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London, Jun 4: South Africa captain AB de Villiers praised opener Hashim Amla and leg-spinner Imran Tahir in South Africa's huge 96-run win over Sri Lanka in their Champions Trophy opener. The Proteas posted 299 at The Oval on Saturday thanks to former captain Hasim Amla, who scored his 25th ODI century. He was the fastest to the milestone having got there in 151 innings. "It was an amazing

Birmingham, Jun 3: India captain Virat Kohli today dismissed the speculated rift with Anil Kumble, stating that there were "no problems" with the chief coach and the entire episode was nothing but rumours. "There are a lot speculations and lot of things being written by people without actually being part of the change room which is quite strange. There are no problems whatsoever," Kohli was curt

Birmingham, Jun 3: Kane Williamson led from the front with a brisk century as New Zealand produced a dominant batting performance to amass 291 against Australia in their opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy here today. Williamson made 100 off 97 balls with the help of eight fours and three sixes, while Luke Ronchi scored a quick 65 off 43 balls up the order to set the base for New Zealand's

New Delhi, Jun 2: Indian cricket's "superstar culture", unaddressed conflict of interest issues and BCCI's "insensitive" handling of coach Anil Kumble -- noted historian Ramachandra Guha has opened a pandora's box in his resignation letter to the Committee of Administrators. Guha spared no one and questioned skipper Virat Kohli's role in selection of coach, besides alleging conflict of interest on

London, Jun 2: Australia must decide whether to unleash all of their 'fearsome foursome' of Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson in their Champions Trophy opener against New Zealand tomorrow. Injuries have meant the quartet of fast bowlers have rarely all been fit at the same time and, even now, Australia may decide it's too much of a risk fielding all four in the same

Birmingham, Jun 2: As reports of the alleged rift between coach Anil Kumble and captain Virat Kohli continue to hog the headlines in India, BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary vehemently denied any issue between the two. Speaking to reporters as Team India trained hard at the compact practice facility at Edgbaston, Choudhary, sent along with M V Sridhar (General Manager-Cricket Operations

New Delhi, Jun 1: Legendary opener Virender Sehwag today became the most prominent name to apply for the Indian cricket team's chief coach's post, which would be technically vacant when Anil Kumble's term comes to an end after the Champions Trophy. While Kumble is an automatic entry into the process, the others in the fray are Australian Tom Moody and Englishman Richard Pybus. The two Indians

New Delhi, Jun 1: Historian Ramachandra Guha, appointed by the Supreme Court as one of the four administrators of BCCI, on Thursday informed the court that he had resigned from the post due to personal reasons. A vacation bench of Justices M M Shantanagoudar and Deepak Gupta was informed by Guha's counsel that he had tendered his resignation on May 28 to Vinod Rai, Chairman of the Committee of

New Delhi, Jun 1: As all teams are preparing in full swing for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, a rift between Indian skipper Virat Kohli and coach Anil Kumble has made plenty of headlines. While it was earlier reported that Kohli and other senior members of the team were unhappy with the legendary leggie's approach, as per a report in DNA, Kumble leaked a Whatsapp conversation with Kohli and

Colombo, May 31: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board may not recommend the extension of chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya's term, it is learnt here. According to the highly placed sources in Sri Lanka, Jayasuriya may resign after the Champions Trophy and if he does not, then the board is unlikely to extend his tenure. "Recently his private life video is leaked to the media and it is very bad public