Bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Tabraiz Shamsi starred in South Africa's convincing five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Dambulla on Sunday.from Top Cricketnext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2uYQYK1
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Bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Tabraiz Shamsi starred in South Africa's convincing five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Dambulla on Sunday.
Former England pacer Darren Gough feels India have enough firepower in their pace attack to cover for the absence of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah in the first Test beginning here on Wednesday.
Former India captain Kapil Dev will represent the country once again, 24 years after his retirement from competitive cricket, but this time in a different sport. 59-year-old has made it to the Indian golf team that will take part in the 2018 Asia Pacific Seniors. Dev qualified on the basis of his performance in the All India Senior Tournament that was held at the JP Greens Golf Course in Noida earlier in July.
Fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman will return to Bangladesh's squad for a three-match Twenty20 series against West Indies next month, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Sunday.
Former Indian captain MS Dhoni loves to experiment with his looks frequently, especially his hair. This time, he has done a throwback with his latest hairstyle.
Opening batsman Murali Vijay, who was India's top run scorer the last time India toured England in 2014, has said that the team has been playing a "phenomenal brand of cricket" and he wants to play a key role in the team's success in the current tour.
Virat Kohli has plundered Test runs in virtually every corner of the cricket world but England is a scoring desert for India's superstar captain ahead of a tricky five-match series.
Two of the game's biggest names - Mahela Jayawardene and Kumara Sangakkara - broke the record for the biggest partnership in Test cricket as they simply kept on batting, forcing South Africa into submission, in Colombo.
England pacer Stuart Broad said even the groundstaff won't be able to predict how the 22-yard strip would behave during the first Test against India, as searing heat soaked all the moisture from the Edgbaston pitch.
Follow all the live cricket action as South Africa take on Sri Lanka in the first ODI in Rangiri.
Fugitive Punjab National Bank scam accused Mehul Choksi has approached the High Court of Antigua to block government's move to extradite him. According to reports, Choksi's lawyer has filed a plea in the court asking to prevent Indian authorities from extraditing the diamantaire.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chief RS Sharma's open challenge to ethical hackers to prove vulnerabilities in Aadhaar database has now led to attempts of depositing money the official's account. However, Sharma, the former chairman of UIDAI, has rejected all such claims of money being deposited in his bank account.
Nearly 10,000 people have been evacuated to safer places as the water level in Yamuna river continues to rise. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday directed officials to make arrangements for the affected people, as the river flowed at 205.78 metres, with the danger mark being 204.83 metres.

Idukki dam reservoir in Kerala is nearly full as incessant rains continue to lash the region. The water level in the dam is just nine feet short of the full level forcing the authorities to issue an 'orange alert'. Water level in Idukki dam has touched 2395.26 feet whereas full reservoir level of the dam is 2404 feet. 
Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, who has been on bail on an extradition warrant since his arrest in April last year, will return to Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Tuesday for closing arguments in his extradition trial. The judge will set a timeline for a ruling in the high-profile case.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he is ready to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani without any precondition at any time. While responding to a question on if he is willing to meet the Iran leader, Trump said that "I believe in meeting, I would certainly meet with Iran if they wanted to meet.”
Six labourers were buried alive in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district late on Monday, while they were working on laying 4G cables for a private telecom company. The labourers had slipped into a six-feet-deep pit and a mud mound collapsed on them, said an official.
Bihar's budgetary outlay for education has jumped from just over Rs 4,000 crore in 2005-06 to Rs 33,000 crore in 2018-19, which is indicative of the government's resolve to provide all its citizens with adequate opportunities for learning, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday.
The row over the publication of the National Register of Citizens(NRC) in Assam on Monday echoed in Parliament where Home Minister Rajnath Singh asserted the Centre has no role in the preparation of the draft list and it was done on the directives of the Supreme Court.


A Congress delegation on Monday met Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao to submit their letter and requesting him to intervene in the matter of Maratha Reservation and ask the state government to expedite its efforts for providing 16 per cent reservation to Maratha community. Lashing out at the Devendra Fadnavis government, the Congress party said that the BJP-led government in Maharashtra is "dilly-dallying" on the issue of reservations for the Maratha community in jobs and education.





















After giving an ultimatum to the Centre for promulgating an ordinance to strengthen the SC/ST Act and removal of the Chairman of National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Monday said it has faith in the BJP-led government that its demands would be met.
Hitting out at the AAP government, Union minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday alleged that there was no advance planning to rehabilitate people affected by rising Yamuna waters in Delhi and they were at the "mercy of an insensitive" dispensation. 
Reliance Retail has become the first Indian company to enter the world's top 200 retail chains as it has crossed USD 10 billion sales. The Mumbai-based conglomerate is further planning to continue to expand network in tier II and III cities in the country.
The United States on Monday designating India as a Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) country and eased the export controls for high-technology product sales to it. With this, India has become the only South Asian nation to be on the list.
The GST anti-profiteering authority has sought inputs from telecom operator Bharti Airtel and budget airline Indigo on whether the goods and services tax (GST) or credit allowed on inputs in the new regime has created room for reduction in prices.
Karman Kaur Thandi today became only the sixth Indian woman tennis player to crack the top-200 rankings in singles, jumping 32 places in the WTA chart. Karman is now ranked exactly 200 in the WTA list.
A confident India will fancy their chances against lower-ranked Italy when they meet in a quarter-final playoff of the Women's Hockey World Cup here on Tuesday.
Virgiliu Postolachi's injury-time strike handed Thomas Tuchel his first win as Paris Saint-Germain coach after a pulsating 3-2 victory over Atletico Madrid on Monday.
Chinese superstar Lin Dan and "nervous" number one Viktor Axelsen both made ominously fast starts at the badminton World Championships on Monday.
One of the brightest sparks in the midfield for the Indian men’s football team, young Anirudh Thapa has impressed all and sundry with his tireless performances in the season gone by and in the Intercontinental Cup. Hailing from Dehradun, the AIFF Emerging Player of the Year has his eyes firmly set on clinching a spot in the squad for the upcoming Asian Cup in January 2019.
Bayern Munich Chief Executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has reiterated his call for the Bundesliga to scrap the so-called 50 plus one rule which effectively bars big investors from taking over clubs.
American great Serena Williams, who finished runner-up at the recently-held Wimbledon tennis Championship, rose a spot to No.26 in the latest Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic registered his first MLS hat trick, scoring the tying and go-ahead goals in a 4-minute span in the second half in the LA Galaxy's 4-3 victory over Orlando City on Sunday night.
India's H.S.Prannoy advanced to the second round of the Badminton World Championship by thrashing New Zealand's Abhinav Manota in straight games on July 30.
Vijay Mallya is 'devastated' to have lost control of the Force India Formula One team but the embattled tycoon should still have a say in what happens next, according to his right-hand man Bob Fernley.