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DAINIK NATION BUREAU Leg-spinner Rashid Khan carried his lethal IPL form into international cricket as Afghanistan outplayed Bangladesh by 45 runs in the opening T20 of the three-match series here on Sunday. It was the first ever international game in the city as well as the state. Rashid came to bowl in the 11th over and put his team in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Afghanistan will take on Bangladesh in a three-match T20 series starting here June 3, dividing their focus ahead of the historic Test debut against India in two weeks’ time. While the dates of the Afghanistan’s inaugural Test against India were announced back in January, the series against Bangladesh at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun was ...

Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu today said she will challenge the provisional suspension imposed on her for allegedly failing a dope test, insisting that she is innocent. “I am innocent, I have not taken any banned substance. I will challenge this with the help of the national federation,” Sanjita told PTI. Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women’s 53kg ...

The final match of the IPL 2018 proved to be a one sided affair, with the help of Shane Watson’s unbeaten century (117 runs, 57 balls, 11 fours, eight sixes), Chennai Super Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by a huge gap of 8 wickets. The match was dominated by Chennai Super Kings as they managed to lose only 2 wickets while ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A Test match between India and Sri Lanka last year might have been played on a pitch doctored at the behest match-fixers, a sting operation has claimed, prompting the ICC to launch an investigation into the matter on Saturday. The Al Jazeera television network claims that a well-known former Mumbai first-class cricketer Robin Morris, who is now ...

Skipper Ajinkya Rahane’s slow batting cost Rajasthan dearly as two-time champions Kolkata comfortably beat them by 25 runs in the Eliminator to set-up the IPL Qualifier-II clash with Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday. On a day when KKR star spinner Sunil Narine was expensive and was wicket-less, the likes of Piyush Chawla, Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav stepped up to restrict ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In view of upcoming India-Bangladesh T 20 match slated for the first week of June, BCCI officials visited Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun to review the facilities available at the stadium. BCCI officials had a close look at the playing field and other allied facilities at the stadium in Dehradun. They also oversaw other logistical ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU At the initiative of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, the newly constructed Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium at Raipur (Dehradun) will play host to a T-20 cricket match series to be played between minnows Afghanistan and Bangladesh from June 3. This was disclosed by the state sports minister Arvind Pandey while interacting with media on Monday. The cricket ...

Cricket Australia is trying to convince India to begin their four-match Test series of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a day-night game at Adelaide from December 6-10. While releasing Australia’s international playing schedule today, CA Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland said his Board is in discussions with the BCCI to convince them to play a day-night Test in Adelaide. “It is ...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni once again showed his prowess was not on the wane as he blazed his way to a 34-ball 70 and powered Chennai Super Kings to a five-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League here tonight. Opener Ambati Rayudu laid the foundation with a sparkling 82 off 53 balls, hitting eight sixes and three ...