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Abu Dhabi, Oct 12: Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav scored their respective half-century to help Mumbai Indians secure a five-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Sunday. Yadav and de Kock both scored 53 runs in the match as they helped their team to chase a decent target of 163 runs. Chasing the target, de Kock and Rohit Sharma provided Mumbai Indians a

Dubai, Oct 11: Rajasthan Royals skipper Steve Smith credited Rahul Tewatia and Riyan Prag for showing 'great composure' in the middle and showing their depth after the top-order struggled to put runs on the scoreboard against SunRisers Hyderabad. Tewatia and Parag played cautiously in the starting and then changed gear in the last five overs. The duo started taking on Hyderabad bowlers from 17th

New Delhi, Oct 11: As Chennai Super Kings (CSK) stumbled to a 37-run loss against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), former India batsman Virender Sehwag said that the MS Dhoni-led side has been disappointing with the bat in hand. CSK failed to chase down 170 and the side was restricted to 132/8, giving Virat Kohli-led RCB a win by 37 runs on Saturday at the Dubai International Stadium. No CSK

Nurburg, Oct 10: Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas ended teammate Lewis Hamilton's run of five consecutive Formula One pole positions by claiming first place in the qualifying at the Eifel Grand Prix on Saturday. Red Bull's Max Verstappen secured his near-traditional P3 slot on the grid, but just 0.037s off Hamilton. Ferrari recovered a little ground after a miserable run of races, with Charles Leclerc

Chennai, Oct 10: In a disturbing incident, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's five-year old daughter received rape threats from social media trolls following Chennai Super Kings' loss to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Tuesday night. CSK failed to chase a 168-run target, losing the game to KKR by 10 runs. Dhoni's wife, Sakshi, got the threats on her Instagram account. The threats created an outrage on social

Paris, Oct 10: World no.1 Novak Djokovic survived a fightback from fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in their French Open semi-final to book a title clash against the rampant Rafael Nadal. Djokovic beat Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 4-6 in a match that lasted three hours and 54 minutes. This was the fourth time in Djokovic's career where he was taken to five sets in the semi-final stage at Roland-Garros. A

New Delhi, Oct 9: Former India opener Virender Sehwag has taken a dig at Chennai Super Kings' faltering IPL campaign, saying that some of their batsmen think of the franchise as a "government job" in which remuneration is assured irrespective of performance. Chasing 168, veteran opener Shane Watson struck his second successive fifty to give CSK a perfect start on Wednesday, but the team choked at

Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Wednesday. Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders were all out for 167 despite Rahul Tripathi's 51-ball 81. In reply, CSK were stopped at 157 for five in the stipulated 20 overs. Barring Tripathi, no KKR player crossed the 20-run mark. Tripathi's knock included eight fours and three sixes

New Delhi, Oct 7: Teenage batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal sold street food and lived in tents to pursue his cricket dream, and now he is playing with top stars in the Indian Premier League. The 18-year-old left-hand batsman scored 400 runs in six one-day matches for India at this year's Under-19 World Cup, but it was his IPL deal with Rajasthan Royals that turned heads. He was snapped up by the Steve

Abu Dhabi, Oct 7: After facing a third consecutive defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Rajasthan Royals skipper Steve Smith expressed disappointment with the team's batting performance but said there is no need to "panic too much". Mumbai Indians put out a very dominating performance to trounce Rajasthan Royals by 57 runs here on Tuesday. The Rohit Sharma-led team scored 193 runs after