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Bengaluru, Jun 28: Insisting that all was well in the Indian cricket dressing room, pacer Mohammed Shami on Saturday said reports of rift between Test captain Virat Kohli and ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni are simply wrong. "That the team is divided and the team is not performing -- there is no truth in these things. I have shared the dressing room with all of them including Virat and Mahi Bhai

Barbados, Jun 27: In what will come as a relief to bowlers, ICC has decided to get rid of catchers in the first ten overs, removed the batting Powerplay and also allowed five fielders outside the 30-yard circle in the last ten overs of an innings in one-dayers. The ICC also said that all "no balls" and not just over stepping by the bowlers will result in a free hit in both ODIs and Twenty20

Kolkata, Jun 27: Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have faced lot of flak for his team's embarrassing ODI series defeat against Bangladesh but Pakistan T20I captain Shahid Afridi is "not happy" in the manner the Indian ODI skipper was being targeted. Afridi termed this as "sub-continental trend" where the cricketing heroes are pilloried after one odd series defeat. "I really felt bad in the way MS (Dhoni)

Antwerp, Jun 27: The much-anticipated Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Final Pool A clash between traditional rivals India and Pakistan ended in a 2-2 stalemate at the Brasschaat Municipal Park here on Friday. Ramandeep Singh (13th and 39th) scored for world No.9 India while his brace was matched by world No.10 Pakistan captain Muhammad Imran, who converted a penalty stroke and a penalty corner in

Kolkata, Jun 26: Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have faced lot of flak for his team's embarrassing ODI series defeat against Bangladesh but Pakistan T20I captain Shahid Afridi is "not happy" in the manner the Indian ODI skipper was being targeted. Afridi termed this as "sub-continental trend" where the cricketing heroes are pilloried after one odd series defeat. "I really felt bad in the way MS (Dhoni)

New York, Jun 26: Satnam Singh Bhamara today became the first Indian basketball player to be drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after being picked by Dallas Mavericks here. The 19-year-old, who hails from a remote village in Punjab and stands 7 feet 2 inches tall, was the 52nd pick in the NBA Draft. Satnam Singh was selected amongst the 60 young men who will play basketball in

Mirpur, Jun 26: Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan has said that skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's elevation up the order is not only an advantage to the line-up but personally gives him confidence while batting. The Bangladesh series saw the limited-overs skipper promote himself to the number-four position in the batting chart and Dhawan, who was the leading run-scorer after accumulating 158 runs, said he

Melbourne, Jun 25: India's legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the 'Best Test player' of the 21st century in an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia's website. The former India skipper got the highest number of votes to emerge on top of the list of the 100 best Test players since 2000, in a poll conducted by cricket.com.au. Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara received the second

Barbados, Jun 25: Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has assumed the role of the ICC President on day three of the apex cricket body's Annual Conference week here. Zaheer began his one-year term and thanked the ICC Board and the Full Council for confirming his nomination. He said: "I feel truly honoured to be appointed as the President of the governing body of our great game. This is the sport

Mirpur, Jun 25: India restored some pride with a consolation 77-run win over Bangladesh in third and final ODI in Dhaka to prevent the spirited hosts from securing a famous 3-0 series whitewash. India, put in to bat, put up a competitive 317 for six courtesy under-fire captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (69 runs off 77 balls) and opener Shikhar Dhawan (75 off 73)). Suresh Raina put up an all-round