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After a controversial exit last week, the veteran Pakistan cricket will be rejoining Fortune Barishal and is available for the team's next Bangladesh Premier League 2024 game on February 3. Fortune Barishal registered their second win of the season in Malik's absence and next play league leaders Khulna Tigers. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/iE6HjaF via IFTTT

Good times have just begun for the Khan brothers. A day after Sarfaraz Khan earned a maiden national call-up as he was picked in India squad for the second Test against England, his younger brother Musheer Khan lit up the ongoing Under-19 World Cup in South Africa with his second century of the tournament. Thanks to his knock of 131 runs, India managed to post 295 runs on the board in their 50 overs. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/WK8q5kp via IFTTT

England men's cricket team head coach Brendon McCullum revealed that Shoaib Bashir is in his plans for the second Test match against India starting on February 2. McCullum also hinted at naming an all-spin attack for the Vizag Test to defend their 1-0 lead in the five-match series. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/zDIxZYE via IFTTT

Jasprit Bumrah, who was India's best bowler in the first Test in Hyderabad against England was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for 'inappropriate physical contact' with the player of the match Ollie Pope. Bumrah, who admitted to the sanction, was slapped with a fine of 50 percent of his match fees and a demerit point, levied by the match referee Richie Richardson. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/cXhGDNa via IFTTT

West Indies scripted history by beating Australia in the second Test match at Brisbane's Gabba on Sunday. Shamar Joseph's seven wickets on Day 4 gave the travelling side a thrilling eight-run win and ended their winless run in Australia after 27 years. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/LszBEn7 via IFTTT

Rohan Bopanna scripted history on Saturday, January 27, as he won the men's doubles title at the Australian Open 2024 alongside his partner Matthew Ebden to claim his first-ever men's doubles Grand Slam title. The Indo-Australian pair got the better of Italy's Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in straight sets 7-6, 7-5 to win the summit clash at the Rod Laver Arena. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/D1mpHZG via IFTTT

Ollie Pope smashed an unbeaten hundred on Day 3 to keep England alive in the first Test match against India at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Saturday. India managed to add only 15 runs to their first innings total in the first session and took a dominant 190-run lead. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/wtJZcuA via IFTTT

India's No. 1 off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin produced an absolute pearler to get rid of the England captain Ben Stokes in the second innings. Stokes' dismissal in the second innings turned out to be his 12th dismissal against the Indian spinner in Test cricket. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/8HmZXTb via IFTTT

The Belarus star Aryna Sabalenka successfully defended her Australian Open title with a dominant win over China's Qinwen Zheng in the women's final on Saturday, January 27. The World no.2  clinched her second Grand Slam career title with a 6-3, 6-2 win over the world no.15 Zheng at Rod Laver Arena. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/LmevhUc via IFTTT

Mumbai Indians women's side is gearing up for their title defence at the second edition of the Women's Premier League. The MI side was well powered by Harmanpreet Kaur and Saika Ishaque among the Indian players for their title in the first season of the tournament.  from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/umyAe0t via IFTTT

Australian opener Usman Khawaja was named the Test Cricket of the Year as part of the ICC Awards for 2023. Khawaja became the sixth Australian player to become the Test Cricketer of the Year after the likes of Ricky Ponting (2006), Michael Clarke (2013), Mitchell Johnson (2014), Steve Smith (2015 and 2017) and Pat Cummins (2019). The veteran left-hander was the leading run-getter in Tests in 2023, scoring 1,210 runs including three centuries and six fifties at an average of 52.60. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/y7jxrk4 via IFTTT

India ended the opening day of the first Test against England on top. The match is being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad and the surface did offer turn but not a significant one as the visitors did well to score 246 runs before getting bowled out in the first innings. For the most parts of the day, Ben Stokes was spot on - calling it correctly at the toss and then smashing 70 runs with the bat. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/PscU23Y via IFTTT

Australian star Pat Cummins clinched the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year 2023 award on Thursday, January 25. Australian captain defeated his fellow teammate Travis Head and Indian batter Virat Kohli to claim the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy 2023.  from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/mC3SZqo via IFTTT

The Indian skipper Rohit Sharma was greeted with a loud cheer from the crowd as the openers walked out to bat in their first innings against England on Day 1 of the first Test in Hyderabad on Thursday, January 25. However, along with the loud noise, came out a running fan all the way from the stands to get a glimpse of the Indian captain from close. Even though he was wearing a Virat Kohli jersey, he came to touch captain Rohit's feet before the Indian team's security manager was quick to get the invader off the pitch. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/ihPCv9G via IFTTT

Alexander Zverev defeated the world no.2 and crowd favourite Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinal of the Australian Open 2024 men's singles on Wednesday, January 25. The German recorded a dominating 6-1, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 win to reach the semifinal round at Melbourne Park for the second time in his career. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/zfT4Eoc via IFTTT

England cricketer Shoaib Bashir finally received his visa to travel to India on Wednesday, January 24. The youngster will arrive in India this weekend but will not be part of the opening match starting on Thursday at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/nRTWNBP via IFTTT

Former India captain Virat Kohli pulled out of the first two Tests against England due to personal reasons and the Rohit Sharma-led side has been left thinking about the combination the two-time World Test Championship finalists would want to play in the opener in Hyderabad starting January 25. With the selectors hitting the transition button, the veteran duo of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane too is not in the team and the hosts will be playing with a slightly inexperienced middle-order. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/4nX2Ijm via IFTTT

Rohit Sharma is no doubt a legend in white-ball cricket for India. Since 2013, he has been terrific for the country opening the innings and continues to go strong having recently scored his fifth T20I century, against Afghanistan. But when it comes to Test cricket, Rohit is certainly a late bloomer or one can say, it took time for him to come to the terms in red-ball cricket. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/q7kEesy via IFTTT

Sri Lanka's captain Chamari Athapaththu has been named the skipper of the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year which comprises as many as five Australians. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2c18taw via IFTTT

International Cricket Council (ICC), on Tuesday (January 23), announced the Test team of the year 2023. Pat Cummins has been named the captain of the team for leading Australia to the World Test Championship beating India in the final. Cummins was also the top wicket-taker in Tests in 2023 with 42 scalps in 11 matches he played in the year. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/fTgOlH9 via IFTTT

The historic Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla's idol took place at the Ram temple on Monday. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the ceremony and offered prayers to the idol as the devotees dived into emotions of devotion to their deity. While numerous people were glued to their TV and digital screens, over 7000 guests were present to attend the event with sports personalities also being on the guest list. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/8lZhvFJ via IFTTT

Rangpur Riders will reportedly miss the services of veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for the remainder of Bangladesh Premier League's Dhaka leg in the ongoing tournament. Shakib, 36, is set to miss the Dhaka leg (initial matches) in the 10th season of the league as he has an eye issue, Cricbuzz reported. It added that Shakib will leave for Singapore on Sunday, January 21 to take an eye check-up. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/G70wy9j via IFTTT

It may not have been an auspicious start to the day in the first match of the Under-19 World Cup camp for the Indian team in Bloemfontein against Bangladesh on Saturday, January 20, however, the Boys in Blue made a remarkable comeback on the cricket front. Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl first and their bowlers proved their captain right by dismissing two Indian batters within the powerplay before Adarsh Singh and skipper Uday Saharan came up with a rescue act. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/BhgAwvG via IFTTT

The world no.1 tennis player Iga Swiatek suffered a shock early exit at the Australian Open 2024 on Saturday, January 20. The 19-year-old unseeded Linda Noskova shatters Iga's maiden Australian Open title dream with a dominant 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 win in the women's singles third round at Melbourne Park. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/qoPCX68 via IFTTT

Pakistan went down to New Zealand for the fourth consecutive time in five-match series on January 19 (Friday). They are now 0-4 down in the series with one match still to go. The team led by Shaheen Afridi has performed very poorly on this tour and the left-arm pace bowler's first series as captain has turned out to be forgettable so far. Batting, bowling and fielding - They have been poor in all three departments of the game and unfortunately, nothing has changed for them since the World Cup. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/1VPcrfX via IFTTT

India are 22/4. Virat Kohli and Sanju Samson have registered golden ducks. Afghanistan are on top. India's woes batting first have been exposed, not for the first time. Criticism has just begun on social media and India are staring at a shocking, first-ever defeat to Afghanistan in the shortest format. This is when India's new hero for the last 12 months or so, Rinku Singh steps out to the middle and joins hands with Rohit Sharma. The former is given out lbw soon but reverses the call on DRS and then what happens next will forever be remembered in India's rich cricketing history. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/atyL6ul via IFTTT

Shamar Joseph enjoyed a stunning international debut on Day 1 of Australia's opening Test match against West Indies in Adelaide on Wednesday. The youngster took two valuable wickets to keep West Indies alive in the game at the end of the day's play at Adelaide Oval. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/JqMOW2G via IFTTT

MI Cape Town and Sunrisers Eastern Cape are all set to lock horns against each other in the 8th Match of SA20 on Tuesday, January 16. Defending champions Eastern Cape are yet to open their account as they have a win and one no result to show in the two games. On the other hand, Kieron Pollard's Cape Town have one win in two outings.  from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/ID71Tsw via IFTTT

India beat Afghanistan in the second T20I of the three-match series on Sunday (January 14) to seal the series 2-0 with one match to go. The hosts chased down 173 runs in less than 16 overs on a flat pitch in Indore. Even thougyh Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube were the heroes of the chase, Virat Kohli, making his comeback to the format after 14 months, also played his part scoring 29 runs off 16 balls with five fours to his name. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/82KhNxl via IFTTT

Kane Williamson made his comeback to the T20I format last week with the five-match series against Pakistan. Injuries kept him away from the major part of the last year and yet again, his 2024 has started in the worst possible way as New Zealand's white-ball skipper is injured yet again. He walked off the field while batting retired hurt after scoring 26 runs off 15 balls with a hamstring injury. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/QIpvKd1 via IFTTT

Brian Lara is the only cricketer to breach the 400-run mark in Test cricket. He did it at the fag end of his career. But to achieve this unique at the U19 level is huge and that is what Karnataka's Prakhar Chaturvedi has done in the final of Cooch Behar Trophy, the annual four-day tournament for U19 cricketers, against Mumbai. The young batter smashed an unbeaten 404* in the first innings of the title clash to tumble records for fun during his knock. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/t7Yrub8 via IFTTT

Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid will clash in the first El Clasico of the year 2024 on Sunday evening. Regarded as the biggest football match in the world, both teams meet in the final of the Spanish Super Cup, also known as Supercopa de Espana, at Riyadh's King Saud University Stadium in Saudi Arabia for the second consecutive year. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/PxohUn3 via IFTTT

The second T20I between New Zealand and Pakistan is set to take place at the Seddon Park in Hamilton on January 14 (Sunday). The hosts are currently leading the series 1-0 after playing superbly in the first game at the Eden Park in Auckland. They posted mammoth total of 226 runs on the board and then restricted Pakistan to just 180 runs to pocket the encounter by 46 runs. Kane Williamson smashed a fifty on his comeback while Daryl Mitchell showed off his hitting abilities as well scoring 61 runs. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/g1DauB6 via IFTTT

Dhruv Jurel, the 22-year-old wicketkeeper batter from Uttar Pradesh became the latest Indian batter to get a call-up to the Test team as he was selected for the first two matches against England as the third wicketkeeping option alongside KL Rahul and KS Bharat. Jurel, who has done well in Ranji Trophy for Uttar Pradesh and in other first-class games for Rest of India and now India A, has been on the radar but finally gotten a chance and is likely to make his debut given Rahul, reportedly was considered as a specialist batter for the series. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/rjtnG2V via IFTTT

Cricket Australia announced women's squads for the upcoming white-ball series against South Africa on Friday, January 12. Australia have not made any changes to their T20I squad after thrashing India 2-1 away last week. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/FEmPpSH via IFTTT

Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara were in focus as the Ranji Trophy 2024 round two kicked off on Friday, January 12. With the upcoming Test series against England in mind, the veteran Test duo will get one final chance to prove their worth before the BCCI announces squad. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/Bh3AS9w via IFTTT

South Africa in precautionary move, have removed captain David Teeger from his post, a week before the start of the Under-19 World Cup in the wake of the threat of potential protests and violence in relation to the 18-year-old's pro-Israel speech last year. Teeger, a Jewish, dedicated his Rising Star Award to Israeli soldiers amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. Since then, Teeger's stand has not been received well and the signs of it were on display outside the Newlands in Cape Town during the second South Africa-India Test in Cape Town. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/QwIXOFW via IFTTT

Pakistan's new T20 skipper Shaheen Afridi chose to bowl against New Zealand in the series opener in Auckland on Friday, January 12. However, apart from the toss and a wicket in the first over, nothing went right for Shaheen and his side as New Zealand batters came out with aggressive intent and rode their luck along the way to post a massive score of 226 runs on the board. It was the highest total by a side against Pakistan in T20Is and the fifth highest for New Zealand in the shortest format. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/dYaeyj3 via IFTTT

Team India will be in action in their final assignment before the T20 World Cup in the shortest format against Afghanistan in a three-match series starting Thursday, January 11 in colder temperatures of Mohali, Chandigarh. India have a few things to sort out as far as their T20 line-up is concerned as to whether Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are a straight walk-in into the line-up, if yes, then what about Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad when everyone is fit? When Suryalumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya are also available, how does Rinku Singh fit into the scheme of things? Who will be the wicketkeeper? from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/z0k8ICG via IFTTT

IND vs AFG 1st T20I Highlights: Shivam Dube's all-round heroics boost India to big win in Mohali Indian cricket team will kick off their last preparation for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 with a three-match T20I series against Afghanistan starting on Thursday, January 11. Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli return to T20I action after 14 months but the latter is missing today's game due to personal reasons.  from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/nGD64Nu via IFTTT

The return of two senior statesmen, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, has escalated the conjecture regarding the duo's participation in the T20 World Cup. While many feel that both Rohit and Kohli getting selected in the squad for the Afghanistan series might be a hint that both could be in for the T20 World Cup as well. Former India chief selector MSK Prasad believed that both were right on their part to give T20Is a miss in the ODI World Cup year and now that T20 World Cup is the main event in 2024, they were going to come back.  from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/vo0dXEG via IFTTT

India head coach Rahul Dravid has confirmed that Virat Kohli will miss the first of the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan due to personal reasons. Dravid attended the pre-match press conference ahead of the series opener and opened up on several things including the way players were managed due to back to back ICC events in different formats. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/Mjxctsb via IFTTT

Where is Ishan Kishan? Fans are asking this question ever since BCCI has announced India's squad for the T20I series against Afghanistan starting from January 11. Yes, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have returned much to the delight of the fans but not long ago, Kishan was zeroed in to bat in one of the top three positions in the line-up. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/tDHUduG via IFTTT

South Africa's wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen has announced retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect. Notably, head coach Shukri Conrad had recently stated that the cricketer is likely to feature in Tests later this year after preferred Kyle Verreynne over Klaasen for the recently concluded two-match Test series against India. Klaasen played only four Test matches for South Africa between 2019 and 2023 scoring 104 runs in eight innings at an average of 13 with no fifty or hundred to his name. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/QjNViqz via IFTTT

Mumbai Indians (MI) batting coach and former West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard shared a cryptic post on his Instagram story on Saturday, January 6 night regarding 'loyalty' and the fans of the franchise were quick to connect it with the recent incident of switch in captaincy ahead of the 2024 edition of the IPL. Pollard, who hung his boots from international cricket and consequently IPL last year is plying his trade across other T20 leagues in the world and as far as cash-rich league is concerned, he is the batting coach with the side. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/i6kDMp8 via IFTTT

In Bihar's bizarre start to the Ranji Trophy season, two teams from the state were named to take on Mumbai at the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna. The 89th edition of India's prolific domestic tournament kicked off on January 5 as teams from across the country gear up for the prestigious prize. Bihar were scheduled to take on 41-time champions Mumbai but the start was a controversial one. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/P6jQgUs via IFTTT

In what was a David Warner week at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the Aussie great walked off in style as he helped Australia win the third and final Test of the series with a blistering fifty. Chasing a modest total of 130, Warner scored 57 from 75 balls before falling to Sajid Khan in his final Test appearance. He walked off to a standing ovation from the Sydney Cricket Ground fans, who cheered for him on his way to the pavilion. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2oJhaIV via IFTTT

Former Indian cricketer Ambati Rayudu has decided to quit the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) days after joining the ruling Andhra Pradesh party. Rayudu, who hung his boots from IPL in May 2023, joined YSRCP on December 28, 2023.  from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/yHmvPEk via IFTTT

Australia's pace spearhead Mitchell Starc delivered a ripping inswinger to castle Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique in the second innings of the ongoing New Year's Test in trademark fashion on Friday, January 5. Starc has been all over Shafique in the Sydney Test as the right-handed batter has been seen struggling to put the tall left-arm seamer away. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/v4N0G2K via IFTTT

Sri Lanka have appointed their star batting allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva as captain in Test cricket to replace Dimuth Karunaratne. The appointment makes Dhananjaya the 18th player in history to captain Sri Lanka in the red-ball format. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/J871PTx via IFTTT