Chennai, Dec 7 (PTI) Dashing Maharashtra and Chennai Super Kings batter Ruturaj Gaikwad is keen to make a mark across formats and said that he is working hard in his endeavour. “Though I have scored runs in T20 cricket, I want to play and do well in 50-overs format and Tests too. Only then will one’s cricketing career be complete,” said the 25-year old batter, who smashed a List ‘A’ record seven sixes in a single over off Uttar Pradesh left-arm spinner Shiva Singh en route his recent double century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Gaikwad, who starred in CSK’s…
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Mirpur, Dec 7 (PTI) India captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday said ineffective bowling in the middle overs coupled with the batters’ inability to build partnerships led to the visitors’ downfall in the three-match ODI series in Bangladesh. India lost by five runs in the second ODI here on Wednesday to surrender the three-match series 0-2. “When you lose a game, there are positives and negatives. From being 69/6, allowing them to get to 270-odd wasn’t a great effort from our bowlers. We started well but the middle overs and the back end is what’s hurting us a lot. “Happened in…
Bhopal, Dec 7 (PTI) Arjun Singh Cheema of Punjab and Maharshtra’s Shital Preetam Desai won the men’s and women’s 50m pistol titles at the 65th National Shooting Championship Competitions (65th NSCC) here on Wednesday. Arjun shot 564 and Shital 543 to top their respective events at the MP Shooting Academy range. Aniket Khidse (560) of Maharashtra won the silver behind Arjun in the men’s free pistol, while former India international Amanpreet Singh (557) representing ONGC bagged the bronze. Arjun made it a double gold for himself, partnering Tinjit Dhanota and Akshay Jain to win the team gold in the event…
Sylhet, Dec 7 (PTI) Skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran continued his fine form with a second successive hundred as India A reached 324 for 5 at stumps on day two of the second unofficial ‘Test’ against Bangladesh A here. Veteran Cheteshwar Pujara (52 off 124 balls) also warmed up nicely for the upcoming Test series with a compact fifty scored in just over three hours with India enjoying a lead of 72 runs at stumps. The 27-year-old India A captain remained undefeated on 144, batting throughout the day en route his 18th first-class hundred. He hit 13 fours and two sixes during…
मीरपुर, सात दिसंबर (भाषा) चोटिल रोहित शर्मा की पराक्रमी पारी के बावजूद मेहदी हसन मिराज का लगातार दूसरे मैच में दिखाया गया कमाल आखिर में भारत पर भारी पड़ा जिससे बांग्लादेश ने बुधवार को यहां दूसरे एकदिवसीय अंतरराष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट मैच में पांच रन से रोमांचक जीत दर्ज करके तीन मैचों की श्रृंखला में 2-0 से अजेय बढ़त हासिल की।
Mirpur, Dec 7 (PTI) India’s shoddy batting display and the inability to land the killer blow contributed to their second successive series loss in Bangladesh after the diminutive Mehidy Hasan Miraz led the hosts to a five-run win in the second ODI with a memorable hundred here on Wednesday. Miraz tormented the Indian bowlers on way to his maiden century as Bangladesh staged a remarkable recovery to reach 271 for seven. India’s challenge looked all over at 207 for seven but skipper Rohit Sharma’s (51 not out off 28 balls) valiant effort went in-vain as he nearly took his team…
India: Virat Kohli b Ebadot Hossain 5 Shikhar Dhawan c Mehidy Hasan Miraz b Mustafizur Rahman 8 Shreyas Iyer c Afif Hossain b Mehidy Hasan Miraz 82 Washington Sundar c Litton Das b Shakib Al Hasan 11 KL Rahul lbw b Mehidy Hasan Miraz 14 Axar Patel c Shakib Al Hasan b Ebadot Hossain 56 Shardul Thakur st Mushfiqur Rahim b Shakib Al Hasan 7 Deepak Chahar c Najmul Hossain Shanto b Ebadot Hossain 11 Rohit Sharma not out 51 Mohammed Siraj b Mahmudullah 2 Umran Malik not out 0 Extras: (B-4, LB-2, NB-2, W-11) 19 Total: (For 9 wickets…
Mirpur, Dec 7 (PTI) Bangladesh defeated India by five runs in the second ODI to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series here on Wednesday. Opting to bat, Mehidy Hasan Miraz (100 not out) slammed his maiden ODI century and forged a 148-run stand with Mahmudullah Riyadh (77) to lift Bangladesh to a challenging total after being reduced to 69 for six in 19 overs. For India, Washington Sundar (3/37) was the most successful bowler, while Mohammed Siraj (2/73) and Umran Malik (2/58) also snapped two wickets each. Chasing, Shreyas Iyer made 82 while Axar Patel scored a…
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मीरपुर, सात दिसंबर (भाषा) बांग्लादेश ने बुधवार को यहां दूसरे एकदिवसीय अंतरराष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट मैच में भारत को पांच रन से हराकर तीन मैचों की श्रृंखला में 2-0 से अजेय बढ़त हासिल की।