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Dinesh Karthik’s last ball 6 sealed the finals for the men in Blue in the Nidahas trophy final against Bangladesh. Chasing 167 in 20 overs India were struggling at the back end of the innings needing 34 of the last 2 overs. Dinesh Karthik played a whirlwind 8 ball 29 run knock which included 3 sixes. Team India, captained by ...

Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu progressed to the quarterfinals of the All England Championship with a hard-fought win over Thailand’s Nitchaon Jindapol in women’s singles, here. The world No 3 Indian recovered from a mid-way slump to overcome the Thai shuttler 21-13 13-21 21-18 in a match which lasted an hour and seven minutes. With 2013 champion Ratchanok Inthanon ...

Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and senior off-spinner R Ashwin found themselves relegated from the top-paid bracket with the BCCI today introducing an A+ category in the central contracts for which only five players, including skipper Virat Kohli, were picked. The batting troika of Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Shikhar Dhawan along with pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah were ...

Mohammed Shami has dismissed reports of his extra-marital affair false and said it was a conspiracy to ruin his game. Shami, India’s strike bowler in Test cricket, was playing the Deodhar Trophy in Dharamsala up until Tuesday. On the tour of South Africa, he played a starring role in India’s historic victory in Johannesburg with a five-wicket haul. A report ...

Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was today named captain of the IPL side Kings XI Punjab, which also has Yuvraj Singh and Chris Gayle in their ranks. Ashwin has two IPL titles during his eight-year stint with Chennai Super Kings and has also played for Pune Supergiants. I feel honoured to be trusted with the responsibility of leading such a talented ...

The Indian Men’s cricket team emulated their women counterparts by winning the final T20I in Capetown. India thus completed a memorable comeback after losing the test series 2-1; the men in blue won both editions of the limited over formats. Suresh Raina for his cameo at the top of the order was adjudged man of the match. While Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, ...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the fixtures list of the much-awaited eleventh season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), on Wednesday. The matches will be played at nine venues, across 51 days from April 7 to May 27, 2018. “Defending champions Mumbai Indians will take on two-time winners Chennai Super Kings in what promises ...

India’s top gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been forced out of the upcoming Commonwealth Games owing to the career-threatening knee injury she picked up last year, her coach Bisweshwar Nandi said today. “She is not yet ready for a tournament like the Commonwealth Games. So, the target is to make her fully ready for the Asian Games (August 18-September 2),” Nandi ...

Skipper Virat Kohli produced yet another masterclass knock before wrist-spinners came to the party to hand India a massive 124-run win in the third ODI against South Africa here, giving the visitors an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series. Last night’s win, thus, took India one step closer to a maiden series triumph in South Africa. Kohli reaffirmed his status ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Ace India women’s pacer Jhulan Goswami has added a fresh feather into her already illustrious cap as she became the first female cricketer to scalp 200 ODI wicket, during the second ODI against South Africa in Kimberley on Wednesday. The experienced India pacer scalped the wicket of opener Laura Wolvaardt for her 200th scalp. The official account ...