Wellington: Smriti Mandhana remained an unstoppable juggernaut with a record-smashing half century but the Indian women's cricket team failed to make it count, going down by 23 runs in the opening T20 International against New Zealand here Wednesday.

New Zealand cricketer Hareesh Gangadharan, in a heartbreaking incident, collapsed on the field during the match on Saturday (February 2) and died. He was a member of  Green Island Cricket Club’s Second Grade team and the incident took place around 4 PM at the Sunnyvale Sports Centre

Dubai: The Indian cricket team Monday rose a rung to second in the ICC ODI rankings in which captain Virat Kohli and pacer Jasprit Bumrah continued to top the respective charts for batsmen and bowlers.

India overcame a disastrous start to earn a hard fought 35-run win over New Zealand in the fifth ODI Sunday to finish the series with a 4-1 scoreline in their favour, proving the heavy loss at Hamilton was an aberration.

West Indies cricket team joined the audience who were giving great ovation on the third day of Antigua test against England, when young bowler Alzarri Joseph came into middle to bat after James Anderson struck two wickets with West Indies leading by 102 runs at 289-8.

The Indian top-order struggled again in testing conditions before Ambati Rayudu and Hardik Pandya powered the visitors to a fighting 252 in the fifth and final ODI against New Zealand here on Sunday.

New Delhi: Cricketer Gautam Gambhir Saturday urged the Ministry of Defence to help a man, claiming to be war veteran, after he spotted him begging in Connaught Place here.

Kolkata: India lived up to their reputation in doubles but that was not enough as Italy secured a 3-1 triumph after winning the first reverse singles on Saturday to storm into the first-ever Davis Cup World Finals.