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NEW DELHI: Four people died in Himachal Pradesh as rain continues to wreak havoc in the state, while five were swept away in Rajasthan's Kota at a barrage after a heavy downpour caused the authorities to release water from a reservoir. In Himachal, more than 200 roads are out of bounds for vehicular traffic, a majority of them in Mandi, while a flash flood warning has been issued for 12 districts in Jharkhand. An individual each drowned in Kullu and Kangra districts, one died after being bitte ...Read More >
At Tea, India was 163/9, with Mohammed Siraj (2*) and Jadeja (56*) unbeaten with an interesting struggle on between the bat and the ball. India started the first session at 58/4, with KL Rahul (33*) joined by Rishabh Pant. Rishabh did start with two boundaries against Jofra Archer, but the fired up pacer cleaned up Pant's stumps for just nine runs in a game-changing moment. India was reduced to 71/5 and needed 122 to win with half their side gone. Skipper Ben Stokes arrived with a ball in han ...Read More >
Ravindra Jadeja (61*), Jasprit Bumrah (5) and Mohammed Siraj (4) tried their best as the trio played out of their skins to help India stage a marvellous comeback. However, right when it felt like India would register a memorable win, England pulled a rabbit out of the hat. There was ecstasy in the England camp but agony in India's. Jadeja kept trying his level best, but in the end, Siraj's dismissal painted a sorry picture for the visitors. Before the start of play on the final day, India's hop ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 14: South Africa batter Aiden Markram has been named the ICC Men's Player of the Month for June 2025, thanks to his crucial all-round display in the ICC World Test Championship Final against Australia at Lord's. The 30-year-old played a defining role in ending South Africa's 27-year wait for a senior ICC title, scoring 136 runs and taking two key wickets in the final. Rising to the occasion, the South African opener produced a standout performance - one of the most memorable in the ...Read More >
ENG vs IND: India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj has been fined 15% of his match fee and handed a demerit point for an aggressive send-off following the dismissal of England opener Ben Duckett on Day 4 of the third Test at Lord's. The ICC found Siraj in breach of Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which relates to using actions or gestures that could provoke an aggressive response from a dismissed batter. The incident occurred in the sixth over of England's second innings when Duckett tried to ...Read More >
IND vs ENG: India's Test captain Shubman Gill, who had dominated the series with the bat until the third Test, faced a different challenge on Day 4 at Lord's England batter Ben Duckett' verbal volleys. As Gill walked out to bat with India chasing 193, Stokes and duckett were heard telling his teammates, "600 runs and he's done for this series... 600 runs is enough for this fella." The remark referred to Gill's earlier exploits scores of 269, 161, and 147 in the first two Tests. The mind games m ...Read More >
Hyderabad: After wrapping the first Test of the series inside three days, Australia continued their winning momentum in the second Test as well, beating the home side by 133 runs in Grenada. After setting a target of 277 for West Indies, the tourists decimated the Caribbean batting lineup to bundle them out in 34.3 overs to take an unassailable 2-0 series lead. Bowlers dominated Day 4 proceedings Day 4 kicked off with Shamar Joseph (4-66) and namesake Alzarri Joseph (2-52) wrapping up the Aust ...Read More >
BIRMINGHAM: India pacer Mohammed Siraj credited fellow seamer Akash Deep for playing a big role in his six-wicket haul, describing the Bengal speedster as a "horse" who was just waiting for his opportunity. Siraj (6/70) and Akash Deep (4/88), who replaced a rested Jasprit Bumrah, complemented each other perfectly to bundle out England for 407 in reply to India's first innings total of 587 in the ongoing second Test here. "Akash Deep is like a horse. He was waiting for opportunity and when the ...Read More >
And yet, there is uncertainty. Uncertainty over his place in India's Playing XI when the two teams meet at Lord's in less than a week. With Bumrah returning, expect a change in India's Playing XI. Ideally, the bowler to go out is likely Prasidh Krishna, but if he creates some magic in England's second innings, that's when things might get interesting. Irrespective of what bowling attack India goes ahead with, pacer Akash Deep is ready for both scenarios - play at Lord's or get benched. In fact, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: India bundled out England on 407 on the third day of the second Test between India and England, gaining a 180-run lead. India then capitalised on the first-innings lead and will now aim to win the fixture. Mohammed Siraj took a five-wicket haul and broke multiple records on Friday. Also, there were six ducks in England's innings, and thus, they owned an embarrassing record. India are in a dominant position currently as they are leading by 244 runs in the second innings with nine wick ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former England batter Jonathan Trott heaped heavy praise on outstanding knocks from Harry Brook (158) and Jamie Smith (184 not out), who were involved in a 303-run partnership that pushed the host from 84/5 to 407, in the first innings of second Test against India at Edgbaston. Brook and Smith rescued England from a tricky spot to a respectable total after losing Joe Root (22) and captain Ben Stokes (0) on successive balls early on day three. However, a late s ...Read More >
New Delhi: Mohammed Siraj wrote his name in the history book on Friday(July 4) when he became the first Indian bowler to pick up a six-wicket-haul in Test matches in England as well as in South Africa. He accomplished this by taking 6 wickets for 70 runs in England's first innings of second Test in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Eight Indian bowlers, Ishant Sharma, Amar Singh, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, Chetan Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dilip Doshi, Bishan Singh Bedi, and Mohammed Siraj have bowled 6 or m ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The West Bengal unit of BJP, under the leadership of its new State party President Samik Bhattacharya is making all efforts to ensure a political rally in the state, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing it, before Trinamool Congress's annual Martyrs' day rally in Kolkata on July 21. An insider from the state committee of BJP said that the week before July 21, the Prime Minister is scheduled to go for an election campaign in Bihar where the Assembly polls ...Read More >
CRICKET - INDIA finished day three of the second Test on 64-1 to lead England by 244 runs after they dismissed the hosts for 407 in the first innings at Edgbaston yesterday despite Jamie Smith's commanding and unbeaten knock of 184. After England's horror start saw them slump to 84-5, Smith and Harry Brook transformed the innings in a masterclass of counter-attacking cricket as both smashed centuries in a crucial sixth-wicket partnership worth a precious 303 runs. But England's remarkable figh ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: ED on Friday said it has attached properties worth Rs 34 crore linked to Kannada actor Ranya Rao and her associates in its ongoing gold smuggling and money laundering case.The case had assumed significance after the actor claimed proximity to a Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara. Premises of the latter were searched by ED in May in connection with the money laundering case.Later, ED shifted its investigation into the gold smuggling case from Bengaluru to its headquarters in Delhi. ...Read More >
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) -- England had big centuries from Harry Brook and Jamie Smith but little else to celebrate as India stayed in control of the second test on a turbulent Day 3 at Edgbaston on Friday. Resuming on 77-3 in reply to India's mammoth first-innings 587 all out, England lost Joe Root and Ben Stokes to successive balls from Mohammed Siraj in the second over but recovered brilliantly purely thanks to a 303-run stand by Brook (158) and Smith (a career-best 184 not out). After taki ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Jamie Smith etched his name in the record books with an unbeaten 184 -- the highest-ever Test score by an England wicketkeeper -- while Harry Brook scored a fluent 158, but India still finished Day 3 of the second Test at Edgbaston firmly in control with a lead of over 200 runs.England were reeling at 84/5 and still over 500 runs behind when Smith walked in to join Brook early in the day, right after Mohammed Siraj had delivered a double blow, including handing Ben Stokes the first go ...Read More >
BIRMINGHAM - India captain Shubman Gill scored a superb maiden, record-breaking Test double-century before stand-in fast bowler Akash Deep took England in consecutive balls at Edgbaston on Thursday. Gill's commanding 269 was the cornerstone of India's first-innings 587 on the second day of the second Test. England were 77-3 at stumps -- a huge deficit of 510 runs. Deep only played because India rested Jasprit Bumrah, the world's top-ranked Test bowler who is only due to play in three games in ...Read More >
Srinagar- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said foreign countries were told clearly during the post-Operation Sindoor diplomatic outreach that in case of a fresh provocation, India would repeat its action. Speaking at a discussion at the Ahmedabad Management Association, Tharoor said Indian delegations which visited foreign countries in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor managed to convey that India acted with restraint and responsibility. "In other places, we actually were able to get s ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 29: Australian all-rounder Mitchell Owen is on the brink of equalling a remarkable T20 world record. With just one more 'Player of the Match' (POTM) award in the ongoing Major League Cricket (MLC) tournament, Owen will match Bangladesh legend Shakib Al Hasan's feat of winning the most consecutive POTM awards in T20 cricket -- five in a row.Currently representing Washington Freedom, Owen has already claimed four straight POTM titles, the latest coming against San Francisco Unicorn ...Read More >
Thane, Jun 29 (PTI) Police have arrested a 30-year-old fruit seller for illegally possessing two country-made pistols in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the police's anti-extortion cell raided the man's premises at Bandarpada locality in Kalyan area on June 25, assistant police inspector Sunil Tarmale said. The police seized two country-made pistols and a live cartridge, valued at Rs 1.05 lakh, from the fruit seller, who had two previous criminal ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 29: Reigning champions South Africa began their campaign in the 2025-27 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle in commanding fashion, despite stumbling early on, as they reached 418/9 at stumps on Day 1 of the first Test against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club here on Saturday. After being reduced to 55/4 at one stage, teenaged left-handed batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius turned it around for the Proteas with a fantastic 153, as he became the youngest South African to score a Test century ...Read More >
Ludhiana, Jun 8 (PTI) Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Sunday asserted that his party will win the Ludhiana West assembly bypoll, scheduled to be held on june 19, with a "record margin". "Congress practically has no competition here", he claimed. Warring, who is also the Ludhiana MP, said that the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was badly mistaken that the Congress would allow it to abuse power and misuse the official machinery for the elections. "First of all, we will no ...Read More >
Nagpur, Jun 8 (PTI) Orange Tigers secured their second win of the Vidarbha Pro T20 League, defeating Nagpur Titans by eight wickets via the D/L Method at the VCA Stadium here on Sunday. Asked to bat, Nagpur Titans posted 153/6 in 20 overs, riding on a well-crafted 52 (38 balls) from Shubham Dubey. In reply, Orange Tigers reached 116/2 in 13.4 overs, with Rohit Binkar unbeaten on 62 (39 balls), to seal the win via D/L method. Nagpur Titans had a shaky start after losing opener Satyam Bhoyar fo ...Read More >
Nagpur, Jun 8 (PTI) Orange Tigers secured their second win of the Vidarbha Pro T20 League, defeating Nagpur Titans by eight wickets via the D/L Method at the VCA Stadium here on Sunday. Asked to bat, Nagpur Titans posted 153/6 in 20 overs, riding on a well-crafted 52 (38 balls) from Shubham Dubey. Also Read | AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers: India, Hong Kong Aim To Kickstart Campaign at Kai Tak Stadium. In reply, Orange Tigers reached 116/2 in 13.4 overs, with Rohit Binkar unbeaten on 62 (39 ba ...Read More >
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], June 8 (ANI): Neco Master Blaster registered a thumping 9-wicket win over Nagpur Titans in the Vidarbha Pro T20 League following Aryan Meshram's match-winning knock. Neco Master Blaster chased down a target of 133 with 25 balls to spare on Saturday. Nagpur Titans, batting first, were restricted to 132/6 in their 20 overs. Neco Master Blaster openers easily chased down the target to register their first win. Also Read | WWE Money in the Bank 2025 Results And Highli ...Read More >
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], February 7 (ANI): Axar Patel and India fielding coach T Dilip lavished praise on Yashasvi Jaiswal for his moment of brilliance in the field in his ODI debut for the Men in Blue against England in the series opener. Towards the end of the powerplay, England stood in a comfortable position at 75/1, with Ben Duckkett looking to open his arms to maintain a healthy run rate. India needed a breakthrough, and Harshit Rana took the onus of finding the breakthrough. He lur ...Read More >
Pune, Jan 31 (UNI) A spirited fightback from Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya helped India recover from a disastrous start to post a competitive 181/9 in the fourth T20I against England here on Friday. Inserted to bat, India suffered an early collapse as Saqib Mahmood, playing his first match of the series, struck with a triple-wicket maiden in the very first over. Sanju Samson fell to a short ball, in-form Tilak Varma departed for a golden duck in an attempt to attack, while Suryakumar Yadav's l ...Read More >
New Delhi: Harry Brook, England's rising star, has cemented his place as one of the world's top Test batters. He has moved up to second in the latest ICC Men's Test Batting Rankings following a brilliant 171-run performance in England's dominant eight-wicket victory over New Zealand in Christchurch. This remarkable knock propelled Brook two places higher in the rankings, pushing him ahead of India's Yashasvi Jaiswal, who slipped to fourth just days after reaching his career-best position. Brook ...Read More >
New Delhi: Star India batters Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube stole the spotlight in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with an electrifying partnership. In the match between Mumbai and Services at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, the duo put on a brilliant 130-run stand, guiding Mumbai to a formidable total of 192/4. After Mumbai elected to bat first, they faced early setbacks, losing Prithvi Shaw for a duck, while captain Shreyas Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane could only manage 20 and 2 ...Read More >
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