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Here's why Warner returned to Big Bash League

Here's why Warner returned to Big Bash League

Rediff.com21 Aug 2022

David Warner credits daughters for his Big Bash League return

REWIND! No, Mankad didn't cheat on December 13, 1947...

REWIND! No, Mankad didn't cheat on December 13, 1947...

Rediff.com26 Sep 2022

For the past 75 years, one of India's greatest all-rounder's name is repeatedly dragged whenever a batter wilfully tries to steal yards at non-striker's end and is legally run out.

Harmanpreet, Rodrigues to play for Melbourne Renegades in WBBL

Harmanpreet, Rodrigues to play for Melbourne Renegades in WBBL

Rediff.com29 Sep 2021

India T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur and young batter Jemimah Rodrigues will play for Melbourne Renegades in the upcoming Women's Big Bash League.

Hardik Pandya bowls for first time in over a year

Hardik Pandya bowls for first time in over a year

Rediff.com29 Nov 2020

India all-rounder Hardik Pandya bowled in top-flight cricket for the first time since returning from a back surgery more than a year ago, with his team under pressure against Australia during the second ODI in Sydney on Sunday.

Rohit to travel to Australia for Tests?

Rohit to travel to Australia for Tests?

Rediff.com9 Nov 2020

Speaking to ANI, sources in the know of developments in the Indian team said that the batsman will need a little more time before he can go full throttle.

Tennis round-up: Murray, Nishikori pull out of Australian Open

Tennis round-up: Murray, Nishikori pull out of Australian Open

Rediff.com4 Jan 2018

Bernard Tomic is set to sit out the Australian Open after Tennis Australia (TA) decided not to award him a wildcard to the main draw, the organisers said on Thursday.

Cricket Australia chief to players: I'll go to Pakistan with you

Cricket Australia chief to players: I'll go to Pakistan with you

Rediff.com11 Jan 2022

Australian Cricketers Association chief Todd Greenberg has assured the country's cricketers that he will travel to Pakistan

PHOTOS: Pandya, Dhawan power India to T20 series win

PHOTOS: Pandya, Dhawan power India to T20 series win

Rediff.com6 Dec 2020

Hardik Pandya's late cameo and half-century from opener Shikhar Dhawan helped India outclass Australia by six wickets in a high-scoring thriller in the second T20 International to seal the T20 series 2-0, in Sydney, on Sunday.

Australia board apologises after India players complain of racist abuse

Australia board apologises after India players complain of racist abuse

Rediff.com11 Jan 2021

Play was halted for a few minutes on the fourth day of the third Test between India and Australia after the visiting players complained of abuse from the crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.

3rd ODI: Malan blasts Proteas to victory over Ireland

3rd ODI: Malan blasts Proteas to victory over Ireland

Rediff.com16 Jul 2021

Ireland won the second ODI by 43 runs on Tuesday after the first game had been washed out by rain.

Harmanpreet in WBBL Team of the Tournament

Harmanpreet in WBBL Team of the Tournament

Rediff.com22 Nov 2021

Kaur is the only Indian to feature in the best XI of WBBL despite some quality performances by the likes of Smriti Mandhana, who became the first from the country to hit a century in the league with a record-equalling 114 not out.

Olympic silver-medallist Mirabai Chanu returns to warm reception

Olympic silver-medallist Mirabai Chanu returns to warm reception

Rediff.com26 Jul 2021

Mirabai Chanu returned to India after a sensational show in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics

Indian cricketers join Australians in anti-racism gesture

Indian cricketers join Australians in anti-racism gesture

Rediff.com27 Nov 2020

The Australian and Indian players came together to form a barefoot circle in a powerful stance against racism

MCG to pay tribute to Dean Jones on Boxing Day Test

MCG to pay tribute to Dean Jones on Boxing Day Test

Rediff.com25 Dec 2020

Boxing Day Test will witness a special tribute to former Australia batsman Dean Jones

Aus women Jonassen, Schutt out of India series

Aus women Jonassen, Schutt out of India series

Rediff.com18 Aug 2021

Top-order batter Georgia Redmayne and fast bowler Stella Campbell received their maiden call-ups.

Athletes to be allowed to protest at Commonwealth Games

Athletes to be allowed to protest at Commonwealth Games

Rediff.com12 Jun 2020

Grevemberg said athlete protests have long been a part of the Commonwealth Games, citing the example of former Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman.

'Tokyo Olympics to decide COVID-19 counter-measures'

'Tokyo Olympics to decide COVID-19 counter-measures'

Rediff.com15 Sep 2020

Tokyo officials have said they intend to put on the Games in 2021 even if the pandemic has not eased substantially.

Pant, Root nominated for ICC Player of the Month

Pant, Root nominated for ICC Player of the Month

Rediff.com2 Feb 2021

India's Rishabh Pant and England's Joe Root have found a place in the men's category.

Australia's Tomic slammed again!

Australia's Tomic slammed again!

Rediff.com4 May 2016

Bernard Tomic's on-court commitment has come under renewed scrutiny after the Australian played match point holding his racquet backwards in defeat to Fabio Fognini at the Madrid Open.

Vihari returns to Hyderabad after five years

Vihari returns to Hyderabad after five years

Rediff.com15 Sep 2021

India's Test specialist Hanuma Vihari, who had left Hyderabad to play for Andhra to further his international prospects, is back 'home' after five seasons for the upcoming domestic season.

Australia optimistic on crowds, schedule for Ashes amid Covid

Australia optimistic on crowds, schedule for Ashes amid Covid

Rediff.com8 Sep 2021

Chief executive Nick Hockley told local media on Wednesday that rising vaccination rates in Australia gave him "a degree of optimism" that the lucrative series against England would go ahead as planned, starting in Brisbane on December 8.

PIX: Teary homecoming for Olympics silver medallist Chanu

PIX: Teary homecoming for Olympics silver medallist Chanu

Rediff.com27 Jul 2021

It was an emotional homecoming for newly-crowned Olympic silver-medallist Mirabai Chanu, who broke down on meeting her mother in Imphal on Tuesday before being felicitated by Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh at the airport.

Shane Warne, God of Spin, Dead At 52

Shane Warne, God of Spin, Dead At 52

Rediff.com4 Mar 2022

Warne's management released a brief statement saying that he passed away in Koh Samui, Thailand.

The first lady umpire in a men's Test

The first lady umpire in a men's Test

Rediff.com7 Jan 2021

Australia's Claire Polosak created history as she became the first lady match official in a men's Test match, taking up the fourth umpire's role in the third Test between India and Australia in Sydney.

India to tour South Africa for all-format series in December-January

India to tour South Africa for all-format series in December-January

Rediff.com9 Sep 2021

India will tour South Africa for an all-format series in December-January, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Thursday. According to the itinerary announced by CSA, India is set to play three Test matches, as many ODIs and four T20Is during the tour.

Australians again make 'barefoot circles'

Australians again make 'barefoot circles'

Rediff.com17 Dec 2020

The players made the gesture for the first time ahead of the one-day international series-opener against India in Sydney on November 27.

Blow for Australia as Starc pulls out of India T20Is

Blow for Australia as Starc pulls out of India T20Is

Rediff.com6 Dec 2020

Australia's preparations for the second Twenty20 international against India later on Sunday have been upset with fast bowler Mitchell Starc released for the remainder of the series on compassionate grounds.

Rain hits India preparations for Australia series

Rain hits India preparations for Australia series

Rediff.com28 Nov 2018

Play was impossible at the Sydney Cricket Ground, where the tourists are scheduled to play a non-first class tour match against an understrength representative side

Pujara crosses 6000-run mark in Test cricket

Pujara crosses 6000-run mark in Test cricket

Rediff.com11 Jan 2021

He is only the 11th Indian to perform the feat. The Saurashtra batsman reached the milestone in his 80th Test.

Smith says Australia 'incredibly safe' in Pakistan despite Agar threat

Smith says Australia 'incredibly safe' in Pakistan despite Agar threat

Rediff.com1 Mar 2022

Smith said the team trusted the security arrangements in place.

Australia vs New Zealand ODI series called off

Australia vs New Zealand ODI series called off

Rediff.com14 Mar 2020

The New Zealand government tightened border restrictions and stating that all those entering the country from Australia would be subjected to a mandatory 14-day self-isolation period. The new restrictions, which come into from Sunday midnight, would have led to the New Zealand team being quarantined if it stayed back to complete the assignment.

Flexible Stoinis ready to make 'biggest impact'

Flexible Stoinis ready to make 'biggest impact'

Rediff.com21 Nov 2020

Aggressive Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis is confident he could become the ultimate floating batsman in limited overs cricket after a successful stint opening in the Indian Premier League.

Chappell likens Kohli knock vs Pak to Bhagvad Gita

Chappell likens Kohli knock vs Pak to Bhagvad Gita

Rediff.com29 Oct 2022

'Kohli is the most complete Indian batsman of my time. Only the greatest of champions has the courage and the intelligence to transport their imagination beyond the mortal plane. Kohli has that. Perhaps only Tiger Pataudi has come close to transcending a similar stratosphere'

Shane Warne's career highlights

Shane Warne's career highlights

Rediff.com4 Mar 2022

Factbox on former Australian spinner Shane Warne, who died on Friday at the age of 52.

'You will see a more confident Chahal in this series'

'You will see a more confident Chahal in this series'

Rediff.com8 Jul 2021

Back in the ODI fold, India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal said he is working on his variations and angles and one would 'see a more confident Yuzi' in the upcoming limited over series against Sri Lanka.

Tomic links up with Croatian coach during dad's ban

Tomic links up with Croatian coach during dad's ban

Rediff.com4 Dec 2013

Australian number one Bernard Tomic has appointed Croatian Velimir Zovko as his new co-coach while his father John serves the remainder of a ban for assaulting his former training partner.

Confident India ready to crush Aussie morale in 3rd T20

Confident India ready to crush Aussie morale in 3rd T20

Rediff.com7 Dec 2020

India would eye nothing less than a clean sweep when they take on an Australian side significantly weakened by injury blows, in the third and final T20 International, in Sydney, on Tuesday.

Young gun Green picked in Australia's white-ball squad for India series

Young gun Green picked in Australia's white-ball squad for India series

Rediff.com29 Oct 2020

Australia play India in three One-day internationals in Sydney and Canberra from Nov. 27, followed by three Twenty20's from Dec. 4.

Injury-marred Australia fret over Finch's fitness

Injury-marred Australia fret over Finch's fitness

Rediff.com5 Dec 2020

Speculation is rife over who would lead Australia should Finch fail to regain his fitness.

Tendulkar falls short of century of centuries in Sydney

Tendulkar falls short of century of centuries in Sydney

Rediff.com6 Jan 2012

Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed for 80 after lunch on the fourth day of the second Test between India and Australia on Thursday, coming up short once again in his quest for a 100th international century.