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Nagpur, Nov 29: India captain Virat Kohli and former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni are set to request COA chief Vinod Rai for a substantial hike in the central contracts but it may be easier said than done as it is going to require the approval of the general body of BCCI. The Indian cricketers' central contracts saw a two-fold rise with top players in group A earning Rs 2 crore annually. Earlier

Nagpur, Nov 27: India trounced Sri Lanka by an innings and 239 runs to win the second cricket Test, here today. India dismissed Sri Lanka for 166 runs in 49.3 overs in their second innings just after lunch to wrap up the match well inside four days. Ravichandran Ashwin (4/63) picked up four wickets for India, while Ravindra Jadeja (2/28), Umesh Yadav (2/30) and Ishant Sharma (2/43) shared six

Kowloon, Nov 26: P V Sindhu's gallant fight ended in agony as she suffered a second successive loss to world no. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei at the summit clash of the USD 400,000 Hong Kong Super Series here today. Playing her fifth straight tournament, Sindhu, who had a 3-7 head-to-head record against Tai before the match, never lacked in fitness and fought throughout the match before going

India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday notched up his 19th century as India continued to dominate the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka in Nagpur. The stylish right-hander is the first captain to score 10 tons (across formats) in a calendar year. The 29-year-old also has the most centuries by an Indian skipper (12), moving ahead of the legendary Sunil Gavaskar. Kohli reached his fourth Test hundred in 2017

New Delhi, Nov 25: India wrestler Ritu Phogat (48kg) clinched the silver medal in the Under-23 Senior World Wrestling Championship at Poland. The 23-year-old, who had won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship last year, lost against Turkish Wrestler Demirhan in the gold medal bout to settle for a silver. In quarterfinal, Ritu defeated Bulgarian Wrestler Selishka 4-2 points

Kowloon, Nov 25: Rio Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu booked her place in the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open Superseries after easing past Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in straight games in the women's singles event here on Friday. The second-seed looked dominant throughout the match as she clinched a comfortable 21-12, 21-19 win over her Japanese opponent Yamaguchi in a one-sided quarter-final

Brisbane, Nov 24: Skipper Steve Smith led a rescue mission to revive Australia's fortunes after a top-order batting collapse in the Ashes Test against England in Brisbane on Friday. Home hopes rested on Smith to mount a fighting rearguard after the loss of four wickets in a faltering chase after England's first innings of 302 at the Gabba. At the close on the second day, the Australians were 165

New Delhi, Nov 24: While senior Indian cricketer Zaheer Khan tied the knot with Bollywood actress Sagarika Ghatge earlier in the day, Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar also started new innings on Thursday. Bhuvneshwar, who was released from the Indian squad for the remainder of Test series against Sri Lanka recently, tied the knot with Nupur Nagar. Nupur Nagar is a 26-year-old girl from Ganganagar

Nagpur, Nov 23: Indian captain Virat Kohli today lamented the lack of preparatory time for the upcoming tour of South Africa, saying the "cramped" schedule left him with no choice but to seek bouncy tracks in the ongoing series against Sri Lanka to be ready for the challenge ahead. India would be leaving for South Africa for a series of three Tests, six ODIs and three Twenty20 Internationals, just

Mumbai, Nov 23: Sagarika Ghatge and Zaheer Khan. The couple had a registered marriage on Thursday morning. The first photos of actor Sagarika and cricketer Zaheer is also out and we are happy to see them together. Anjana Sharma, the Head of Business and Brand marketing for Zaheer Khan’s Prosport Fitness Studio, shared the photos of this newlywed couple. Anjana wrote along with Zaheer and Sagarika