Tag: Puja
Rishabh Pant's third Test century (101 off 118 balls) and Washington Sundar's unbeaten 60 on Friday took India to 294/7 wickets at close of the second day of the fourth Test against England -- a lead of 89 runs. Axar Patel was the other unbeaten batsman with 11. ....
India on Saturday defeated England by an innings and 25 runs to win the fourth and final Test and with it the series 3-1 here. The result takes India into the final of the World Test Championship, to be played at Lord's, London, in June. New Zealand have already qualified for the final. ....
Rain played a spoilsport once again as weather gods forced early stumps on Day 3 of the Nottingham Test. Openers Dominic Sibley and Rory Burns were unbeaten at the crease on 9 and 11 respectively as England got to 25 for no loss before play was abandoned.....
England pace bowler Stuart Broad has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series against India due to a tear in his right calf. ....
India, who had entered fourth day with hopes of a fightback, succumbed to the pace of Ollie Robinson as they folded for 278 in the first session to lose the third Test by an innings and 76 runs here at Headingley on Saturday. ....
India looked to suffer almost the same fate that they did on the first day of the third Test at Headingley, when they found themselves reduced to 127/7 on the opening day of the fourth Test on a batting-friendly Oval pitch on Thursday. ....
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi has rejoiced after Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Wednesday decided to grant permission for Chhath Puja celebrations in the national capital.....
Star opener Rohit Sharma was on Wednesday named Team India's ODI and T20I captain by the BCCI as the national cricket board announced the Test squad for their upcoming tour of South Africa, starting December 26. ....
South Africa were 17/1 at stumps, trailing India by 206 runs, on Day 1 of the third and final Test of the three-match series, here on Tuesday.....
A day after the assassination of Odisha health minister Naba Kishore Das, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday allocated Das's portfolio to Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari. ....