LIVE BLOG | LIVE SCORECARD OVERS 45.4: OUT! Rohit (133) pulls to mid-wicket for Maxwell to take the catch. India 221/7 OVERS 45.3: FOUR! Rohit mistimes a hit over mid-off for his tenth boundary OVERS 44.1: OUT! Jadeja (8) cuts a Richardson delivery to deep point for Shaun Marsh to take the catch. India 213/6 OVERS 43.6: FOUR! Rohit pulls to the mid-wicket fence OVERS 43.5: BIG HIT! Rohit hits a Stoinis delivery over mid-wicket into...

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: 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...

KOLKATA: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly Wednesday said that Indian team under Virat Kohli has the "best chance to beat Australia" in absence of their premier players Steve Smith and David Warner. Cricket Australia's board has resolved to respond to the call to lift the bans on Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft by next week, but all indications are they are not ready to bring the trio back to international cricket early. "This...

CHENNAI: When Rohit Sharma took the flight to South Africa earlier this year, he was on a high that he is now. The 31-year-old had scored 1293 runs in 21 ODIs in 2017 at an average of 71.83 and 217 runs from two Test matches against Sri Lanka at home pretty much ensured him a spot in Test XI in South Africa. But what followed was a string of poor performances - 11, 10, 10 and 47 in the first two Test matches - and it saw him getting dropped from the...

LUCKNOW: Hit-man Rohit Sharma lit up the Ekana Stadium on Diwali eve with a cracking unbeaten 111 (61 balls, 8x4, 7x6) as India registered a whopping 71–run win to clinch the T20 series against West Indies on Tuesday. The victory meant the home side went 2-0 up in the three-match series, having pocketed the opener in Kolkata on Sunday. The final game now comes up in Chennai on Sunday. After the visitors asked India to bat first, Rohit regaled the...

LUCKNOW: Skipper Rohit Sharma's record-breaking fourth T20 International hundred powered India to a comprehensive 71-run win over West Indies in what turned out to be another one-sided series victory for the hosts. Scorecard | Blog India, thus, took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20I series. The last match will be played in Chennai on November 11. The legend of Rohit in white ball format continued to grow exponentially as his...

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...

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...

MUMBAI: India embarrassed the West Indies by 224 runs in the fourth One-day International on Monday for one of their biggest wins and a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Scorecard | Blog Rohit Sharma (162) and Ambati Rayudu (100) struck belligerent centuries to guide India to an imposing 377 for five after the hosts opted to bat. The duo took centre stage after a rare failure by skipper Virat Kohli. Rohit's 21st century came off 137...

DUBAI: In awe of Virat Kohli's batting prowess, Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal on Tuesday said the prolific Indian captain does not seem human sometimes. "I sometimes feel he is not human because of the way he performs, my goodness, the moment he comes out to bat, it looks like he is going to score a hundred every game," Iqbal was quoted as saying by Khaleej Times here. "The way he looks after himself, the way he works on his game, it's unbelievable....

Skipper Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma hit sparkling centuries on Sunday to lead India's eight-wicket demolition of West Indies in the first one-day international in Guwahati. READ ALSO: Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli blitzkrieg steamrolls Windies Virat scored 140 off 107 balls while Rohit was unbeaten on 152 from 117 balls as India chased the 323-run target with ease. Kohli and Sharma put on 246 runs for the second wicket in a masterly batting display...

NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma on Sunday broke master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Australian opener David Warner’s joint record to become the first batsman with six 150-plus scores in One-Day Internationals (ODIs). READ ALSO: Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli blitzkrieg steamrolls Windies Rohit, nicknamed 'Hitman' by some for his power-packed batting, notched up his 20th ODI century in the first ODI of the five-match series against the West Indies at the Barsapara...

GUWAHATI: Skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma conjured up breathtaking centuries as India's ruthless domination over the West Indies continued with a facile eight-wicket win in the first One-day International, on Sunday. Making mockery of what looked like a stiff 323-run target, the home team cantered to the win with 7.5 overs to spare, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Kohli pounded the Caribbean bowlers with 21 fours and...