1st T20I and Records: Ind Vs SA

India's winning streak is continued in South Africa after registering their 1st T20I win by 28 runs at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Batting first, India posted their highest total of 203/5 runs and S.Dhawan scored (72/39), the fastest 50 against South Africa in T20Is by any Indian Cricketer. Whereas SA managed 175/9 while chasing.  Bhuvneshwar Kumar (5/24) becomes 2nd Indian bowler and  1st Indian pacer to take 5 wickets in T20I. He also became the 1st India pacer to take a five-wicket haul in all 3 formats. readmore@ICC

India thrashes South Africa by 8 wickets in the 6th ODI

India thrashes South Africa by 8 wickets in the 6th ODI  at the SuperSport Park in Centurion to the conquer the series by 5-1. After losing the toss, the hosts were offered to bat 1st where they posted 204 in 46.5 overs. Shardul Thakur took (4/52) while Jasprit Bumrah took (2/24 ) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/38). After a magnificent bowling presentation, skipper Virat Kohli (129*/99) led with the bat to help India complete the chase in just 32.1 overs. India is the 2nd country after Australia (who played a seven-match series in 2002) to beat the Proteas by 5-1 at their home in a bilateral ODI series. readmore@ICC

India's 1st ever ODI series win in SA

India defeated South Africa by 73 runs in the 5th ODI at the St. George's Park in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, to take an unassailable 4-1 lead in the 6-match series. India finally claimed his 1st ever ODI series win in South Africa. Rohit Sharma (115/126) runs inning helped India to set a challenging target of 275-run for the Proteas. Whereas Indian bowlers led by Kuldeep Yadav (4/57) and Hardik Pandya (2/30) bowled South Africa out for 201 in 42.2 overs. This is India's 9th consecutive bilateral ODI series win since January 2016.readmore@ICC

Yuvi: "I want to be known as someone who never gave up"

“I don’t want to leave the game with any regret, thinking I should have played for some more years. I want to go when I feel it is the right time to go, when I feel I have done my best and I could not have done any more than this. I am still playing because I am enjoying playing cricket, not just because I have to play for India or I have to play the IPL,” Yuvraj told SportStar Live.
“The journey has been nice. I have been a fighter, taking on tough situations. I like being a pillar of strength to people, for those suffering from cancer or going through other issues in life. I want to be known as someone who never gave up. Whether I play for India or not, I will give my 100 percent on the field,” he added.readmore@TOI

Rejected 1st but couldn't refuse for the 2nd time: Sourav Ganguly

“As the match came to a close, MS Dhoni in a surprise gesture asked me to lead. I had rejected his offer earlier in the day, but could not refuse a second time. Ironically, my captaincy career had begun exactly eight years ago on this very day,” Ganguly has written in, “A Century Is Not Enough”, an autobiography.
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India's Record 4th Under-19 World Cup Title

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India thrashed Australia to win record 4th Under-19 WC title, 1st to claim 4 WC title by any nation. The other 3 WC title India has won were in 2000, 2008 and 2012. India won all matches throughout the tournament and become the highest wicket-taker team in the tournament.Ishan Porel (2//30), Anukul Roy (2/32) Shiva Singh (2/36) and Kamlesh Nagarkoti (2/41) dismissed Australia for 216, on the other hand, Kalra's unbeaten 101 runs made it easy to create history for the 4th time.readmore@ICC Cricket

PV Sindhu Jumped to Semi; Siana Crashes Out

PV Sindhu, world number 4 Rio Olympic silver-medallist, defeated Spain's Beatriz Corrales to reach India Open semi-finals in New Delhi on Friday. She won the match in 54mins with a 21-12, 19-21, 21-11 verdict. Last week silver medalist in Indonesia Masters, Saina Nehwal, lost her quarterfinal in a straight games defeat to USA's Beiwan Zhang 10-21, 13-21.readmore@NDTV

IND vs SA 1st ODI: IND wins after 7 years

India triumphs the 1st ODI in South Africa of the 6 match ODI series by 6 wickets for the 1st time in 7 years on Thursday. This was also the end of 17-ODI winning streak of South Africa at home. Batting 1st SA made 269 for 8 wickets whereas India chased the target of 270 runs in 46 overs. Virat Kohli scored his 33rd ODI century and 20th ODI century while chasing. This was also his 53rd hundred.readmore@ESPN CricInfo

U-19 WC Sensation: India thrash Pak by 203 runs

India thiumph over Pakistan by the hugh difference of 203 runs on Tuesday to enter ICC Under-19 World Cup final.Gill converted his record 6th consecutive 50-plus score in Youth ODIs into a spectacular backs-to-the-wall century. Porel struck four times early on to peg back Pakistan. India's sensational performances in U-19 WC so far; 100 runs win against Australia, 10 wickets win against PNG, another 10 wickets win against Zimbabwe, 131 runs win against Bangladesh, 203 runs win against Pakistan.readmore@Cric Info

Top 5 gainers in the T20 IPL 2018 auction

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Krishnappa Gowtham topped the list as he was bought by Rajasthan Royals for ₹6.2 crore, 31 times his base price of ₹20 lakh. All-rounder Krunal Pandya's was the second-highest as he fetched ₹8.8 crore, 22 times his base price. D'Arcy Short came in 3rd, fetching ₹4 crore, 19 times his base price. Jofra and R Tripathi came on 4th and 5th respectively in the T20 IPL 2018 auction.readmore@News18

The most expensive buys in the T20IPL, 2018 auction

Ben Stokes, England all-rounder, is bought by Rajasthan Royals for ₹12.5 crore, also emerged as a most expensive player of T20IPL 2018. Jaydev Unadkat, the 2nd most expensive player of T20IPL is also bought by RR for spent ₹11.5 crore at the auction. Manish Pandey and Lokesh Rahul were bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab respectively, each for ₹11 crore.readmore@Quint

Federer's win sets twitter on fire

Reacting to Roger Federer's win in Australian Open's final, Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar tweeted, "Grace, power, and nimbleness. nobody within the world may play that shot." Sachin, who is a self-confessed fan of the Swiss star.
"Roger Federer is a legend who can't be appreciated with adjectives anymore", Ashwin Ravichandran.readmore@Indian Express

A first in Test history:120 wickets taken

For the first time in history, all 40 wickets fell in each test in a series of 3 or more matches. there were 3 instances of 118 wickets falling in a three-Test series, whereas the best in a four-Test series is 157. the best over 5 Tests is 197.This was also the first instance of India's fast bowlers taking all 20 wickets in a test.readmore@ESPN Cricinfo

India retain ICC 1st Test Rank

India has maintained the ICC Test Championship mace and have also won a reward of $1million after their triumph in the Johannesburg test ensured that South Africa cannot move ahead of them in the ICC Test Team Rankings at the three April cut-off date, even though they go on to win all four Tests against Australia in March.readmore@ICC

Kohli: 'One of our sweetest wins'

India’s jubilant captain hailed one of his team’s “sweetest wins” at Johannesburg after witnessing a staggering turnaround in his team’s fortunes.“A lot of people didn’t have belief in us,” said Virat Kohli. “But as a team, we knew that we were very close in the first 2 Tests too, and we knew that if we played better in pressure-situations than them, then we would win. when no one is believing in you, no one’s backing you, it’s very important to back yourselves as individuals. so we never really cared about what people are saying about us.”readmore@ICC

India wins a test in SA for the first time in seven years

India recorded a 63 run-victory in the last test in Johannesburg on Sat to register their 1st test victory in South Africa after over seven years. With this, Virat Kohli has currently led India to twenty-one test wins, joint 2nd-most for an Indian captain, along with Sourav Ganguly. India also extended their test unvanquished record in Johannesburg to 5 matches.readmore@ICC

Karthik kept wickets after 9 years

Dinesh Karthik, who wasn't a part of India's playing XI, kept wickets in place of wounded Parthiv Patel in the final session of the third test against South Africa on Sat. The rules, that came into effect in Oct last year, allow a substitute to keep wickets. Karthik had not kept wickets for India in Tests since Jan 2010.readmore@Times of India

Who were the biggest buys? IPL Auction 2018

IPL's costliest overseas player Ben Stokes was bought by RR for ₹12.5 crore, creating him the biggest obtain on day one of the auction. Lokesh Rahul was snapped up by KXIP for ₹11 crore, the joint-second costliest player of the day along with SRH's Manish Pandey. KKR bought Chris Lynn for the third-highest quantity of the day (₹9.6 crore).readmore@IPL

After retiring against Federer; South Korean tennis player shares injury's pic on Insta

Hyeon Chung, a South Korean tennis player, opted Instagram to share an image of his foot injury, that forced him to retire from the Australian Open semi-final against Roger Federer on Fri. "Tonight, I tried very hard to bring my utmost energy to the tennis court as usual. However, I had to make a tough decision given that I cannot compete 100% against Roger in front of many tennis fans.," he wrote.readmore@Instagram

SRH buys Shikhar Dhawan using Right to Match option

Indian Premier League aspect Sunrisers Hyderabad used the fresh introduced Right to Match (RTM) choice to obtain Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan for ₹5.2 crore, after Kings XI Punjab won the bidding war. Later, Mumbai Indians also used the RTM choice to obtain Kieron Pollard, who was earlier bought by Delhi Daredevils for ₹5.4 crore.readmore@IPL