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Always keep learning from MS Dhoni: Rohit Sharma

Published on Sep 29, 2018 10:41 IST

<p>India defeated Bangladesh by three wickets in a nail-biting last ball encounter to bag the Asia Cup title at the Dubai International Stadium. While speaking to mediapersons, Rohit Sharma said “we always keep learning from MS Dhoni because he was an amazing captain. Captain Rohit Sharma struck 48 at the top of the order but Kedar Jadhav was the India hero, as he hit 23 runs from 27 balls - despite playing with a hamstring injury - to see his team over the line.</p>

‘I’m ready’, says Rohit Sharma on captaining India after Asia Cup win

<p>India defeated Bangladesh by three wickets in a nail-biting last ball encounter to bag the Asia Cup title at the Dubai International Stadium. While speaking to mediapersons, “absolutely…we have just won and I'm ready. Whenever the opportunity comes, I will be ready.” Captain Rohit Sharma struck 48 at the top of the order but Kedar Jadhav was the India hero, as he hit 23 runs from 27 balls - despite playing with a hamstring injury - to see his team over the line.</p>

Updated on Sep 29, 2018 09:20 IST

‘India can’t take Bangladesh lightly’, says Shikhar Dhawan ahead of 2018 Asia Cup

<p>Shikhar Dhawan on Thursday warned that India can't take Bangladesh lightly ahead of the final of the 2018 Asia Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dhawan said “Of course, we are going to carry the momentum in the final and we are going to give our best shot. It's a big final for us. As I said all the teams are quite competitive. Everyone was thinking it is going to be India V Pakistan final, but Bangladesh won a great match last night. We cannot take Bangladesh lightly because Pakistan is a bit bigger name or a bigger name. They are playing better cricket.”</p>

Updated on Sep 27, 2018 14:25 IST

Pro Kabaddi Fitness Chronicles: Kuchh Khatta, Kuchh ‘Meetha’

<p>The new season of the Pro Kabaddi League gets underway in October and all the competing teams are busy getting in shape for the three-month long tournament. Hindustan Times spoke to the coach and captain of three-time defending champions Patna Pirates on their fitness mantra. The freewheeling conversations led to some fun secrets coming out of the bag, listen in.</p>

Updated on Sep 27, 2018 09:31 IST

‘Tie with India important moment in Afghanistan history’, says Ashgar

<p>India-Afghanistan match ends in a thrilling tie. Ashgar Afghan, captain of Afghanistan spoke on the team's performance in the tournament. He said, “It is really a proud moment for me and my team, because we have played super cricket in this Asia Cup, winning the first two games in the first round and then qualifying for the Super 4. Here we finished two close games and we were unlucky we couldn't finish with a win in the last two matches. But the way we have finished today I think I am feeling proud and the credit goes to the players for the way they have played in the entire tournament. It shows the consistency and commitment of our performance that we have shown in this tournament. I am very happy and satisfied, it is also an important moment in history for Afghanistan because we have never played like this in the Asia Cup before. We were unlucky not to qualify for the final, but we hope we will do that next time.”</p>

Updated on Sep 26, 2018 08:11 IST

Watch: Anushka applauds Kohli as he receives Khel Ratna Award

<p>Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday presented with the country's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, by President of India Ram Nath Kovind. During the award function, Virat was cheered by his wife Anushka Sharma. In the video, Anushka can be seen cheering and clapping for the cricketer as he proudly walks to the president to receive his honour. The annual National Sports Awards felicitation programme was held on Tuesday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.</p>

Updated on Sep 26, 2018 05:36 IST

Watch: Virat Kohli receives Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

<p>India men's cricket team captain Virat Kohli and weightlifter Mirabai Chanu were on Tuesday conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The annual National Sports Awards were bestowed on the best athletes that the country has seen in the past one year. Khel Ratna, the highest sporting award, is usually awarded to two athletes with exceptional cases taking the count to three with shuttler Kidambi Srikanth also recommended subject to Sports Ministry's approval.</p>

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 13:51 IST

Cricket is a captain’s game, coach must take back seat, says Sourav Ganguly

<p>Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly has said “It is not like football. A lot of current cricket coaches think that they are going to run a cricket team like a football team, but cricket is a captain's game and coach has to take a backseat and that is important.” Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly is known to speak his mind and on Monday while launching his book 'A Century is not Enough' at the Symbiosis International (Deemed University).</p>

Updated on Sep 25, 2018 07:15 IST

Tiger Woods wins first title in over five years

<p>Tiger Woods scored his first victory in more than five years on Sunday, completing a two-shot win at the Tour Championship to crown a fairy tale comeback after a near two-year absence. The 42-year-old, 14-time major winner carded a one-over-par 71 at Atlanta's East Lake Golf Course to claim the 80th title of his glittering career. Woods, who finished with an 11-under-par aggregate 269, raised his arms in delight after the victory, with several thousand fans ringing the green roaring their appreciation.</p>

Updated on Sep 24, 2018 10:35 IST

Asia Cup 2018: Indian team didn’t allow us to play, says Pakistan’s head coach

<p>India defeated Pakistan by 9 wickets in the ongoing Asia Cup 2018 super four match in Dubai International Stadium on Monday. India chased Pakistan by 238 runs. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma scored centuries. Sharma made 111 runs while Dhawan scored 114. Shikhar Dhawan also won man of the match. He also scored his 26th ODI fifty in just 56 balls. With this win India has qualified for the final of Asia Cup. After the match, Pakistan's head coach, Micky Arthur addressed the media. He said, “No, there's not so many. I think we got to be realistic here. We were very well beaten by a very good Indian cricket team. They didn't allow us to play. We are a team that's developing. And we have said it all the while. Look at, we got Sarfraz (Ahmed) and (Mohamad) Amir with 50 more caps that (Shoaib) Malik with 200. Other than that, the boys are young, they are developing, they will develop from this, they will gain strength, they will get better and better from this. Certainly not bad these boys. These guys are skillful, very good cricketers. Here they are suffering bit of a confidence crisis at the moment. There's a little bit of fear of failure in the dressing room, there's a little bit of reality check in terms of exactly where we are as a cricket team..but these guys are backing a hundred per cent. In terms of worst performance, nine wickets, it's got to be up there. But we are on a journey, we will just getter better and stronger from this.”</p>

Updated on Sep 24, 2018 05:09 IST

Asia Cup 2018: I didn’t feel like playing a big game, says Chahal after beating Pakistan

<p>India defeated Pakistan by 9 wickets in the ongoing Asia Cup 2018 super four match in Dubai International Stadium on Monday. India chased Pakistan by 238 runs. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma scored centuries. Sharma made 111 runs while Dhawan scored 114. Shikhar Dhawan also won man of the match. He also scored his 26th ODI fifty in just 56 balls. With this win India has qualified for the final of Asia Cup. Post match,Yuzvendra Chahal said, “Yes, been watching such matches (India V Pak) since my childhood, it has been in my bucket list. But it didn't feel like playing a big game, Pakistan…it felt more like playing our own team, rest is just the atmosphere in the ground, of the fans. But once we walk in to the ground, it doesn't matter if it is Pakistan or England. It all depends on your mental ability, on how strong you are mentally and how much you can take.”</p>

Updated on Sep 24, 2018 04:47 IST

Asia Cup 2018: India defeats Pakistan by 9 wickets

<p>India defeated Pakistan by 9 wickets in the ongoing Asia Cup 2018 super four match in Dubai International Stadium on Monday. India chased Pakistan by 238 runs. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma scored centuries. Sharma made 111 runs while Dhawan scored 114. Shikhar Dhawan also won man of the match. He also scored his 26th ODI fifty in just 56 balls. With this win India has qualified for the final of Asia Cup. India won the first match against Pakistan on 19th September.</p>

Updated on Sep 24, 2018 04:36 IST

Steve Smith and David Warner return to Australian grade cricket following bans

<p>Former Australia captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner made their returns to competitive cricket in Australia on Saturday (22nd September) for the first time since the ball-tampering scandal that led to the pair being banned in March from playing international and state cricket for 12 months by Cricket Australia.</p><p>Smith hit 85 for Sutherland against Mosman in an innings that included six four and one six, but it was not enough to give his side victory as they lost by three wickets</p><p>Warner carried his bat to end on 155 not out as Randwick-Petersham beat St George by four wickets at the start of the club cricket season in Sydney.</p><p>Opening batsman Warner reached his century off 98 balls in an innings that featured 13 fours and two sixes.</p>

Updated on Sep 24, 2018 08:31 IST

Asia Cup: ‘Oval Test gave me confidence’, says Jadeja as India thrash Bangladesh

<p>An unbeaten 83 from Rohit Sharma and four wickets from Ravindra Jadeja were the highlights of India's comfortable seven wicket win over Bangladesh in the first match of the Super Fours stage at the Asia Cup in Dubai on Friday. Bangladesh's all-out total of 173 never looked likely to be enough after Jadeja took 4 for 29 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3 for 33. Ravindra Jadeja reacts after India beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the first match of the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup in Dubai on Friday.</p>

Updated on Sep 22, 2018 06:40 IST

India can win historic gold medal at Georgia Chess Olympiad: Viswanathan Anand

<p>Legendary India grandmaster Viswanathan Anand has claimed that the Indian team travelling to Georgia for the upcoming Olympiad is well-equipped to clinch the country's first ever gold medal. Anand, who will be playing for Team India after a gap of 12 years, said that many teams can win the top prize at the Olympiad and India is one of them.</p>

Updated on Sep 22, 2018 05:54 IST

Asia Cup 2018: ‘Loss to India hasn’t changed anything’, says Pakistan’s Masood

<p>Pakistan face Afghanistan in their opening Super Four match at the Asia Cup at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday. After their loss against India in the last game of the group stage, Pakistan know the stakes are now much higher. “The mood hasn't changed much. I think we all knew that the group stage was important to win the first game and guarantee qualification and then when India beat Hong Kong I think it guaranteed qualificaion as well,” said opening Pakistan batsman Shan Masood. “So the hard work and the real work will start from now because whatever we'll do will have repercussions, a win will benefit us and a loss from now on will cost us. So the mood's still positive and we are looking to play the Asia Cup final against whoever comes out of it.”In the Super Four, each team will play three matches and the top two of this stage will compete for the Asia Cup trophy in the final on 28th September.</p>

Updated on Sep 21, 2018 07:28 IST

Manika Batra eyes Olympic glory after Asian Games, Commonwealth Games medals

<p>In an exclusive chat with Hindustan Times, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games medallist Manika Batra talks about Chinese opponents, the state of table tennis facilities in India and her future goals.</p>

Updated on Sep 20, 2018 15:43 IST

Shahbaz Nadeem creates world record in Vijay Hazare trophy

<p>Jharkhand spinner Shahbaz Nadeem on Thursday broke a two-decade-old world record for best bowling figures in List A cricket, with an incredible haul of 8/10 against Rajasthan in the Vijay Hazare Trophy here. The record was earlier held by former Indian left-arm spinner Rahul Sanghvi, who had picked up 8/15 for Delhi against Himachal Pradesh in 1997-98.</p>

Updated on Sep 20, 2018 11:28 IST

Asia Cup 2018: Celebrations across the nation after India crushes Pakistan

<p>India produced an all-round performance as they crushed Pakistan by eight wickets in their second Group A clash of the ongoing 2018 Asia Cup at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday. Fans across India came out on the streets to celebrate the easy victory over arch-rivals, Pakistan. Fans burst crackers and waved the Indian flag. Chasing an easy target of 163 runs to win, India did not break much sweat and clinched the victory with 126 balls to spare. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was adjudged the Man of the Match for his brilliant contribution with the ball. India, who finished at the top spot in Group A, will now lock horns with Bangladesh in the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup at the Dubai International Stadium on September 21.</p>

Updated on Sep 20, 2018 04:05 IST

Asia Cup: Shikhar Dhawan feels Hong Kong scare will help India in Pak clash

<p>Opener Shikhar Dhawan hit a superb century as India survived a wobble to secure a 26-run victory over Hong Kong at the Asia Cup in Dubai on Tuesday. Batting first in the Group A fixture, Dhawan guided India to 240 for two from 40 overs, chalking up his 14th one-day international hundred before he was dismissed on 127, with 15 boundaries and two sixes. Ambati Rayudu had earlier made 60 off 70 balls, but the Hong Kong spinners responded following Dhawan's departure with a late flurry of wickets to restrict India to 285 for seven. Kinchit Shah finished with three for 39.</p>

Updated on Sep 19, 2018 10:43 IST

‘Number three, four, six, up for grabs’: Rohit Sharma on India’s batting lineup for Asia Cup

<p>Rohit Sharma on Monday said that he is excited to captain India, as the team continued its preparations ahead of back-to-back matches against Hong Kong and arch rivals Pakistan in the Asia Cup.</p><p>India are set to face Hong Kong in their opening Asia Cup match on Tuesday (18th September), before facing huge cricket rivals Pakistan on Wednesday (19th September). Both matches will take place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, in a city where temperatures can rise to 43 degrees Celsius.</p><p>India will be without regular captain and talisman Virat Kholi in this One-Day International event after selectors decided to give him a break, leaving Rohit Sharma to skipper the side. Twenty-year-old Khaleel Ahmed will be making his debut for India. The left-arm pace bowler has played his domestic cricket for Rajasthan since 2016.</p>

Updated on Sep 17, 2018 15:07 IST

Virat Kohli, Mirabai Chanu recommended for the Khel Ratna

<p>Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medal winning weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's names have been jointly recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the committee. Kohli is the leading light of Indian cricket and could become the third cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni to get India's top sporting honour once the recommendations are formally accepted.</p>

Updated on Sep 17, 2018 13:16 IST

Want to take five wickets against India: Usman Khan

<p>Reaction after Pakistan beat Hong Kong by eight wickets in their opening match at the Asia Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Sunday.</p><p>Pakistan's Usman Khan, said “Of course, India is the number one team. Their players are very good. Whenever there is a Pakistan v India match, not just the players but the whole crowd gets excited. It's a big match and for that our preparations are going great, inshallah. Absolutely, whoever performs in the India v Pakistan match, their careers go up to a different level. And every player wishes that he is able to perform in that match. And inshallah, that is my goal as well. Today I took three wickets, and against India, I want to take five wickets.”</p>

Updated on Sep 17, 2018 07:39 IST

Asia Cup 2018: Indian team gear up against Hong Kong

<p>Indian team is all set to take on Hong Kong in the first match of Asia Cup on September 18. India will face Pakistan a day after match against Honk Kong. Rohit Sharma-led India will look forward to win the 14th edition of Asian Cup with strong batting line-up. Sri Lanka won the last edition of ODI Asia Cup in 2014 and India won T20 format in 2016. Six teams have qualified for this year's Asia Cup. India take on Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2018 in a Group A encounter and it will be the first time that the two teams meet since Pakistan walked all over India in the final of Champions Trophy at the Oval in June 2017.</p>

Updated on Sep 17, 2018 04:43 IST

Moeen Ali claims he was called ‘Osama’ by an Australian player during 2015 ashes

<p>England cricketer Moeen Ali claims in his new autobiography that he was called “Osama” by an Australian opponent during his Ashes debut in 2015.</p><p>Moeen, who scored 77 runs in the first innings and took five wickets in the match as England won the series opener in Cardiff, alleges the unnamed player compared him to terrorist Osama bin Laden during an on-field exchange.</p><p>Writing in his autobiography, which is being serialised in British newspaper The Times, Moeen said: “It was a great first Ashes Test in terms of my personal performance, however there was one incident which had distracted me.</p><p>“An Australian player turned to me on the field and said, 'Take that, Osama'. I could not believe what I had heard. I remember going really red. I have never been so angry on a cricket field.”</p><p>The player involved denied making the slur when confronted about it.</p>

Updated on Sep 15, 2018 12:44 IST

Asia Cup 2018: We are looking forward to Pakistan clash – Rohit Sharma

<p>Rohit Sharma, who will be leading the Indian cricket team in Asia Cup 2018, said that the team is excited ahead of their group stage match against Pakistan and the spectators can expect good cricket when the traditional rivals face each other on September 19. Rohit also said that all the teams are here to win the title and that although their entire concentration will be on winning the competition, the Indian cricket team will also look to use Asia Cup 2018 as a training ground for next year's ICC World Cup.</p>

Updated on Sep 14, 2018 17:35 IST

Pakistan batsman Imam ul Haq looks ahead to Asia Cup clash against India

<p>Pakistan continued their preparations ahead of the Asia Cup at the ICC Academy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Thursday. The reigning ICC Champions Trophy winners will also look to regain the Asia Cup that starts with a match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on Saturday. The upset win over India in the Champions Trophy final at the Oval in London in 2017 gave the fans in Pakistan a great occasion to celebrate their young heroes. With Pakistan being led by former cricketer and captain of their world cup winning team Imran Khan, expectations have once again reached fever pitch.</p>

Updated on Sep 14, 2018 17:24 IST

Asia Cup 2018: India world class team even without Kohli, says Pak pacer Ashraf

<p>Pakistan bowler Fahim Ashraf on Wednesday (12th September) looked ahead to the 2018 Asia Cup - to be held in the United Arab Emirates, where Pakistan will play Hong Kong and India in Group A. Pakistan held their first full training session ahead of the start of the Asia Cup in Dubai, UAE, on Wednesday. Champions of the last and final edition of the ICC Champions Trophy held in 2017, Pakistan are set to resume their long rivalry with India. Pakistan are in Group A of the Asia Cup along with Hong Kong and India, who they play on 16th and 19th September, respectively.</p>

Updated on Sep 13, 2018 13:06 IST

Asia Cup - History of the continental championship

<p>Asia Cup is the biggest continental cricketing tournament, which started way back in the year 1984. India have been the most successful team in the history of Asia Cup, having won the continental tournament as many as six times (five ODI format, one T20I format), since the inception of tournament in 1984. Sri Lanka have also won the tournament on five occasions. Let's take a look at the history of this tournament.</p>

Updated on Sep 13, 2018 11:55 IST

Anderson plays down becoming most successful fast bowler in Test cricket

<p>Following a day of high emotion at the Oval, England's James Anderson reflected on becoming the leading fast bowler in Test history and tearfully acknowledged the contribution made by his “idol” and former captain Alastair Cook, who brought his Test career to a triumphant end against India on Tuesday (11th September). </p>

Updated on Sep 13, 2018 13:57 IST

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