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‘AUS SHUTTING BORDER ADDED TO ANXIETY FOR AUSSIES IN INDIA’

05 May 2021 03:29 AM IST

Australia and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Pat Cummins admitted that few Aussies players were “anxious” after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the travel ban. Morrison had last week announced a ban on passenger flights from India till May 15 and he also said that there would be no

THISARA PERERA ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL CRICKET

04 May 2021 04:58 AM IST

Sri Lanka’s all-rounder Thisara Perera on Monday announced his retirement from international cricket. Thisara conveyed the news of his retirement to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Monday morning, reported ESPNcricinfo. The 32-year-old all-rounder has also confirmed that he will continue to play franchise cricket. He will continue playing for Jaffna

P.V. SINDHU, MICHELLE LI APPOINTED AMBASSADORS FOR IOC’S ‘BELIEVE IN SPORT’ CAMPAIGN

04 May 2021 04:56 AM IST

The Badminton World Federation on Monday announced that India shuttler PV Sindhu and Canada’s Michelle Li have been nominated as athlete ambassadors for the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ‘Believe in Sport’ campaign aimed at preventing competition manipulation. Sindhu and Li will be working alongside other athlete ambassadors from around the

WILLIAMSON-LED NEW ZEALAND BECOME NUMBER ONE RANKED ODI TEAM

04 May 2021 04:54 AM IST

DUBAI: New Zealand has replaced reigning World Champions England as the number one ranked side in the ODI rankings but England has consolidated its position at the top of the T20I table after the annual update carried out on Monday. These updates eliminate results from 2017-18 and half the weighting

UPBEAT MUMBAI INDIANS TO FACE STRUGGLING SUNRISERS HYDERABAD TODAY

04 May 2021 04:52 AM IST

Upbeat from the historic run chase against Chennai Super Kings in their previous encounter, Mumbai Indians will face struggling Sunrisers Hyderabad in their next IPL 2021 encounter at Arun Jaitley Stadium today. When these two teams met each other last time, Mumbai Indians won the match by a margin of

2ND TEST: JAYAWICKRAMA SCALPS ELEVEN AS HOSTS REGISTER 209-RUN WIN

04 May 2021 04:34 AM IST

Ramesh Mendis and Praveen Jayawickrama made light work of Bangladesh’s middle and lower-order as Sri Lanka won the second Test by 209 runs on the fifth morning here at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Monday. With this win, Sri Lanka won the two-match Test series 1-0. Jayawickrama returned with

RCB-KKR clash rescheduled, KKR players to undergo daily testing

04 May 2021 04:32 AM IST

The Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) slated to be played on Monday evening has been rescheduled for a later date. “Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier were found to be positive in the third round of testing in the last four

BANGLADESH LOSE FIVE WICKETS AS SRI LANKA SNIFF VICTORY IN SECOND TEST

03 May 2021 04:07 AM IST

Ramesh Mendis scalped three while Praveen Jayawickrama picked two wickets as Sri Lanka dismantled Bangladesh’s top-order to sniff victory on day four of the second Test on Sunday. Bad light and a light drizzle forced early stumps in Pallekele on the penultimate day as Bangladesh scored 177/5 in the second

DIFFICULT DECISION TO DROP WARNER, BUT WE WANTED TO TRY NEW COMBINATION, SAYS BAYLISS

03 May 2021 04:01 AM IST

NEW DELHI: After suffering a 55-run loss against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL), SunRisers Hyderabad head coach Trevor Bayliss said that it was a difficult decision to drop David Warner from the playing XI. On Saturday, SRH had removed David Warner as its captain and the former

KKR LOOK TO FIX OPENING ISSUES, RCB FACE SPIN ISSUES

03 May 2021 04:00 AM IST

The 30th match of VIVO IPL 2021 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) today. Both the teams have played 7 games till now, out of which Kolkata Knight Riders have won 2 games while Royal Challengers Bangalore have won 5 games. Kolkata Knight

BOWLERS BACK BUTTLER’S PERFORMANCE TO HELP RR DEFEAT SRH

03 May 2021 03:59 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Jos Buttler’s masterful 124-run knock was followed by a spirited bowling performance as Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 55 runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. For RR, Chris Morris and Mustafizur Rahman scalped three wickets