Sports, Cricket, 17th May 2019, News & Stories from India

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Sports Cricket 17 May 2019

Sports, Cricket, 17 May 2019

Harbhajan wants Dhoni to have the same intimidating presence that he and Virender Sehwag had some during their best years of international cricket. (Photo: AFP)

'Team management should give Dhoni freedom to attack from start': Harbhajan

For Harbhajan, top-order batsmen Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Kohli and KL Rahul can build the innings, so Dhoni has the freedom to attack.

17 May 2019 8:58 PM

Activities will include coaching for kids and women's and girls' softball cricket. Some clubs will stream World Cup matches live. (Photo: ANI)

Clubs across England to host Cricket World Cup Family Days

The World Family Days will help to connect clubs, local communities, future players, fans, kids involved in the game and show themselves.

17 May 2019 7:08 PM

West Indies will face Pakistan in their first 2019 World Cup clash which will take place on May 31. (Photo: AFP)

'It will be an all-rounders' World Cup', says Clive Lloyd

The two-time World Cup captain also shared his opinion over selectors' decision of bringing back players such as Andre Russell to the squad.

17 May 2019 7:01 PM

The tournament will run from May 30 to July 14. The semi-finals will be played at Old Trafford in Manchester and Edgbaston in Birmingham on July 9 and 11 respectively, while the Lord's will host the final on July 14. (Photo: ICC))

ICC World Cup winners to earn four million dollars

The total prize pot, which sits at USD 10 million, will see the runners-up assured of USD 2 million.

17 May 2019 6:52 PM

Afghanistan penetrated through the 2019 ICC World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe to be the ultimate winners of the tournament, and hence qualified for the England and Wales-based showpiece event. (Photo: AFP)

ICC 2019 World Cup: Afghanistan squad and player analysis

The Kabul-based team got its ICC status was back in the year 2001, and two years later, it became a member of the Asian Cricket Council.

17 May 2019 6:17 PM

In the following T20s against Australia, he scored morale boosting 50 and 47 and carried that form into the IPL, where he ended up as the second-highest run getter with 593 runs at 53.90. (Photo: PTI))

'I am ready to bat at any position', says KL Rahul

Head coach Ravi Shastri said the combinations would entirely depend on the prevailing conditions in England.

17 May 2019 5:34 PM

Shaw managed to score 353 runs in 16 matches in IPL 2019. His highlight performance of the tournament was against KKR when he smashed 99 runs off 55 balls, comprising 12 fours and 3 sixes. (Photo: PTI)

ICC World Cup 2019: Prithvi Shaw bats for his opening colleagues - Rohit and Shikhar

At a press conference held at MCA for North Mumbai Panthers, Prithvi was unable to make a choice between the two ace openers of India

17 May 2019 4:34 PM

India will take on New Zealand and Bangladesh on May 25 and 28 in the warm-up matches before opening its World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 5.

'Excited for my first World Cup', says Yuzvendra Chahal

'Everyone wants to be part of the World Cup to play for the country', said the 28-year-old.

17 May 2019 4:21 PM

India also entered the semi-finals of last November's T20 World Cup in the West Indies. (Photo: AP)

India 'sleeping giant' of women's cricket, says Matthew Mott

The interest in women's cricket in India has been on the rise ever since they finished runners-up in the 2017 World Cup in the UK.

17 May 2019 12:27 PM

The coverage will also be complemented with a variety of analytical and visual enhancements including the use of Player Tracking. The drone camera will also provide stunning visuals of all venues across England and Wales. There will be a roving Buggy Cam as well, for a ground-level view of proceedings. (Photo: ICC)

Ganguly, Manjrekar in ICC’s top commentary panel for World Cup

ICC TV will cover all 48 matches, including live coverage of all 10 warm-up matches for the 1st time.

17 May 2019 12:01 PM

GS Lakshmi came close to playing the first international match but had to be content with remaining in the non-playing eleven during India's tour of England in 1999.

'World's first female match referee has a sharp cricket brain', says Purnima Rao

GS Lakshmi is the world's first international match referee.

17 May 2019 10:06 AM

West Indies captain Clive Lloyd holds the 1975 World Cup trophy aloft.

World Cup 1975 replay: Slow Sunny an aberration

Bishen had figures of 12-8-6-1 and Gavaskar made amends with an unbeaten 65 for his snail-like World Cup debut.

17 May 2019 6:26 AM

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