'Happy Birthday to a wonderful selfless cricketer, his contributions cannot be measured only in runs.'
Delhi Capitals started their preparations for the upcoming IPL with their first nets session after completing their one-week quarantine, in Dubai, on Saturday. All the top India players including captain Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane and Prithvi Shaw took part in the first nets session along with their other team-mates at the ICC Academy in Dubai, where the squad also got the opportunity to train under the lights.
Who can forget the 1996 World Cup quarter-final in Bengaluru? Or Sachin Tendulkar's magical knock at Centurion in the 2003 World Cup? Or Kapil Dev-inspired India bowling out Pakistan 87 at Sharjah?
Ashwin doesn't have the best record overseas -- in Australia alone he's got 27 wickets from 7 matches at an average of 48 and a best of 4 for 105.
Obviously, Twitter was abuzz and #HappyBirthdayDravid was the top trending topic.
India defeated England by two wickets to win the Natwest Trophy finals against England. As the winning run was hit, skipper Ganguly took his shirt off at the balcony of Lord's Cricket Ground to celebrate in style.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 4 of the India-England Test at Lord's.
Yuvraj Singh revealed during an Instagram Live session with former Indian batsman Mohammad Kaif that big money in the Indian Premier League (IPL) adds more performance pressure on the player. On the other hand, Kaif said that players get distracted by money and fame involved in the game these days due to the IPL.
Yuvraj is remembered for hitting six sixes in an over off Stuart Broad in the ICC T20 World Cup2007 and was awarded the Player of the Tournament in India's 2011 50-over World Cup triumph.
New Zealand players Jesse Tashkoff and Joey Field proved good Samaritans on Wednesday when they helped ease a double dose of pain suffered by West Indies batsman Kirk McKenzie in their U-19 World Cup quarter-final. After struggling to hobble back to the middle, however, he was dismissed first ball -- still one short of his century. Cue the intervention of the sportsmanlike Kiwi duo, who carried the badly-cramped McKenzie off the field while being applauded back to the pavilion by the fans at Benoni's Willowmoore Park in South Africa.
Hardik Pandya garners praise as he guides GT to playoffs
Ashwin has been a regular member of the Indian side in the longest format of the game but the spinner last represented played an international limited-overs match back in 2017. His last T20I game came against West Indies in July 2017 while his last ODI match was against the same side in June 2017.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli, on Monday, lauded ace sprinter Hima Das for winning five gold medals in a span of 20 days.
With this victory, Kohli became the first Indian captain to win seven consecutive Test matches.
Birthday wishes poured in from the cricketing world for the iconic Sunil Gavaskar, who turned 71 on Friday. From the great Sachin Tendulkar to Sanjay Manjrekar to to VVS Laxman, many cricketers took to Twitter to wish their cricketing hero.
Former India batsmen Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag and Kaif hailed Ajinkya Rahane's unbeaten 104-run knock.
'Khansahab, you were brilliant at what you did and that will always live.'
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has offered a job to Unmukt Chand, captain of Under-19 World Cup-winning team. 'We have today felicitated the star cricketer and decided to make a job offer,' ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Sudhir Vasudeva said.
The former India opener said Kaneria has played 60-55 Tests for his country. If despite that he's being made to face such torture, "this is really shameful".
India's sporting fraternity on Monday led by cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir congratulated the Central Government for abolishing Article 370 that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Karnataka debutant Hosagivappa Sharath claimed five wickets, including that of Suresh Raina, before Mohammad Kaif bailed Uttar Pradesh out of trouble with an unbeaten century.
Shadab Nazar's five-for helped Services dismiss Uttar Pradesh for a paltry 134 in just 38 overs on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match in Indore on Sunday.
Opener Mukul Dagar struck a patient century as Uttar Pradesh posted 248 for four on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Vidarbha in Nagpur on Saturday.
Parvinder Singh scored an unbeaten century while Bhuvneshwar Kumar missed out on the three-figure mark by nine runs as Uttar Pradesh extended their overall lead to a massive 445 runs against a toothless Karnataka attack in the Ranji Trophy Group B match, in Meerut, on Monday.
Mohammad Kaif struck a patient hundred as Uttar Pradesh fought back to take control of the proceedings by dismissing Karnataka cheaply on the second day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match in Meerut.
Was any cricketer missing at the skipper's wedding reception in Mumbai?
'It's like sometimes you go to a top restaurant and order a dish, the food quantity might be less, but if the quality and taste is good, then it leaves a mark forever.' 'As far as my career is concerned, I think I delivered quality.' 'I last played for India in 2006, but even today when people meet me they remember Kaif as the best fielder who could take some amazing catches, get run outs and save runs on the field.'
Thanks to Arish Alam's unbeaten century and Mohammad Kaif's 83-run knock, Uttar Pradesh took the first innings lead over Baroda on the second day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match in Kanpur on Sunday.
The legendary Sachin Tendulkar lauded Australia's Steve Smith on making a remarkable comeback to Test cricket.
Statistical highlights of the fifth and final one-dayer between India and the West Indies.
Hussain was speaking with Ian Bishop and Elma Smit as part of the ICC podcast titled 'Cricket Inside Out' when the former England captain was asked about the 2002 NatWest final.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag feels cricket needs to played in more countries if the game has to make its way into the Olympics.
'Today 37 years ago changed the cricketing landscape in India.' 'Thank you @therealkapildev and team for making the game a career for many of us today. Deeply indebted.'
Sports fraternity pays homage to legend Vinod Khanna
Mohammad Kaif and Naman Ojha struck fighting fifties as Central Zone overcame a wobbly start to score 169 for 3 in the first innings after dismissing East Zone for 427 in their Duleep Trophy quarter-final at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Thursday. The visitors were struggling at 55 for 3 at one stage but India discard Kaif (78) and Ojha (50) put together an unbeaten 114-run stand to end the second day's play with a decent total.
Nearly half of the World Cup squad has been picked up by IPL franchises, and not all went for the base price.
India's former and current players took to social media to wish ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on his 40th birthday, on Friday.
Mohammad Kaif led from the front with a patient 112 while Piyush Chawla struck a brisk, unbeaten 70 as Central Zone reached 300 for seven on day one of the Duleep Trophy semifinal match against South Zone at Indore on Tuesday.
