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Mumbai , Jan 6: An injured Ravindra Jadeja and young left-arm spinner Axar Patel were today named in India's 15-member squad for the cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, beginning next month. Allrounder Stuart Binny and batsman Ambati Rayudu were also included in the squad announced by BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel after a meeting of the selection committee here. The selectors, however

Sydney, Jan 6: Openers Chris Rogers and David Warner struck fluent fifties to help Australia get off to a rollicking start as the hosts reached 123 for no loss at lunch on day one of the fourth and final cricket Test against India at the SCG, in Sydney on Tuesday. Electing to bat on a good pitch in hot conditions, Rogers (52 not out) and Warner (63 not out) set the tone right from the very start

New Delhi, Jan 5: The Sports Ministry today decided to recommend ace shuttler Saina Nehwal for the Padma Bhushan award but insisted that it did not receive her nomination from the Badminton Association of India (BAI) within the stipulated deadline. "In view of the achievements of Ms. Saina Nehwal, the Department of Sports has decided to recommend her case for Padma Bhushan to the Ministry of Home

New Delhi, Jan 5: Team Director Ravi Shastri said Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s "selfless act" of retiring from Test cricket format at the right time should be given its due respect. Shastri said that there was nothing wrong with Virat Kohli’s aggression but it should be used to help build a young team into a dangerous outfit in the near future. He said Kohli was a young captain and will gradually mature

Sydney, Jan 5: If K L Rahul was looking for an assurance after essaying perhaps three of the worst shots by a debutant Test batsman, he would have found them in the words of the now-retired Test captain MS Dhoni shortly after the drawn Melbourne Test. “We are not deciding on him depending on just this one match, we will have to give him more matches and he is definitely someone who looks good,” he

New Delhi, Jan 3: Olympic bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal has been left disappointed after the Sports Ministry decided to reject her application for the prestigious Padma Bhushan award this year, citing norms. Badminton Association of India (BAI) had recommended Saina's name for the award to the Sports Ministry in August last year but the ministry picked two-time Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil

Wellington, Jan 3: Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara joined an elite group of cricketers today when he became only the fifth to make 12,000 runs in his career. The prolific 37-year-old left-hander reached the milestone when he knocked Trent Boult square for two in Sri Lanka's first innings of the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington. Sangakkara started the two-Test New Zealand series on

New Delhi, Jan 3: After being elevated to India's Test Captain, Virat Kohli, whose fan-following on Twitter has already surpassed that of Sachin Tendulkar, went on to become the first cricketer to have 5 million followers on the microblogging site. Kohli (@ImVkohli) now has 5,004,544 followers on Twitter, ahead of Tendulkar who has 4,910,498 followers and MS Dhoni (3,374,509 followers). In just

Sydney, Jan 2: Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson feels new India Test skipper Virat Kohli’s “in your face” attitude will spill over to his captaincy and will bring an aggressive approach to the way the Indians play cricket. Kohli and Johnson have had frequent run-ins during the first three matches of the four-Test series, which Australia have already sealed in their favour after winning the

Jan 2: Former Australia cricketer Dean Jones believes that time had come for Mahendra Singh Dhoni to take a call on his Test career, and says that Virat Kohli is the ‘new king of world cricket’ with his recent appointment as Indian Test captain. Dhoni announced retirement from Test cricket after the third Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) last week, which resulted in