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The Indian women’s team produced another dominating performance in their last league game against Sri Lanka played at Junction Oval, Melbourne on Saturday. Sri Lanka captain Chamari Atthapatu won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start for the Lankans as Deepti Sharma dismissed Thimashini for 2 runs. Chamari looked impressive with her stroke play and put some pressure on the Indian bowlers. At the end of six overs, Sri Lankan women were 35 for 1. After the power play overs, Rajeshwari Gayakwad dismissed Madavi. The Indian spinners were superb with their line and lengths which did not allow Sri Lanka to score runs easily. Radha Yadav took the big wicket of Sri Lankan captain for 33 from 24 balls. The women in Blue kept picking wickets at regular intervals which stem the run flow. Nilkashi de Silva and Dilhari added 24 runs for the 8 th wicket which helped Sri Lanka to cross the 100 runs mark. At the end of 20 overs, Sri Lankan women posted 113 for 9. C...

The Indian women’s team held their nerves to register a 4 runs win over New Zealand in their Group A match played at Junction Oval, Melbourne on Thursday. New Zealand captain Sophie Devine won the toss and decided to field first. Smriti Mandhana who missed the last match played some lovely strokes before being bowled by Tahuhu. Taniya Bhatia who was promoted to number 3 looked in decent touch. Shafali Verma continued her superb form with attacking stroke play and made life tough for White Ferns bowlers. At the end of six overs, India 49 for 1. After the power play overs, Verma was dropped by Maddy Green. Mair struck for White Ferns as she dismissed Bhatia. Bhatia and Verma added 51 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Verma was dropped the 2 nd time by Tahuhu. Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur went in quick succession. In attempt to hit another big shot, Verma was dismissed for 46 by Kerr. Veda Krishna Murthy was given not out by the umpire and on review the decision was overturned...

A rampant Australia showed their class as they defeated hosts South Africa by 97 runs in the third and deciding T20I match played at Newlands, Cape Town on Wednesday. South African captain Quinton de Kock won the toss and decided to field first. David Warner and Aaron Finch started off to a cautious start in first two overs. Finch and Warner took 17 runs from Rabada over and then 18 runs off Nortje over which put South African bowlers under pressure. The experienced duo was simply rampant with aggressive stroke play and good running between the wicket. At the end of six overs, Australia raced towards 75 for 0. After the power play overs, Warner and Finch continued their attacking stroke play which made life tough for South African bowlers. The Australian captain Finch reached his fifty off 27 balls while Warner hit a six to complete his half-century off 30 balls. Shamsi bowled some tight overs before Nortje got the breakthrough dismissing Warner for 57 with a running catch f...

The Indian women’s team registered their second successive win of the tournament defeating Bangladesh by 18 runs played at WACA Stadium, Perth on Monday. Bangladeshi captain Salma Khatun won the toss and decided to field first. Taniya Bhatia who came to open the innings replacing Smriti Mandhana looked edgy but Shafali Verma was in sensational form with big sixes in the first two overs which put pressure on Bangladesh bowlers. Bangladeshi Salma Khatun got the wicket of Bhatia. Jemimah Rodrigues came to the crease and looked busy with her stroke play. Verma kept the pressure on Bangladesh bowlers with superb hitting. In attempt to hit another big shot, Verma was caught by Shamima Sultana on the third attempt. Rodrigues and Verma added 37 runs for the 2 nd wicket.   At the end of six overs, India were 54 for 2. After the power play overs, Rodrigues looked in great touch rotating the strike and hitting occasional boundaries. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur struggled and wa...

A superb bowling effort by South African bowlers helped them to level the series in the 2 nd T20I match played at ST George Stadium, Port Elizabeth on Sunday. South African captain Quinton de Kock won the toss and decided to bat first. It was an ideal start for the hosts as de Kock looked in sensational form taking on Australian pacers in form of Richardson, Starc and Cummins. On the other hand, Reeza Hendricks struggled to time the ball. At the end of six overs, South Africa were 59 for 0. After the power play overs, Kane Richardson provided the breakthrough dismissing Hendricks for 14 off 17 balls. South African openers added 60 runs for opening wicket. Faf du Plessis came to the crease and rotated the strike along with de Kock. Cummins did the job by picking wicket of du Plessis to stem the run flow. Van der Dussen joined in with de Kock and showed his intent. De Kock reached his fifty off 31 balls. Both batsmen struggled but added 50 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Adam Zampa st...

Thanks to hat-trick by Ashton Agar, Australia handed South Africa a resounding 107 runs in the first T20I match played at Wanders Stadium, Johannesburg on Friday. South African captain Quinton de Kock won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for the hosts as Dale Steyn dismissed David Warner off the 2 nd ball. Aaron Finch and Steve Smith looked in sensational form with superb stroke play and taking on South African pacers. Kagiso Rabada who made a comeback after a ban was smashed by both experienced Australian batsmen. At the end of six overs, Australia raced to 70 for 1. After the power play overs, Shamsi was bought into the attack. Smith and Finch continued their positive intent taking the attack to South African bowlers. Shamsi struck to get rid of Finch for 42. Finch and Smith added 80 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Matthew Wade coming at number 4 looked edgy with his stroke play. After being smashed for a boundary, Steyn struck to get the wicket of Ma...

It was an amazing game of hockey as India went down fighting to Australia in the first leg of Pro Hockey League match played at Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar on Friday. The Indian started off an aggressive start with attacking moves which put pressure on Australian defence. Rupinder Pal Singh looped a loose ball which the Australian took advantage as Wootherspoon scored a field goal in the 6 th minute to give Australia 1-0 lead. Both teams played end to end hockey which entertained the crowd. In the 13 th minute, Australia got a chance to double the lead but could not do it. At the end of first quarter, the visitors led 1-0. The second quarter saw a brilliant start from Australia as Wickham scored a field goal to give the visitors a 2-0 lead. In the 22 nd minute, there was big a chance for India, but the Australian goalkeeper produced a stunning save. India earned their first penalty corner of the match but was blocked brilliantly by Harvey. The Indian attackers showed their...