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Port Elizabeth, Feb 14: India's first ever one-day international series victory in South Africa has laid a strong platform for the country's hopes of a successful 2019 World Cup campaign, captain Virat Kohli said. "We are a team that always wants to think of ways we can improve; and after this tour, we will look to be even stronger with the 2019 World Cup in mind," he said after India took a 4-1

Port Elizabeth, Feb 14: Indian team led by an inspirational Virat Kohli today scripted history by winning its first ever series across formats on the South African soil as they crushed South Africa by 73 runs thereby taking an unassailable 4-1 lead in the six-match ODI series. No Indian men's side since its first tour in South Africa back in 1992, has ever won a series across any format. They did

Port Elizabeth, Feb 13: Cricket South Africa today named JP Duminy as captain for the three-match T20 series against India starting in Johannesburg on February 18. Duminy will lead the side in absence of injured Faf du Plessis, who fractured his index finger in the first ODI at Durban. Stand-in skipper Aiden Markram and senior batsman Hashim Amla have been rested for the series. Batsman Christiaan

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: The Indian Premier League (IPL), which started as a sideshow by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2008, is now set to account for nearly 95 percent of the board’s surplus. Captains-coaches meeting date advanced by BCCI BCCI’s projections of its income and spending in the coming financial year suggest that the IPL will earn a surplus of Rs 2,017 crore, while the

Johannesburg, Feb 12: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has revealed that leg-spinner Imran Tahir was verbally and racially abused by a cricket fan at the Wanderers Stadium this weekend. The alleged incident took place during the pink fourth ODI between India and South Africa which the home side went on to win by five wickets by Duckworth-Lewis method. Reflecting on the same, the CSA said that Tahir had

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli lamented two crucial errors which effectively cost his team a chance of wrapping up the series in the fourth one-day international against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium on Saturday. “You have to take your chances in this game,” said Kohli after David Miller escaped twice in one over at a time when India seemed to have taken control. South Africa

South Korea, Feb 10: Sabrina Simader said it was a "dream come true" to be at the Winter Olympics as the first female alpine skier for Kenya. Simader, 19, has lived in Austria since the age of three and has an Austrian father, but opted to take the Kenyan route to participating in the Pyeongchang Games. "I am happy to go for Kenya, but there are some problems, it's not so easy," said Simader, who

St Moritz (Switzerland), Feb 10: Prevailing cross-border tension may have restricted Indo-Pak bilateral cricketing ties but Shahid Afridi loves to put across a point firmly -- his "cordial relationship" with India captain Virat Kohli cannot and will not be defined by political situation. "My relationship with Virat is not dictated by the political situation. Virat is a fantastic human being and an

Naypyidaw (Myanmar), Feb 10: The India team underlined their supremacy in the Asian Para-Cycling Championships by posting three podium finishes, here at the Wunna Theikdi Sport Stadium here in Naypyidaw, Myanmar on Friday. Last year silver medalist and Bangalore resident Divij Shah,led India’s charge in the para-cycling category winning yet another silver medal, while BSF soldier and resident of

Alor Setar, Feb 9: The Indian women's team went down to Indonesia 1-3 for its second loss in the Badminton Asia Team Championships here today. Just like in the loss against Japan yesterday, PV Sindhu was the only one to win her match. She beat Fitriani Fitriani 21-13, 24-22 in the first singles. It was all downhill for India from there on as they lost the next three matches. Greysia Polli and