Done and dusted in Galle

Done and dusted in Galle

GALLE : Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared six wickets to help India to a thumping 304-run win against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the first Test on Saturday for a 1-0 lead in the series. The hosts, chasing a mammoth 550 for victory, only managed 245 runs before their second innings […]

Karunaratne defies India with solid half-century in Galle Test

Karunaratne defies India with solid half-century in Galle Test

Galle : Dimuth Karunaratne produced a rearguard act with an unbeaten half century as Sri Lanka delayed the inevitable, reaching 192 for four against India on the fourth day of the first Test here on Saturday.At tea, Karunaratne was on 85, and Niroshan Dickwella was giving the opener company on 48.The visitors still need another […]

Dutee gets IAAF invite for World Championships

Dutee gets IAAF invite for World Championships

New Delhi : In the middle of her renewed fight against the hyperandrogenism policy and a looming Court of Arbitration (CAS) hearing in Lausanne, there’s some good news for sprinter Dutee Chand. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which has challenged the CAS’s 2015 verdict into Dutee’s hyperandrogenism case allowing the Odisha sprinter to […]

India set Sri Lanka 550-run target to win Galle Test

India set Sri Lanka 550-run target to win Galle Test

Galle : India inched closer towards victory in the first Test after Sri Lanka managed to reach 85 for 2 after India set a mammoth victory target of 550 riding on skipper Virat Kohli’s 17th Test hundred. It’s a matter of time as India need another 8 wickets with a day and two sessions of […]