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Mumbai, Feb 3: Caribbean cricket legend Vivian Richards Tuesday heaped praise on Indian vice captain Virat Kohli, saying he has already become a One-Day International (ODI) batting legend. Richards, who was an integral memer of the West Indies' World Cup-winning squad in 1975 and 1979, also listed Kohli in his list of top 10 ODI batsmen. Richards, considered the most fearsome batsman in the 1980s

Feb 3: Australia will enter the World Cup as the world’s No1 ranked one-day team. Darren Lehmann’s side maintained their position at the top of the ICC ODI team rankings following their undefeated performance in the Tri-Series against England and India. Australia hold a six-point lead over India on the standings after defeating England by 112 runs in the Tri-Series final in Perth on Sunday. South

New Delhi, Feb 2: Recollecting India's Natwest Trophy victory at Lord's in 2002, then Indian manager Rajiv Shukla Monday claimed that skipper Sourav Ganguly wanted all members of the team to do the 'shirt act' but seniors Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid refused. India, chasing England's imposing 325 for five, rode on a match-turning partnership (121 runs) between Mohammad Kaif (87 not out) and

Melbourne, Feb 1: Indian veteran Leander Paes and Swiss ace Martina Hingis turned back the clock to post a sensational win in the Australian Open mixed-doubles final and improve their respective Grand Slam count to 15, here today. The seventh seed Indo-Swiss pair played powerful tennis to serve past third seeds Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-3 in the 1 hour and 2 minutes battle at

Feb 1: American top seed Serena Williams won her sixth Australian Open and 19th career Grand Slam title on Saturday with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) victory over Russia's Maria Sharapova. The triumph means the world number one overtakes 18-time major champions Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert to go a clear second on the all-time Open-era winners' list, three behind Steffi Graf on 22. It also extends her

Jan 31: Not surprised at India's inability to qualify for the tri-series final, Australia captain George Bailey said that concentrating on Test cricket before heading into the ODI event might have been the reason for their below-par showing. India failed to win even a single match in the series, finally going down to the England by three wickets on Friday in a virtual semifinal to get knocked out

Port of Spain (Trinidad), Jan 31: Just weeks after being dropped from the West Indies' World Cup squad, a 'disillusioned' Dwayne Bravo has announced his retirement from Test cricket. The all-rounder, who has not played Tests since December 2010, was axed from the West Indies one-day side for the tour of South Africa and the World Cup but the 31-year-old player still wants to continue playing the

Perth, Jan 31: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni insisted on Friday his team will be primed for their upcoming World Cup title defence, despite ending a miserable tour of Australia without a win. India bowed out of the one-day international tri-series with another poor batting effort, which condemned them to defeat in their clash with England at the WACA Ground in Perth. Sent in to bat, India

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh has pulled out of the 35th National Games starting from January 31 after failing to recover from a nagging nose injury. “I have not been able to recover from the nose injury which had forced me out of the Asian Games November last. It flared up again while I was training some days back,” Vijender said. The former Olympic bronze-medallist

Perth, Jan 30: India were today knocked out of the tri-series cricket tournament after yet another spineless display as England recovered from a top-order collapse to record a three-wicket victory and secure a place in the final here. In a do-or-die game, India's batsmen let the team down badly as they frittered away a good start to be bundled out for 200 in 48.1 overs, losing as many as nine