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Left-arm pacer Barinder Sran impressed for India, taking the first two Western Australia wickets to fall. © AFP Perth: Opener Shikhar Dhawan on Friday praised newcomer Barinder Sran for his impressive show in the opening T20 warm-up game, stating that the left-arm speedster looks to be a “good prospect for India”.(Match Report | Highlights) Asked what he felt about the rookie pacer, who played his first competitive match in India…

Mitchell Starc might play in the IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore as he continues his recovery from ankle surgery. © BCCI Australia’s pace spearhead Mitchell Starc may get fit to play in the Indian Premier League but Cricket Australia may not allow the left-arm speedster to play in a tournament which has a cramped itinerary. (Mitchell Starc Says He is Unlikely to be fit for World Twenty20) Starc underwent ankle…

Waqar Younis has been Pakistan coach since June, 2014. © Getty Images Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday said they will keep national team head coach Waqar Younis in place until the end of their England tour later this year. (Pakistan Cricket Board Seeks Answers From Coach Waqar Younis After Limited Overs Debacle) Waqar’s two-year contract expires in May, but Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shahryar Khan said his team…

Robin Uthappa scored a quick-fire 48 to help Karnataka beat Odisha. © AFP Opener Robin Uthappa and Stuart Binny made short work of a modest chase to add to the team’s bowling effort as Karnataka outplayed Odisha by six wickets in the Group D Twenty20 cricket match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Cuttack. (Read More in Cricket) If medium-pacer Abhimanyu Mithun and leg-spinners Shreyas Gopal and KC Cariappa,…

MS Dhoni has been accused of ignoring summons from the local court in Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh, an allegation that the star cricketer’s lawyer Rajneesh Chopra denied. © AFP Mahendra Singh Dhoni never received summons from a local court in Andhra Pradesh that he has been accused of ignoring, his lawyer Rajneesh Chopra said on Friday insisting that the Non Bailable Warrant issued against the Indian cricket captain was “erroneous”. Dhoni…

Rohit Sharma is confident that India and Australia will produce some exciting cricket. The five-ODI and three-T20 series begins here on January 12 and both Australia and India, after enjoying big wins against lacklustre West Indies and South Africa in their previous Test assignments respectively, are keen to get going in the shorter formats of the game.(India Win Warm-up T20) “It will be a case of fighting fire with fire….

Darren Lehmann is ready for an aggressive Indian team during the five One-day Series. © AFP Australia’s upcoming one-day campaign against India should be as feisty as ever, coach Darren Lehmann said Friday, adding the dynamic would be a good challenge for his young squad. (Australia Ready for Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s ‘Aggressive’ India, Says Darren Lehmann) Asked about the mood of the five-match ODI series, which gets under way at…

Afghan cricket fans celebrate their team’s victory in the match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe in Jalalabad. (Image for representational purpose only) © AFP Celebratory gunfire has killed a teenage boy in southern Afghanistan following the national cricket team’s victory against Zimbabwe, a hospital official told AFP. (Afghanistan Enter International Cricket Council Top-10 After Series Win vs Zimbabwe) Thousands of jubilant fans danced in the streets and fired into the air…