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Is Smith a better Test batsman than Kohli?

Is Smith a better Test batsman than Kohli?

Rediff.com22 Dec 2017

Spin legend Shane Warne has rated Steve Smith as a better Test batsman than India captain Virat Kohli, saying when it comes to five day game the Australia skipper "is the man".

Sachin 10,000 ODI runs/259 innings. Virat 10,000/205!

Sachin 10,000 ODI runs/259 innings. Virat 10,000/205!

Rediff.com24 Oct 2018

His first 5,000 runs came in 114 innings. His second 5,000 runs came in 91 innings. Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers on an amazing feat.

Virat breaks one record after another

Virat breaks one record after another

Rediff.com30 Oct 2017

Rajneesh Gupta gives us all the numbers to tell us how the Indian skipper creates new record after record.

'Tendulkar's career would have been incomplete without World Cup'

'Tendulkar's career would have been incomplete without World Cup'

Rediff.com5 Nov 2014

Sachin Tendulkar's awe-inspiring career, which lasted more than two decades, would have been incomplete had he not been a part of the 2011 World Cup winning Indian cricket team, feels Pakistani pace legend Wasim Akram.

Clamour to ban umpire's call grows after Root decision

Clamour to ban umpire's call grows after Root decision

Rediff.com16 Feb 2021

'I've had enough of umpire's call. Let's just ban umpire's call.'

4 reasons why Kohli should end row with journalist...

4 reasons why Kohli should end row with journalist...

Rediff.com5 Mar 2015

Virat Kohli should resolve the row amicably with the concerned scribe.

'Pant's way of thinking has shades of Kohli and Williamson'

'Pant's way of thinking has shades of Kohli and Williamson'

Rediff.com14 Apr 2021

Pant was appointed as the Delhi Capitals skipper following the injury to regular captain Shreyas Iyer,

Younis Khan becomes first Pakistani and oldest to score 10000 Test runs

Younis Khan becomes first Pakistani and oldest to score 10000 Test runs

Rediff.com24 Apr 2017

Veteran batsman Younis Khan has become the first Pakistani cricketer to complete 10,000 runs in Test cricket as his team reached reach 201-4 in reply to West Indies' 286-10 on the third day of the rain-affected first Test at SabinaPark in Kingston, Jamaica, on Sunday.

Sporting geniuses like Sachin are rare phenomenons, hails ICC

Sporting geniuses like Sachin are rare phenomenons, hails ICC

Rediff.com16 Nov 2013

The ICC has rich tributes to Sachin Tendulkar, who retired from international cricket on Saturday after playing his 200th Test match, with its chief executive Dave Richardson saying that "sporting geniuses like Sachin are rare phenomenons".

With six half-tons Rahul emulates Border, Artherton

With six half-tons Rahul emulates Border, Artherton

Rediff.com28 Mar 2017

India romped home to a 2-1 series win over Australia when the hosts won the fourth and final Test by 8 wickets on Day 4 at Dharamsala on Tuesday.

Most difficult job for a coach is...

Most difficult job for a coach is...

Rediff.com16 Feb 2017

Anil Kumble said the most difficult job as a coach was to tell a player that 'you are not playing or you are not in the squad'.

Revealed: The story behind K L Rahul's tattoos

Revealed: The story behind K L Rahul's tattoos

Rediff.com31 Jan 2020

In striking form against Australia recently and in the ongoing series in New Zealand, and with his recent appointment as captain of the Kings XI Punjab team, 2020 looks like the year K L Rahul delivers on his promise.

We found ways to lose this World Cup: Pooran

We found ways to lose this World Cup: Pooran

Rediff.com2 Jul 2019

Pooran says the team is targeting the home series against India next month to restore pride.

The IPL 2023 Dream Team

The IPL 2023 Dream Team

Rediff.com23 May 2023

Check out the best playing XI from the IPL 2023 league stage.

Cook can challenge Tendulkar's Test run record: Gavaskar

Cook can challenge Tendulkar's Test run record: Gavaskar

Rediff.com31 May 2016

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believes that the youngest entrant in the illustrious 10,000 Test run club, Alastair Cook can challenge batting legend Sachin Tendulkar's all-time Test run record. Cook became the first England cricketer to cross the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket, and the youngest overall, beating Tendulkar's record by five months by reaching the milestone at the age of 31 years and five months. Tendulkar -- Test cricket's most prolific batsman with 15921 runs -- was 31 years, 10 months 20 days old when he scored his 10,000th run in 2005. "Well the big advantage that England always has is that they are always playing a minimum of 11-12 Test matches on an average in a year. In 11-12 Test matches even if you score 50 runs per Test match you are getting about 500 runs every year," Gavaskar said.

The next innings is always the most important one: Cook

The next innings is always the most important one: Cook

Rediff.com31 May 2016

Captain Alastair Cook savoured a special moment in his glittering career after becoming the first England cricketer to reach 10,000 Test runs during the second Test against Sri Lanka in Durham.

Laxman's 281 voted the best Test knock of last half century

Laxman's 281 voted the best Test knock of last half century

Rediff.com4 Jan 2016

Eclipsing several other great individual knocks, VVS Laxman's masterly innings of 281 against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata has been rated as the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years.

Stats: INTERESTING numbers from Ranchi Test, Day 4

Stats: INTERESTING numbers from Ranchi Test, Day 4

Rediff.com19 Mar 2017

Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 4:

Kohli scores a double ton every 9 innings on an average!

Kohli scores a double ton every 9 innings on an average!

Rediff.com10 Feb 2017

Captain Virat Kohli and his Indian cricket team have accumulated a few records on Day 2 on one-off Test against Bangladesh on Friday. Here are some interesting numbers from the day's play...

Windies' Pooran ready to entertain crowds

Windies' Pooran ready to entertain crowds

Rediff.com24 Mar 2019

Kings XI Punjab's Nicholas Pooran says he is not under any pressure to prove himself after being compared to teammate Chris Gayle

PHOTOS: Bumrah wreaks havoc with bat and ball on Day 2

PHOTOS: Bumrah wreaks havoc with bat and ball on Day 2

Rediff.com3 Jul 2022

IMAGES from Day 2 of the rescheduled 5th Test between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Saturday.

Pakistan batting great Hanif Mohammad passes away

Pakistan batting great Hanif Mohammad passes away

Rediff.com11 Aug 2016

Pakistan's legendary former captain and batsman Hanif Mohammad, who held the record for the longest innings in Test cricket, passed away on Thursday after a prolonged battle with lung cancer. A spokesman for the Aga Khan Hospital, where he was being treated, confirmed that Hanif passed away at the age of 81.

Chris Gayle's TOP 5 ODI knocks

Chris Gayle's TOP 5 ODI knocks

Rediff.com1 Mar 2019

Rajneesh Gupta and Ian Bishop glance at Universal Boss's ODI record and highlight 5 Gayleforce knocks.

First look: When Obama met Lara

First look: When Obama met Lara

Rediff.com21 Apr 2009

West Indies legend Brian Lara was seen giving Barack Obama a free batting lesson at the newly re-named Obama Terrace, Hilton Trinidad, St Ann's, on Sunday.

T20 WC is long, long way away, let's focus on present: Rohit Sharma

T20 WC is long, long way away, let's focus on present: Rohit Sharma

Rediff.com10 Dec 2019

Ahead of the series-decider against West Indies, Rohit Sharma doesn't want to lose his sleep over World T20s

How much will the Aussies miss Smith and Warner?

How much will the Aussies miss Smith and Warner?

Rediff.com2 Nov 2018

India are favourites to 'steamroll' Australia in the Test series Down Under due to the absence of the experienced duo of Steve Smith and David Warner.

Narine, Rashid shine on opening day of Caribbean Premier League

Narine, Rashid shine on opening day of Caribbean Premier League

Rediff.com19 Aug 2020

While Trinbago Knight Riders ended Guyana Amazon Warriors' 11-match winning streak beating them by four wickets in a match reduced to 17 overs, Barbados Tridents edged out St. Kitts & Nevis Patriot by six runs at the Brian Lara Academy here on Tuesday.

Virender Sehwag hints at retirement from international cricket, then denies

Virender Sehwag hints at retirement from international cricket, then denies

Rediff.com19 Oct 2015

Virender Sehwag has announced his international retirement. The batsman made the announcement in Dubai on Monday, ahead of joining the Masters Champions League.

'Bumrah will be indebted to Virat, just like I'm grateful to Ramesh'

'Bumrah will be indebted to Virat, just like I'm grateful to Ramesh'

Rediff.com1 Sep 2019

Harbhajan Singh believes Jasprit Bumrah will forever remain indebted to Virat Kohli's "gut feeling", which got him the hat-trick, just as he is grateful to Sadagopan Ramesh for an incredible catch at forward short-leg 18 summers ago.

U-19 World Cup: COVID-hit India thrash Ireland; enter quarters

U-19 World Cup: COVID-hit India thrash Ireland; enter quarters

Rediff.com20 Jan 2022

Four-time champions and title contenders India stormed into the Super League quarter-finals of the Under-19 World Cup after thrashing minnows Ireland by a whopping 174 runs in a league game.

Left-right handed batting pairs hold no advantage in contemporary cricket

Left-right handed batting pairs hold no advantage in contemporary cricket

Rediff.com11 Feb 2015

A cricket blogger has discovered that there is no advantage of sending a left-handed batsman to join a right-hander (or vice versa), compared to sending a right-hander in to join a right-hander, or a left-hander to join a left-hander.

Tri-series: Narine, Pollard in triumphant return for West Indies

Tri-series: Narine, Pollard in triumphant return for West Indies

Rediff.com4 Jun 2016

Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard made triumphant returns to the West Indies team in a comfortable victory over South Africa in the opening match in a triangular one-day international series.

Windies: 'Not as strong as we faced 10 years ago'

Windies: 'Not as strong as we faced 10 years ago'

Rediff.com21 Jul 2016

'The batsmen need to spend a lot of time at the wicket and wait for the right opportunity to score.' 'The bowlers have to be patient and build the pressure to force the batsmen into making mistakes.'

How De Villiers rewrote cricketing history

How De Villiers rewrote cricketing history

Rediff.com19 Jan 2015

When South Africa's AB de Villiers scored the quickest century on Sunday, he broke more than just an ODI record. Here is how the South African has rewritten cricketing history.

'Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batsman after Don Bradman'

'Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batsman after Don Bradman'

Rediff.com20 Feb 2016

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has rated Sachin Tendulkar as the all-time best batsman after Sir Donald Bradman, saying the maestro truly deserves to be called "great" at a time when the word is "bandied" about often.

Warne tears into Waugh, says he is 'most selfish cricketer I've played with'

Warne tears into Waugh, says he is 'most selfish cricketer I've played with'

Rediff.com9 Feb 2016

His long-standing feud with Steve Waugh was out in the open once again when spin legend Shane Warne slammed the former Australian captain as being a 'selfish cricketer'.

'He was cordial and down to earth'

'He was cordial and down to earth'

Rediff.com18 Aug 2020

We asked you Dear Readers for your memories, photographs and videos of your meeting with M S Dhoni.

All Stars: Sachin's Blasters lose to Warne's Warriors in Game 1

All Stars: Sachin's Blasters lose to Warne's Warriors in Game 1

Rediff.com8 Nov 2015

Opener Virender Sehwag blasted a quickfire half-century but Sachin's Blasters went down to Warne Warriors by six wickets in Game 1 of the Cricket All Stars T20 Series at Citi Field in New York, on Saturday.

Focus on Yuvraj as confident Punjab take on Mumbai in Ranji

Focus on Yuvraj as confident Punjab take on Mumbai in Ranji

Rediff.com7 Oct 2015

Yuvraj Singh-led Punjab go into the game after an innings victory at home over Railways that came about after a strong all round show with their batsmen mustering over 600 runs and their bowlers backing up well.

Mitchell Johnson fifth Australian entry in '300 wickets' club

Mitchell Johnson fifth Australian entry in '300 wickets' club

Rediff.com30 Jul 2015

When he had Jonny Bairstow (5) caught behind on the second day of the third Test at Edgbaston, the 33-year-old reached the milestone, in what is his 69th Test.