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• Each team can name six substitutes (previously it was four) in Test cricket. • There are no changes to the permitted width and length of a cricket bat, but the thickness of the edge can be no more than 40mm, and the thickness of the bat must not exceed 67mm at any point. Umpires will have a gauge to check that bats meet the new regulations. • The ICC has okayed the use of bails tethered to the

New Delhi, Sept 26: An ecstatic Sachin Tendulkar lauded Team India’s dominant series with over Australia after Virat Kohli and Co. secured a 5-wicket win over Steve Smith’s men at Indore’s Holkar stadium on Sunday. The match saw Hardik Pandya hit a crucial half-century to lead India to a series-clinching triumph over Australia, with two games to spare. Pandya's 72-ball 78 helped the hosts chase

New Delhi, Sept 26: Olympic silver medallist shuttler P.V. Sindhu has been recommended for the prestigious Padma Bhushan, country’s third highest civilian award, by the Sports Ministry here on Monday. “Yes, we have recommended Sindhu for Padma Bhushan,” a Sports Ministry official said. A two-time bronze medallist at World Championship, Sindhu has been simply unstoppable ever since becoming the

Indore, Sept 25: All-rounder Hardik Pandya rose to the occasion yet again with a fluent 78-run knock as India registered a comfortable five-wicket win over Australia in the third ODI to grab the number one spot, here today. Chasing 294 for a win, India overhauled the target with 13 balls to spare in front of a packed Holkar stadium to take a series-clinching 3-0 lead. Openers Rohit Sharma (71) and

Dubai, Sept 24: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an anti-corruption investigation in Sri Lanka but did not specify if any particular series involving the country is under the scanner. The ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) officers had recently visited the country as part of the probe, the world body said in a statement. "The ICC Anti-Corruption Unit works to uphold integrity in

Indore, Sept 24: Australia have elected to bat after winning the toss against India in the third one-day international match that is being played between the two sides at the Holkar Stadium in Indore today. India, which has already secured a two-nil lead against the visitors, will look to pile on the misery on the latter and seal the five-match series The sun was shining brightly over Indore on

Indore, Sept 24: India will look to pile on the misery for a struggling Australia and seal the five-match series when they take on the Steve Smith-led side in the third ODI at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday. The sun was shining brightly over Indore on the eve of the match after the grounds-men were forced to keep the field under covers for two days due to scattered rainfall in the region

New Delhi, Sept 22: Harbhajan Singh was overcome by a sense of deja vu while watching Kuldeep Yadav’s hat-trick and feels that the feat will make the youngster an indispensable part of the Team India set-up just like him after that epic 2001 series. “Wahi opposition, wahi lamha, wahi ground aur ek spinner jiska age bhi utna (The same opposition, same ground, another spinner of same age). Somehow

Sept 22: Two-time champions and holders Atletico De Kolkata will take on runner-up Kerala Blasters in the opening match of the Indian Super League season 4 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on November 17. The match is looked upon as a re-run of last year's final and the Kerala outfit would be eager to make amends for last year's disappointment. Altogether 95 matches will be

Kolkata, Sept 22: Bhuvneshwar Kumar always knew how to swing the white ball but now he feels more complete as a bowler with an ability to generate pace in the death overs. Bhuvneshwar bowled an impressive first spell comprising pace and swing as he finished with brilliant figures of 6.1-2 -9-3 including the wicket of dangerous David Warner. India won the second ODI by 50 runs to take a 2-0 lead in