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Virat Kohli on Friday became the fastest to 5000 runs as captain, completing the feat in 86 innings during day one of the Day/Night Test between India and Bangladesh here. As captain, Kohli was also the quickest to 4000 Tests runs (65 innings). He is the sixth captain to reach the 5000-run mark. Australian great Ricky Ponting had taken 97 ...

Rafael Nadal instigated a Spanish comeback against Russia in the Davis Cup on Tuesday by capitalising on a raucous home crowd to beat Karen Khachanov in straight sets. Nadal, who will finish the year as world number one, came through a second-set tie-break to defeat Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) and level the Group B match in Madrid. Marcel Granollers and ...

India bowled out Bangladesh for 213 in their second innings to record an innings and 130-run victory in the first Test, here on Saturday. India declared their first innings at 493 for 6 after bowling out Bangladesh for 150 in the visitor’s first essay. In their second innings, Bangladesh were bundled out for 213. Mohammed Shami was the pick of ...

India beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the second T20 International in Rajkot on Thursday to level the three-match series. Bangladesh made 153 for six after India opted to field. The hosts cantered to victory in 15.4 overs. Skipper Rohit Sharma made a belligerent 84 against a clueless Bangladesh bowling. In the process Rohit also became the first Indian player ...

The players’ auction for the next Indian Premier League (IPL) will be held on December 19 in Kolkata, the event’s Governing Council decided in a meeting here on Tuesday. The glitzy league is usually held in April-May every year and players’ auction is being conducted in Kolkata for the first time. The city is the home ground of the Shah ...

India captain Virat Kohli was on Thursday rested from the upcoming three-match T20 series against Bangladesh while Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dube was rewarded with a maiden call-up for his “phenomenal” exploits with the India A team. The prolific Sanju Samson and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal returned to the side for the T20 Internationals. The 24-year-old Samson from Kerala has played his ...

One of India’s most decorated captains Sourav Ganguly will be taking over as the 39th president of the BCCI on Wednesday at its AGM, ending a tumultuous 33-month reign of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators. Ganguly is the unanimous nomination for the post of BCCI president along with Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s son Jay as the secretary. Mahim ...

Rohit Sharma slammed his maiden double hundred in Test cricket before India declared their first innings at 497 for nine in the third and final match against South Africa here on Sunday. The second day’s tea was also called when skipper Virat Kohli called his last two batsmen back to the dressing room, assured that his team is in control ...

The Indian juggernaut continued to roll as the hosts humiliated South Africa by an innings and 137 runs in the second Test to clinch a record 11th consecutive series victory at home, here on Sunday. The struggling South Africa batsmen surrendered yet again against the Indian bowlers, who asserted their supremacy in all conditions. The comprehensive victory, coming on the ...

Six-time champion M C Mary Kom (51kg) on Saturday settled for a bronze medal in the World Women’s Boxing Championships after losing to Turkey’s Busenaz Cakiroglu in an intense semifinal bout inRussia. Mary Kom, seeded third, lost 1-4 to second seed Cakiroglu, who is the reigning European Championships and European Games gold-medallist. The Indian contingent sought a review of the ...