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Netherland crushed the hosts United Arab Emirates by 8 wickets in the first play-off match played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Tuesday. United Arab Emirates captain Ahmed Raza won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start as Rohan Mustafa played a poor stroke dismissed by Klaassen in the very first over. Van Meekeren bowled with good line and length which put the UAE batsmen under pressure dismissed Rameez Shahzad and inform Muhmmad Usman to leave the hosts in tatters at 3 for 3. Glover created more pressure on UAE getting wickets of D Silva and Zawar Farid to make matter worst for the hosts. At the end of 6 overs, UAE were tottering at 14 for 5. Waheed Ahmed and Mohammad Boota tried to steady the UAE innings taking singles and hitting occasional boundaries. Glover struck twice getting wickets of Ahmed and Boota in the same over. Ahmed and Boota added 35 runs for the 6 th wicket. Ahmed Raza and Sultan Ahmed played some lovely strokes which hel...

The young Indian pair of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty went down fighting to world number 1 Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamujlio in two straight sets by 18-21, 16-21. RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty could not start off to perfect as the World number 1 did not allow the Indian pair to play with aggressive intent and took a 7-1 lead. The Indian pair fought back strongly to make a match out of it and levelled the score at 10-10. At the interval, Gideon and Sukamujlio had a slender 11-10 lead. After the interval, the Indian pair showed great fighting spirit to level the scores at 17-17 with smart play by RankiReddy and well supported by Chirag. Indonesian took 3 points in succession to be at 20-17. The Indian saved one match point but committed an error to hand the first game to World number 1. Again, in the 2 nd game, the Indians started off slowly again before levelling the scores at 6-6. The two pairs went toe to toe till 10-10 before the Indonesian pair too...

Thanks to a maiden T20I century by David Warner, Australia started the home season with a record 134 run win in the first T20I match played at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on Sunday. Sri Lankan captain Lasith Malinga won the toss and decided to field first. Playing his first T20I match after the ban David Warner struggled initially but Aaron Finch took on the Sri Lankan bowlers. It was an amazing start by both Australia openers as they scored 52 runs in the first 6 overs. After the power play overs, Warner and Aaron Finch took on the Sri Lankan spinners Lakshan Sandkan and Hasaranga. The Australian captain was severe and reached his fifty off 31 balls. In the same over Warner too completed his fifty with a six off 28 balls. Both blasted away against Sri Lankan bowlers. After hitting a boundary, Finch was dismissed by Sandkan for a brilliant 64 off 36 balls. Australian openers added 123 runs in 12.5 overs. Glenn Maxwell was promoted to number 3 and joined in the party with reverse s...

It was an interesting day’s of cricket on the 5 th day of ICC Men’s World T20 qualifiers 2019. In Group A Namibia stunned Scotland and Netherlands registered their successive win in the tournament beating Singapore. In another upset in the tournament, Jersey stunned United Arab Emirates to register their 2 nd win. Two Group A matches took place ICC Academy Ground, Dubai while UAE and Jersey played their match at Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi. Here we look at the results of today’s day play Group A Namibia versus Scotland The 19 th ranked Namibian side stunned the favourites Scotland by 24 runs in Group A match played at ICC Cricket Academy, Dubai. Namibia captain MG Erasmus won the toss and decided to bat first. The decision did not pay off as they lost an early wicket of Stephen Baard cheaply for 6. N Davin played with aggression and scored a quick fire 23 off 17 balls. Erasmus led from the front and created pressure on Scottish bowling line up. JJ Smit showed his big hitt...

The top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Sai Praneeth moved into the 2 nd round of the Super 750 Denmark Open played at Odense Sports Park, Odense on Tuesday. PV Sindhu defeated Maria Georgia Tunjung in two straight sets by 22-20, 21-18. It was a struggle for the World Championship who was trailing 13-16 and was forced to save a match point at 19-20. Sindhu took 3 points in succession to win the first set at 22-20. In the 2 nd game also, Sindhu struggled to find her rhythm who was trailing 6-9. She continued to trail at 16-17, but the Indian took 4 points in succession to win the second set at 21-17 to move into the 2 nd round. She will take on An Se Young of South Korea. Sai Praneeth stunned the former World Champion and legend Lin Dan in two straight sets at 21-14, 21-17. It was a dominating display by the Indian who looked in great control right from word go. In the first game, both players took alternate points till 8-8. Sai then took 3 points in succession to take a 11...

The defending Champions Bengaluru Bulls defeated UP Yodhas in the first eliminator at EAK Transtadia Arena, Ahmedabad on Monday. It was a great start for UP Yodhas in initial minutes of the first half as raiders and defenders did a superb job. Pawan Sehrwat got the first for Bengaluru Bulls getting Sumit out. UP Yodhas all out Bengaluru Bulls in the 7 th minute as Sumit tackled Amit Sheroan to give them a 11-4 lead. In the 12 th minute, Pawan Sehrwat bought Bulls back into the match getting a bonus point and getting Sumit, Amit and Ashu Singh to reduce the gap to 9-15. Yodhas continued to increase their lead. In the last 2 minutes, Pawan got out Nitesh and Narender to all out UP Yodhas. At half-time UP Yodhas led 20-17. The second half saw more exciting action as UP Yodhas continued to get Bulls main raider Pawan out. With only 2 people remaining, Monu Goyat tackled Pawan and increased their lead to 28-24. UP Yodhas raiders continued to put pressure on the Bulls team. With...

It was an historic day for Indian badminton as Lakshya Sen defeated Yusuke Onodera of Japan to win his first BWF World Tour title in the finals of Dutch Open played at Almere, Netherlands on Sunday. Lakshya Sen did not get off to a great start as his opponent took a 9-3 lead. Despite Sen reducing the gap to 13-14, Onodera played with aggressive intent and showed his class to win the first set at 21-15. In the 2 nd game, both players took alternate points and were neck to neck till 12-11. Sen took 6 points in succession to race towards 18-11 lead. The Indian continued never gave Yusuke Onodera a chance to win the 2 nd set at 21-14 to force the match into the decider. The third game saw Sen play with aggression right from word go over Onodera. It was a dominating display by the Indian who showed his class to dominate the Japanese opponent to win the third set at 21-15 and win his first major BWF World title. In the Dutch Open 2019, Sameer and Sourabh Verma were knocked...

The young Indian shuttler Lakshaya Sen defeated Sweden Felix Burestedt in two straight sets at 21-12, 21-9 to move into the finals of the Super 100 Dutch Open played at Alemere, Netherlands on Saturday. It was a dominating performance by Sen who outplayed his Swedish opponent right from word go and made life tough for him. Both players fought for each point till 6-6. Sen produced a dominating display to take 5 points in succession to lead 11-6 at the interval. After the interval, there was no looking back for the young Indian shuttler and won the first set easily at 21-12. It was a one-sided affair in the second game as Sen raced towards an 8-0 lead. The Indian continued to dominate the Swedish opponent and won the game easily at 21-9. Sen showed his class with aggressive badminton and never allowed his opponent to comeback into the match. He will take on Yusuke Onondera in the finals tomorrow. Lakshaya produced a dominating display in the semi-finals as he defeated teamma...

The young Indian singles player of Lakshaya Sen and RM Bhardwaj moved into the quarter finals of the Super 100 Dutch Open played at Almere, Netherlands on Thursday. It was an outstanding performance by Lakshaya Sen who defeated higher ranked Brazil player Y Coelho in three sets by 21-13,16-21, 21-10. The Indian proved his worth with great shots and put the Brazil player under pressure to win the first set easily at 21-13. In the 2 nd game, Sen committed lot of mistakes which Coelho took advantage of and forced the match into decider. It was again Sen who showed lot of courage to win the third set easily at 21-10 to take RM Bhardwaj in the quarterfinals. RM Bhardwaj stunned 6 th ranked Svendsen in three sets by 21-17, 24-26, 21-8. It was a great performance by the Indian who showed great fighting spirit to win the first set easily at 21-17. The second set was a closely fought game as both players fought for each before the player from Denmark won the game at 26-24. In the fin...

Thanks to Mayank Agarwal’s century, the Indian Cricket Team have ended the 1 st day of 2 nd Test match at 273 for 3 played at MCA Stadium, Pune on Thursday. Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first. Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma faced a tough opening burst from Kagiso Rabada and Vernon Philander. Rabada produced a beauty of delivery to dismiss Rohit Sharma for 14. Rohit and Mayank Agarwal put on 25 runs for the opening wicket. Cheteshwar Pujara came to the crease and took time to score his first run. Mayank Agarwal looked solid with his defensive technique and played lovely strokes off bad balls. India ended the first session at 77 for 1. After the lunch break, Mayank Agarwal and Pujara played with positive intent putting pressure on the South African bowlers. Mayank reached his fifty off 112 balls. Pujara was superb with his timing and just showed his class to reach his half-century off 107 balls. At the stroke of tea break, Rabada provided the b...

The number 1 ranked Test side in the world, India produced a dominating performance beating South Africa by 203 runs played at Vizag. It was a team performance by Virat Kohli led side who posted a massive total of 502 for 7. Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal were the stars for Team India in the first innings. Despite Quinton de Kock and Dean Elgar centuries, it was a great bowling effort to bowl out South Africa for 431. Again, the Indian batsmen scored at quick pace and declared their innings on 323 for 4. The Indian bowlers did a great job in the 2 nd innings too as they did not allow South African batsmen to score runs easily and bowled them out for 191 to take a 1-0 lead in the series. There were some great individual performances from Team India side in the first side that led them to a big win. Here we look at the Top 5 performers for Team in the first Test match against South Africa 1.        Rohit Sharma After succeeding in the limited ov...

The second-string Sri Lankan side crushed Pakistan by 35 runs in the 2 nd T20I played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Monday. Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and decided to bat first. Danushka Gunathilaka and Avishka Fernando started off to a decent start before Imad Wasim got the dangerous Gunathilaka for 15. Rajapaksa came to the crease and looked positive with his stroke play. Avishka Fernando fell cheaply to leave Sri Lanka at 41 for 2. At the end of 6 overs, Sri Lanka were 52 for 2. After the power play overs, Rajapaksa and Shehan Jayasuriya put the pressure on the Pakistani bowling line up. The left-handed Rajapaksa made batting look easy and never allowed them to settle. It was an amazing batting display by both these batsmen. Rajapaksa played a blinder of an innings and reached his fifty off 32 balls. A brilliant run out by Asif Ali ended Shehan Jayasuriya innings. Rajapaksa and Jayasuriya added 94 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Rajapaksa continued his sublim...

The young Sri Lankan side defeated the number 1 ranked T20I side Pakistan by 64 runs in the first match of the series played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Saturday. Pakistani captain Sarfraz Ahmed won the toss and decided to field first. The Sri Lankan openers Danushka Gunathilaka and Avishka Fernando provided a solid start to the team with aggressive strokes putting pressure on Pakistani bowling line up. It was an amazing batting display by Gunathilaka and Fernando who took advantage of the power play overs. At the end of 6 overs, Sri Lanka raced to 64 for 0. After the power play overs, Gunathilaka was superb with his timing and reached his fifty off 32 balls. Shahdab Khan provided the breakthrough for Pakistan as he took the wicket of well set Gunathilaka for 57. The Sri Lanka openers added 84 runs in 9.4 overs. Rajapaksa came to the crease and looked aggressive with his intent. Fernando also showed his class and made batting look easy. A brilliant run out by Shahdab Khan ran ...

South Africa women registered an empathic 105 run win in the sixth and final T20 played at Lalbhai Contractor Stadium, Surat on Friday. South African captain Sune Luus won the toss and decided to bat first. The decision paid off as Lizelle Lee and captain showed their class against Indian new ball bowlers. There were 3 changes in the Indian team as Arundhati Reddy, Mansi Joshi and Anuja Patil was included in playing XI. Lee and Luus was simply sensational with their batting. At the end of 6 overs, South African openers 57 for 0. After the power play overs, the South African openers continued their attacking approach against the Indian bowlers. Lee reached her fifty off 27 balls with a boundary off Arundhati bowling. Luus also showed her class with aggressive batting. South African captain Luus reached her fifty off 39 balls. Poonam Yadav got the breakthrough for India as she dismissed the dangerous Lizelle Lee for a brilliant 84. Lizelle Lee and Luus added 144 runs for the o...

The Indian women’s team produced a dominating performance as they defeated South Africa by 51 runs to win the series played at Lalbhai Contractor Stadium, Surat on Tuesday. In a rain-curtailed match to 17 overs a side due to rain, South African captain Sune Luus won the toss and decided to field first. Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana survived many chances as South African fielders were not up to the mark on the field. The youngster Shafali played with positive intent and took on South African bowlers. At the end of 5 overs, Indian openers took them to 31 for 0. After the power play overs, Verma continued to ride his luck with drop catches. De Klerk got the breakthrough dismissing Smriti Mandhana for 13. Both openers added 52 runs. After surviving so many chances, Shafali Verma was bowled by Sekhukhune for 46 off 33 balls. Harmanpreet Kaur came to the crease and scored a quickfire 16 off 9 balls. Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma added 40 runs for the 4 th wicket. Rodrig...