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Mumbai, Dec 9: India loves cricket and this has been proven yet again as the Indian Premier League (IPL) beat even the coronavirus for the top trending query overall in the year, according to Google India's 'Year In Search 2020' announced on Wednesday. Last year, the top trending query on Google Search was 'ICC Cricket World Cup'. IPL, which was also the most searched sporting and news event, was

Cape Town, Dec 9: Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Wednesday confirmed that its men's team will travel to Pakistan for their first tour since 2007. The tour will consist of two Tests and three T20Is across three venues in Karachi, Rawalpindi, and Lahore respectively. The tour is scheduled to run from January 26-February 14. South Africa will arrive in Pakistan on January 16. They will then go into a

New Delhi, Dec 9: Wicket-keeper-batsman Parthiv Patel on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. "Today, I announce my retirement from all forms of cricket, and as I bring down the curtains on my 18-year-long career, I feel heavier with gratitude towards many. The BCCI showed a generous amount of confidence and faith in a 17-year-old boy to play for India," said 35-year-old

Sydney, Dec 9: All-rounder Cameron Green, who played an unbeaten knock of 125 runs for Australia A in the practice match against India A, on Wednesday said that getting used to Jasprit Bumrah's action will take some for him as he has not seen much of him in the past. In the three-day practice-match, the batting of both sides left a lot to be desired, but it was Green who played probably the best

Sydney, Dec 9: India captain Virat Kohli wasn't happy that his team lost out on a perfect DRS call just because replay of the delivery bowled to Matthew Wade was shown on giant screen before the permissible limit of 15 seconds. India lost the third T20 International by 12 runs and one of the reasons could be attributed to the fact that Wade, who could have been adjudged leg before off T Natarajan

Sydney, Dec 8: Australian bowlers held their nerves to come up trumps against the genius of Virat Kohli, stalling an Indian clean-sweep with a 12-run victory in the third and final T20 International here on Tuesday. While India won the shortest format 2-1, it was overall an even result for the two teams which won three white-ball games each. Tuesday's loss ended the visitors' 10-match winning

Cape Town, Dec 8: England's cricketers hoped rounds of golf would ease the stress of long periods within a bio-secure bubble but after the One-Day series in South Africa was postponed organisers are taking a fresh look at the impact of Covid-19 protocols on players' mental health. The decision to postpone the series came after potentially five Covid-19 cases were flagged inside the teams' bio

Sydney, Dec 7: Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal became India's joint-highest wicket-taker in the shortest format of the game after equalling pacer Jasprit Bumrah's tally on Sunday. Chahal achieved the feat in the second T20I against Australia when he dismissed the dangerous Steve Smith in the 18th over. The leg-spinner didn't have a memorable day, but more than made up for it by scalping Smith's wicket

Sydney, Dec 7: Virat Kohli has become the first Indian skipper to win a T20I series in SENA countries -- South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia -- after all-rounder Hardik Pandya helped the Men in Blue chase down a target of 195 runs on Sunday. Former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni had led India to wins in Australia and South Africa but wasn't able to register a series victory in New

Dubai, Dec 7: Kane Williamson's career-best score of 251 in the first Test against West Indies helped him jump up two places to join Virat Kohli at number two in the latest batting rankings. Williamson's massive 251 in Hamilton catapulted him into second place in the ICC Men's Test rankings, a position he now shares with Team India skipper Kohli. With his recent performance, he gained 74 points