bank on experience for the four-match series. Veteran Parthiv Patel was chosen as the second wicketkeeper along with the 21-year-old Rishabh Pant, who made his test debut during India's five-match series in England. Rohit has shown strong form in limited overs

Pune, Oct 26: West Indies coach Stuart Law is happy that his batsmen have been able to "manufacture" changes in the Indian bowling line-up with their premier pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah set to play the final three ODIs. The Indian bowlers have conceded 320 plus scores on both ODIs in batting friendly conditions with both Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami failing to impress. While

New Delhi, Oct 26: Performing for the country is "not a favour done to anyone", and maybe that is the reason even after 10 years of international cricket, Indian captain Virat Kohli feels "no sense of entitlement". Kohli, who completed the fastest 10,000 ODI runs eclipsing Sachin Tendulkar by an astounding 54 innings, feels that "nothing should be taken for granted" as it's a privilege that only

New Delhi, Oct 25: West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday. The 35-year-old Trinidadian, who made his West Indies debut in 2004, played 40 tests, 164 one-day internationals and 66 T20 internationals. His last appearance for his country came in the shortest format against Pakistan in September 2016. “Today I want to confirm to the cricket

Visakhapatnam, Oct 24: Virat Kohli Wednesday became the fastest to score 10,000 runs in One-day Internationals, rewriting, fittingly enough, the iconic Sachin Tendulkar's record and compounding the cricket community's conundrum to find the right superlatives for his phenomenal batting. 'King' Kohli comfortably bettered the record set by the man who was to Indian cricket for over two decades what

Visakhapatnam, Oct 25: India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday said his team was lucky to get away with a tie in the high-scoring second one-dayer against West Indies here on Wednesday. “It was a great game of cricket. Credit to the Windies, they showed great fight. Specially in the second innings, after they were three down, Hetmyer and Hope stuck it out. They took on us and didn’t give us any

Oct 24: Veteran Pakistan women's team all-rounder and former captain Sana Mir on Tuesday became the first-ever Pakistani player to top ICC Women's ODI rankings. She elevated to the top spot in the bowler rankings despite her team's 3-0 loss to Australia in the ICC Women's Championship series. However, her brilliant individual performance in the series reaped rewards for her in the latest rankings

Budapest, Oct 23: Bajrang Punia's bid to become only the second Indian to win a gold medal at the World Championship fell flat as a tactically superior Takuto Otoguro stunned the Indian in the 65kg final, here on Monday. Only the fourth Indian ever to make it to the World Championship gold medal match, the 24-year-old Bajrang was rattled by the 19-year old Otoguro, who consistently attacked the