Sports, Cricket, 12th Aug 2019, News & Stories from India

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The bowlers were clinical and economical as the unit didn’t let the Windies batsman get off to a flyer. Meanwhile, during the match Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar took a splendid catch to turn the tide in favour of India. During the 35th over, the Indian bowler delivered his fifth ball as Roston Chase struck a length ball towards Bhuvneshwar Kumar who dived to his left to grab the ball with one hand to dismiss Roston Chase for 18. (Photo:AFP)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar takes a stunner to dismiss Roston Chase; watch

Bhuvneshwar Kumar also claimed the wickets of veteran Chris Gayle and Kemar Roach.

12 Aug 2019 12:25 PM

Chelsea's defeat at the hands of Manchester United in their opening match of the Premier League 2019/20 season saw former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh calling out veteran cricketer Kevin Pietersen on social media. (Photo: AFP)

After Manchester United's victory, Yuvraj takes jibe at Kevin Pietersen

Yuvraj, an apparent Manchester United fan, tweeted to Pietersen on Monday asking why he was quiet.

12 Aug 2019 12:11 PM

Bhuvneshwar Kumar's remarks come after Kohli's knock of 120 runs in the match. With this knock, Virat Kohli became the highest run-getter for india in ODIs against West Indies, going past Pakistan's Javed Miandad. Kohli has also become the second-highest run-getter for India in ODIs. (Photo:AP/PTI)

'Virat Kohli desperately wanted to score 100': Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Kumar scalped four wickets in the match and he got the crucial breakthroughs of Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Roston Chase and Kemar Roach.

12 Aug 2019 11:53 AM

Chasing 270 in 46 overs, West Indies were in a good position at 179/4, but successive wickets of Nicholas Pooran and Roston Chase derailed the chase, and in the end, the side lost the match by 59 runs. (Photo:AP)

'Should look to build partnerships in the middle': Windies coach Floyd Reifer

Reifer also congratulated Chris Gayle on achieving the landmark of 300 ODI games.

12 Aug 2019 11:40 AM

After the early departures of Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli scored a brilliant 120 off 125 balls to help India post 279 for seven after opting to bat. (Photo:AFP)

'It was my chance to step up and take responsibility', says Virat Kohli

Kohli said the number of left-handers in West Indies team prompted him to play Kuldeep Yadav in place of Yuzvendra Chahal.

12 Aug 2019 10:05 AM

India rode on Virat Kohli's 120 off 125 balls and Shreyas Iyer's 71 to post a challenging 279 for seven after opting to bat. (Photo:AP/PTI)

India rides on Kohli and Iyer's knock to bag first win of the series

By virtue of the win on Sunday, India took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series here. The first ODI between the two sides was washed out.

12 Aug 2019 9:48 AM

Marcus Rashford struck twice as Manchester United opened their Premier League account with a resounding 4-0 victory over Frank Lampard’s Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday. (Photo:AFP)

Premier League 2019-20: Manchester United sinks Chelsea 4-0

It was an awful start for the new Chelsea boss for his old club who struck the woodwork twice in the first half.

12 Aug 2019 8:21 AM

Hashim Amla played his last game against Sri Lanka in the ICC Men's World Cup on June 28. (Photo: Hashim Amla/Instagram)

Hashim Amla thanks fans, supporters for post-retirement wishes

Amla announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on August 8.

12 Aug 2019 8:03 AM

Pat Cummins got holds of England's Jos Buttler in both the innings. Cummins feels that his side bowled well to everyone. (Photo:AP)

'Felt like getting better with each spell': Pat Cummins

England was all-out in both the innings and Pat Cummins took seven out of those 20 wickets.

12 Aug 2019 7:49 AM

What works for Federer & Woods should also work for our cricketers

The Shaw incident, for which he was slapped a retrospective ban of 8 months, has caused the BCCI a major upset.

12 Aug 2019 2:18 AM

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