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Kingston (Jamaica), Jul 9: Skipper Virat Kohli might open the innings when India take on the West Indies in a one- off Twenty20, aiming to finish their Caribbean sojourn on a high despite the threat posed by Chris Gayle's return to the home team. After winning the five-match ODI series 3-1, India will certainly have an upperhand despite the presence of Gayle, who can single-handedly swing fortunes

Leicester, Jul 9: India's four-match winning streak in the Women's World Cup was brought to a crashing halt with a 115-run loss against South Africa, following an abject batting surrender here on Saturday. The star South African performer was captain Dane van Niekerk who first made a valuable 57 off 66 balls to guide South Africa to 273 for nine before taking four wickets with leg-spin to help her

Leicester, Jul 8: A confident India will seek to extend their unbeaten run to five matches and secure a semifinal spot when they take on South Africa in the ICC Women's World Cup here tomorrow. India are on a rampaging run having beaten England, West Indies, Pakistan and Sri Lanka convincingly to be second in the standings behind Australia. South Africa, on the other hand, are fifth with two wins

New Delhi, Jul 7: Age is just a number if the going is good. But if it's not the case, then the number 36 - whether age or the waistline - can always lead to some amount of self doubts. On his 36th birthday, Mahendra Singh Dhoni finds himself standing at crossroads of an illustrious career - just four matches short of a mammoth 300 ODI games. One of the best finishers of the game, played perhaps

Kingston, Jul 7: Skipper Virat Kohli led from the front with a fluent century as India on Thursday wrapped up the five-match series 3-1 with a convincing eight wicket win over West Indies. Asked to bowl, comeback man Mohammed Shami bagged four wickets as an under-fire India produced a disciplined bowling effort to restrict West Indies to a modest 205 for nine. Playing only his second ODI after a

Sydney, Jul 6: Australia`s players on Thursday boycotted this month`s Australia A tour to South Africa, escalating a bitter pay dispute which threatens to derail senior tours to Bangladesh and India as well as this year`s home Ashes. The Australia Cricketers` Association (ACA) said the players were unavailable to tour South Africa for the Australia A team without an agreed pay deal or new

New Delhi, Jul 6: A 21-year-old aspiring airhostess was critically injured today after she was allegedly stabbed multiple times by a man in full public view in Mansarovar Park area of Shahdara, police said. The woman is currently undergoing treatment at a city hospital, where her condition is stated to be critical, they said, adding that the 22-year-old accused, Adil is absconding and a manhunt

Derby, Jul 6: India took a giant stride towards clinching a semi-final spot with another convincing 16-run victory over Sri Lanka in a one-sided ICC Women's World Cup encounter here on Wednesday. Mithali Raj and Co recorded their fourth win on the trot as they defended a respectable 232/8 by restricting the island nation to 216 for 7. The Indian eves also maintained a clean slate against their sub

Islamabad, Jul 5: Pakistan on Tuesday rewarded Sarfraz Ahmed with the country's Test captaincy, a fortnight after he led the national team to an elusive Champions Trophy title in England. Underdogs Pakistan trounced India by a record 180-run margin in the final in London on June 18 to lift the Champions Trophy, to the shock and ecstasy of the cricket-mad country. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman

New Delhi, Jul 4: Former captain Sunil Gavaskar feels his ex-teammate Ravi Shastri is the favourite to become the head coach of the Indian cricket team. Shastri has become the front-runner for the high-profile job after he formally submitted his application to the BCCI. "Ravi actually was the one (during his tenure as Team Director) the turnaround actually started for the Indian cricket team back