Barbados: Indian cricket icons, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, announced their retirement from T20 Internationals (T20I) after steering India to the T20 World Cup 2024 title on Saturday. Virat Kohli, who was declared the ‘Player of the Match’ for scoring 76 off 59 deliveries, said, “This is my last T20 game playing for India, my…
Virat Kohli scored a record-breaking 50th one-day international hundred before Mohammed Shami took a sensational seven wicket-haul as India sealed a place in the World Cup final with a 70-run win over New Zealand in Mumbai yesterday. Kohli made 117, to surpass the record he had shared with India great Sachin Tendulkar, and Shreyas Iyer,…
Bengaluru: Virat Kohli looked in glorious form as the star batter scored a magnificent half-century to guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to victory over Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023 yesterday. Kohli slammed 82 off just 49 deliveries with the help of six fours and five sixes. This was his 50th 50-plus score in IPL and he…
King Kohli singlehandedly steers India to a phenomenal victory in opener against Pakistan By V.N. Prasad Historically we are all aware that a ‘Cricket Match is Never Over until the Last Ball is Bowled’. What better than this match to substantiate. 90,200 plus spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and millions across the globe…
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Treasurer Arun Dhumal yesterday rubbished reports of Virat Kohli stepping down as India’s limited-overs skipper after the T20 World Cup, saying that the Board has not discussed anything on this matter and that he will continue to captain the team in all formats. “This is all rubbish….
India captain Virat Kohli’s long reign at the top of the ICC (International Cricket Council) rankings for batsmen was yesterday brought to an end by his Pakistan counterpart Babar Azam, who became only the fourth from his country to attain the position. The 26-year-old right-hander’s player of the match effort of an 82-ball 94 in…
By V.N. Prasad Over 1.3 Billion hearts started pounding as Natarajan was called to bowl the last over. Quickly, I was reminded of the last over of the finals of T20 ICC World Cup of 2016. England Vs WI at Kolkota. WI needed 19 runs off 6 deliveries. Atmosphere was tense as Ben Stokes bowled…
India captain Virat Kohli became the first batsman to make 3,000 runs in men’s Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket. He achieved the feat in the second T20I between India and England in Ahmedabad yesterday. Kohli was already the leading scorer in the format in men’s cricket before the match. Only two other cricketers have scored more…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC The only problem in a cricket match with Australia or New Zealand is the odd timings. I had to wake up at 4.30 am to watch the final day proceedings much to the irritation of my better half. What a paisa wasool day of cricket. I would not…
Dubai: Virat Kohli led from the front as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 37 runs to win the 25th Match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 yesterday. RCB have rarely emerged victorious in Southern derby matches, and this win will certainly be a major boost for the players. The Bengaluru-based…
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