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Australia beats India in women cricket
Australia are through to the semifinal and also on top of the points table, that might not last long as England are closing in on a victory as well against New Zealand. The India-New Zealand game then will turn into a virtual quarterfinal. Four games on Saturday to finish off the league stages. Join us for those
Disqualified officials stalling Lodha Reforms: CoA to SC
In a scathing status report, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) has described N Srinivasan and Niranjan Shah as "disqualified office bearers with vested interest", who are trying to stall implementation of Lodha reforms
Ravi Shastri named New Coach of Indian Cricket Team
Ravi Shastri will take charge of the team in the upcoming three-Test series against Sri Lanka, starting July 26
India, Australia look to get back to winning ways
Their four-match unbeaten streak brought to a halt, India will be keen to bounce back and take a step towards securing a semifinal spot when they take on the mighty Australia in the ICC Women's World Cup, here tomorrow
Don't deserve to win if don't grab chances: Kohli
Kingston: Skipper Virat Kohli was critical of India's performance against West Indies in the one-off T20, saying his team was sloppy with both the bat and ball and did not deserve to win. Put into bat, India posted 190-6 on a batting belter but Evin Lewis blasted an unbeaten 125 off 62 balls with as many as 12 sixes and six fours as the reigning World T20 champions knocked off the runs in only 18.3 overs.
Karthik blames dropped chances for T20 loss against Windies
India's top-scorer Dinesh Karthik rued the dropped catches that proved decisive in his team's nine-wicket loss to the West Indies in a one-off Twenty20 match, acknowledging a chance that he himself spilt
Kohli leads India to 3-1 series win over West Indies
Kingston: Skipper Virat Kohli struck a fluent century as a dominant India thumped the West Indies by eight wickets in the fifth and final one-dayer to clinch the five-match series 3-1, here. Asked to bowl, comeback-man Mohammed Shami bagged four wickets as an under-fire India produced a disciplined bowling effort to restrict West Indies to a modest 205 for nine.
India rise to 96 in FIFA rankings, best in two decades
New Delhi: The Indian football team today rose to the 96th spot in the latest FIFA rankings, its best- ever in the last two decades and the second best overall. As far as Asia is concerned, India are the 12th highest ranked team in the continent, while Iran lead the chart at the 23rd spot. India's best-ever FIFA ranking till date stays 94, which was attained in February 1996, while 99 was India's second- best, achieved in November 1993.
I back myself to finish games for India: Pandya
Promising "fearless" cricket in the series-deciding fifth ODI against the West Indies tomorrow, Hardik Pandya says he backs himself to be a finisher for India after failing to do the job in the previous game. India needed 29 off 31 balls when Pandya (20 off 21) got out in the fourth ODI which the visitors eventually lost by 11 runs
India eye redemption, series win after embarrassing defeat
Underfire Indian batsmen would look to make amends for their startling collapse in the previous match and complete the series win when they take on West Indies in the fifth and final One-dayer, here tomorrow