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Mumbai, Jul 14: Ravindra Jadeja has been the most consistent all-rounder for India in the recent times and with the Sri Lankan Test tour around the corner, he says he likes to perform when faced with challenges. India are set to tour Sri Lanka later this month and Jadeja will be a key member of the team along with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Asked about the tour, he said, "I like to perform

New Delhi, Jul 14: The BCCI today made it clear that Zaheer Khan's appointment as bowling consultant of the Indian cricket team is also tour specific, just like batting consultant Rahul Dravid. The Board of Control for Cricket in India also said that the appointment of both Zaheer and Dravid was done after consulting new head coach Ravi Shastri. The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), comprising

London, Jul 13: Sania Mirza crashed out of the mixed doubles competition while Rohan Bopanna and his partner entered the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships here. Sania and her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig, seeded fourth in the tournament, lost 6-7 4-6 to the defending champions Henri Kontinen of Finland and Heather Watson of United Kingdom in a third round match that lasted 53 minutes

Bristol, Jul 13: India's semifinal hopes suffered a major jolt after Australia notched up a comfortable eight- wicket win, riding on a superb show by their top-order batswomen in the ICC Women's World Cup here today. Put into bat, opener Punam Raut's fighting century and a 69 from record-breaking skipper Mithali Raj enabled India to post a decent 226 for seven in their sixth group league encounter

New Delhi, Jul 12: Indian women's team skipper Mithali Raj on Wednesday added another feather to her cap as she surpassed England great Charlotte Edwards to become the leading run-scorer in women's ODI cricket. She also achieved the landmark of becoming the first women to reach 6000 runs in the format, reaching milestone in style with a six. Mithali entered the ICC Women's World Cup quarter-final

Colombo, Jul 12: Angelo Mathews on Tuesday relinquished Sri Lanka captaincy in all three formats after his team lost to Zimbabwe in the recently concluded One Day International (ODI) series. After the fifth and final ODI loss, Mathews had given signals that he will discuss his future with the selectors. He conveyed his decision to step down on Tuesday morning. Mathews had described his loss to

Colombo, Jul 11: Angelo Mathews is reconsidering his role as Sri Lanka captain after the one-day series loss to Zimbabwe which he considers one of the lowest points in his career, the 30-year-old has said. Sikandar Raza`s stellar all-round display guided Zimbabwe to their first one-day international series win over hosts Sri Lanka with a nervous three-wicket victory in the fifth and final match at

New Delhi, Jul 11: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today moved the Supreme Court seeking e-auctioning of media rights for the Indian Premier League. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said, "We will think over it". Swamy, who has filed the fresh PIL on the issue, sought urgent listing of it saying it has been held by the apex court that the e-auctioning is the

Jul 11: The Indian cricket board's Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) had decided to put the announcement about the new Indian cricket team coach on hold as they wanted to consult team captain Virat Kohli and 'people who matter'. CAC member and former India captain Sourav Ganguly announced in Mumbai on Monday that the announcement had been kept on hold as the people who would take Indian cricket

Kingston, Jul 10: India's top-scorer Dinesh Karthik rued the dropped catches that proved decisive in his team's nine-wicket loss to the West Indies in a one-off Twenty20 match, acknowledging a chance that he himself spilt. In the sixth over, Lewis went for a lofted straight drive off Bhuvneshwar Kumar but a mix-up between skipper Virat Kohli and Mohammad Shami saw the opportunity go waste. Four