CRICKET England In Semis – Champions Trophy 2017: Hosts England beat New Zealand by 87 runs, becoming the first team to cruise into the semi-finals. The Kiwis’ batting line up failed to beat England’s 310 in 49.3 overs. Contributions came from batsmen Alex Hales (56), Joe Root (64), Ben Stokes (48) and Jos Buttler (61). […]
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Sports Roundup – 3rd June 2017
CRICKET England Win A Thriller Against South Africa: An all-round show by England brought them victory by a 2 run margin against South Africa. Batting first, England scored 330-6 in 50 overs. Ben Stokes continued his great form here too post the IPL, and scored 101. Buttler contributed 65 while skipper Eoin Morgan made 45. […]
Sports Roundup – 20th May 2017
. CRICKET Rising Pune Supergiant Storm Into IPL 10 Final: Great batsmanship by Ajinkya Rahane (56), Manoj Tiwary (58) and MS Dhoni (40), coupled with magnificent spells from Washington Sunder 3-16 and Shardul Thakur 3-37, helped RPS clinch victory by 20 runs against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. Batting first, Pune amassed 162-4 in […]
Sports Roundup – 13th May 2017
CRICKET Kings Overpower Knights: Rahul Tewatia (2-18) and Mohit Sharma’s (2-24) spectacular spell saw Punjab thrash Kolkata by 14 runs in an exciting clash in Mohali, keeping alive play-off hopes in the IPL 2017. Kings X1 notched up 167-6 in their 20 overs courtesy good knocks from Skipper Maxwell (44) and Wriddhiman Saha (38). Rahul […]
Sports Roundup – 06th May 2017
CRICKET Rahul Tripathi Stars As RPS Beat KKR: Rahul Tripathi’s massive 93 off 52 balls, with 9 fours and 7 sixes, helped RPS win by 4 wickets against rivals KKR in their own home den at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Batting first KKR notched up 155-8 in their 20 overs. Manish Pandey top scored […]
Sports Roundup – 22nd April 2017
CRICKET Kane Williamson, Siddharth Kaul Shine As SRH Win V/s DD: An excellent last over from speedster Siddharth Kaul, ensured that SRH won their clash against rivals DD by 15 runs. Kaul finished his magnificent spell of four overs scalping 1 wicket. Batting first, SRH notched up 191-4 in their 20 overs as star player […]
Sports Roundup – 08th April 2017
CRICKET Sunrisers Hyderabad Start Off IPL 10 With A Victory: Yuvraj Singh’s blistering knock of 62 helped defending champs SRH start off their IPL campaign with a 35 run victory against rivals Royal Challengers Bangalore. Batting first, SRH put up a massive 207-4 in their 20 overs courtesy great performances from Moises Henriques (52) and […]
Sports Roundup – 1st April 2017
CRICKET India Win Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Dharamsala hosted India’s victory in the final Test Match by 8 wickets, as also the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1. Opting to bat first, Australia amassed 300 in 88.3 overs as Steven Smith scored 111. Debutant Kuldeep Yadav grabbed 4-68 in 23 overs. India scored 332 in 118.1 overs as KL Rahul, […]
Sports Roundup – 11th March 2017
. 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 […]
Sports Roundup – 4th March 2017
CRICKET New Zealand Demolish South Africa In 4TH ODI: Martin Guptill’s blistering knock of 180, laced with 15 fours and 11 sixes helped New Zealand cruise to victory by 7 wickets in Hamilton. Opting to bat first, South Africa put up 279-8 in their 50 overs. At present the series is levelled at 2-2. Parsee […]
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 […]