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Virat Kohli achieved his career-best ranking as he gained one position to be at second spot in the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, which was released today. Kohli, who entered the India-Sri Lanka five-match ODI series as the third-ranked batsman, climbed to no. 2 following his player-of-the-series performance, in which he scored 296 runs. The former India Under-19 captain, who led his

There was little to suggest from India’s aggression and application that this was a dead rubber. They were given a scare alright by a new-look Sri Lanka, but they kept their wits about them to finish the One-Day International series in the manner in which they had begun it – with an exciting victory. Their 20-run win in the final game of five at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium gave

England fast bowler Steven Finn fell foul of a seldom used law of cricket when umpire Steve Davis called dead ball to a delivery which South African captain Graeme Smith edged to slip on the first day of the second Test at Headingley. Davis' call came when for the fourth time in the morning Finn's right knee clattered into the stumps at the bowler's end, which the South African batsmen claimed was

With the series already under their belt, a confident India will look to continue their dominating run and complete a 4-1 drubbing over an inconsistent Sri Lanka in the final one-dayer on Saturday. India have been consistent and have dominated the five-match series right from the start, barring the second ODI, which they lost by nine wickets, after coming into the tournament following a prolonged

Dubai, August 3: Yuvraj Singh, who has been named among India’s 30 probables for the Twenty20 World Cup, got down to some match practice in Bengaluru on Wednesday — and did a decent job of it. Although it was “purely a practice match”, as one of the KSCA officials put it, Yuvraj scored 47 off 70 balls hitting a couple of boundaries and a six in the process. “Finally, played my first practice game

Columbo, August 2: India were clinical in almost all departments in their six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI on Tuesday, but skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni especially emphasised on the part-time bowlers' role and said his side has plenty of options to trouble the rival batsmen. Spinner Manoj Tiwary claimed four wickets while Virat Kohli slammed an unbeaten 128 to help India take an

Colombo, August 2: The series is in their grasp after two successive but in-form Indian batsman Virat Kohli said his team will remain focussed on getting a hat-trick of wins when it takes the field in the fifth and final ODI against Sri lanka here. Kohli's tremendous run against Sri Lanka continued yesterday where he notched up his 13th ODI century to help India successfully chase the 251 and take

Dubai, August 1: Just two years after winning it, senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was today once again nominated for the ICC People's Choice award. Those nominated include Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, South Africa's duo Vernon Philander and Jacques Kallis, while England's James Anderson makes up the quintet of nominees. Both Sangakkara (2011) and Tendulkar (2010) have won the award in the

Mahendra Singh Dhoni topped the list of the world's highest earning cricketers compiled by Forbes magazine, followed by Sachin Tendulkar, as six Indians made it to the list's top-10. With earnings of USD two crore and 65 lakh, Dhoni features at the top of the list, out of which USD two crore 30 lakh comes from the commercials, while the rest USD 35 lakh he earns from playing cricket. Dhoni's USD

Colombo, August 1: Young India was to the fore again. Two of India's most exciting batsmen, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina showed why they are regarded so as they helped their team register a comprehensive six-wicket win in the fourth ODI and hand Sri Lanka one of their rare series defeat at home. Kohli and Raina set the Premadasa stadium alight with their superlative strokeplay under lights to post