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Bhubaneswar/Vizianagaram: Odisha was saved from a humiliating innings defeat against Andhra as it’s second game of the Ranji season ended in a draw today, thanks to Biplab Samantaray’s sensible batting performance in both innings. Andhra got three points by taking the lead in the first innings while Odisha collected only one point from the match. […]

Cuttack: Son of OCA CEO Bidyut Nayak and young off-spinner Subham Nayak has been included in the Odisha senior squad for their next Ranji Trophy game to be played against Andhra in Vizianagaram from October 24. Subham is all set to replace batsman Ranjit Singh who is suffering from an injury. Subham Nayak, who was […]

Bhubaneswar: The BCCI Ranji Trophy 2017-18 is all set to begin from tomorrow. Team Odisha will be meeting zonal opponents Tripura in their first Group-C encounter at Vikash Ground, Bhubaneswar. After qualifying for the quarter-finals in the previous season, Govinda Poddar led Odisha is sweating hard in the nets under the new chief coach, Shiv […]

Leeds: With the series levelled at 1-1 after two one-sided games in the ongoing India-England ODI series, the third and final game is expected to be a cliffhanger. Team India won the first game by eight wickets with more than nine overs to go while the hosts came back strongly in the second by winning […]

Bengaluru: World Champions India beat debutants Afghanistan by an innings and 262 runs in the one-off test being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Following on in the second innings, Afghanistan were bowled out for a paltry 103 runs. This is India’s biggest ever innings victory in Test matches. With this win, India […]

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced both the teams for the upcoming Women’s T20 Challenge match to be played ahead of the IPL Qualifier 1 at the Wankhede Stadium here. Indian cricketers Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur will be leading IPL Trailblazers and IPL Supernovas in this game. The one-of-its-kind […]

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has been fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) against Chennai Super Kings here on Wednesday night. The hosts had put on board a challenging 205 for eight but riding on MS Dhoni’s power-packed 34-ball 70, Super Kings overhauled the formidable […]

Kolkata: India will take on Pakistan in the ICC World Cup 2019 on June 16 at Old Trafford, a BCCI official said on Tuesday. Cut to 10 teams from 14, the World Cup next year will be in round-robin format where every team which play each other. At the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executives […]

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Dinesh Karthik called the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) method “strange” and said that he wants the Indian counterpart, the “VJD method”, after his team was defeated by Kings XI Punjab by nine wickets in a rain-affected Indian Premier League (IPL) game in Kolkata on Sunday. “I have always thought that the […]

Hyderabad/Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the recent ball tampering row and the ban on David Warner to participate in the upcoming edition of Indian Premier League, Sunrisers Hyderabad has appointed its new skipper for season 11 of IPL. New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson will be leading the Hyderabad side in the upcoming edition of the […]

Colombo/Bhubaneswar: Team India under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma is all set to lock horns against its neighbors Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the Nidahas Trophy which is all set to begin from today in at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. This tri-nation T20I series is going to be played to celebrate Sri Lanka’s 70th […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The victory against the Englishmen at Lord’s in the Natwest Tri-series final is one of the historic moments in the Indian cricket history. The Yuvi-Kaif batting show was followed by waving of the Indian jersey by the then skipper at the Lord’s balcony at the end of the series that also featured Sri […]

Bhubaneswar/Bengaluru: Deepak Behera’s six-wicket haul ensured a comprehensive win for Odisha over Haryana in the last Group A game of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day cricket tournament in Bengaluru. Despite securing four points from the win, Odisha failed to garner enough points to proceed further in the tournament. Odisha chased down the minuscule target of […]

Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: India Under-19 coach Rahul Dravid seems to be really disappointed with the inequality in cash prizes announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for him, other support staff and the players of the World Cup champions. The BCCI had announced cash awards of Rs 50 lakh for coach […]

Puri: International sand animator and sculptor Manas Sahoo congratulated the Under-19 Indian cricket team for winning the world cup held in New Zealand. In appreciation, Sahoo created a sand art with tricolour and a message ‘Congratulation to Junior Indian Cricket Team’. Reportedly, Sahoo took nearly three hours to build the 10-ft long sculpture. “We congratulate […]