Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav’s hat-trick helps India complete a comprehensive win over Australia and take 2-0 lead in the ODI series.
MS Dhoni. who is considered to be one of the quickest with gloves, effected Glenn Maxwell's dismissal with yet another lightning-quick stumping and his celebration showed the value of the wicket.
India captain Virat Kohli commended the performances of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal against Australia so far in the ODI series. Yadav bagged a hat-trick on Thursday and helped India to a 50-run win at the Eden Gardens.
Kuldeep Yadav picked up the wickets of Matthew Wade, Ashton Agar, and Pat Cummins in successive deliveries to become the third Indian bowler to register a hat-trick in one-day cricket after Kapil Dev and Chetan Sharma.
India register a convincing 50-run win to take 2-0 lead over Australia in the five-match series, rise to no.1 spot in ICC ODI rankings.
Kuldeep Yadav became India's third bowler to take a hat-trick in ODIs after Chetan Sharma and Kapil Dev. His hat-trick is 43rd overall in the history of one-day cricket.
Kuldeep Yadav has also recorded a hat-trick in the U-19 World Cup in 2014 against Scotland.
Nic Pothas also said that there is a growing camaraderie in the team which is helping the squad to gel together.
Nathan Coulter-Nile has consistently bowled a troublesome line just outside the off-stump which has kept the men in blue on tenterhooks. He has been instrumental in keeping a check on India's formidable top order.
Dilip Vengsarkar has questioned why the BCCI's Tour Programme and Fixtures Committee is repeating the same mistake repeatedly.
The third and final Twenty20 is scheduled for Lahore, Pakistan, where Sri Lanka's team bus came under a terrorist attack in 2009. The attack killed some Pakistani security officials and wounded two Sri Lankan players.
Hardik Pandya was busy protecting his bat from the rain as he rushed off the field. Instead of completing the run he scampered towards the pavilion.
Sri Lanka were handed a drubbing on home soil against India, losing all nine games against the formidable tourists in a humiliating whitewash across all three formats of the game.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the draft constitution should include the suggestions of the Lodha committee in its entirety so that a holistic document can be placed before the apex court for a final decision.
England vs West Indies, 2nd ODI: The match officials decided to call-off the 2nd ODI between England and West Indies after the hosts posted 21/0 in 2.2 overs due to rains at Trent Bridge. The third ODI resumes in Bristol on Sunday.
Virat Kohli gets out in the nineties for the sixth time in his career and this is one of the many records, an unwanted one, where he is behind Sachin Tendulkar.
Virender Sehwag and Jhulan Goswami did the honours of ringing the bell at the Eden Gardens during the second ODI between India and Australia.
Krishnappa Gowtham who was a part of the India Red squad left the team after citing health issues. However, a couple of days later he was seen playing in the KPL for the Belagavi Panthers.
The programme will be held on the evening of the third day's play of the scheduled India-Sri Lanka Test . The cricketers from the island nation have also been invited for the programme.
MS Dhoni will take the field for his 300th ODI for India during the second one-day international match against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
After being dropped from the Test squad in the second Test at Bangladesh, Usman Khawaja claimed that it will not deter his confidence in the run-up to the Ashes.
Yuvraj Singh, who has played over 300 ODIs, bumped into his favourite Bollywood actress Kajol while his flight was delayed.
David Warner expressed his love for India and how his daughters love the country in an Instagram post before the second India-Australia ODI.
India beat Australia by 50 runs in the second ODI at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Kuldeep Yadav's hat-trick steals the show in a convincing win for the hosts.
Andrew Strauss accepted that question marks over England's top-order batting leave some vulnerabilities in their attempt to win the Ashes in Australia.




