BCCI’s selection committee led by MSK Prasad announced the Asia Cup squad in Mumbai on Saturday. India have rested regular skipper Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will lead the squad. Shikhar Dhawan has been named vice-captain. The tournament will take place in the United Arab Emirates. While India will play their opening game on September 18, the … Read more
India suffered a 60-run defeat against England in the fourth Test at the Rose Bowl Cricket Stadium in Southampton on Sunday to go down 1-3 in the five-match series. Chasing 245 runs for victory, the visitors were bowled out for 184. The visitors resumed the evening session at 126/4 and lost six wickets in quick … Read more
President Ram Nath Kovind meets the Indian community in Nicosia, Cyprus; says India is proud of its diaspora and their achievements. They are true cultural ambassadors of India and will deepen our ties with Cyprus. On reaching Cyprus, President Kovind Tweeted: Happy to begin my visit to Cyprus, one of our closest and most steadfast partners … Read more
Trent Bridge, Nottingham : Indian Captain Virat Kohli scored his second century of the series along with half centuries from Cheteshwar Pujara and Hardik Pandya taking India’s lead to 520 which has never been achieved in cricket’s history. The highest chase in Test cricket is 418 by West Indies against Australia. FIRST SESSION : At … Read more
Jakarta : Vinesh Phogat have won the second gold medal for India at the 18th Asian Games held in Indonesia. She secured a comfortable win against Yuki Irie of Japan in the women’s freestyle 50kg. This is Vinesh’s second medal at the Asian Games, she had won bronze in Incheon four years ago. She also … Read more
Cell phone is both a boon and a bane for humans. It has its tremendous amount of advantages while it has it’s disadvantages too. Especially it’s a double edged sword for students. It definitely helps them to keep in touch with parents back home and fellow classmates for regular college updates but it also distracts … Read more
Jakarta : India’s Deepak Kumar have won the silverware in men’s 10m Air Rifle event, finishing second to China’s Haoran Yang, who successfully defended his title. Deepak ended with a score of 247.7 while China’s Haoran Yang finished at a record 249.1. Chinese Taipei’s Shaochuan Lu shot 226.8 to bag the bronze medal. India’s Ravi Kumar … Read more
Trent Bridge, Nottingham : Hardik Pandya have taken his first five wicket haul (5/28), the best figures for an Indian bowler at the ground as England plummeted to 161 in the 1st innings of the third test match. India are with a commanding lead of 292 as India made 124/2 at the end of day’s … Read more
Jakarta : Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia have struck the first gold for the country in the 18th Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Punia defeated Japanese wrestler Takatani in Men’s Freestyle 65 kg category. Punia took an early 6-0 lead before Takatani Daichi came back to make it 6-2. Punia was at his aggressive best … Read more
There is one “glaring mistake” in a West Bengal school textbook. Instead of using the picture of the “Flying Sikh” Milkha Singh, the picture of Farhan Akthar – the actor who played Milkha Singh in the 2013 biopic “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag” is used. After getting to know about this, Actor, Producer and Director Farhan Akthar … Read more