“I spoke to Sourav Ganguly and he is very upset”
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Bengal captain Manoj Tiwary has claimed that Delhi skipper Gautam Gambhir made racist comments about India legend Sourav Ganguly and Bengalis during their Ranji Trophy match.
Persistent rain washed out a majority of the first day
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Sri Lanka were able to deal India two major blows before heavy rain led to most of the first day being abandoned in Colombo.
Silva celebrates after scoring his second Test century
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Pakistan found themselves in all sorts of trouble after Sri Lanka opener Kaushal Silva converted his overnight score of 80 into 125.
Smith led by example once again as he made an unbeaten 72
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Despite India and Australia both trading blows on the first day of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, the match remains evenly poised heading into the day two.
“They’re doing a lot of whingeing and complaining among themselves”
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Australia captain Steven Smith has announced that the national team “don’t need to sledge or talk too much” since India are “doing it themselves”.
“We have a fantastic dressing room, and there have been no issues”
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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has rubbished reports that opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli were involved in a verbal spat on the fourth day of the second Test against Australia in Brisbane.
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Babar took three wickets and hit the winning runs on his debut
Debutant Zulfiqar Babar will never forget this day for the rest of his life as not only did he take three wickets against the West Indies, but also smashed a huge six off the last ball of Pakistan’s innings to take his side across the finish line and give them a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
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Kohli recorded his 15th ODI century
Despite noting that the national team were in Zimbabwe to have “fun”, India interim captain Virat Kohli looked to be all business during the first ODI as he led his troops to victory with a spectacular century.
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Chandimal’s ODI captaincy record now reads two wins and zero losses
After hammering South Africa by 180 runs in the first ODI, in which wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara recorded his career-best score of 169, Sri Lanka continued their winning ways, beating the Proteas by 17 runs, despite the rain interruptions.
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Samuels’ century was spoiled by Pakistan and the rain
The rain Gods must have been smiling down on Pakistan during the fourth ODI as they were able to secure an unassailable 2-1 series win over the West Indies, despite a valiant century by all-rounder Marlon Samuels.