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Wellington, Feb 16: India continued to enjoy the upperhand in the second and final cricket Test against New Zealand despite a fighting unbeaten century from home team captain Brendon McCullum, who led a spirited fightback on an absorbing third day, here today. McCullum pulled the team out of early trouble and made full use of two reprieves to battle his way to 114 not out off 237 balls and

Feb 15: A few days after it emerged that six current Indian cricket players could be part of the Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting scandal that hit the sport last year, Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has reportedly been accused of being involved in 'illegal activity' in the IPL, if a police statement included in Supreme Court-instituted Justice Mukul Mudgal committee's report

New Delhi, Feb 15: Ajnkya Rahane and captain MS Dhoni resumed the Indian first innings after tea on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Saturday. Rahane reached his third Test half-century off 93 balls with the help of seven hits to the fence. The stand came after Neil Wagner gave India the sixth blow as he dismissed Virat Kohli after a stand

Wellington, Feb 14: Ishant Sharma exploited the seaming conditions brilliantly to return with a career-best six for 51 as India took early control of the second and final cricket Test by skittling out New Zealand for a paltry 192 in the first innings, here today. Sharma (6/51) justified captain MS Dhoni's decision to bowl first on a greentop as the lanky pacer kept the host batsmen on their toes

Wellington, Feb 14: New Zealand have been bowled out for 192 in their first innings just after tea on Day One of the second Test against India in Wellington on February 14, 2014. Ishant Sharma was the pick of the bowlers as he took six wickets. Mohammed Shami got four wickets. Kane Williamson top-scored for New Zealand with 47 runs off 100 deliveries. Williamson survived two dismissals as Zaheer

Bangalore, Feb 12: Karnataka ended their golden first-class season with their eighth outright win in nine matches with Vinay Kumar registering his fourth first-class 10-wicket haul on his 30th birthday, and legspinner Shreyas Gopal delivering Karnataka's eighth first-class hat-trick to run through the tail. In the process, Karnataka became the first Ranji champion side to win the Irani Cup in the

Bangalore, Feb 12: Delhi Daredevils bought maverick former England captain Kevin Pietersen for a whopping Rs.9 crore in the players’ auction for the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Wednesday. India’s Test opener Murali Vijay, who was earlier with Chennai Super Kings, was also bagged by the Daredevils for a handsome Rs.5 crore. Vijay was the first cricketer to go under the

New Delhi, Feb 11: International Olympic Committee (IOC) within days of conducting a fresh election in the IOA. Reuters More than a year after being shunted out of the Olympic movement due to tainted officials, India was today welcomed back by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) within days of conducting a fresh election in the IOA. The IOC lifted the 14-month old ban on India after the

New Delhi, Feb 10: Former Punjab and Haryana Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal on Monday submitted the report on IPL spot fixing scandal, involving the BCCI chief’s son-in-law. Justice Mudgal report said that the allegations of betting and passing of information against Gurunath Meiyappan stand proved. The report further added that the allegations of fixing requires further investigation. Gurunath

Wellington, Feb 10: Facing investigation for a scuffle at an Auckland bar, New Zealand's temperamental batsman Jesse Ryder and medium-pacer Doug Bracewell will not be considered for the second cricket Test against India starting here on February 14. The two players got injured after a physical altercation with each other at an Auckland bar before the Test first against India which the home team