Earlier this year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the schedule for the global tournaments from 2024-2031. India will host the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2023, and a new cycle will begin in 2024 with an ICC T20 World Cup. According to Cricbuzz, the United States and West Indies are likely to co-host the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. It will be the first-ever ICC T20 World Cup tournament featuring 20 teams....
The lockdown was originally scheduled to end on Tuesday at midnight, but Modi said in a televised address: “Until May 3, every Indian will have to stay in lockdown. I request all Indians that we stop the coronavirus from spreading to other areas.” “The nation has benefited greatly from social distancing and lockdown. If we only look at it from the economic standpoint it looks expensive—we’ve had to pay a huge cost, but before the lives of Indians this has no comparison,” he said, noting the challenge of stopping the virus from spreading to new parts of the country....
However, all is not well in the Bhokanal household. The 25-year-old’s mother Bhavana Bhokanal’s health situation seems to be getting worse back in Pune. She suffered an accident a couple of days prior to Dattu securing qualification for Rio in South Korea, and according to his brother, her condition has worsened now. The Bhokanal household might be forced to sell their house and village land to pay for the treatment....
Oman scored on either side of the half-time, while Vikram reducing the margin by scoring from the penalty spot in the added time of the match. The first half of the match was mostly played at the middle of the pitch before Shabas put in a brilliant cross but Rohit couldn’t convert it. Oman took the lead three minutes to the half-time whistle, before doubling the advantage in the 55th minute to put themselves in a comfortable position....
The Indian colts sealed the fate of the match in the dying embers of the match by taking the lead, after heading into the injury-time on level terms. Albeit the first-half witnessed a heated battle for possession and was goalless, it was the Indian colts who came agonizingly close in opening the goalscoring of the match. First a routine corner kick scenario by the Indian contingent worked almost to perfection with a well-worked shot on target but the shot was saved well by the German goalkeeper....
Head coach Bibiano Fernandes’ boys are in Spain as part of an exposure tour before the AFC U16 Championships later this year. Fundacion Valencia CF, who are currently fourth in the U16 LaLiga, started with a flurry of attacks amid pouring rain but the Indian colts did well to thwart them. The Valencia CF Foundation’s youth side were threatened in the 18th minute when Bekey Oram’s shot flashed wide from an encouraging position....
Cricket Australia XI won the toss and opted to bowl first on a cloudy morning at Sydney Cricket Ground. On Day two, the rain stayed away in the morning, and the match started as per the schedule at 10:00 AM local time. It was half-an-hour early start as there was no game on the day one due to heavy rain in Sydney. KL Rahul and Prithvi Shaw opened the Indian innings in the practice match....
Australia will look to bounce back in the 2nd ODI in Nagpur, where they elected to bowl first in the contest. India wanted to bat first, and hence there is no impact of the toss for the hosts either. India went with an unchanged XI and Rohit and Dhawan walked in to open the innings. It was a good opportunity for the openers to make the most use of the batting conditions and put pressure on the visitors....
Indian skipper Virat Kohli has said that a final decision on his participation in the fourth Border-Gavaskar Test in Dharamshala, starting Saturday will be taken either tonight or tomorrow morning. Speaking at the pre-match press conference, the right-hander said that he will play the game only if he is 100% fit. “When we put these things in place, the first thing I said that I am no different from anybody else....
With Shikhar Dhawan getting injured in the field, India were already one batsman short and the wicket of KL Rahul meant that had Australia got another one out of either Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli out, they would have had a crack at the inexperienced middle-order. Keeping that in mind, the two Indian batting stalwarts took calculated risks and added 137 runs for the second wicket, absorbing all the pressure and bringing in all the experience they had of being at the top of their game for so many years....
The Indian batsmen then ensured that they extended the advantage for the hosts. India ended the day on 174 for 3. After Mayank Agarwal (14) and Rohit Sharma (21) fell early for a change, Cheteshwar Pujara (55) and Virat Kohli (59 not out) hit half-centuries to give India a crucial 68-run lead with seven wickets in hand. In the process, Kohli also became the first Indian captain to reach 5,000 Test runs....
Session 1 highlights Starting Day 2 on 86 for 1 after losing the wicket of opener Rohit Sharma overnight, India continued their march as Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwal stitched together a 91-run partnership for the second wicket. The first session saw Virat Kohli get out for a rare duck as he failed to get bat on ball to an incoming delivery from Abu Jayed only to be given out leg-before wicket on the second ball he faced....
Latham was trapped LBW, Ross Taylor was caught napping in front of the stumps by a quicker delivery from Jadeja that didn’t turn and Kane Williamson couldn’t keep a scintillating delivery from Ashwin out as it spun back sharply and broke his defence and crashed into the stumps. From 159 for 1 in the 52nd over, New Zealand were 170 for 4 in the 56th over. Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, and BJ Watling tried to steady the ship but in the end, their contributions didn’t prove enough as New Zealand conceded a substantial 56 run lead to India....
Virat Kohli led will take on the Proteas in three T20Is and three Tests. South Africa are a team in need of a miracle to get back some spunk in their game. They need to come out of what had been a disastrous World Cup 2019 campaign. Lots of players played well below expectations, and this will be Quinton de Kock’s biggest challenge as the T20I captain. On the other hand, India have reinforced their overall balance of their team with the inclusion of the hard-hitting Hardik Pandya in the side....
The first match was washed out without a ball being bowled. In the second, India outplayed the visitors to register a seven-wicket victory. However, South Africa did well to bounce back in the third and final T20I with clinical performances in all departments to defeat India by nine wickets, thereby leveling and concluding the series at 1-1. A lot of players were under scrutiny during the series and a few of them made the most of the opportunities they got....
Windies last won a Test match against India way back in 2002 at Kingston and it was a handsome victory for them as they went on to win by 155 runs. However, it won’t be easy for Jason Holder and his troops to beat the number one Test team in the world and that too in their own den. India India have played almost all of their Test cricket away from home this year except the one-off Test against Afghanistan....
The news of two Indian nationals being stopped from entering the stadium spread like a wildfire but later on it was clarified that they were allowed to enter the premises. An official of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the custodians of the tournament, later clarified that they had nothing to do with the incident as the security of the entire stadium was under the control of the local police....
“We are going to look at the best options available,” began the 59-year-old, speaking to The Hindu, to whom he further added, “We have received a good number of applications for the job and we would soon begin the process of interviews.” Patel also stated explicitly, “On behalf of the AIFF, I can say that we took the decision in the interest of the players. We’ll obviously get a replacement and the new coach will take charge soon....
Following the series of events, the supporters of Mumbai FC came up with the initiative of signing a petition, asking the club to reinstate their presence for the upcoming season. The petition was seen being shared by Mumbai FC midfielder Steven Dias on Facebook. Speaking exclusively to Goal, Henry Menezes, the CEO of Western Indian Football Association (WIFA), commented on the fans’ gesture, applauding their efforts. However, Menezes believes the final decision will only come from the owner....
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said that the apps “are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order.” It continued, “there have been raging concerns on aspects relating to data security and safeguarding the privacy” of Indians and has moved to ban the use of the apps in the country. This is no small feat, and according to The Verge, 30% of TikTok’s 2 billions downloads were in India....
