(Photo credit: @leicsccc Twitter) LEICESTER: Rishabh Pant decided to rise in the west after his woes in the sub-continent, batting in his signature attacking manner to hog the limelight on the second day of the warm-up match between India and Leicestershire here. One among four India players to turn out …
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LEICESTER: India’s star batter Cheteshwar Pujara said his first class stints in Ranji Trophy and County Championships helped him find his lost rhythm and stage a comeback to the national side. The 34-year-old Pujara, who was left out of India’s home Test series against Sri Lanka earlier this year, forced …
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BENGALURU: The mid-evening sunshine offered hope of a possible contest between India and South Africa in the decider but it turned out to be bluff and bluster as rain washed out the fifth and final contest of the T20 series here on Sunday. South Africa’s stand-in skipper Keshav Maharaj invited …
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RAJKOT: India batter Dinesh Karthik looks for runs in unorthodox areas and that is what makes him difficult to bowl to, feels seasoned South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj. Karthik’s 55 off 27 balls, his maiden fifty in the format he first played back in 2006, helped India level the five-match …
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RAJKOT: India’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has expressed his admiration for Dinesh Karthik, saying his resurrection from obscurity is an inspiration for many in and outside the team. The veteran wicketkeeper smashed his maiden T20I fifty to help the hosts secure an 82-run victory over South Africa in the fourth …
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MUMBAI: Experienced India batter Dinesh Karthik smashed a maiden fifty in Twenty20 internationals to help set up the hosts’ massive 82-run victory over South Africa at Rajkot on Friday and send the five-match series into a decider. As it happened | ScorecardThe 37-year-old Karthik, who played the team’s first T20 …
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NEW DELHI: Expressing concerns over Rishabh Pant‘s form in T20I cricket, former India opener Wasim Jaffer has said that the wicketkeeper-batter has not been able to replicate his Tests’ success in the shortest format of the game and the left-hander is not a certainty in the Indian side going forward. …
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Pressure on Pant to deliver in must-win game for IndiaRAJKOT: With their mood lifted after a convincing 48-run win over South Africa in the third T20I at Visakhapatnam, a resurgent India will look to sustain the momentum at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Friday. A win at the …
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VISAKHAPATNAM: Cricket has grown by leap and bounds in the country especially since the advent of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is ecstatic not only about the phenomenal reach of the IPL but also the amount of money it is generating. Speaking about the …
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VISAKHAPATNAM: The selectors must have thought that resting a couple of key players wouldn’t make much of a difference to the prospects of the Indian team as the bench strength is quite good. Taking on the fourth ranked South Africa squad which lacks ‘star power’ was supposed to be a …
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