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Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has been nominated alongside four other star players for the ICC ODI Women's Cricketer of the Year for 2024 award. Mandhana had a stellar year in the 50-over format as she builds herself up for the Women's ODI World Cup next year in India.  from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/Qamcrnf via IFTTT

The ever-reliable Jasprit Bumrah delivered again when the Indian team wanted him to and brought his side back into the ongoing boxing day Test with a sizzling spell of fast bowling on day four at the MCG. Bumrah claimed 4/56 and was the pick of all the India bowlers in the second innings. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/OGQZuVz via IFTTT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met newly-crowned chess world champion Gukesh D. Modi shared pictures of his meet-up with Gukesh. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2nxjmL3 via IFTTT

Hockey India League 2024-25 live streaming details: The Hockey India League is set to return after a seven-year hiatus, and some of the best players around the world will compete in the tournament in Rourkela.  from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/tc35W9N via IFTTT

Rohit Sharma is struggling for runs immensely and his woes didn't end even in the ongoing Test match in Melbourne against Australia. He could muster only three runs in five deliveries before getting out to his counterpart Pat Cummins playing a poor shot after India conceded 474 runs in the first innings. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/r3p8z0O via IFTTT

Manchester City's poor campaign has reached the stage where the fans are doubting the team's potential qualification for the next season's UEFA Champions League. Manager Pep Guardiola also joined the fans to share his doubts about City missing out on a top-four finish ahead of the Boxing Day Premier League clash against Everton on Thursday. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/VyMclzf via IFTTT

Former India captain Virat Kohli has been slapped with a fine and a demerit point for the Sam Konstas incident on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Kohli, who seemed to have deliberately shouldered Konstas away in between the 10th and the 11th overs of the Australian innings, has copped a 20 per cent fine of his match fee as it was a Level 1 offence for breaching Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/AyEDT04 via IFTTT

The ICC finally revealed the schedule of the Champions Trophy 2025 set to take place in Pakistan and the UAE starting February 19 with India set to play all their games in Dubai. Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi will host the rest of the matches in Pakistan with the final scheduled for March 9 in Lahore but will take place in Dubai if the Men in Blue make it through. On the other hand, India and Australia will resume the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the MCG in the Boxing Day Test. All that and more in our Sports Wrap for today. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/sJrPgVl via IFTTT

Australia have revealed their playing XI for the fourth Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) starting Thursday, December 26 while making a couple of changes. 19-year-old New South Welshman Sam Konstas will make his debut replacing Nathan McSweeney while Scott Boland returned to the side in place of the injured Josh Hazlewood while skipper Pat Cummins confirmed that the hard-hitting Travis Head was good to go as far as his fitness was concerned. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/EvWnN1X via IFTTT

India have added Mumbai all-rounder, Tanush Kotian, to join their squad for the remainder of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ahead of the Boxing Day Test match in Melbourne, BCCI confirmed on Monday. Kotian, who plays for Mumbai in the domestic circuit, has been handed his maiden International call-up after Ravichandran Ashwin's retirement. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/2iTZQF8 via IFTTT

Vinod Kambli, former Indian cricketer, has come up with a statement for the first time since getting admitted to Akruti Hospital in Thane late on Saturday night last week. He is doing much better now amid reports that his condition was critical. He is currently recovering from clots that have been detected in his brain and in his first statement after treatment, he has thanked the doctors for saving his life. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/rds0FAG via IFTTT

Former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli has been admitted to hospital after his health deteriorated. Doctors have kept him under observation even as all the necessary tests are being done. The 52-year-old was recently in the headlines after meeting his childhood friend and the legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar at Ramakant Achrekar's memorial. He was spotted sitting in a wheelchair at the event and since then, the fans have been worried about his health as well. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/k9JDrj3 via IFTTT

Jasprit Bumrah has single-handedly carried India's bowling attack in the ongoing Test series against Australia Down Under. The man has picked up a staggering 21 wickets at an impeccable average of 10.9 so far and is keen on adding more to his tally in the last two Tests. Bumrah's magic has ended the series for Australia's new opener Nathan McSweeney who got out to the Indian genius four times in three Tests and 19-year-old Sam Konstas has replaced him in the squad. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/urea6Im via IFTTT

Three days have passed since one of the greatest spinners of the modern-day generation, Ravichandran Ashwin, called time on his international playing career. While Ashwin's retirement has come across as a major shock, people have made peace with it and have been lauding the match-winner on an illustrious career for India. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/ZjK6sCN via IFTTT

Prithvi Shaw, who returned to the Mumbai squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, has had his disciplinary and fitness points cut in the recent past and now the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has blurted out why the opening batter wasn't considered for the domestic 50-over tournament. "I'll tell you one thing. No one is Shaw's enemy. He is his own enemy," an MCA official told the news agency PTI on conditions of anonymity. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/aAMH04Q via IFTTT

The second ODI of the three-match series between South Africa and Pakistan will be played today at Newlands in Cape Town. After losing the opener, the home team must win this clash. They could only post 239 runs on the board, with Pakistan spinners strangling them to pick seven out of nine wickets to fall. On the other hand, it is a golden chance for Pakistan to register their second consecutive ODI series victory away from home, a rare feat for them in the format's history. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/GZT3FOe via IFTTT

Australia have set a target of 275 for India to win the Gabba Test match. On the other hand, Tamil Thalaivas and Bengal Warriorz will be in action on Wednesday (December 18). All of that and much more in today's sports wrap.  from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/7ECg9t4 via IFTTT

Rain had the last laugh at the Gabba in Brisbane as the day five of the third Test between India and Australia ended in a hard-fought draw. India could only add eight runs to their overnight score of 252 before Travis Head ended Akash Deep's gritty stay at the crease by getting him out stumped on the penultimate ball of the 79th over. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/I79dAGk via IFTTT

Credit where it's due. KL Rahul is often at the receiving end after not performing as per expectations. But in the ongoing Australia tour, he is the best Indian batter in terms of accumulating time in the middle while opening the innings. Rahul's 84-run knock has given India a massive chance to draw the ongoing third Test at Gabba in Brisbane. Even as the rain has made a huge difference, the visitors have somehow managed to avoid the follow-on. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/FPZf9sH via IFTTT

England star Joe Root added another feather to his ever-growing record cap in the third and final Test of the series against New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton. Root, who is on a run-scoring spree in recent years, hit another fifty-plus score in the second innings for England during their mountainous run-chase of 658. While England suffered a proper hammering of 423 runs, Root has created yet another record. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/g2KoA1s via IFTTT

New Zealand bulldozed their way and stamped their authority on the third and final Test against England in Hamilton as the Kiwis are closing in on a huge victory. England are left needing 640 runs to win in the fourth innings with eight wickets left, seven if captain Ben Stokes doesn't come out to bat after having hurt his left hamstring on Monday, December 16. The star of the show with the bat for New Zealand was Kane Williamson unsurprisingly, as he notched up his 33rd Test century. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/atOHkJq via IFTTT

Travis Head destroyed whatever plans India had against him, not for the first time, as he ended up smashing his fourth century against the two-time WTC finalists in the last 18 months across formats. Head amassed 152 off just 160 balls as he ripped apart Indian bowling, especially Mohammed Siraj, Nitish Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja as he just got down to business pretty quickly and once he started smashing, it was no stopping him. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/MLWzubV via IFTTT

Indian women's cricket team will be without their star opener Shafali Verma when they enter Dy Patil Stadium for the first T20I game against West Indies on Sunday. After a heavy ODI series defeat against Australia, the Women in Blue are set for the early preparations for the 2025 World Cup at home. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/9RYO3me via IFTTT

Ajinkya Rahane has turned the heat on with the bat in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. Rahane slammed 98 runs for Mumbai in his side's semifinal clash against Baroda at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. While he missed out on a well-deserved hundred, Rahane's knock helped Mumbai chase down a score of 159 with ease.  from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/I51v9Zk via IFTTT

Former Australia captain Greg Chappell feels India's bowling superstar Jasprit Bumrah embodies qualities of legends like Dennis Lillee, Andy Roberts and Richard Hadlee. Bumrah has been a match-winner for India for many years and has turned the games upside down for the Men in Blue. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/1LPW3gS via IFTTT

Babar Azam has slipped to seventh place in the ICC T20I rankings following his failure in the first T20 International against South Africa. This was his comeback game in the format after being rested for the Zimbabwe tour and Babar couldn't get off the mark bagging a four-ball duck before being dismissed by Kwena Maphaka.  from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/Z4W2oI7 via IFTTT

Sri Lanka Cricket is set to introduce a brand-new franchise league Lanka T10 Super League 2024 which will feature six teams and star international cricketers battling for the glory in Pallekele. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/Znz9kIR via IFTTT

IND-W vs AUS-W Pitch Report:  Australia will target another easy win when they host India in the third and last ODI match in Perth on Wednesday. The hosts will be looking for a 3-0 series whitewash while the Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian team will eye a consolation win after a poor show in the first two games in Brisbane. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/6bdu8wO via IFTTT

The second ODI between West Indies and Bangladesh is scheduled to take place today in St Kitts. The hosts are leading the three-match series 1-0 and Bangladesh will have to win this encounter to keep the series alive. The visitors will be disappointed to have not defended the total of 294 runs in the series opener. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/Ls0zke3 via IFTTT

The FIFPro announced the FIFA Men's Team of the Year 2024 on Tuesday with six players from Real Madrid making the World 11. The legendary footballers Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo failed to make the elite list as Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior claimed three forward spots in 2024. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/J58bDVi via IFTTT

England scripted World Test Championship (WTC) history after registering the most number of wins in the last five and a half years since the biennial ICC event began in red-ball cricket. England went past India's 31 victories after they decimated the inaugural WTC champions New Zealand to win the second Test of the three-match series, thereby taking a 2-0 win. The 323-run victory was England's 32nd in WTC history. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/AwrmdeG via IFTTT

Leg-spinner Priya Mishra and right-arm pacer Renuka Singh Thakur endured humiliation in the second ODI against Australia at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane on Sunday, December 8. Priya recorded the worst bowling figures by an Indian in women's ODI history. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/Wh2LG9D via IFTTT

Travis Head continued his incredible form against India with a potential match-defining century on Day 2 of the second Test match in Adelaide on Saturday. The left-handed batter smashed 140 runs off just 141 balls to put Australia in a dominant position at his home ground. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/7xaB4AE via IFTTT

Pat Cummins has surpassed Indian legend Kapil Dev in a historic list of captains during the second innings of the Adelaide Test on Saturday, December 7. Cummins got two wickets in the second innings in the Pink-ball Test as the Aussie pacers made the ball to talk under the lights late on Day 2.  from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/UDT1tac via IFTTT

Australia dominated an eventful Day 1 of the second Test match against India in Adelaide on Friday. The hosts emerged superior in all departments to take early control of the game and to boost their hopes to level the five-match Test series. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/4Oj6Qut via IFTTT

Zimbabwe vs Pakistan 3rd T20I live score and match updates and highlights Zimbabwe are set to host Pakistan in the third and last T20I game of the home series in Bulawayo on Thursday. Pakistan sealed a series with two dominant wins in the first two matches and are clear favourites to make it three all. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/AqjiybH via IFTTT

South Africa announced their T20I squad for the upcoming home series against Pakistan on Wednesday. The star wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen was named captain for the three-match series starting on December 10 in Durban. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/4FZfdRk via IFTTT

36 - The number is enough to haunt the Indian cricket fans. For the unversed, 36 is India's lowest total ever in Test cricket and that came in the day-night Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in December 2020. Four years later, the team returns to the same venue to face the same set of bowlers. But then, one thing has changed this time. India are 1-0 up in the series, and eight players from the team that featured in the playing XI are not even in the squad this time. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/ljYx9HP via IFTTT

Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to keep its "ego aside" and "agree" to a hybrid model for the upcoming edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/1cP8Xgi via IFTTT

Mohamed Salah clearly hinted at leaving Liverpool this summer after another sensational performance against Manchester City on Sunday. Salah scored and assisted against the struggling Citizens to help the Reds stretch their English Premier League lead to 11 points at the top. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/AfxsXgu via IFTTT

Australia have suffered a major setback ahead of the second Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy as pacer Josh Hazlewood will not be available for them in Adelaide.  Hazlewood has suffered a side strain and therefore has been ruled out of the pink-ball game. from IndiaTV Sports: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/KNoFeWp via IFTTT