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India Vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Preview: India Would Be Keen To Keep Purple Streak Alive

India Vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Preview: India Would Be Keen To Keep Purple Streak Alive

India have been in sensational form over the past year or so and captain Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri would be very keen to ensure that the purple streak continues against Sri Lanka as the two sides step up their preparations for the 1st Test, to be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata from […]

WWE Signs First Female Middle Eastern and Indian Wrestlers

WWE Signs First Female Middle Eastern and Indian Wrestlers

STAMFORD, CT: World Wrestling Entertainment Inc, the American publicly traded, privately held entertainment company recently announced in mid-October that it has signed up the first women wrestlers from India and the Middle East. WWE deals primarily in professional wrestling but also has film, music, video games, product licensing and direct product sales. Founded in 1952 […]

Some Tried To Create A Rift Between MS Dhoni And Me: Virat Kohli

Some Tried To Create A Rift Between MS Dhoni And Me: Virat Kohli

Their bonding has become stronger with the passage of time and Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is proud of the fact that no external force has been able to affect his friendship with predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni. “A lot of people try to plug in stories of rift between us. The best part is neither he reads […]

India vs New Zealand: Hosts Canter To 53-Run Win In Ashish Nehra’s Farewell Match

India vs New Zealand: Hosts Canter To 53-Run Win In Ashish Nehra’s Farewell Match

India on Wednesday gave a fitting farewell gift to Ashish Nehra by outclassing New Zealand by 53 runs in the first Twenty20 match at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. The hosts also recorded their first ever T20 win against Kiwis in six outings. Riding on Shikhar Dhawan (80)  and Rohit Sharma’s (80) blazing innings and […]

Katy Premier League (KPL) – Charity Thru Sports

Katy Premier League (KPL) – Charity Thru Sports

By Sankar Tangirala HOUSTON:  It all started when a good friend of ours was going through a challenging period and was fighting for his life due to cancer. He never let his spirits down even though he was going through a tough phase. We then conducted the First KPL in 2012 and collected proceeds for […]

India vs New Zealand: Dean Jones Tries To Downplay Virat Kohli Milestone, Gets Trolled

India vs New Zealand: Dean Jones Tries To Downplay Virat Kohli Milestone, Gets Trolled

Dean Jones seems to get a kick from riling up Indian cricket fans and the former Australian batsman was once again up to his mischief following the first One-Day International between India and New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. India skipper Virat Kohli completed a few milestones on the day, one of which was that […]

TCC Taped Ball Tournament Fall 2017: R2CC Winners, Cougars Runners up

TCC Taped Ball Tournament Fall 2017: R2CC Winners, Cougars Runners up

HOUSTON: Right to Cricket Club (R2CC) won their 2nd TCC championship trophy thereby maintaining their clean record in the finals by defeating Cougars by 41 runs to be crowned as Champions of TCC Taped Ball Tournament Fall 2017 which comprised of 26 teams. This final was a match between two well matched teams with Cougars […]

Steve Smith Outguns Virat Kohli, When It Comes To Captains’ Earnings

Steve Smith Outguns Virat Kohli, When It Comes To Captains’ Earnings

Australian captain Steve Smith will earn more this year than all other international captains, including India’s Virat Kohli. According to a detailed report published by ESPNCricinfo, the highest-earning captain in international cricket in 2017 makes nearly 20 times more than the lowest-earning captain. Smith will earn a whopping US$1.469 million this year compared to Kohli’s approximately $1 million […]

Asia Cup Hockey 2017: India Outclass Pakistan To Finish Top Of Pool A

Asia Cup Hockey 2017: India Outclass Pakistan To Finish Top Of Pool A

India continued their brilliant form in the Asia Cup Hockey 2017 tournament as the Men In Blue defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 3-1 in their Pool A match at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday. Chinglensana Singh (17th minute), Ramandeep Singh (44th minute) and Harmanpreet Singh (45th) scored for India. By virtue of this win, India finished […]

Rohit Sharma Turns Reporter, Interviews Yuzvendra Chahal And Kuldeep Yadav On Their Off-Field Interests

Rohit Sharma Turns Reporter, Interviews Yuzvendra Chahal And Kuldeep Yadav On Their Off-Field Interests

The Indian cricket team is on a roll and having a gala time after routing Australia 4-1 in the recently-concluded One-day International series at home. Off late, we have seen cricketers turning reporters after matches and this time it was Rohit Sharma’s turn to take that role. Rohit interviewed India’s spin twins Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav and asked […]

Former Pakistan Captain Shahid Afridi Trolls Himself At An Event, Jokes About His Batting

Former Pakistan Captain Shahid Afridi Trolls Himself At An Event, Jokes About His Batting

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi ranks among the most popular cricketers in the world. The maverick all-rounder enjoys a huge fan following mainly because of the entertainment he guarantees on a cricket field. In the early part of his career, Afridi captured the public imagination with his explosive batting. He set and shattered several records batting as an opener, […]

3rd ODI: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma Power India To Series Win vs Australia

3rd ODI: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma Power India To Series Win vs Australia

A brilliant all-round performance by the Indian team helped them clinch the five-match ODI series 3-0 against Australia on Sunday. Virat Kohli and team restricted Australia to 293/6 after a superb comeback by the bowlers in the death overs. In reply, India opener Rohit Sharma (71) and Ajinkya Rahane (70) gave hosts a solid start in run-chase as they […]

MS Dhoni Gives Kedar Jadhav The Death Stare After Run Out Scare

MS Dhoni Gives Kedar Jadhav The Death Stare After Run Out Scare

Mahendra Singh Dhoni produced yet another magical innings to dig India out of a massive hole and inspire the team to a 26-run (DLS) win over the visiting Australians in the first ODI of the five-match series at Chennai on Sunday. In the process, Dhoni became only the fourth Indian — after Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly […]

Pakistan vs World XI: Darren Sammy Applauds Hassan Ali After Being Knocked Down By Him

Pakistan vs World XI: Darren Sammy Applauds Hassan Ali After Being Knocked Down By Him

Pakistan on Tuesday took a giant step towards reviving international cricket at home with a 20-run victory over the World XI in a match in front of excited crowds amid tight security. The Twenty20 match, accorded international status by the International Cricket Council (ICC), is only the second time Pakistan has hosted an international match since militants […]

Saina Nehwal, Pullela Gopichand Give Badminton Lessons To Shraddha Kapoor For Biopic

Saina Nehwal, Pullela Gopichand Give Badminton Lessons To Shraddha Kapoor For Biopic

We did know Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor was playing Saina Nehwal in the ace badminton player’s biopic, but what we didn’t know was how she was prepping for her role. Shraddha will be going through some paces under the watchful eyes of India’s national coach Pullela Gopichand and is also taking Saina’s tips to imbibe her on-court […]

India vs Sri Lanka, 5th ODI: MS Dhoni’s Gesture For Virat Kohli That Most Failed To Notice

India vs Sri Lanka, 5th ODI: MS Dhoni’s Gesture For Virat Kohli That Most Failed To Notice

Virat Kohli scored his second century of the series to steer India home to a six-wicket win in the fifth and final ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday. The Indian captain and Kedar Jadhav stitched together a 108-run stand for the fourth wicket to put the hosts on the mat. Jadhav, however, failed to bat […]

Anushka Sharma’s date with Virat Kohli in Sri Lanka is winning hearts. Here’s why

Anushka Sharma’s date with Virat Kohli in Sri Lanka is winning hearts. Here’s why

Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli fans go gaga everytime they see their favourite star couple together. And it has to be as the two have been giving some serious relationship goals to all. Well, the latest pictures of the two of them is no different. Especially, since the two of them are doing something special. So far, […]

Vice-captaincy a huge honour, says Rohit Sharma

Vice-captaincy a huge honour, says Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is hugely honoured at being appointed vice-captain of the Indian ODI team after an “up and down 10 years” of international cricket, where he is yet to cement a spot in the Test eleven. The opener did not get to play in the Test series and is keen to make amends in the five-match […]

India Create History, Complete 1st 3-Test Series Whitewash Away From Home

India Create History, Complete 1st 3-Test Series Whitewash Away From Home

Ravinchandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami helped India seal an innings victory over Sri Lanka in the third Test at Pallekele to complete a series whitewash over their neighbours on Day Three of the third and final Test on Monday. Ashwin ended with figures of 4/68 while Shami finished with 3/32 in the second innings. India had already […]

The 2017 MoneyGram Cricket Bee Toronto Announced

The 2017 MoneyGram Cricket Bee Toronto Announced

METUCHEN, NJ: The 3 remaining champions have been crowned in Toronto with two of them heading to the Cricket Bee Finals in New Jersey later this month. Param Desai of Brampton, ON was declared second runner up, Sandeep Singh of Brampton, ON was first runner up and the Regional champion was Vidyasagar Sethu of Scarborough, ON. The competition allows cricket fans […]