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London: The Oval has extracted every last drop of publicity from its 100th Test but even the famous old ground's PR department would have struggled to dream up an ending so dramatic it may be talked about 100 games hence. After an unremarkable morning, Moeen Ali bounced up to the crease as the third English bowler to be on a hat-trick in South Africa's second innings of the third Test. After a frenzied appeal, nail-biting review and final finger of doom, Moeen became the first player to achieve the feat in a Test at The Oval and the first English spinner to bag a hat-trick since Tom Goddard in 1938. The celebrations were all you might expect of such a deed. Every now and then, cricket conjures up days that span generations. Within minutes of Moeen dismissing the unfortunate Morne Morkel, who had earlier bowled superbly for South Africa for no reward, statistics started to drip feed out of computers. This was the third time Test had been completed with a hat-trick and the...

After taking charge of the team in his second stint, India coach Ravi Shastri already seems to have made an impact, though it's still early days. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule Shastri's first assignment is the ongoing Sri Lanka tour and in the 10 days he has been with the team, he has already tweaked the preparation style. Under Shastri, Team India's Playing XI has got into a new practice of warming up before going down to the middle. This was evident during the opening Test in Galle itself when Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Abhinav Mukund reached the ground before the rest of the squad. The mandate for them was to get to the nets and start hitting balls just in case India bat first. With Kohli winning the toss and opting to bat, the duo was amply warmed-up and Dhawan went on to smash 190 off 168 balls in the first innings. By the time the openers went in, Cheteshwar Pujara had completed this routine, while Virat Kohli was in the nets. T...

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Moeen Ali took a hat-trick to complete England's 239-run victory over South Africa in the third Test on the final day at the Oval on Monday. England vs South Africa, 3rd Test - Full Scorecard The England spinner struck soon after lunch to remove Dean Elgar and Kagiso Rabada, both to catches by Ben Stokes at slip. He followed up with the first ball of his next over to get Morne Morkel lbw as South Africa were all out for 252. Elgar's dismissal was decisive after the opener had battled 228 balls for his 136. Moeen's hat-trick was the first at The Oval in 100 Test matches at the London ground. England lead the series 2-1 going into the fourth and final test starting in Manchester on Friday. via Sify.com http://ift.tt/2f1gLMt

Although India won by a whopping margin of 304 runs, that too within four days, they had to toil extremely hard to go 1-0 up in the three-Test series in Sri Lanka because of the resistance from the Galle International Stadium pitch that played totally out of character. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule "Yes, the last time when we played here, the surface offered much more to the bowlers. It kept the bowlers in the game throughout, the quicks and the spinners more so," said Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday evening. "This time around, the wicket was really good to bat on even 'til today. I mean, if you applied yourself, you could easily score runs on that surface. So, yeah, we had to work hard to get all the wickets that we did. I think the bowlers came up with different plans, persisted with those plans long enough to get those breakthroughs and that's something that always helps at the beginning of a series." "To get a v...

India's clinical performance in thrashing Sri Lanka in the first Test in Galle has left captain Virat Kohli facing a problem of plenty at the top of the batting order for the second match of the series this week. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule The touring side, ranked number one in the world, defeated Sri Lanka by 304 runs inside four days to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. While Shikhar Dhawan put India in the driver's seat on the opening day with a sparkling 190 off just 168 deliveries, it was his opening partner Abhinav Mukund's turn to shine in the second innings with an 81. Dhawan and Mukund, however, were India's second-choice pairing, with Murali Vijay and KL Rahul unavailable. Dhawan only came into the squad as a replacement for the injured Vijay, while Rahul was forced to miss the first test due to a viral fever. With Rahul having recovered and ready to re-claim his spot, team management are left with a difficult choic...

Former Bangladesh skipper Khaled Mahmud suffered a stroke on Saturday morning and is likely to be taken to Singapore for treatment. According to ESPNcricinfo , a family member of Mahmud confirmed that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is arranging an ambulance to the airport this afternoon. The all-rounder, who celebrated his 46th birthday on Wednesday last week, went into coma on Sunday evening when he was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of United Hospital in Dhaka. Mahmud, who is currently serving as the team's manager and a board director, was Bangladesh's third Test captain, having led them in nine games in 2003. He represented Bangladesh in 12 Tests and 77 ODIs. He retired from international cricket in 2006 and went into coaching and administration soon afterwards. Stay updated on the go with Sify Live Scores App. Click here to download it for your device via Sify.com http://ift.tt/2uMJIkQ

Cheteshwar Pujara, who has been India's backbone when it comes to Test cricket and would be playing his 50th Test match against Sri Lanka in Colombo, said that he wants to keep performing for the team and improve his performance with each passing day. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule "Playing the 50th Test match for the country, it will be a proud moment for me. When I started playing cricket, I thought that Test cricket is something I always wanted to play. And, when I have to represent India for the 50th Test match it will be a proud moment. I want to keep performing and continue improving as a cricketer. I am confident that I can add few more shots in my batting," Pujara said here. "One of the most challenging times of my career was when I was out for six months; I got injured again in 2011 and didn't play for an year. So, that I don't catch any more injuries. But obviously you cannot guarantee anything," he added. He furth...

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Virat Kohli, who came back to form with a menacing hundred against Sri Lanka that eventually helped India register a record win at the Galle, achieved a unique feat in cricket history. Kohli's innings of 103 not out, which was his 17th Test ton, took his average in Test cricket to 50.03, making him the only player to average over fifty in all three international formats. The 28-year-old has amassed 4,603 runs with as many as 17 centuries and 14 fifties in his 58-Test career. In ODIs, Kohli has scored 8,132 runs and has slammed as many as 28 centuries and 43 fifties in 189 matches, averaging 54.68. And when it comes to T20 cricket, the Indian batting mainstay has managed to garner 1,709 runs at 53.40 with 16 fifties. He made his Test debut in 2011, and shrugged off the tag of "ODI specialist" by 2013 with Test hundreds in Australia and South Africa. Having reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 2013, Kohli also found suc...

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After registering an emphatic win against Sri Lanka in the first Test match, Indian captain Virat Kohli on Saturday heaped praises on his bowlers for delivering a 304-run victory on a wicket that "was really good to bat on". India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule India had declared on 240 for 3, thus putting up a massive target of 550 for the Lankan team to win. However, a splendid bowling performance by spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Aswhin, who both took three wickets each, restricted them to 245, on the final day. "The bowlers came up with different plans and persisted long enough to get those breakthroughs. And at the beginning of the series, if you get a victory like that on a surface that is not offering much, it really gives the team a confidence of doing it once more if we get the surface like that again," Kohli said. "This time around, the wicket was really good to bat on, even till today if you applied yourself, you co...

Galle: Following the massive 304-run win in the opening Test against Sri Lanka, India skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday heaped praise on the opening duo of Shikhar Dhawan and Abhinav Mukund, who weren't part of the first choice squad for the tour. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule Dhawan, who smashed a swashbuckling 190 off 168 balls to set the tone for India's massive first innings score of 600, joined the team as a replacement for injured Murali Vijay. Mukund, who scored 81 runs in the second essay was included after regular opener Lokesh Rahul was down with viral fever following the warm-up match against the Sri Lanka Board President's XI. Terming the opening conundrum as a "happy headache", Kohli hailed the openers saying: "The opening competition is a happy headache. It felt nice that it came off nicely. Abhinav batted well and he deserved a hundred." The 28-year-old Kohli, who on Saturday fired a 136-ball unbeaten 103 to ...

The BCCI will revert to the tried and tested 'home and away' Ranji Trophy format when its technical committee under the chairmanship of Sourav Ganguly meet in Kolkata on August 2. The technical committee meeting will be followed by a meeting of Tours and Fixtures Committee, which will decide on the dates of India's limited overs home series against Australia in October and November. It will be after some months that one of BCCI's sub-committees will be meeting and it has been scheduled in Kolkata as CAB president Ganguly has other commitments. The BCCI had decided on neutral venues for Ranji Trophy during the 2016-17 season after numerous complaints about home teams doctoring the pitches. However, most of the domestic captains gave it a thumbs down during the Captains Conclave in Mumbai earlier this year, when it became clear that the idea was a flop. "Most of the states have already made it clear that we should go back to the old format of at least four home ...

India defied ghosts of past Galle defeats as they came up with a dominating performance to take a 1-0 lead in the three match Test series against Sri Lanka on Saturday. Against a feeble home attack, spin twins R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared six wickets among themselves as India pocketed the opening Test by a massive 304 runs. Set a mammoth 550 runs to win and with two full days to go, the doors were literally closed on Sri Lanka. Finger injuries ruled out Rangana Herath and Asela Gunaratne as India needed eight wickets to start the series on a winning note. They did that in style by scripting a record away victory - highest runs margin. King Kohli slams 17th Test ton At the start of day's play, India skipper Virat Kohli required just 24 runs to reach the three figure mark. Kohli who resumed on 76 brought up his 17th Test ton and 10th as captain before setting Sri Lanka an improbable target. It was an important knock for Kohli who warmed up for the rest of the series aft...

Galle: Spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each to help India thrash Sri Lanka by 304 runs in the opening Test and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series at the Galle International Stadium here on Saturday. Chasing a mammoth 550, Sri Lanka, reduced to nine men after skipper Rangana Herath and Asela Gunaratne were ruled out, failed to put up a fight before being bundled out for 245 in their second innings. India's spin duo of Ashwin (3/65) and Jadeja (3/71) dominated with the ball on the penultimate day of the match as opener Dimuth Karunaratne and stumper Niroshan Dickwella provided some resistance before falling on respective scores of 97 and 67. Brief Scores: India 600, 240/3 (Virat Kohli 103 not out, Abhinav Mukund 81) beat Sri Lanka 291, 245 (Dimuth Karunaratne 97, Niroshan Dickwella 67, Ravichandran Ashwin 3/65, Ravindra Jadeja 3/71) by 304 runs.   Stay updated on the go with Sify Live Scores App. Click here to download it for your de...

Image Courtesy: @CricketScotland Scotland and Sussex batsman Matt Machan has been forced to call curtains on his career at the age of just 26 because of a wrist injury. The left-hander had earlier ruled out of the second half of the 2016 English domestic season in order to undergo surgery on what his Sussex coach Mark Davis described a 'repetitive' wrist injury. However, Machan, who was a part of the Scotland squad in 2015 World Cup as well as in the 2016 World T20, failed to alleviate the problem fully by going under the knife and, now, he has decided to retire from the game. Deeply saddened to announce the news, Machan insisted that he had taken the decision following a medical advice and keeping in mind his long-term health. "It is with great sadness and an extremely heavy heart that I have to announce my retirement from the professional game due to a wrist injury. Following medical advice, my long-term health is most important to me and I have to take that into a...

Galle: India's pacemen made early inroads into Sri Lanka's second innings on the fourth morning of the first Test on Saturday after setting the hosts a mammoth target of 550 runs to win. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule Sri Lanka, already a batsman short after Asela Gunaratne fractured his thumb and was ruled out of the series, reached 85 for two at lunch, facing an uphill task to avoid going 1-0 down in the three-match series. India vs Sri Lanka - 1st Test, Day 4: Scorecard Opening batsman Dimuth Karunaratne was unbeaten on 44 with Kusal Mendis 24 not out at the break. India, the world's top-ranked Test side, declared their second innings closed on 240 for three after captain Virat Kohli completed his 17th Test hundred. The right-handed batsman, who resumed the day on 76, remained unbeaten on 103 after reaching the three-figure mark with a single off spinner Dilruwan Perera. The century ended a poor run in Tests for Kohli, who hit five bound...

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Abhinav Mukund, who was included in the India's playing XI for the Galle Test against Sri Lanka in absence of both regular openers, believes one has to capitalise whenever he gets a chance to perform in the middle. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule Mukund didn't have the best day on his comeback to Test cricket as he was dismissed for just 12 in India's first innings on the opening day of the first Test of the three-match series against Sri Lanka on Wednesday. However, he rejuvenated himself with a brilliant run-out and a terrific catch at silly point on Thursday and then sealed off an excellent last couple of days with a career-best 81 on Day Three of the Test match. However, he missed on his maiden ton as he was dismissed LBW off the last ball of the day. "I have the opportunity to do something in this Test. I don't want to think ahead to the next Test. Being the first-choice opener or second-choice opener, it doesn't make a differ...

New Delhi: Former Tamil Nadu left-arm spinner Sunil Subramanian, who is best known as premier India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's childhood coach, was on Friday appointed the administrative manager of the national cricket team. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule Subramanian, who played 74 matches for Assam and Tamil Nadu, was appointed for a one-year term and will join the team ahead of the second Test against Sri Lanka, beginning from August 3 in Colombo. "The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday appointed former first class cricketer Sunil Subramanian as the administrative manager of Team India (Senior Men)," the BCCI said in a statement. "Subramanian has 285 wickets to his name from 74 matches in first class cricket. He captained Tamil Nadu in Ranji Trophy and is a National Cricket Academy (NCA) certified coach. "He also has a rich vein of experience when it comes to management and administrative capabilities ...

Galle: India rode on half centuries from skipper Virat Kohli and opener Abhinav Mukund to post 189/3 in their second innings and extend their lead to 498 at stumps on the third day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka here on Friday. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule Joining forces after the early departure of the first innings centurions Shikhar Dhawan (14) and Cheteshwar Pujara (15), Kohli (76 not out) and Mukund (81) put on 133 runs for the third wicket as India found themselves in a commanding position at the Galle International Stadium here. Galle Test, Day 3: Scorecard Earlier, India decided against enforcing a follow-on even after taking a mammoth 309-run first innings lead. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, with figures of 3/67, was the pick of the bowlers, as the home side was bundled out for 291 just after the lunch break. Stay updated on the go with Sify Live Scores App. Click here to download it for your device via Sify.com http://ift.tt/2w6...

Galle: Dominant India spared Sri Lanka the ignominy of a follow-on but stretched their overall lead to 365 runs to tighten their grip on the first Test on Friday. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule The tourists shot out their depleted hosts for 291 in the second over after lunch to take a 309-run first innings lead and were 56-2 when rain forced early tea on day three at the Galle International Stadium. Galle Test, Day 3: Scorecard Abhinav Mukund was batting on 27 at the break with Sri Lanka, a batsman short following Asela Gunaratne's series-ending thumb injury on Wednesday, staring at a huge defeat. Things could have been even worse for them but for Dilruwan Perera's gutsy 92 not out after they resumed the day on 154-5.Angelo Mathews held the key to Sri Lanka's survival and the former captain made 83 before Ravindra Jadeja (3-67) sent him back. The spinner sent down a flighted delivery and Mathews moved towards leg and slapped it straight to I...

Mumbai: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a detailed response from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over a plea seeking e-auction of media rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. The auction process for IPL media rights is slated to be held from August 17 and the rights would operate for a period of five years. The three-member bench, headed by justice Dipak Misra, has given a two-week time to the BCCI to reply as to why broadcasting rights of IPL matches are not being sold through e-auctioning. On July 11, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy moved to the apex court, seeking e-auction of media rights for the matches of the lucrative T20 league. At present, Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI) is holding the rights of the IPL. However, their deal is going to an end after the event's next edition. In 2008, the Singapore-based World Sports Group bagged the IPL television rights for a 10-year period with a USD 918 million bid. It simu...

Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir has dismissed rumours about his retirement from Test cricket. Earlier in May, unsubstantiated media reports claimed that Amir was considering drawing curtains on his Test career in order to prolong his white-ball career. However, the left-armer has now put an end to any speculation about his Test future. "I have no idea what the thinking was behind this ridiculous story," cricket.com.au quoted Amir as saying. "I'm fit, strong and healthy and have no intentions of quitting any format. What I had said was that as a cricketer you have to take care of your body and look after your fitness levels and someone altered that statement and quoted me as saying that I wanted to quit playing Test cricket." "It's totally untrue and as long as I am fit I want to play in all formats," he added. Amir, along with fast bowler Mohammad Asif and former skipper Salman Butt, were found guilty of various offences of corrupt behaviour r...

Galle: Sri Lanka struggled to 289/8 in their first innings as India strengthened their position at lunch on the third day of the first Test at the Galle International Stadium here on Friday. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule The hosts now trail by 311 runs with Dilruwan Perera unbeaten on a gritty 90. Lahiru Kumara was batting on 2 at the other end. Pacer Mohammed Shami returned with figures of 2/45 for India while left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja got 2/67. Galle Test, Day 3: Scorecard Perera and Angelo Mathews started the day on a steady note for Sri Lanka, handling the bowling of Umesh, Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin quite comfortably. The duo batted out the first hour with ease, putting together a partnership of 72 runs. Jadeja, however, got the breakthrough with the first over of his second spell when Mathews mistimed his drive while trying to smash the ball over the in-field cordon. It was a poor shot selection from Mathews in the given situation. T...

When it comes to Test cricket, the one batsman that Team India looks up to is Cheteshwar Pujara. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule Whether India have to post a big first innings score or are chasing a big total, Pujara is the man that the Men in Blue, usually, depend upon. And more often than not, Pujara delivers for the team. In fact, the performance of this Rajkot lad has been one of the key pillars in India's success in Test cricket in the last five to six years. Pujara was dropped from the Test team during the tour of West Indies last year. But since his return to the team, India have played 15 Tests and Pujara has emerged as the team's highest run-getter. In fact, in the period from August 18, 2016 until now, the gutsy right-handed batsman is the highest run-getter in Test cricket. In 15 Tests in the above said period, Pujara has scored 1469 runs at an average of 66.77 along with five hundreds and eight half centuries. Even in the ongoing Test...

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Galle: India amassed 600 in their first innings and returned to blow away the top half of the Sri Lankan batting order to tighten their grip on the first Test at the Galle International Stadium on Thursday. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule Sri Lanka were reeling on 154 for five at stumps on day two, still 446 behind and facing the unenviable task of saving the match with 10 batsmen following Asela Gunaratne's series-ending thumb injury. India vs Sri Lanka - 1st Test, Day 2: Scorecard Angelo Mathews, who relinquished the captaincy this month, was unbeaten on 54 at the close with Dilruwan Perera on six. Earlier, India lost four wickets in the morning session but their tail wagged as they added 201 runs to their overnight score of 399-3 before being all out less than an hour before the tea break. Nuwan Pradeep was rewarded for his lion-hearted bowling effort with career-best figure of six for 132. Resuming on 144, Cheteshwar Pujara brought up his sixth ...

New Delhi: It is very rare to come across spin bowling variations in women's cricket, but all-rounder Deepti Sharma, fresh from her brilliant performance in the just concluded ICC Women's World Cup , is now focussed on developing a 'carrom' ball, mostly used by the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin and Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis. In a tell-all interview to IANS , the 19-year-old revealed about her brief cricketing journey from the smaller grounds in Agra to playing a World Cup final in front of a jampacked Lord's -- the Mecca of cricket. "I used to accompany my brother to his academy in Agra. One day I was sitting on the stairs watching his match and suddenly the ball came to me. I threw back the ball and it directly hit the stumps. "There were a few girls practising on the ground and among them was (veteran India batswoman) Hemlata Kala, who enquired about me. "She immediately asked my brother to bring me along to the ground everyday, saying: ...

New Delhi: Indian women's cricket team skipper Mithali Raj on Thursday picked her deputy Harmanpreet Kaur and youngsters Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma to succeed her when she decides to quit the game. India @ ICC Women's World Cup Mithali, who recently led the Indian eves to the final of the ICC World Cup -- which they lost to hosts England in the summit clash at Lord's -- admitted that she still has two-three years of cricket left in her and added that the next focus is on the ICC Women's World T20 in the West Indies next year. "As a player grows and gains experience at the international level, each one of them becomes a leader in their own respect," MIthali said. "Harmanpreet is there now, there might be Deepti Sharma, Smriti Mandhana...you never know where destiny takes them, but this bunch of players has the ability to take up the challenge whenever it's given to them," Mithali told reporters here during the BCCI's felicitation ...

​​"I want to be the Jacques Kallis of India." ​​ Almost a year ago, when Hardik Pandya made his international debut, the India all-rounder expressed his desire to emulate his idol, the legendary Jacques Kallis. ​​ A country that has produced some of the finest batsmen of all time, India has struggled to get on board a genuine all-rounder. It has been more than two decades since the great Kapil Dev retired and India are yet to find a player who possesses half the skills that the former India skipper had. ​​ When Pandya made the statement, the world laughed at him. But cut to July 26, the exuberant all-rounder was presented his Test cap by skipper Virat Kohli. Dressed in all whites, Pandya, the 289th Indian to play Tests, posted a picture in the morning ahead of the Galle Test with the caption, "What better to live moments which I often fantasized as a growing kid! The Paramount to represent India in whites. #livingthedream #SLvIND." ​​ Before the first Test, K...

Galle: India made 600 all out in their first innings on day two of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle International stadium on Thursday. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule Shikhar Dhawan topscored for the tourists with a career-best 190, while Cheteshwar Pujara made 153. Ajinkya Rahane (57) and debutant Hardik Pandya (50) scored half-centuries. India vs Sri Lanka - 1st Test, Day 2: Scorecard Nuwan Pradeep was the pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers, claiming a career-high 6-132, while Lahiru Kumara returned 3-131. Sri Lanka will play with 10 batsmen after Asela Gunaratne fractured his thumb while fielding on Wednesday, an injury that ruled him out of the three-match series. Stay updated on the go with Sify Live Scores App. Click here to download it for your device via Sify.com http://ift.tt/2tLyyhc

Galle: Sri Lanka paceman Nuwan Pradeep claimed his maiden five-wicket haul in a lion-hearted bowling effort as India reached 503 for seven at lunch on day two of the first Test on Thursday. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule India vs Sri Lanka - 1st Test, Day 2: Scorecard After bleeding 399 runs on a punishing opening day, Sri Lanka finally managed more than one wicket in a session with pace duo Pradeep and Lahiru Kumara bending their back at the Galle International Stadium. Debutant Hardik Pandya was batting on four with Ravindra Jadeja on eight at the end of the four-wicket session which yielded 104 runs. Resuming on his personal score of 144, Cheteshwar Pujara duly brought up his sixth score of 150 or more before fellow overnight batsman Ajinkya Rahane straight drove Rangana Herath to complete his fifty in the next over. Pradeep was the pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers claiming all three wickets on Wednesday, and the 30-year-old dismissed Pujara with a goo...

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The job of Team India manager is not an easy profile to ace. Apparently, the candidates who applied for the role had this tricky question fired at them: How would you have handled the rift between Indian captain Virat Kohli and former India coach Anil Kumble? According to a report in the Indian Express , this was the a common question to all 12 candidates during their job interviews in Mumbai and Delhi on Tuesday. Reportedly, most of the candidates responded on the lines that the captain must have full authority and batted for an immediate solution if such a conflict arises again. A few even stressed the importance of the sanctity of the dressing room. Out of the 12, BCCI has shortlisted five candidates whose resumes will now be sent to BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and Cricket of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai for their views. As per reports, there were just about 35 applications for the advertisement for the post. Earlier this month, the BCCI sought applications...

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India opener Shikhar Dhawan returned to the Test fold in style striking a career-best 190 off 168 balls on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle to guide India to 399/3 at stumps India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule Hurt after being dropped from the Test side, the left-hander says he remained confident of making his way back into the longest format sooner than later. After the day's play, Dhawan recalled the time when he was not part of the Test team. "When I had that lean patch, I knew that if I wasn't going to score runs, I could get out of the side. Of course, I felt that pressure at that moment and when I got out of the Test side, it hurt me, reflected Dhawan. "But then, I moved on and I started playing domestic cricket for Delhi and I was enjoying myself there. One thing about me is that I don't like to be sad all the time. I like to be happy and so I was enjoying myself over there and knew that if things have t...

Pretoria: India A suffered a two-wicket loss at the hands of hosts South Africa A in a low-scoring one-dayer of the cricket Tri-Series here on Wednesday. Put in to bat, India A recovered from a batting collapse, thanks to captain Manish Pandey's patient 95-ball 55 and cameos from Karun Nair (25) and Yuzvendra Chahal (24 not out), but were skittled out for 152. In reply, South Africa A stumbled on their way losing eight wickets before overhauling the target in 37.4 overs. The hosts found themselves struggling at 16/2 after losing Henry Davids (5) and Dane Paterson (11) early. By the 16th over, the hosts had lost half their side with 71 runs on board as Reeza Hendricks (11), captain Khaya Zondo (15) and Heinrich Klaasen (24) were back in the dressing room. Thereafter, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's twin strikes in the 32nd over got rid of Dwaine Pretorius (38) and J.T. Smuts (0) within a space of four balls. The chase looked tough for the hosts and it was only after Farhaa...

Galle: Shikhar Dhawan smashed a career-best 190 on his Test return and Cheteshwar Pujara hit 144 not out to put India on course for a massive first innings total in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday. India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule The duo held a 253-run second-wicket stand, with Dhawan playing the aggressor and Pujara the accumulator as India dominated the opening day to reach 399 for three at stumps. Ajinkya Rahane was batting on 39 with Pujara, their fourth-wicket association already worth 113 runs at the Galle International Stadium. With regular openers Murali Vijay and Lokesh Rahul indisposed, Dhawan and Abhinav Mukund opened the Indian innings after captain Virat Kohli opted to bat in the first match of the three-test series. Mukund fell for 12 to Nuwan Pradeep, but Dhawan grabbed the opportunity with both hands - and appeared to have luck on his side. The 31-year-old was on 31 when he lashed at Lahiru Kumara, only for Asela Gunaratne to...