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New Delhi: Former Indian batsman and all time great cricketer Sachin Tendulkar said that Virat Kohli’s century was praiseworthy but equally important was the experience of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Tuesday’s win and his partnership with Dinesh Karthik.

“Along with Dhoni, I thought Karthik played rather well and finished the game. Dhoni stayed there till the end and his experience mattered,” said Tendulkar in an interview to 100MB, his official app.

Asked about Dhoni’s contribution in the series-equalising win at Adelaide Oval, Tendulkar said: “I thought yesterday’s contribution was very good. In the first match I felt he was a little rusty. He was not able to hit the ball where he wanted to. That can happen to anyone. But he walked out in the second match thinking differently. From ball one, he looked a different player. He is someone who likes to take his time, play a few dot balls, understand the bowling and take the game till the end. And that is exactly what he did.”

New Delhi: A video purportedly showing a man locking up supporters of the Indian football team in a bird cage ahead of a crucial match with the UAE has gone viral, prompting the UAE authorities to arrest several persons.

India lost the match against the hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) 2-0 in the AFC Asian Cup in Abu Dhabi Thursday.

In the viral video, the man, brandishing a stick, is seen sitting and talking to several workers locked up in a bird cage. He asks them who do they support between the UAE and India, Khaleej Times reported.

New Delhi: The 24-year-old Indian ace Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has become the first Indian to get a nomination in the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards to be held in Monaco on February 18.

Vinesh Phogat, who made a sensational comeback after battling a long injury lay-off to win a gold medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and Jakarta Asian Games, has been nominated for the Laureus World Comeback of the Year.

The Haryana wrestler, who was stretchered off after dislocating her knee during the quarterfinals of 50kg freestyle event at the 2016 Olympic Games, has been nominated alongside US Tour Championship winner Tiger Woods, who won his first tournament in five years.

New Delhi: Indian woman boxer Mary Kom has risen to the top of the boxing world rankings on January 10 , two months after becoming the first female boxer to win six world championships.

The 36-year-old mother-of-three was ranked number one by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) in the Light Fly 45-48 kilogramme category, scoring 1700 points.

Kom capped her 2018 campaign with her sixth world championship title after defeating Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota by 5-0 in Delhi.

New Delhi: In the fourth test against Australia, Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has continued his brilliant run of form as he posted his seventh 150+ score during Day 2 of the fourth Test encounter between India and Australia in Sydney. It was his third 150+ score away from home and the first against Australia.

As a result, he became the ninth Indian to score 150+ runs in an innings in Australia and also the second Indian batsman to score a 150 as a number 3 batsman in Australia (Dravid scored 233 at Adelaide, 2003).

Cheteshwar Pujara contributed an unbeaten 130 to India’s 303 for four on the opening day of the fourth test against Australia, keeping the tourists firmly on track for a historic breakthrough with his third century of the series.

New Delhi: Virat Kohli has a strong message for the Australian team, who will be travelling to England for the Ashes later this year. The Indian captain, who scored 593 runs in five Test matches, said that the Aussie batsmen will have to leave their egos at home if they are to succeed against the Dukes ball.

“If you go out there with an ego, you might as well not go at all. Because that Dukes ball, it buries egos pretty quickly. You have to curb yourself down and do the hard yards. Grind it out the whole day, you have to be patient as a batsman,” Kohli told cricket.com.au.

Kohli expressed that one has to buy his time while batting in England.

New Delhi: India skipper Virat Kohli while meeting the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) in Hyderabad during the second Test against West Indies had requested the committee to see if the bowlers can be played sparsely in the Indian Premier League to keep them fresh for the 2019 World Cup in England. But former India skipper MS Dhoni feels that the IPL is the perfect ground for the team management to gauge the fitness of the bowlers.

“Bowling four overs won’t make you tired. The four overs actually keeps you at your best, you are bowling the yorkers, bowling the variation and playing under pressure. I feel the bowlers can still play the whole of the IPL but what they need to manage is what they eat, when they sleep and wake up.