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That Indian cricket team lost the crucial semi-final match to New Zealand on Wednesday have hurt millions of fans across the nation. Hard core admirers of the team, however, are relieved over the team putting up a brave fight till the last over. There was a time when lovers of the sport lost their hopes completely. But it was Dhoni and Jadeja’s ... Read More »

The tickets for the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup will be available for sale from Thursday, 21 March. International Cricket Committee has announced that a range of tickets across all venues will be put up for general sale on the Official CWC19 Ticketing Website. ICC has also revealed that this World Cup is seeing massive demand for tickets as ... Read More »

Mirpur: High-flying India was brought down to earth by a spirited Bangladesh who pulled off an upset 79- run victory in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Bangladesh outsmarted India in all departments of the game and extracted a sweet revenge for their their quarterfinal loss at the hands of the same opponents in the ... Read More »

Sydney: India’s near flawless title defence came to an agonising end on Thursday as they succumbed to pressure against the clinical Australians, who decimated the defending champions by 95 runs to romp into the finals and break a million Indian hearts. In an engrossing semifinal clash, four-time champions Australia rode on Steve Smith’s classy 105 to post an imposing 328/7 ... Read More »

WELLINGTON: Martin Guptill on Saturday bludgeoned his way to the record books with the highest individual World Cup knock as New Zealand rode on the opener’s swashbuckling unbeaten 237 to crush West Indies by 143 runs and sail into the semifinals of the mega event. Scorecard Batting first in the fourth quarterfinal game, New Zealand notched up an imposing 393 ... Read More »

CHOKERS NO MORE—Tahir’s four, Duminy’s hat-trick seal Sri Lanka’s doom in first quarterfinal. Scores | Pictures | We’re obsessed with our goal: AB JP Duminy took a hat-trick as South Africa’s bowlers set up a crushing nine-wicket World Cup quarter-final win over Sri Lanka in Sydney on Wednesday. Sri Lanka, who won the toss, were bowled out for just 133 on a good Sydney Cricket ... Read More »

Australia moved into second place in Pool A with a 64-run win over Sri Lanka on Sunday in a result that should mean the four-time champions avoid a detour to New Zealand during the knockout stages of the World Cup. Glenn Maxwell scored his first one-day international hundred and Shane Watson posted a career-reviving 67 in a 160-run stand after ... Read More »

PERTH: India required a tough match going ahead in the World Cup. But they had not bargained for what they got against West Indies at the WACA on Friday. Scorecard | As it happened | Match in Pics After their bowlers had done a great job of restricting the rivals to a mere 182, they themselves had to battle hard ... Read More »