By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) – India face a problem of plenty for their upcoming trip to South Africa having beaten New Zealand at home despite resting a number of regulars, but captain Virat Kohli said it was a “good headache to have”. The hosts were without Kohli in the first of the two tests, …
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By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) -India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin struck three early blows to put the hosts on course for a series-clinching victory against New Zealand in the second and final test at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. The hosts were five wickets away from a 1-0 series victory with New Zealand reaching 140 for …
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By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) -New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel claimed the rare honour of bagging all 10 wickets in an innings before India demonstrated their own bowling might to take control of the second and final test at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. The Mumbai-born Ajaz became only the third player in international cricket …
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By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) -New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel became only the third bowler to pick up all 10 wickets in an innings in international cricket, achieving the rare feat against India in the second test at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. The 33-year-old joined England off-spinner Jim Laker (1956, against Australia) and India …
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -India will tour South Africa for three tests and three one-day internationals starting on Dec. 26, but have postponed four Twenty20 internationals to a later date, Cricket South Africa confirmed on Saturday. The tourists will arrive in the country a week later than originally scheduled and start with the Boxing Day test, …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – New Zealand were all out for 62 in their first innings in reply to India’s 325, with the tourists trailing by 263 runs on the second day of the final test at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up four wickets for eight runs while his fast bowling …
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(Reuters) – India’s hockey teams will compete at next year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Louise Martin said, reversing their decision to skip the 2022 event. In October, India had withdrawn its hockey teams from next year’s Games citing COVID-19 concerns and Hockey India’s decision to prioritise the Asian Games in …
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By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India expects the Omicron variant of coronavirus to cause less severe disease, the health ministry said on Friday, thanks to vaccinations and high prior exposure to the Delta variant that infected nearly 70% of the population by July. Junior doctors protested to demand that staff numbers be …
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By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) – India opener Mayank Agarwal hit a gritty hundred to rescue the hosts after New Zealand left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel had put them in a spot of bother with three quick wickets on the weather-hit first day of the second and final test on Friday. Agarwal remained unbeaten on 120 …
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By Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The United Nations Development Programme aims to almost triple its plastic waste management to 100 cities in India by 2024, A UNDP executive said, to combat the damaging effects of plastic pollution. Across India’s many towns and cities, which are often ranked among the world’s most polluted, the …
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