. CRICKET India’s Gritty Performance Clinches 2nd Test Match: India played like champs and clinched victory by 75 runs to win the Second Test match against Australia. Batting first India were out for 189 in 71.2 overs. KL Rahul top scored with 90. The visitors put up 276 in their 122.4 overs. India’s second innings […]
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Sports Roundup – 25th February 2017
CRICKET IPL Auctions: Rising Pune Supergiant picked up England all-rounder Ben Stokes for a whopping Rs 14.5 Cr (Crores), becoming the most expensive buy of the season. English fast bowler Tymal Mills was taken by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 12 Cr. Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan became first cricketers from Afghanistan to be picked […]
Sports Roundup – 18th February 2017
CRICKET India Clinch 2017 Blind T20 World Cup: India defeated Pakistan by 9 wickets in the finals of the 2017 blind T20 World Cup held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The team played brilliantly throughout and brought home the cup once again. Choosing to bat first Pakistan put up 197-8 on the board. […]
Sports Roundup – 28th January 2017
CRICKET England Win 1st T20 In Kanpur: An all-round good effort by England helped them win the contest by 7 wickets against India. India managed 147-7 with Dhoni scoring 36 and Moeen Ali getting 2-21 in 4 overs. England started their innings with Skipper Eoin Morgan scoring 38 and Joe Root, 46, achieving their target […]
Sports Roundup – 21st January 2017
CRICKET Kohli-Jadhav Get India’s 1st ODI Win: India clinched victory in the first ODI at Pune by 3 wickets with excellent performances from skipper Virat Kohli (122) and Kedar Jadhav (120). Batting first, England amassed a massive 350-7 in 50 overs, courtesy half centuries from Jason Roy, Joe Root and Ben Stokes. Indian bowlers, Hardik […]
Sports Roundup – 14th January 2017
CRICKET England Win First Warm Up Game At CCI: The world witnessed a cracking contest at the CCI in Mumbai, between ‘India A’ and ‘England’ which turned out to be Dhoni’s last game as captain. Though the visitors won this encounter by 3 wickets. Batting first, India A scored 304-5 in 50 overs, courtesy a […]
Sports Roundup – 24th December 2016
CRICKET India Wins 5th Test Match By A Massive Margin: India won their final encounter by an innings and 75 runs at Chennai. Batting first, England notched up 477 in 157.2 overs due to Moeen Ali’s 146 and some good contributions by Joe Root (88), Liam Dawson (66) and Adil Rashid (60). India declared their […]
Sports Roundup – 17th December 2016
CRICKET India Win 4th Test Match At Wankhede: India won handsomely at Wankhede by an innings and 36 runs and went up 3-0, sealing the Test Series. Opting to bat first England notched up 400 in 130.1 overs during their first innings as debutant Keaton Jennings scored a scintillating 112 before being caught by Pujara […]
Sports Roundup – 10th December 2016
Cricket India Beats Pakistan To Clinch Women’s T20 Asia Cup: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand and Nepal participated in the 2016 Asia Cup, where India emerged champions for the sixth time. Opting to bat, India notched up 121-5 in 20 overs as skipper Mithali Raj led from the front scoring an unbeaten 73 of […]
Sports Roundup – 3rd December 2016
CRICKET India Wins 3rd Test Against England: Winning the toss, England opted to bat first at Mohali. During their first innings they scored 283 in 93.5 overs with Jonny Bairstow (89 runs). Amongst the bowlers India’s Mohammed Shami grabbed 3-63 while Umesh Yadav and Jayant Yadav picked two wickets each. In reply, India put up […]
Sports Roundup – 26th November 2016
. CRICKET India Wins 2nd Test Match Against England: Batting first India notched up 455 runs as skipper Virat Kohli (167 runs) and Cheteshwar Pujara (119 runs) scored useful centuries. In reply, the Englishmen were bundled out for 255 runs, thanks to Ashwin’s bowling at 5/67. During the second innings the hosts scored 204 runs […]