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Kolkata, Dec 21: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Friday asserted that Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness evaluation will be done at the National Cricket Academy after it was speculated that the Rahul Dravid-led body is not keen to conduct the test in Bengaluru. Bumrah is on his way to regaining fitness after being laid low by a stress fracture of the back. He recently bowled at India’s net practice ahead

Visakhapatnam, Dec 19: India beat West Indies by 107 runs in the second one-dayer to level three-match series 1-1 here on Wednesday. Brief Scores: India: 387 for 5 from 50 overs (Rohit Sharma 159, KL Rahul 102, Shreyas Iyer 53; Sheldon Cottrell 2/83). West Indies: 280 all out in 43.3 overs (Shai Hope 78, Nicholas Pooran 75; Mohammed Shami 3/39, Kuldeep Yadav 3/52).

Vishakapatnam, Dec 18: Opening batsman Rohit Sharma on Wednesday became the leading run-scorer in the 50-over format in 2019. He achieved the feat against West Indies in the ongoing second ODI of the three-match series here at Vishakapatnam. Sharma went on to register his seventh century in this calendar year and as a result, he surpassed Virat Kohli to achieve the feat. The 32-year-old Sharma so

Dubai, Dec 18: The International Cricket Council is investigating the Qatar T10 league after intercepting "a number of known corruptors" in the event, which it sanctioned a year ago and featured some prominent retired players such as South Africa's Hashim Amla. The ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit was working with the organisers to monitor the league since its inception. "The ICC sanctioned this event

New Delhi, Dec 18: A brilliant knock by Deepika guided Karnataka to their second successive victory, over hosts Delhi by seven wickets, in the first-ever Women's National T20 Tournament for Blind on Tuesday. After losing two wickets at 17 while chasing a modest target of 117, Deepika provided stability to Karnataka's chase by adding 75 runs for the third wicket with Varsha. Deepika's unbeaten

Dubai, Dec 17: India opener Smriti Mandhana was on Tuesday named in both the International Cricket Council's ODI and T20 teams of the year, capping off a memorable season. Mandhana has Jhulan Goswami, Poonam Yadav and Shikha Pandey for the company in the ODI team of the year and all-rounder Deepti Sharma in the T20 side. The 23-year-old Mandhana has played 51 ODIs and 66 T20Is for India, besides a

Visakhapatnam, Dec 16: Virat Kohli is the cricketing equivalent of soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for his sheer commitment towards the game even though a K L Rahul can consider himself at par with the India captain in terms of talent, feels West Indies batting icon Brian Lara. One of the greatest batsmen to have played the game and for many, the best left-hander of all-time along with Sir

London, Dec 15: Newly appointed South Africa men's head coach Mark Boucher has hinted at asking AB de Villiers to come out of retirement ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup. De Villiers is the fourth-highest run-scorer in Mzansi Super League. Boucher played with de Villiers and at present also coaches him at Tshwane Spartans. "When you go to a World Cup, you want your best players playing for you,"

New Delhi, Dec 14: Bhuvneshwar Kumar being diagnosed with a sports hernia has once again opened the Pandora's Box. While the diagnosis raises question mark over the team of specialists working at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) as they had recently given him a clean chit, it has now also come to the fore that the duo of Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah had refused to undergo rehabilitation at

Chennai, Dec 14: Mumbai pacer Shardul Thakur has been named as the replacement for the injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the three-match ODI series against West Indies, beginning here on Sunday. A BCCI press release on Saturday said the All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Thakur as the replacement for the injured Bhuvneshwar for the upcoming Paytm ODI series against West Indies. Bhuvneshwar