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Indore, Nov 13: India skipper Virat Kohli has full support for Glenn Maxwell, who recently decided to take a break from cricket to deal with his mental health issues, saying that the Australian has set a right example for all the cricketers and called his confession remarkable. "I think what Glenn has done is remarkable and he has set a right example for the cricketers all around the world that if

Mumbai, Nov 13: Chief coach Pullela Gopichand on Tuesday rued that the tournament calender, packed with mandatory events, combined with the pressure of Olympic qualification has not given any respite to the players, who are now dealing with injuries and lack of form. Gopichand, credited for transforming Indian badminton, said not only the Indians but almost all top players in the world are

Melbourne, Nov 13: Australia's hopes of resolving their batting problems in time for the test series against Pakistan have proved forlorn, with a slew of candidates failing to stake their claim since the Ashes. Selectors name the test squad on Thursday but will have to rely on their gut rather than hard numbers when picking an opening partner for David Warner and filling a middle-order vacancy

New Delhi, Nov 12: Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has lauded team India's performance in the recently concluded T20I series, saying that the Men in Blue are the 'Boss' of the game. "India have proved who the boss is in the match. Though India lost the first game but made a clinical comeback in the series, courtesy Rohit Sharma's scintillant batting display," Akhtar said on his Youtube

London, Nov 12: Sri Lanka has become the first South Asian nation to criminalise several offences related to match-fixing as its parliament passed all three readings of a bill labelled "Prevention of Offences Related to Sports". If a person is found guilty of committing an offence related to corruption in sports, then he may find himself jailed for a term up to 10 years and he will also be

Gros Islet, Nov 11: Teenager Shafali Verma scored her second consecutive half-century after off-spinner Deepti Sharma starred with the ball as the Indian women's cricket team registered an emphatic 10-wicket win over the West Indies in the second T20 International here. The 15-year-old Shafali continued her impressive run by scoring a quick-fire 69 off 35 balls alongside Smriti Mandhana (30). The

New Delhi, Nov 11: Former India World-Cup winning captain Kapil Dev is all praise for actor Ranveer Singh's post wherein the actor perfected the cricket stalwart's famous 'Natraj shot'. Dev retweeted Ranveer's post and wrote, "Hats off Ranveer!". Ranveer Singh is essaying Kapil's role in his upcoming sports film '83'. Earlier in the day, Ranveer took to Twitter he posted a picture and captioned

Nagpur, Nov 11: The talented Shreyas Iyer has been given a "heads up" by the Indian team management that he will be the designated No 4 batsman in white-ball format after a string of impressive performances in the past few months. India tried umpteen players at the number four spot in the lead up to the 50-over World Cup but none of them could cement their place in the team and it was used as a

Nagpur, Nov 11: Deepak Chahar`s six-wicket haul and Shivam Dube`s three-wicket haul helped India to defeat Bangladesh by 30 runs on Sunday in the final T20I of the three-match series here at the Vidharba Cricket Association Stadium. With this win, India won the three-match series 2-1. The bowling figures of 6-7 by Chahar are the best recorded by a bowler in the T2OI format. Chahar also took a hat

Sydney, Nov 10: "I am like Virat Kohli," said David Warner's daughter Ivy Mae while playing cricket with his father at their home. In a video made by Candice Warner, the Australian opener's wife, young Ivy Mae is seen taking on throwdowns from her father and as she prepared herself to face one of the deliveries, she repeatedly said: "I'm Virat Kohli". Warner may be regarded as one of the best