MUMBAI: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday said 'we should move on' from the controversy surrounding Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul's sexist comments because he is sure the two will learn from it and become better persons. Speaking at an event here, Ganguly said he hasn't seen the 'Koffee with Karan' episode in which Pandya and Rahul's misogynistic comments on women led to a provisional suspension on them. But he offered a sympathetic view...

NEW DELHI/SYDNEY: Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul will be sent home on the first available flight from Australia as the BCCI suspended them on Friday for their outrage-evoking comments on women, hours after the duo's on-field leader Virat Kohli expressed his disapproval. The under-fire players have been suspended pending an inquiry into their sexist comments on a TV show, ruling them out of the three-match ODI series against Australia, beginning Saturday...

SYDNEY: Captain Virat Kohli on Friday said the Indian team doesn't stand by Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul for making "inappropriate" comments on women during a TV show but insisted that the controversy won't affect the dressing room morale. Kohli said that the availability of both Pandya and Rahul for the ODI series against Australia would depend on any action that the BCCI might take on Friday. "From the Indian cricket team point of view, any inappropriate...

SYDNEY/NEW DELHI: Indian cricketers Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul were on Wednesday issued show cause notices by the BCCI for their comments on women on a TV show that triggered a massive outrage and might prompt the Board to bar players from such appearances. READ ALSO: After backlash, Hardik Pandya apologises for comments on TV show Pandya, whose remarks on 'Koffee with Karan' were criticised as sexist, apologised for his remarks, saying he got "carried...

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli and his men made history as India registered their maiden Test series victory on Australian soil after the fourth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground was drawn due to rain on Day 5 on Monday. SCORECARD Cheteshwar Pujara was declared the Man of the Match and the Man of the Series. Rain prevented any play on Day 5 with Australia needing to bat out the last day to salvage a draw. India won the series 2-1 with victories in...

SYDNEY: Australia were forced to follow-on on home soil for the first time in 30 years after being dismissed for 300 as India went for the jugular in search of a maiden series triumph Down Under on the fourth day of the final Test on Sunday. SCORECARD | BLOG Openers Usman Khawaja (4) and Marcus Harris (2) safely negotiated four overs until bad light and light drizzle forced an early end to an already heavily rain-disrupted day just before the re-scheduled...

LIVE SCORECARD | BLOG 5:15 am If no further rain, play on day four will begin at 0530 IST Update: The covers are off. The umpires have done their inspection. If there is no further rain, play will commence… https://t.co/wQvZJluQ9g— BCCI (@BCCI) 1546731596000 The covers are coming off! #AUSvIND https://t.co/kcJB3XAL4y— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) 1546731490000 5:05 am Rain has stopped,...

SYDNEY: Australia's batting woes returned on the third day of the fourth Test on Saturday and they had slumped to 236 for six when bad light and rain brought an early end to their response to India's mammoth first-innings tally of 622-7 declared. SCORECARD | BLOG The tourists only need a draw to claim a first series win in Australia and the home side's hopes of preventing even that faded as they blew a solid start to lose five wickets after lunch....

कटरीना कैफ बॉलिवुड की सबसे स्‍टनिंग ऐक्‍ट्रेसेस में से एक हैं। उनकी जबरदस्‍त फैन फॉलोइंग है और जब भी उनकी कोई नई तस्‍वीर सोशल मीडिया पर आती है, लोग उसे पसंद करते हैं। फिलहाल, कटरीना अपनी आने वाली फिल्‍म ' जीरो' के प्रमोशन में बिजी हैं। हाल ही में वह एयरपोर्ट पर स्‍पॉट की गईं जहां वह एक फैन पर गुस्‍सा हो गईं। दरअसल, कई फैन्‍स सेल्‍फी लेने के लिए उनकी तरफ दौड़े लेकिन उसमें से एक फैन ऐसा था जो फोटो के ल‍िए ज्‍यादा एक्‍साइटेड था और कटरीना को...

ऐक्‍ट्रेस सारा अली खान इन द‍िनों फ‍िल्‍म 'केदारनाथ' और 'सिंबा' को लेकर चर्चा में हैं। जहां 'केदारनाथ' में उनके रोल को पसंद किया गया, वहीं दर्शकों को उनकी फ‍िल्‍म 'सिंबा' का भी बेसब्री से इंतजार है। इस बीच खबर है कि सारा को साजिद नाडियाडवाला की तरफ से ' बागी 3' के लिए अप्रोच किया गया है। बता दें, 'बागी 2' बॉक्‍स ऑफ‍िस पर हिट साबित हुई थी और इसी को देखते हुए मेकर्स अब इंडस्‍ट्री की मौजूदा सेंसेशन सारा को अगली इंस्‍टॉलमेंट के लिए कास्‍ट...

इस महीने की शुरुआत में हुई प्रियंका चोपड़ा और निक जोनस की शादी के सभी कार्यक्रमों में प्रियंका की कजिन और बॉलिवुड ऐक्ट्रेस परिणीति चोपड़ा शामिल हुई थीं। पूरी शादी में परिणीति भी काफी उत्साहित दिखाई दे रही थीं। अब ऐसा कहा जा रहा है कि दरअसल प्रियंका की शादी के दौरान परिणीति अपनी शादी का रिहर्सल कर रही थीं। माना जा रहा है कि जल्द ही परिणीति चोपड़ा अपने कथित लॉन्ग टाइम बॉयफ्रेंड चरित देसाई से शादी कर सकते हैं। बता दें कि प्रियंका के प्री-वेडिंग...

SYDNEY: Virat Kohli fired the opening salvo on the Australia tour with a match-winning 61, helping India win the third T20 International by six wickets and draw the three-match series 1-1 here on Sunday. Scorecard: India vs Australia, 3rd T20I Kohli's sublime 41-ball knock and his 60-run unbeaten stand with Dinesh Karthik (22 not out off 18) gave India the much needed series-levelling win ahead of the all-important Test series beginning December...

SYDNEY: Staring at an imminent defeat after seven successive series wins on trot, India will be looking for yet another solid bowling performance against a brittle Australian top-order in third and final T20 International on Sunday. ALSO READ: Pace spearhead Mitchell Starc summoned for final T20I India were in with a very good chance of levelling the series in Melbourne on Friday after reducing Australia to 132 for 7 in 19 overs but rain put paid...

MELBOURNE: The second T2O International between India and Australia was called off due to intermittent rain on Friday, undoing the visitors' good work with the ball and denying them an opportunity to level the three-match series. India were naturally disappointed at not getting a go at the target which was revised thrice due to rain. Australia had scored 132 for seven in 19 overs when the first spell of rain arrived at the Melbourne Cricket Ground....

BRISBANE: A sloppy India failed to get an ideal start to the Australia tour, losing the rain-hit opening T20 International by four runs at the Gabba on Wednesday. FULL SCORECARD India first faltered in the field, letting Australia score 158 for four after rain shortened the contest to 17 overs a side. Glenn Maxwell was the star batsman for Australia, hammering 46 runs off 24 balls. The 45-minute rain stoppage meant India were set a revised...

LUCKNOW: It’s always a gamble to predict winners in the shortest format of cricket. More so, if the game is between world T20 champions West Indies and India. But the hosts, after their win in the opener in Kolkata, will be on a high and look to wrap up the three-match series here at the Ekana Stadium on Tuesday, before the bandwagon moves to Chennai for the final game of what has been a long and testing tour for the visitors. Tuesday’s contest will...

KOLKATA: India ended a four-match winless run against the West Indies with a five-wicket victory that came on the back of debutant Krunal Pandya's flourish and Dinesh Karthik's poise on Sunday. BLOG | SCORECARD This was India's first win against the World T20 champions since 2014, spanning five matches. WATCH: Mix-up between Hope and Hetmyer turns into comical run-out Wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav (3/13) led the Indian bowlers' fine show...

KOLKATA: The 'end of Dhoni era' notion has been dismissed unequivocally but then India, for the first time, will still be without the figure with a monumental body of work when they face West Indies in the opening T20 International Sunday. Less than a week after two-time World Cup-winning skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was left out of India's T20I squad, captain Virat Kohli has said he remains an integral part of India's plans. Chief selector MSK Prasad...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ball swung from the beginning for the seamers and it spun for the spinners. It also stopped on the batsmen making batting a tricky business. Add to that some mindless shots by the West Indies batsmen and what had the potential to be a thrilling series decider turned out to be a damp squib here at the Sports Hub on Thursday as India cruised to a nine-wicket win and took the series 3-1. West Indies were bowled out for a paltry 104...

NEW DELHI: A ruthless India completed a nine-wicket demolition of the West Indies in the fifth and final ODI on Thursday for their sixth successive series win at home. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets to help India bundle out the West Indies for 104 in just 31.5 overs. Pacers Khaleel Ahmed and Jasprit Bumrah chipped in with two wickets each. The home team took just 14.5 overs to reach the paltry target, courtesy an unbeaten 99-run...