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Jodhpur, Mar 22: A special jersey which batting great Sachin Tendulkar donned for his farewell 200th Test has fetched a whopping Rs 6 lakhs during a gala auction hosted by Christie's at the imposing Umaid Bhawan Palace here. Shiv Raj Singh, son of the host of the second edition of the Jodhpur One World Retreat, the erstwhile ruler of Jodhpur Gaj Singh II, bid for this jersey last night. Tendulkar

New Delhi, March 22: Days before India play Australia in a World Cup semi-final at Sydney, the iconic bat of Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni with which he hit the winning six in the 2011 World Cup final has been put on display at Bengali Market here. The bat entered the Guinness World Records and the Limca Book of Records after it was sold for 100,000 pounds on July 18, 2011. The current

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Manish Pandey’s scintillating century and leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal’s sterling bowling effort helped Ranji champions Karnataka retain the Irani Cup after beating Rest of India by a massive 246 runs on the fourth and penultimate day. The moment of celebration came for the hosts after Pandey managed to uproot a stump as a souvenir after running out Varun Aaron. Karnataka became

Bengaluru, Mar 20: Karnataka put up a much improved batting effort in their second innings to lead Rest of India (ROI) by 321 runs on day three of Irani Cup at Bengaluru on Thursday. Ravikumar Samarth (81), Karun Nair (80) and Manish Pandey (73 not out) guided the Ranji Trophy champions to 341 for six after resuming the day at 39 for no loss at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Rest of India had put

Kathmandu, Mar 19: The Indian football team has managed to find a place in the second round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup football qualifiers by holding off the dominant Nepal team with a draw. The aggregate score is 2-0 in India’s favour. India is now one of the 40 teams in the continent who will battle in the second round of the world cup qualifiers. According to the format, the 40 teams will be

Kolkata, Mar 18: Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit today said his country was working "very hard" to resume the bilateral cricket series with India in December. "Pakistan and Indian cricket team (should be) open to playing against each other in one bilateral series in December this year and so they are working very hard on that. It is happening after a long, long gap," Basit said at an

New Delhi, Mar 17: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Tuesday announced a cash award of Rs.5 lakh each to World No.2 Saina Nehwal and Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap for their impressive performances at the international stage. Both Saina and Kashyap had won the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in Lucknow in January and Saina also became the first Indian woman to reach the All

New Delhi, Mar 17: Suresh Raina is all set to marry Priyanka Chaudhary in Lucknow on April 3, reported the sources, adding, it has gave a jolt to south siren Shruti Haasan who has been dating the cricketer since long. Earlier, it was being said that the star cricketer will get hitched post concluding India’s ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 campaign in Australia and New Zealand. It has been reported

Bengaluru, March 16: Less than a week after retaining the Ranji Trophy, Karnataka will be back in action in the five-day Irani Cup game against Rest of India beginning here on Tuesday, looking to round off the season with a grand double just as they did a year ago. Undoubtedly, Karnataka have been the best of the teams in the country with a fine blend of youth and experience with just about every

New Delhi, Mar 16: Putting up a dominating show, India scored in three of the four quarters to outplay Poland 3-1 in the final and clinch the FIH World Hockey League Round 2 at Major Dhyan Chan stadium, here today. Vandana Kataria (15th minute) had put India ahead by scoring a field goal in the dying minute of the opening quarter. The Polish girls struck back immediately at the start of the second