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  After their gold medal-winning campaign at the Asian Games, Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian team will return to action with a rare bumper schedule of high-profile home games.  First up, is a visit from Heather Knight’s England who will play three T20Is followed by a Test match. Indian women will be playing a Test match at home for the first time in more than nine years. Before that, they would look to kickstart their preparations for the T20 World Cup next year in Bangladesh against a strong English side which will be bolstered by the return of star spinner Sophie Ecclestone. These assignments will be the first for Amol Muzumdar in his role as India’s new head coach. India were without a designated head coach since Ramesh Powar was moved out of the role in December last year, and had Hrishikesh Kanitkar overseeing things at this year’s World Cup and Asian Games in an interim role. India have some new faces to pick from potentially, as Shreyanka Patil and Saika Ishaque have been ...

  India vs Australia Live Score, 5th T20: India vs Australia Live Score, 5th T20: Arshdeep Singh held his nerve under pressure in the final over as India won the fifth T20I against Australia at Bengaluru by six runs.   Going into the final over of the match, Australia needed 10 runs to win with Matthew Wade (22 runs) and Nathan Ellis (3) at the crease with the visitors seven wickets down. Arshdeep bowled superbly, getting Wade’s wicket and giving away just three runs to take India home.  The hosts sealed the series 4-1. Earlier, India had managed to score 160 runs batting first at Bengaluru with Shreyas Iyer top-scoring with 53. Axar Patel (31), Jitesh Sharma (24), and Yashasvi Jaiswal (21) all got starts but they could hang on to their wickets to help Iyer.   After Wade had won the toss and opted to bowl first at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday, the Indian team found it being reduced to 55 for four at one stage. It...

  On Monday, during the AFC Champions League match between Saudi Arabia club Al-Nassr and Iran’s Persepolis, Cristiano Ronaldo waved off his penalty against Persepolis, telling the referee himself he didn’t believe it was a foul. In the second minute of the match, Ronaldo won a penalty for Al-Nassr when former Liverpool star Sadio Mane whipped a cross in search of Ronaldo, but he immediately walked up to the referee and signaled it wasn’t a penalty. It is not something you see every day in football. On Monday, during the AFC Champions League match between Saudi Arabia club Al-Nassr and Iran’s Persepolis, Cristiano Ronaldo waved off his penalty against Persepolis, telling the referee himself he didn’t believe it was a foul. In the second minute of the match, Ronaldo won a penalty for Al-Nassr when former Liverpool star Sadio Mane whipped a cross in search of Ronaldo, but he immediately walked up to the referee and signaled it wasn’t a penalty. Replays showed that there had been no c...

  Rohit Sharma is all set to lead India in a three-match T20I series for the upcoming tour of South Africa while KL Rahul will lead the ODI leg of the tour. Rohit has been rested for the Indian ODI side. He will be leading the Indian Test team. With Hardik Pandya not there the selection committee headed by Ajit Agarkar decided to name Sharma Indian team T20 captain As this paper reported earlier  Virat Kohli  has informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) of his decision to take a break. India will play three T20 internationals, and three ODIs, followed by two Test matches during the tour of South Africa. “He (Kohli) has informed the BCCI and selectors that he needs a break from white-ball cricket and he will get back to them about when he wants to play white ball cricket next. At the moment he has informed the BCCI that he will be playing red-ball cricket, which means he is available for selection for the two Test matches in South Africa,” a source said. S...

  When  Pat Cummins  won the toss and opted to bowl first against India in the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, there was some surprise in the cricketing fraternity. While there was expectation of dew to play its part in the second innings it still was a brave call against the host in front of thousands of fans who were all rooting for Rohit Sharma’s men. And Australia has often relied on the mantra of ‘bat first and put runs on the board in a big game.’ However, the decision paid off big time for the Aussies as they won their sixth World Cup beating India by six wickets. Indian off-spinner Ashwin Ravichandran on his YouTube video revealed his conversation with the  Australian  chief selector George Bailey during the innings break. “I chatted with George Bailey during the mid-innings and asked him why didn’t you guys bat first like you always do.” “He replied, ‘We have played  IPL  for many years, tou...

  Virat Kohli  stood there dazed, frozen, disbelieving what his ears and eyes told him. The LED stump lights were flashing after he had inside-edged Pat Cummins onto his stumps. A roaring Australian captain had long run past him. For some reason, Kohli had a despairing look towards square-leg before he reluctantly began to drag himself away from the crime scene. On a very sluggish pitch where every batsman is bound to struggle, he had played a peach of a knock, but couldn’t convert it to a substantial contribution. Later in the innings, a reverse-swinging away-shaper from Mitchell Starc would consume  KL Rahul , and the Indian innings began to meander. The hosts huffed and puffed to an inadequate 240, being bowled out for the first, and only, time in the World Cup. That the Indians managed just four boundaries after the first Powerplay indicated how much control the Australians exuded. The over a lakh Indian fans, who had for over a month got used to India’s overwhelming ...

  India  (IND)  and  New Zealand (NZ)  cross swords once again in the semi-finals of the  ODI World Cup 2023  after four years. The two teams will be in action on Wednesday, November 15 at the iconic Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai. India  has been in surreal form, having won all the nine matches they have played in the tournament. The team is functioning like a well-oiled machine. One of the most noteworthy points of their campaign has been how they have found new heroes in every other game and not relied on some specific players to take them home. New Zealand had an excellent first half of the tournament as they won four matches in a row. They were looking invincible at one point before they suffered a four-wicket loss to India. The Blackcaps lost their next three games as well and were staring down the barrel. However, a resounding win against Sri Lanka in their last league game helped them make their way into the semi-finals, finishing in the four...