An icey and calm partnership between Virat Kohli and KL Rahul helped India manage to secure a six-wicket victory over Australia at Chennai's Chepauk stadium to kickstart their ICC Cricket World Cup campaign with a win.
Rohit Sharma-led India will square off against Pat Cummins' Australia in the fifth match of the ODI World Cup 2023 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Ahead of the match, a young fan Tanmay Shah is hopeful that the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma will lead the Men in Blue well in their tournam
Following a 102-run defeat against South Africa, Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka their bowlers missed the line and lengths and did not execute plans well in the first game.
South Africa kicked off their World Cup campaign with style as their opposition Sri Lanka succumbed at 326, way before the required target of 429 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.
Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards felt that they were in control of the chase against Pakistan in their World Cup opener but the game slipped from their hands.
Men's hockey team skipper Harmanpreet Singh, who found the net twice in India's gold medal triumph in the Asian Games, is now eying the Paris Olympics.
Ahead of their World Cup campaign opener against Australia in Chennai, the Indian cricket team engaged in a practice session on Friday, during which team captain Rohit Sharma was seen providing batting advice to Shreyas Iyer.
An all-round performance by Indians, particularly spinner Sai Kishore and batters Tilak Varma and skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad saw India clinch a nine-wicket win over Bangladesh in the semis.
Klaasen has meanwhile showcased incredible form in white-ball cricket this year. In 11 ODIs for SA this year, he has scored 527 runs in nine innings at an average of 58.55 and a strike rate of above 151. He has two centuries and a fifty, with the best score of 174.
Defending champions England slipped to a crushing nine wicket loss in the tournament opener against New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Thursday. England made 282/9 powered by knocks from Joe Root (77) and skipper Jos Buttler (43). But centuries from Devon Conway (152*) and Rachin Ravindra (123*) co
Following the nine-wicket win over England in the opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup, New Zealand skipper Tom Latham expressed happiness with the team's all-round performance which saw them restrict the defending champions to just above 280 runs and later crush them with a double cen