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Guwahati, Oct 20: A formidable India will hope to get more answers for their middle-order puzzle when they take on a struggling West Indies in the five-match ODI series starting here on Sunday, kicking off the home team's countdown to the 2019 World Cup. The World Cup in England is less than eight months away and India have 18-odd games left to decide their middle-order, mainly the number four

Guwahati, Oct 20: After thrashing West Indies 2-0 in test series, India now aims at the five-match ODI series that gets underway with a day-night encounter in Guwahati on October 21. Before test series with West Indies, India had won the Asia Cup title. According to cricket experts, ''much stronger and experienced'' Indian side, is expected to continue it's winning streak in the ODIs against

Chandigarh,Oct 20: Fourth seeded Indian Kartik Jindal took just 15 minutes to dispose of the challenge of Adrian Joseph Arguelles (Philippines) 21-3, 21-14 in men's singles second round of the 2018 FISU World University Badminton Championship (Individual) at Majlis Sukan University Malaysia. Now, he will face Cho Geonyeop (Korea) who ousted Sithila Dananjaya Galbada Liyanage (Sri Lanka) 21-4 21-9

Odense, Oct 19: Kidambi Srikanth defeated the legendary Lin Dan for the second time in his career to set up an all-Indian quarterfinal against Sameer Verma at the Denmark Open here. World number six Srikanth bounced back to beat the world number 14 from China 18-21, 21-17, 21-16 in the second round clash played on Thursday night. Dan, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion

New Delhi, Oct 19: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the teams for this year's Deodhar Trophy, which is slated to commence on October 23. While wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has been named as the skipper for India A team, right-hand batsman Shreyas Iyer and vice captain Ajinkya Rahane will lead India B and India C teams, respectively. The series will also feature

London, Oct 18: Pakistan’s Danish Kaneria has finally admitted his role in a fixing scandal that led to the imprisonment of former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield after six years of denials, Britain’s Daily Mail reported. Kaneria, who was given a life ban by English cricket chiefs that effectively applied worldwide, said in an interview for an Al Jazeera television documentary quoted by the Mail

Prithvi Shaw and skipper Shreyas Iyer smashed half-centuries as Mumbai brushed aside Hyderabad by 60 runs in a rain-marred contest to move to the summit clash of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, on Wednesday. Chasing 247, Mumbai were placed comfortably at 155 for two when rain halted play. Iyer (55 not out) and Ajinkya Rahane (17) were at the crease with their unbeaten third wicket stand of 73 runs. The

Guwahati, Oct 17: The West Indies team for Sunday’s first ODI in a five-match series arrived at Guwahati on Wednesday. From the Indian team, only MS Dhoni reached today, along with members of support staff. The rest of the host team is scheduled to arrive tomorrow. Eight members of the West Indies team had arrived in Guwahati on October 15 and the rest of their teammates joined them today. Both

Hyderabad, Oct 16: West Indies coach Stuart Law was on Tuesday suspended from the first two ODIs against India for making “inappropriate comments” against a match official, adding to the Caribbean team’s woes after a disastrous Test outing here. Law was also fined 100 per cent of his match fee, the ICC said in a statement. With the latest transgression, Law accumulated four demerit points within a

London, Oct 16: Newly-elected Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani has termed the Board of Control for Cricket in India's stance (BCCI) on bilateral series between the two countries as "hypocrisy." Mani said that the only way to improve the relation between the two nations is through "sporting contacts" and "cultural contacts." "There is a lot of hypocrisy at the moment. India plays an