Cricket

Parth Jindal, Gautam Gambhir NEW DELHI: Indian men’s cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir on Saturday used the post-match press conference after the third ODI win against South Africa to respond to the criticism that followed India’s 2-0 Test series defeat. Gambhir said the reaction to the Test losses ignored key details. He said: “There…

Rohit Sharma (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) Former Indian cricketers Mohammad Kaif and Irfan Pathan commended Rohit Sharma‘s performance as he scored his 61st ODI fifty during the third match between India and South Africa in Visakhapatnam.Opening the innings with Jaiswal, Rohit scored 75 runs from 73 balls. The duo established a 155-run partnership at a…

NEW DELHI: Kuldeep Yadav (4/41) and Prasidh Krishna (4/66) shared eight wickets as India bowled out South Africa for 270 in the third ODI on Saturday, even though Quinton de Kock scored 106. De Kock made 106 off 89 balls with eight fours and six sixes. Captain Temba Bavuma scored 48 from 67 balls with…

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma during the third ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India, chasing a tricky target of 270 in the third ODI against South Africa in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, started well through Yashasvi Jaiswal and…

India’s Prasidh Krishna celebrates (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) Former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin praised pacer Prasidh Krishna‘s performance in the third ODI between India and South Africa at Visakhapatnam. Krishna’s four-wicket haul (4/66) helped restrict South Africa to 270 runs, despite his previous expensive spell in the second ODI where he conceded 85 runs in 8.2…

Australia’s Mitchell Starc appeals successfully for the wicket of England’s Joe Root (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard) Australia moved closer to a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series after a commanding display on the third day of the day-night second Test at the Gabba in Brisbane on Saturday. The hosts dominated proceedings, first batting England out of…

South Africa opener Quinton de Kock hit his seventh One Day International hundred against India during the third ODI in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. He reached the landmark in 80 balls in the 30th over, pulling Harshit Rana for his sixth six to bring up the century.This was de Kock’s seventh ODI hundred in just 23…

KL Rahul after winning the toss in the third ODI in Vizag (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s ODI captain KL Rahul finally broke his streak of 20 consecutive toss losses by winning the toss in the third ODI against South Africa in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. KL Rahul used his left hand to spin the coin…

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: The spotlight, as always, will be on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, but the pressure will also be on India’s younger players as the hosts aim to avoid another embarrassing series loss to South Africa in the must-win third and final ODI on Saturday. A repeat of…

AUS vs ENG Live Score: Root urges England to ‘express themselves’ England’s first-inning centurion Joe Root urged his teammates to “express themselves in the right way” in an attempt to save the second Test. Hosts Australia took control of the match with a 44-run lead in the Brisbane Test after bowling out England on 334…