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In an ironic twist, young South African sensation Kagiso Rabada has been crowned the world's best Test bowler by the ICC just a day after he was suspended by the game's governing body for the rest of the Test series against Australia. Rabada's player-of-the-match performance in the second Test in Port Elizabeth, where he claimed 11-150 in South Africa's series-levelling six-wicket win, moved him to the top of the ICC rankings for Test bowlers. The 22-year-old has leapfrogged England's James Anderson to be the No.1 Test bowler in the world on 902 ranking points, with Anderson (887) and India's Ravindra Jadeja (844) rounding out the top three. Rabada has been suspended for two Tests after his brush with Australia captain Steve Smith on day one at St George's Park. Cricket South Africa have 48 hours after the charge was issued to decide whether to appeal, with that decision still to be made. The other big winner from the latest rankings upda...

Ireland vs United Arab Emirates  . In the Match 18 of Group A of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2018, Paul Stirling led Ireland's total to 313 in 44 overs against UAE. In his innings of 126, Stirling hit 15 fours and 5 sixes. He along with William Poterfield (92) added 205 runs to the opening wicket. Kevin O'Brian scored quick 50 runs off 26 balls helping Ireland post a huge total. Mohammad Naveed picked up 3 wickets but also was the most expensive of all bowlers. UAE never looked in the game as they were losing wickets at regular intervals. Their innings was soon winded up for mere 91. The highest score in the innings was under 20 with Ghulam Shabber scoring 19. Boyd Ranking took 4 for 15 in his 6 overs winning it for Ireland under 30 overs. Brief Scores Ireland  313 in 44 overs (Paul Stirling 126, WIlliam Poterfield 92; Mohammad Naveed 3 for 84) beat  UAE  91 all-out (Ghulam Shabber 19; Boyd Ranking 4 for 15, Simi Sing 3 for 15) by 226 runs. West Indies vs Net...

Australian women cricket team won the first ODI of three-match series against India by eight wickets at Reliance Stadium, Vadodara, on Monday. Opting to bat first, India’s opening batting order collapsed and Pooja Vastrakar scored the maiden half-century of her ODI career, thus becoming the first Indian woman player to hit a fifty at number nine. After winning the toss, stand-in skipper Harmanpreet Kaur opted to bat and the decision backfired as Indian team lost half of their batters even before reaching the 100-run mark. However, India’s lower batting order stabilised the innings, but that was too late. Bowler Pooja Vastrakar, along with wicket-keeper batswoman Sushma Verma, put a 76-run partnership for the eighth wicket. Vastrakar scored the maiden half-century of her ODI career and in her 51-run knock, she hit one six and seven boundaries. Other than Vastrakar, Sushma Verma (41) and Punam Raut (37) were the only Indian batters who were able to tackle the Australi...

Manish Pandey and Dinesh Karthik starred with the bat as India sealed a comfortable 6 wicket win in the Nidahas Trophy encounter against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Monday. Earlier, young Thakur registered his best T20 bowling figures as Sri Lanka lost their way in the middle overs after Kusal Mendis' fifty and were restricted to 152 for nine. The match was reduced to 19-overs-a-side affair after over an hour was lost due to rain. India didn't have the best of starts with the bat as they lost openers Rohit Sharma (11) and Shikhar Dhawan (8) early in the chase. The captain's form will certainly be a worry for the team going ahead in the tournament. KL Rahul, who came into the team in place of Rishabh Pant stitched important partnership with Suresh Raina to get India back on track. Just when it seemed India would coast home, they experienced a bit of a stutter as Raina and Rahul departed in quick succession. Rahul also became the first Indian to be dismissed hit-wicket...

The Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL) has added Paytm as an on-ground sponsor as the mobile wallet brand comes on board as the Official Umpire Partner for the next five years (seasons 2018 through 2022). Paytm is also the Title Sponsor of India Cricket. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in January had called for the applicant to three categories of commercial partners - official partner, strategic time-out partner and umpire partner. Shukla, Chairman of the IPL, said, “Paytm are currently the Title Sponsors of India Cricket and the relationship has now been extended to the IPL. Both Paytm and BCCI share a strong bond and we will continue to provide great value to Paytm.” Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder and CEO of Paytm, said, “We are delighted to be the IPL Umpire Partner for the next five years. Cricket has been a key element in Paytm's brand journey and it has worked brilliantly for our young brand. In addition to IPL, we are also the Title sponsor for In...

Kagiso Rabada has been suspended for South Africa's next two Test matches after being found guilty of a Level 2 ICC Code of Conduct offence of inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with a player . He has received a fine of 50 per cent of his match fee and three demerit points after a disciplinary hearing following his denial of the charge. This means Rabada has accumulated eight demerit points within a 24-month period automatically leading to a two match suspension. The incident happened in the 52nd over of Australia s first innings of the second Test, when moving towards the slips, Rabada made contact with Steven Smith with his shoulder. Rabada has accepted a second charge under 2.1.7 of the code using language, actions or gestures which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batsman upon his or her dismissal. He received a further 15 per cent fine of his match fee and an additional demerit point bringing his total to nine. Meanwhile, Australia all-rounder Mitc...

The IPL tournament is undoubtedly one of the most entertaining forms of T20 cricket. Since the IPL has started, many impressive records have been set by players. Many players, who did the talking with their bats, entertain us with their outstanding sixes and fours. Some of them finished in their extraordinay and unexceptional way, while some bombarded runs after run on the field with their bat. Indian Premier League has produced many big striking batsmen. Take a look on the top 10 batsmen with highest strike rates in IPL history till now. AB de Villiers- 149.68 Chris Gayle- 152.16 Hardik Pandya- 146.20 Chris Morris- 176.75 Krunal Pandya- 175.67 Kieron Pollard- 147.20 Andre Russell- 173. 41 Virender Sehwag- 155.44 Yusuf Pathan- 146.19 Glenn Maxwell- 165.06

England cricketer Ben Stokes on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of affray following an incident in Bristol last September and he will face trial on August 6. England's second Test against India at Lord's starts on August 9. All-rounder Stokes, 26, was not present at Bristol Crown Court and denied the charges via video link from New Zealand where he is on duty with the England squad. Two other men charged along with Stokes also pleaded not guilty to the same charges. The Bristol incident and the legal process that followed kept Stokes out of England's Ashes tour of Australia but he returned to the team last month for the ODI series against New Zealand.

Pakistan is all set to host West Indies for a three-match T20 International series in Karachi in April. The news was shared by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi on Sunday. The West Indies will visit Pakistan for the series on April 1, 2 and 4. This will also mark another return of international cricket to the country. For the past nine years, international cricket has been rare in Pakistan after the 2009 attacks on a bus carrying Sri Lanka cricketers in Lahore. The attack left six players inured and a British coach and eight Pakistanis were killed. “Good news! West Indies have agreed to play 3 T20 matches in KARACHI on 1, 2 and 4th April,” Sethi tweeted. “Lahore had Zimbabwe, PSL2 Final, ICC XI and Sri Lanka. Now it is Karachi’s turn to rise and shine with PSL3 Final and WI,” Sethi added. Karachi will also host the final of the Pakistan Super League’s third edition. The final of the second edition of PSL was hosted by Lahore and many international cr...

Scene after India won the final of ICC World Cup 1983: — 10.5.2002: Face after terror. New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming in tears after returning from Pakistan because of a bomb blast outside their Karachi hotel. Tour was cancelled right away: — Sachin Tendulkar (nervous 90s) getting out on scores above 90: On   99   (run out)   — On   98   (caught out)   — On   97   (bowled)   — On   94   (caught) — On   93   (bowled) — On   91   (LBW) — — Brian Lara’s 400*: — Indian team giving Muttiah Muralitharan standing ovation at the presentation ceremony of World Cup 2011: — A special jersey dedicated to Brendon McCullum on his 100th test, NZ v AUS, 1st Test, 12.2.2016: — Master blaster is shaping his bat with a special hammer, 28.3.2011: — A viewer mocks Flintoff, who was removed from vice-captaincy for his horrible d...

Jonny Bairstow's superb century helped England beat New Zealand by seven wickets on Saturday. England captured the five-match series 3-2, chasing down their target of 224 inside 32.4 overs at Christchurch. The Yorkshireman moved from 50 to 100 in just 20 deliveries as he sealed a 58-ball ton — the third-quickest by an Englishman — striking six sixes and nine fours, including three maximums off spinner Ish Sodhi in the 18th over. “It’s different from batting in the middle order but my job now is to score big hundreds and contribute matchwinning scores,” Bairstow said. “That’s what I’m trying to do but it’s still a work in progress.” Bairstow, who eventually fell hit wicket, had earlier taken a stunning one-handed boundary catch amid a disciplined bowling performance from England as they dismissed the Black Caps in 49.5 overs. Brief Scores New Zealand 223 (49.5 overs): Santner 67, Woakes 3-32, Rashid 3-42 England 229-3 (32.4 overs): Bairstow 104, Hales 61,...

According to the points table of the Nidahas Trophy, India who has played a match more than both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh is first on the points table along with Sri Lanka. Having said that, Sri Lanka is slightly ahead in terms of the net- run rate considering they defeated India. Bangladesh, on the other hand, has failed to open their account till now and have been miserable, to say the least. The next game of the Nidahas Trophy will be played on the 10th of March.  Who do you think will win the upcoming game?

The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced the first-ever broadcasts of live NBA games in India during primetime. From March 11 – April 8, 2018, the NBA will schedule a weekly game for live primetime broadcast in India every Sunday at 10:00 p.m. India Standard Time (IST) on Sony SIX, Sony SIX HD, Sony TEN 3 and Sony TEN 3 HD. This builds on the league’s NBA Sundays campaign, a weekly live primetime game on Sunday evenings in Europe and Africa. The five games airing in India will feature some of the league’s biggest stars, including the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook and the Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid. As part of the live broadcasts, theNBA and SONY SIX will host a series ofpregame activities, fan events and viewing parties across Mumbai and Delhi. Additionally, NBA Around the Hoop, a localized NBA wraparound studio show hosted by a panel of Indian basketball experts, will air around all five live game...