CHENNAI: In many ways, India’s last home ODI series against Australia was full of missed opportunities. An opening match where India let Australia make a comeback with the bat after smashing their highest total against Australia, followed by a missed chance to chase down 258. By the time the final game of the series came […]
CHENNAI: When Mehidy Hasan marked his run up with the new ball after Najmul Hossain Shanto opted to bowl first against India in Antigua on Saturday morning, it seemed like Bangladesh were on to something. For starters, any team’s best chance of beating India is to let them bat first, restrict them to a below-par […]
NORTH SOUND: A clinical India all but clinched a semi-final berth in the T20 World Cup after a comfortable 50-run win against Bangladesh in a Super 8s match here on Saturday. Riding on a half-century from vice-captain Hardik Pandya (50 off 27 balls) and useful knocks from Virat Kohli (37), Rishabh Pant (36) and Shivam […]
CHENNAI: ACE off-spinner R Ashwin was all praise for former India captain Gautam Gambhir, calling him a fighter and as someone who backed him in the early stages of his career. Speaking at the launch of his book – I have the Streets, A Kutti Cricket Story – in Chennai, Ashwin said, “He’s (Gambhir) just […]
“Today, it was a different spirit,” coach Serhiy Rebrov said. “It was a very important win for our country, for Ukraine, for our fathers, for our supporters, and I’m sure today they were proud of the players.” Slovakia is level with Ukraine and Romania on three points in Group E. Romania and Belgium meet on […]
Break deadlock But it took less than four minutes of the second half for Argentina to break the deadlock — Messi threaded a pass through to Mac Allister, who was brought down by Crepeau, but before the referee could blow his whistle Alvarez had slotted home the loose ball. Within moments, there was another chance […]
Suryakumar Yadav smashed a fine half-century before India’s bowlers slammed the brakes on Afghanistan’s flamboyant shot-makers to romp to a 47-run win in the T20 World Cup on Thursday. Suryakumar’s 53 was his 19th fifty in the format and helped India post a challenging 181-8 in their second round Super Eights opener. Experienced fast bowler […]
GROS ISLET: Opener Phil Salt slammed a belligerent unbeaten 87 as defending champions England began their T20 World Cup Super Eights campaign with a crushing eight-wicket win over co-hosts West Indies here. Coming off a scorching display against Afghanistan, West Indies amassed a competitive 180 for four, but England waltzed to 181 for two in […]
Albania start fast again The smell of smoke from flares filled the air outside the stadium as the supporters of both teams created one of the best atmospheres of the tournament so far. Albania scored the fastest goal in European Championship history after just 23 seconds against Italy and they made another quick start. It […]
DUBAI: Bangladesh seamer Tanzim Hasan Sakib has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for violating ICC’s code of conduct during their final group D match of the T20 World Cup against Nepal. The incident took place in the third over of the Nepal chase on Sunday when Tanzim had a verbal spat […]
