The scoreboard of the first One-day International between India and New Zealand at McLean Park here Sunday: New Zealand innings: Martin Guptill c Ashwin b Mohammed Shami 8 Jesse Ryder b Mohammed Shami 18 Kane Williamson c Rahane b Jadeja 71 Ross Taylor c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 55 Brendon McCullum c Dhoni b Kumar […]
Women’s top seed and world’s No.1 Serena Williams was knocked out of the Australian Open in the fourth round losing to Serbia’s 14th-seeded Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 3-6, 3-6 here Sunday. Williams, who was also the top seed in 2013, was eliminated by then-19-year-old fellow American Sloane Stephens in last year’s quarterfinals, which was the biggest […]
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Sunday said his seamers were not consistent enough while one batsman needed to play till the end in the first One-Day International against New Zealand which India lost by 24 runs. Virat Kohli’s 123 off 111 balls went in vain as India were bowled out for 268 in 48.4 overs […]
Virat Kohli’s 123 off 111 balls went in vain as India slumped to a 24-run loss against New Zealand in the first One-Day International of the five-match series at McLean Park here Sunday. Corey Anderson smashed an unbeaten 68 off 40 balls to take New Zealand to 292 for seven after being asked to bat […]
India lost to New Zealand by 24 runs in the first One-Day International of the five-match series at McLean Park here Sunday. Chasing 293, India were all out for 268 in 48.4 overs. Virat Kohli’s 123 off 111 balls went in vain. New Zealand made 292 for seven in 50 overs with Kane Williamson, Ross […]
The Netherlands coasted to a 7-2 win over New Zealand in the summit clash to lift the Hockey World League Final title at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here Saturday. Earlier, World No.4 England upset reigning World Champions Australia 2-1 to win the bronze medal play-off with English skipper Barry Middleton hitting the winning […]
Tamil Nadu’s Vishnu Vardhan won the men’s crown while Natasha Palha of Goa claimed the women’s honours in the national grasscourt tennis championships here Saturday. In the men’s final, third seed Vishnu Vardhan banged 18 aces to carve out a 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over second ranked Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur at the Calcutta South Club. Vardhan […]
Two-time finalist Li Na took less than an hour to beat Russia’s 22nd-seeded Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-0 and to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open here Sunday. The Chinese broke Makarova’s serve five times to set up a quarterfinal clash with Italy’s Flavia Pennetta, Xinhua reported. Pennetta beat Germany’s ninth-seeded Angelique Kerber in three […]
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and asked New Zealand to bat first in the first One-Day International here Sunday. India brought in Ajinkya Rahane in place of Yuvraj Singh, who was dropped for the tour, and not cap Stuart Binny. New Zealand preferred to play Adam Milne instead of veteran Kyle Mills […]
Sans a warm-up game, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni hoped Saturday that five days of practice at the Nelson Park here had prepared the team well for the first ODI of the five-match series against New Zealand at the nearby McLean Park on Sunday. “I think preparations have been good. We were given very good […]