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Thanks to a marathon knock by Warner and bowlers give Australia complete control at the end of day 2 of the 2 nd Test match played at Adelaide Oval on Saturday. Starting on the overnight score of 302 for 1, David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne continued from where they left on first day. Warner played with positive intent putting pressure on the listless Pakistan bowling line up. Shaheen Shah Afridi finally got the breakthrough for Pakistan dismissing Labuschagne for 162. Both added 361 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Pakistan took the 2 nd new ball in the 83 rd over, but Warner reached his double century off 260 balls. Steve Smith joined in the party along with David Warner. Warner smashed the Pakistani bowling line up hitting the gaps and running between the wickets was superb. The explosive left-handed batsman from Australia reached his 250 off 330 balls. Australia went into the Supper break at 475 for 2. After the break, Shaheen Shah Afridi got his 3 rd wicket dismissing...

It was a great day of cricket as Karnataka will face against Tamil Nadu in the finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019. Thanks to Abhimanyu Mithun 5 wickets in last over and KL Rahul, Paddikal brilliance, Karnataka defeated Haryana by 8 wickets. Tamil Nadu defeated Rajasthan in the 2nd semi-finals by 7 wickets. After electing to bowl, TN bowlers restricted Rajasthan to a modest total and Washington Sundar 54 helped them to chase down the target with ease.  Karnataka versus Haryana The defending Champions Karnataka hammered Haryana in the first semi-finals of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019/20 played at Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat on Friday. Karnataka captain Manish Pandey won the toss and decided to field first. Haryana openers Harshal Patel and Chaitanya Bishnoi showed their positive intent right from word go putting pressure on Karnataka new ball bowlers. At the end of first six overs, Haryana openers raced to 64 for 0. Shreyas Gopal got the breakthrough...

Thanks to David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne unbeaten partnership, Australia are in a commanding position at the end of day 1 of the 2 nd Test match played at the Adelaide Oval during the day night Test on Friday. Australian captain Tim Paine won the toss and decided to bat first. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Abbas bowled with control. Shaheen got the early breakthrough for Pakistan dismissing Joe Burns cheaply. David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne looked in total control against the inexperienced Pakistani bowling line up. At the end of first session, Australia were 70 for 1. After the tea break, Warner took time against Abbas and Shaheen Shah Afridi who were bowling decently. The explosive left-handed batsman reached his fifty off 75 balls with an overthrow boundary. Labuschagne continued his superb form that he displayed at Brisbane to reach his fifty off 106 balls. Both took on Pakistani debutant Musa Khan. It was a great display of batting by Warner and Labuschagne w...

West Indies took no time to defeat Afghanistan by 9 wickets early on day 3 in one-off Test match played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajyeepe Ekana International Stadium, Lucknow on Friday. Afghanistan started the 3 rd day on 109 for 7. It was a brilliant start for West Indies as Jason Holder dismissed Rashid Khan with a beauty of a delivery. West Indies captain was superb with his line and lengths which were too good for Afghanistan batsmen. Holder took wickets of Zazai and Ahmadzai to bowl out the hosts Afghanistan for 120. Chase, Cornwall and Holder took 3 wickets each in the 2 nd innings. With the target of 31 runs to win, John Campbell looked in aggressive mood and wanted to the finish the match in a hurry. Aamir Hamza dismissed Kraigg Braithwaite cheaply for 8. West Indies openers added 22 runs. The left-handed John Campbell hit the winning runs with a boundary to help West Indies with the match easily by 9 wickets. Rakheem Cornwall proved his worth in this Tes...

Thanks to an unbeaten century by Tom Latham and Ross Taylor half century, New Zealand ended the rain curtailed first day of the 2 nd Test match played at Seddon Park, Hamilton in a strong position at 173 for 3 played on Friday. England captain Joe Root and decided to field first. The experienced Stuart Broad got the early breakthrough for the visitors dismissing Jeet Raval for 5 with a good catch by Joe Root at slips. Tom Latham played with positive intent and took the attack to England bowlers. Chris Woakes who came into the side dismissed the dangerous New Zealand captain Kane Williamson for 4 to make the decision of fielding first right. In the first hour, New Zealand scored 39 for 2. Tom Latham survived a close LBW shout which was upheld due to umpire’s call. Archer, Broad, Woakes, Sam Curran bowled with control exploiting the conditions.   New Zealand went into lunch break at 86 for 2. After the lunch break, Ross Taylor was given out by the umpire and he decide...

The Indian shuttler’s had a decent outing on the opening day of Super 300 Syed Modi International tournament played at Babu Barnansi das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow on Wednesday. In the men’s singles, Kidambi Srikanth had no problems of defeating Vladmir Malkov of Russia in two straight sets by 21-12, 21-11 to move into 2 nd round. The Indian played with aggression and did not allow his opponent any chance. He will take on Parupalli Kashyap who was given a walkover by his opponent. Lakshya Sen also got a walkover in the first round. He will take on Son Won-Ho of South Korea in the 2 nd round. The South Korean player defeated A Yadav in two straight sets by 21-12, 21-16. HS Prannoy defeated Li Sheng of China in three sets by 18-21, 22-20, 21-13. Prannoy could not find a answer for the young Chinese in the first set. Both players fought it out in the 2 nd set but, the Indian held his nerves to win 2 nd set. In the final game, Prannoy dominated the Chinese and won it easily. He...

Thanks to Neil Wagner 5 wicket haul, New Zealand defeated England by an innings and 65 runs on the fifth and final day of the first Test match played at Mount Maunganui on Monday. Starting on the overnight score of 55 for 3, it was not an ideal start for England as their captain Joe Root went cheaply for 11 runs by Colin de Grandhomme. Ben Stokes and Joe Denly played were solid with their defensive technique. Neil Wagner, Tim Southee, Mitchell Santer kept the runs dry not allowing them to score runs with ease. At the lunch break, England were 98 for 4. Ben Stokes and Joe Denly started the second session on a cautious note. Tim Southee got the breakthrough for New Zealand dismissing Stokes for 28. Stokes and Denly added 52 runs for the 5 th wicket. Wagner was brilliant with his speed and dismissed Joe Denly with a good catch by BJ Watling. He then got the wicket of Ollie Pope with a stunning one-handed catch by Mitchell Santer for 6. Wagner produced another magical delivery ...

It was another good day of cricket in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Super League. Karnataka continued their domination winning their 3 rd successive match and qualify for the semi-finals in Group B. Mumbai defeated Jharkhand. In Pool A, Maharashtra stunned the table topper Baroda while Haryana won their match against Delhi. Group A Maharashtra versus Baroda Maharashtra defeated Baroda by 67 runs in the first match of Pool A played at CB Patel International Cricket Stadium, Surat on Sunday. Maharashtra captain Rahul Tripathi won the toss and decided to bat first. Vijay Zol and Ruturaj Gaikwad provided a flying start to innings adding 51 runs for the opening wicket in just 5.5 overs. Zol was dismissed by Arothe for 20 off 18 balls. Gaikwad played with positive intent and showed his class with a classy 47 off 27 balls. Kedar Jadhav and Kazi took the attack to Baroda bowlers. The experienced Kedar rotated the strike while Kazi made batting look easy. Kedar and Kazi added unbeaten ...

It was another exciting day of cricket in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Super League stage as Haryana defeated Rajasthan while Baroda won a thrilling encounter against Delhi in Group A. In Group B, Tamil Nadu won their first match and Karnataka registered a thrilling win over Jharkhand. Group A.  Haryana versus Rajasthan  Haryana started the Super League stage with a comfortable 4 wicket win over Rajasthan played at CB Patil International Stadium, Surat on Friday. Rajasthan captain Mahipal Lomror won the toss and decided to bat first. Manender Singh and Lamba started on a cautious note putting on 21 runs for the first wicket. A brilliant run out by Rahul Tewatia ended Manender Singh for 17. Harshal Patel dismissed Mahipal Lomror for 5. Lamba and Rajesh Bishnoi steadied the Rajasthan innings adding 27 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Lamba showed his class with a top-quality knock scoring 38 runs. CK Chundwat provided the impetus for Rajasthan scoring quick fire 25 off 14 balls. ...

The Australian batsmen especially David Warner led the hosts in a dominating position at the end of day 2 of the first Test match played at Gabba, Brisbane on Friday. After bowling out Pakistan for 240 runs on the first day, David Warner and Joe Burns started off to a positive fashion putting Pakistani bowlers under pressure. The debutant Naseem Shah looked impressive with his speed. Warner reached his fifty off 78 balls while Joe Burns created pressure. Australia went into lunch break at 100 for 0. The second session saw Joe Burns reach his fifty off 85 balls. Naseem Shah was denied his maiden Test wicket of David Warner as the youngster overstepped and Warner continued his merry way. Australian openers made the batting look easy to put consistent pressure on the inexperienced Pakistani fast bowling line up. Australia went into tea break at 195 for 0 with David Warner on 99. Right after the tea break, Warner completed his Test century off 180 balls. It was a good solid kn...

It was another dominating display by the Indian women’s team as they crushed West Indies by 61 runs to whitewash the T20I series in the fifth and final T20I match played at Providence Stadium, Guyana on 21 st November. Indian stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to bat first. The decision did not pay off as both Shafali Verma and Mandhana went in successive deliveries adding 17 runs for the opening wicket. Jemimah Rodrigues and Veda Krishna Murthy steadied the Indian innings with attacking stroke play putting pressure on West Indies bowlers. Krishna Murthy reached her fifty off 43 balls while Rodrigues made the batting look easy on a tough pitch. In the last over, Rodrigues reached her fifty off 55 balls and was dismissed the next by Allyene. Veda Krishna Murthy and Rodrigues added 117 runs for the 3 rd wicket. For West Indies, Anisa Mohammed, Hayley Mathews and Alleyne took 1 wicket each. Veda Krishna Murthy remained not out on 57. Chasing down th...

It was a good start for the Indian shuttler’s as Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma moved into the 2 nd round of Super 300 event played at Gwangju Women’s University Stadium, South Korea on Wednesday. After a semi-final finish in the Hong Kong Open last week, Kidambi Srikanth began on a positive note defeating Wong Wing Vincent of Hong Kong in two straight sets by 21-18, 21-17 to move into the 2 nd round. Srikanth played with confidence and never a chance to his opponent to comeback into game. He will take on Kenta Tsuneyma of Japan. Sameer Verma went into the 2 nd round as his Kazumasa Sakai of Japan retired hurt due to an injury. Sameer had a 11-8 lead at the interval. Sakai could not take part further in the match. Sameer Verma will take on Kim Dong Hyun of South Korea in the 2 nd round. It was curtains for Sourabh Verma as he lost Kim Donghun of South Korea in three sets by 21-13, 12-21, 13-21 to be knocked out in the first round. Apart from Kidambi Srikanth, Sa...

After the league stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019, two teams from each group have made it into the Super League stage of the tournament. From Group A, Baroda and Karnataka have made it into the Super League stage. Both Baroda and Karnataka earned 20 points each winning 5 matches and losing 1 match each, but due to better run rate, Baroda finished top of points table. Tamil Nadu finished top of Group with 5 wins and 1 loss with a total of 20 points. Rajasthan qualified for the Super League coming 2 nd with 4 wins and 2 losses with 16 points. Vidarbha and Kerala had 16 points each but due to poor run rate, both could not qualify for next round. Maharashtra and Punjab qualified the Super League stage from Group C. Maharashtra finished with 5 wins and 2 losses with a total of 20 points, Punjab earned the 2 nd place in the Group with 4 wins and 3 losses with a total of 16 points. Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Hyderabad, Railways had 16 points but due to poor run rate, the ...

The Indian women’s Cricket Team have completely dominated the West Indies team taking a 4-0 lead in the 5 match T20I series. In a rain curtailed 4 th T20I match played at Providence Stadium, Guyana on 17 th November 2019, the Indian women’s team defeated West Indies by 5 runs. The match was reduced to 9 overs side due to rain. West Indies captain Anisa Mohammed won the toss and decided to bowl first. It was a brilliant bowling effort by the West Indies bowling line up who created pressure on the Indian team. Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishna Murthy scored single digit. Pooja Vastrakar was the top scorer for India with 10. Indian women team posted 50 for 7 in 9 overs. For West Indies women, Hayley Mathews was the pick of bowlers with 3 for 13 in 2 overs. Afy Fletcher and Shenta Grimmond took 2 wickets each. In their reply, West Indies kept wickets intact early losing 2 wickets in the first six overs. The Indian spinners strangled the hosts bat...

The Indian challenge ended as Kidambi Srikanth went down fighting to local boy Lee Chik Yu of Hong Kong in two straight sets by 9-21, 23-25 in the semi-finals of Super 500 Hong Kong Open played on Saturday. It was not an ideal start for the Indian as Lee played with aggression and did not allow Srikanth to play his natural game. At the mid game interval, Lee had a commanding lead of 11-3. After the interval, Srikanth took few points in succession, but Hong Kong player just demonstrated great drop shots and smashes which put the Indian on the back-foot. Lee won the first game easily at 21-9. In the second game, Srikanth had a much better start taking an early 5-1 lead. Lee Chik Yu played with positive intent and created pressure on the Indian with brilliant drop shots and smashes. At the interval, Srikanth had a 11-8 lead. After the interval, the Indian attacked the Hong Kong player and put the local boy under pressure to take a 20-13 lead. Lee showed great fighting spirit to s...

The lone Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth moved into the semi-finals of Super 500 Hong Kong Open played in Hong Kong, China on Friday. It was a great news for Indian badminton fans as Kidambi Srikanth played with confidence in the first game. Srikanth showed his dominance and caught Chen Long napping right from word go. At the interval, the India led 11-4. After the interval, Srikanth continued to dominate the Chinese and won the first set easily 21-13. Before the start of the 2 nd game, Chen Long had retire hurt to an injury. Srikanth moved into the semi-finals where he will face of Lee Chik Yu of Hong Kong. It has been a good performance by the Indian who has played with confidence against the Chinese and made sure that he never allowed Chen to comeback into the match. It was his 2 nd victory over Chen Long. His last win over the Chinese was in the 2017 Australian Open where he defeated Chen by 22-20, 21-16. Lee Chik Yu defeated Victor Axeslen of Denmark in two straight ...

Thanks to a brilliant bowling performance by Indian bowlers and Jemimah Rodrigues unbeaten knock, the Indian women’s team defeated West Indies by 7 wickets played at Providence Stadium, Guyana on Friday. West Indies captain Anisa Mohammed won the toss and decided to bat first. Anuja Patil got the breakthrough for the visitors as she took an early wicket of Hayley Mathews for 5. The Indian bowlers kept a tight lid on West Indies batting line up not allowing them to score runs easily. At the end of six overs, West Indies were struggling at 12 for 2. After the power play overs, the Indian women bowlers continued to strangle the West Indies batters which made life tough. CA Nation and Henry scored 11 runs each for the hosts. Indian women restricted West Indies to a paltry total of 59 for 9. Radhav Yadav and Deepti Sharma took 2 wickets each, while Harmanpreet Kaur, Poonam Yadav, Pooja Vastrakar, Anuja Patil picked 1 wicket each. Chasing down a modest target of 60 runs to win...

It was a disappointing day for Indian shuttler’s as Kidambi Srikanth made into the quarterfinals of Super 500 Hong Kong Open played on Thursday. In the men’s singles, HS Prannoy lost to Jonathan Christie in two straight sets by 12-21, 19-21. In the first game, Prannoy could not give a fight to the Indonesian and lost by a massive gap. It was a close fought match in the 2 nd game, but the Indian committed lot of errors and lost the match. Parupali Kashyap went down fighting to Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in three sets by 21-12, 21-23, 10-21 to be knocked out in the 2 nd round. Kashyap played brilliant badminton and won the first set easily. It was a very close fight in the 2 nd game as both players took alternate points but this time, Chou won the 2 nd set by 23-21 to force match into decider. In the decider, Chou did not give a chance to the Indian and won the third set easily to move into the quarterfinals. Kidambi Srikanth defeated Indian counterpart Sourabh V...

After finishing the Indian duties, Manish Pandey registered the 2 nd highest individual score by an Indian in T20 format. He featured for Karnataka against Services in Round 4 match during Group A match played at Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram on Tuesday. After being invited into bat, Karnataka lost an early wicket of Rohan Kadam at the score of 5. Manish Pandey came to the crease and took the attack to Services smashing them to all parts of the ground. Devdutt Paddikkal and Pandey added 167 runs for the 2 nd wicket which laid a strong foundation for massive total. Paddikal was impressive with his stroke play scoring 75 off 43 balls with 8 fours and 4 sixes. Pandey took the Services bowling apart scoring 129 off 54 balls which included 12 fours and 10 sixes at a strike rate of 238.88. Karnataka captain remained not out and helped Karnataka post a massive total of 250 for 3. Krishnappa Gowtham also scored a quick fire 23 off 15 balls. DG Pathania, Mohit Kumar an...

The Indian challenge ended as Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty lost to World number 1 Marcus Gideon and Sukamujlio of Indonesia in two straight sets by 16-21, 20-22 in the semi-finals of the Super 750 China Open played Haxia Olympic Sports Center on Saturday. It was an impressive start by young Indian pair who went toe to toe with the World number 1 with aggressive stroke play and gave them a tough fight. At the interval, Gideon and Sukamulijo took a 11-9 lead. After the interval, Satwik and Chirag committed lot of errors on the net which led the Indian pair lost the first set at 16-21. In the second game, the young Indian pair proved their worth with smash shots and took alternate points. Leading 10-8 at one time, the World number 1 pair levelled the score at 10-10. At the interval, the World number 1 took a slender 11-10 lead. After the interval, it was an amazing display of badminton by both pairs as they looked to take the advantage from each other. Again, the I...

Australia hammered Pakistan by 10 wickets in the third and final T20I match played at Optius Stadium, Perth played on Friday. Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and decided to field first. There were 3 changes in the Pakistani squad as Fakhar Zaman, Asif Ali and Mohammad Irfan were dropped from the playing XI. It was an ideal start for the hosts as Mitchell Starc got wickets of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in successive deliveries. Imam-ul- Haq who replaced Fakhar in the opening department played some lovely strokes but was dismissed by Sean Abbott. At the end of 6 overs, Pakistan were struggling at 34 for 3. After the power play overs, Iftikhar Ahmed who impressed with his stroke play in the last match was promoted to number 5 and looked in aggressive mood right from word go. Khusdil Shah who made his T20I debut scored just 8 runs. The Pakistani batsmen looked out of sorts against Australian pacers. Iftikhar Ahmed was the top scorer for Pakistan with 45. Australi...

Thanks to a brilliant 85 runs by Indian captain Rohit Sharma, India came back strongly to level the series with an easy 8 wicket win in the 2 nd T20I played at SCA Stadium, Rajkot on Thursday. Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to field first. Bangladesh openers Liton Das and Naim Islam started off to a positive fashion taking on new ball bowlers. Chahal was bought into the attack before the power play overs and immediately took the wicket of Liton Das but the umpire called a no ball as Pant collected in front of the stumps. At the end of 6 overs, Bangladesh were 54 for 0. A superb run out by Risbabh Pant ended Liton Das innings for 29. Bangladesh openers added 60 runs in 7.2 overs. Washington Sundar dismissed Mohammad Naim to bring back India into contest. Chahal got the big breakthrough for India getting the wicket of last match for Bangladesh Musfiqur Rahim cheaply for 4. In the same he dismissed Soumya Sarkar stumped by Pant for 30. The Bangladeshi capta...

Smriti Mandhana brilliance leads India to a series clinching win in the 3 rd and deciding One day international in the ICC Women’s Championship against West Indies played at Sir Vivan Richards Stadium North Sound, Antigua on Wednesday. West Indies captain Stafaine Taylor won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start for the hosts as they lost an early of Natasha McLean cheaply by Shihka Pandey. The Indian bowlers kept it tight and did reduced West Indies to 40 for 3 and then 84 for 5. West Indies captain Taylor led from front taking singles and hitting boundaries. She played with positive intent and revived the hosts from a bad position. She and Stacy Ann King added 96 runs for the 6 th wicket. As things looked dangerous for the Indian team, Poonam Yadav got the breakthrough dismissing Taylor for 79. The Indian bowlers did the job and bowled out West Indies for 194 in 50 overs. The experienced Jhulan Goswami and Poonam Yadav took 2 wickets each, Shikha Pande...