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Rohit Sharma, the India captain, was cheered. Neither Rohit, who continued to be worshipped despite being replaced as Mumbai Indians skipper, nor Hardik, his successor, could withstand the Rajasthan Royals onslaught. The left-arm pace duo of Trent Boult and Nandre Burger rattled the Mumbai Indians’ top-order. Despite Hardik and Tilak Varma’s resurrecting partnership of 56 runs for the fifth wicket, …

Australia crushes Pakistan by 360 runs in 1st test inside 4 days, Lyon achieves 500-wicket landmark

PERTH, Australia — Australia skittled Pakistan on a treacherous Perth pitch to record a thumping 360-run victory in the first test inside four days with Nathan Lyon achieving the elusive landmark of 500 test wickets on Sunday. Debutant fast bowler Khurram Shahzad, who took both the Australian wickets to fall on Saturday, continued his fine start to test cricket by …

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ENG vs IRE: Tongue takes five wickets as England crushes Ireland

Seamer Josh Tongue took five wickets to help England thrash Ireland by 10 wickets in the one-off four-day Test at Lord’s on Saturday. Resuming on 97-3 on day three, Harry Tector got Ireland off to a strong start, scoring 51 off 98 balls before holing out to point for debutant Tongue’s fourth wicket of the innings. Lorcan Tucker and Curtis …

Yashasvi Jaiswal’s fiery unbeaten half-century and Yuzvendra Chahal’s creditable four-wicket haul propelled Rajasthan Royals to a commanding nine-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday. Even though Jos Buttler was run out early, it hardly made a difference as Jaiswal and captain Sanju Samson, dropped on 16, continuing the onslaught …

Debutant off-spinner Karan Lal’s impressive five-wicket haul enabled Bengal to outplay Nagaland by an innings and 161 runs on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Group-A match at the Nagaland Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Nagaland openers batted with good intent for more than an hour before 22-year-old Karan, who bowled four overs in the first innings, provided the breakthrough …

A sublime fifty from Dawid Malan and three wickets for Chris Woakes guided England to a thumping 67-run win over Pakistan in the seventh Twenty20 International in Lahore on Sunday as it clinched the series 4-3 in a major boost ahead of the World Cup. Chasing 210, Pakistan suffered a double blow when captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan departed …

Untroubled Australia crushes Sri Lanka by six wickets in fourth T20

Australia eased to a six-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the fourth Twenty20 international in Melbourne on Friday, barely needing to shift out of first gear as they heaped misery on the tourists who have yet to register a win in the five-game series. READ | Bowling with clever variations of pace, Lahiru Kumara took the wickets of unconvincing opener …

Pakistan crushes India with 10-wicket win at T20 World Cup

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Pakistan crushed India by 10 wickets for the first-ever victory against its archrival in a T20 World Cup game on Sunday. Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi had earlier rattled India’s top order by removing both openers -- Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul -- in his first two overs before skipper Virat Kohli’s 57 off 49 balls …

Parthiv Patel’s breezy, stroke-filled half-century and Priyank Panchal’s unhurried knock carried Gujarat to a commanding six-wicket win over Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinal at the Just Cricket Ground near here. READ | K. L. Rahul helps Karnataka seal semis berth On a slightly two-paced wicket, skipper Parthiv started with a slashed four over the slip cordon off speedster …