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Dubai, Dec 19: India's Cheteshwar Pujara slipped a rung to seventh in the batting list but R Ashwin remained steady at fifth in the bowling chart of the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Thursday. Apart from Pujara, Virat Kohli, who struck a hundred on the opening day of the first Test against South Africa on Wednesday, is the only other Indian in the top-20 of the batting list. He is unchanged

Johannesburg, Dec 19: The only blunder Virat Kohli committed during the course of his career-defining 119 on Wednesday was running the resolute Cheteshwar Pujara out. Lest we forget, he more than made up for it. If ever there was a man who could claim sole ownership of the No. 4 position, it was Sachin Tendulkar. Batting at two-drop in 275 of his 329 Test innings, the maestro amassed 13,492 runs

Johannesburg, Dec 18: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today said his young team has accepted the fact that the iconic Sachin Tendulkar is no longer available and they will have to "move on" and concentrate on the job at hand. The post-Tendulkar era in Indian cricket begins here tomorrow when the visitors take on a formidable South African side in what will be the real test of character for

Johannesburg, Dec 17: The thrashing in ODIs behind them, India will be aiming to start the post-Sachin Tendulkar era in Test cricket on a positive note but the task looks daunting as they would be up against the world's number one side South Africa in the two-match series starting here tomorrow. At the Wanderers stadium, after losing the three-ODI series 2-0, the visitors will be looking to make

New Delhi, Dec 17: Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medalist Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom has a new admirer in American legend Evander Holyfield, who says he follows her exploits and finds her achievements great. "Yes, I follow her fights. She is a great girl. It's fantastic that this young woman from India has achieved so much in an American sport. It's great that she is doing well,"

Perth, Dec 17: Australia regained the Ashes with a thumping 150-run victory over England in the third Test at Perth. Ben Stokes who stood in between the victory scored his maiden Test ton but it was not enough to save the visitors. Australia have gained an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match Test series. Needing five wickets going into Day Five, Australia were made to wait after a fighting 77

Perth (Australia), Dec 16: Australian batsman George Bailey equalled Brian Lara's Test record for most runs off an over against England in Perth on Monday. Bailey matched the feat when he took the same tally off paceman James Anderson in the final over of Australia's second innings on the fourth day of the third Test. Bailey's 4,6,2,4,6,6 matched West Indies great Brian Lara's record of most runs

Lucknow, Dec 16: Narendra Singh Dhoni, elder brother of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, joined the Samajwadi Party on Sunday. Dhoni met SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence in Lucknow and expressed the desire to join the party and strengthen it in Jharkhand where assembly election, along with Lok Sabha elections, are due next year. NS Dhoni had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in

Dec 15: The Indian team's poor record away from home in Test cricket is the fault of the players and not the coach, spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin said recently. According to Sport24, Ashwin pointed out that as players they had to accept the failure and admit that they failed as a group. He added that the team has to accept it rather than saying that the coach has not had a great record. Fletcher

Benoni, Dec 15: Indian cricket fans the world over will possibly experience a sense of emptiness during the course of the first Test against South Africa in Johannesburg starting December 18. Picture this: the visitors are 12/2 on Day One. They could well be. And all eyes will be on the ‘tunnel’ at ‘The Bullring’. You know it won’t be the Little Master walking down that famous slope. But you’d