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Kohli reaches 8000 run milestone in 100th Test
Mohali, March 4 (UNI) Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant took the game away from Sri Lanka by smashing a sterling 96 to help the host reach 357 for 6 at stumps on Day 1 of the first Test at the IS Bindra Stadium, here on Friday. Pant was…
India reach 109/2 at lunch
Mohali, March 4 (UNI) India reached 109/2 at lunch on Day 1 of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium here on Friday. Virat Kohli, who is playing his 100th Test match, joined Hanuma Vihari in the middle after…
India whitewash SL in T20Is with 3-0 wins
Dharamsala, Feb 27 (UNI) India whitewashed Sri Lanka in the T20I series, with Shreyas Iyer playing a match-winning unbeaten knock of 73 to hand the visitors a 6-wicket defeat in the third and final game here on Sunday. Chasing the…
Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja help India recover from early setbacks
Dharamsala, Feb 26 (UNI) Shreyas Iyer's unbeaten knock of 74 off 44 balls sealed India's T20I series-clinching victory by seven wickets against Sri Lanka at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium (HPCA) here on Saturday. Along…
India beat SL by 62 runs in First T’20 International
Lucknow, Feb 24 (UNI) India took a 1-0 lead with a thumping 62-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first of the three-match T20 International series at the Ekana Stadium here on Thursday. Sri Lanka suffered an early blow while chasing a…
Indian Navy’s Milan 2022 to bring together 40 countries
New Delhi, Feb 23(UNI) Indian Navy is geared up to showcase its prowess and indigenization capabilities in the forthcoming multinational biennial exercise Milan 2022 with more than 40 countries sending their warships/ delegations in the…
Indian Cricket team reaches Lucknow for First T’20 International
LUCKNOW, FEB 21: Rahul Dravid Coach of Indian Cricket Team arrives Chowdhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow on Monday for the first T20 match between India and Sri Lanka, scheduled on Thursday at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana…
Wriddhiman Saha Reports Threats from a Journalist; Shares Screenshot of WhatsApp Chat
Kolkata, Feb. 21: Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha has reported threats from a journalist for not granting interview by him. Saha shared screen chats of some disturbing messages received by a journalist. This has come after Saha…
Looking to groom younger keeper: Dravid on Saha’s exclusion
Kolkata, Feb 20 (UNI) After being dropped from India Test squad for the upcoming two-game series against Sri Lanka, Wriddhiman Saha stated that he was told he wouldn't be considered and the head coach Rahul Dravid suggested him to…
Cricket returns to Dharamshala on Feb. 26
Dharamshala, Feb 19 (UNI) Cricket lovers will experience the thrill of international games at Dharamshala, with India and Sri Lanka scheduled to play two T20Is on February 26 and 27. Online sale of tickets for matches began through…
BCCI announces squad for Sri Lanka Tests
Mumbai, Feb 19: Rohit Sharma has formally been named as Team India's new Test skipper as BCCI introduced the squad for the upcoming Tests versus Sri Lanka.
Rohit Sharma will lead Team India in the upcoming Test collection in…
Mohali to host Kohli’s 100th Test
Mohali (Punjab), Feb 8 (UNI) Virat Kohli is set to play his 100th Test match at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium instead of M. Chinnasamy Stadium in Bengaluru as earlier planned. The upcoming two Tests and three T20 International…
As Lanka FM Peiris in India, their authorities auction 135 Indian fishermen’s boats
Colombo/New Delhi, Feb 7 (UNI) Even as Sri Lankan Foreign Minister GL Peiris was in New Delhi to discuss the issue of fishermen with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar, authorities in Jaffna on Monday auctioned 135 Indian fishing boats…
Republic Day greetings pour in from across the world, PM Modi thanks world leaders
New Delhi, Jan 26 (UNI) Warm Republic Day greetings poured in from world leaders on Wednesday, including from Israeli PM Naftali Bennett, UK PM Boris Johnson, Australia's Scott Morrison and French President Emmanuel Macron, and nearer…
Olympian Shivpal visits War Memorial, pays tribute
New Delhi, Jan 13(UNI) Olympian Javelin thrower Shivpal Singh visited the National War Memorial in New Delhi, which bears testimony to the supreme sacrifice made by the Indian soldiers post-independence.
The staff at the National War…
Sri Lanka to resume purchase from Chinese firm that shipped ‘contaminated’ fertiliser
Colombo, Jan 13 (UNI) Less than a week after Sri Lanka paid US$ 6.9 million in damages to a Chinese fertiliser company to placate an upset Beijing ahead of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit, Colombo has decided to resume import of…
Sri Lanka: West Container Terminal by Adani Ports to begin in February
Colombo, Jan 12 (UNI) Construction of Sri Lanka’s West Container Terminal (WCT), being developed by India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), is scheduled to commence in February this year, a Sri Lankan Minister has said.…
‘Jaffna not a city in the south of any other country’, says Chinese envoy
Colombo, Jan 12 (UNI) China’s Ambassador to Colombo, Qi Zhenhong, who raised eyebrows on his recent visit to Jaffna’s Point Pedro, Sri Lanka’s northernmost point overlooking India, has said that the Tamil-dominated region is part of Sri…
Chinese FM arrives in Sri Lanka on two-day visit
Colombo, Jan 8 (UNI) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday evening arrived in Sri Lanka on a two-day visit to mark the 65th anniversary of Diplomatic Ties between the two countries as well as 70 years of the Rubber-Rice Pact.
He was…
CM Stalin writes to EAM on fishermen release
Chennai, Jan 8 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin today urged External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to take steps through diplomatic channels to secure the release of 56 fishermen and their 75 boats from
Sri Lankan custody.…