Kolkata : India skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday said the positive mindset of the cricketers and “belief” in their own abilities helped the team get back to winning ways in the third and final Test against South Africa after suffering heavy defeats in the first two test matches. “It was hard after the first two […]
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Kohli slams Shahid Afridi’s comments on Kashmir
Bengaluru : India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday slammed former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi following his tweet on condemning anti-terror operations in Kashmir. “As an Indian you want to express what is best for your nation and my interests are always for the benefit of our nation. If anything opposes it, I would never support […]
Kohli, Pujara retain ICC Test spots; Markram vaults to top-10
Dubai : India skipper Virat Kohli and Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara held on to their second and seventh position respectively in the latest ICC Test Player rankings, while the biggest gainer was South African opener Aiden Markram jumping to a career-best No.9 spot in the list released here on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Kohli had a […]
Deepika Padukone, Virat Kohli win Instagram Awards
Mumbai : Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has the ‘Most Followed Account’ and cricket star Virat Kohli has got the ‘Most Engaged Account’ on Instagram, according to the Instagram Awards which have been announced for the first time in India. Kohli has 19.8 million followers as on Monday. His account generated the biggest number of engagements […]
Kohli reminds me of Imran Khan, says coach Shastri
Kolkata : Heaping praise on skipper Virat Kohli and his recent exploits in South Africa, India cricket team coach Ravi Shastri has compared the mercurial player to Pakistan’s World Cup winning captain Imran Khan. “It’s still early days for Virat. He is still very very young. But he is already there among the very best. […]
‘Pari’ my wife’s best work ever: Virat lauds Anushka
Mumbai : Star cricketer Virat Kohli has showered praise on his actress-wife Anushka Sharma’s work in her latest release “Pari”. He has vouched for it as her best work. “Watched ‘Pari’ last night. Has to be my Wife’s best work ever! One of the best films I’ve seen in a long time. Got quite scared, […]
Bhuvi jumps to 12th, Kohli drops to 6th in T20I rankings
Dubai : Indian seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar jumped 20 places to be 12th, while captain Virat Kohli dropped three places to be sixth in the Twenty20 International (T20I) bowling and batting rankings revealed on Sunday. Bhuvneshwar picked up seven wickets in the three-match series against South Africa as India won 2-1. Fellow Indian bowler Jasprit Bumrah […]
No Kohli, Dhoni, Bhuvi in T20I tri-series squad
Mumbai : Captain Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya have been rested as India on Sunday named their squad for the Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 cricket tri-series slated to take place in Colombo from March 6. While opening batsmen Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan will assume roles of captain and […]
India receives Test championship mace
Cape Town : The International Cricket Council (ICC) presented the ICC Test championship mace to India captain Virat Kohli in the Newlands Stadium here at the conclusion of the South Africa tour on Saturday. On behalf of the ICC, Cricket Hall of Famers Sunil Gavaskar of India and Graeme Pollock of South Africa made the […]
PNB says Virat Kohli continues to be its brand ambassador
New Delhi : The $1.8 billion fraud hit Punjab National Bank (PNB) has said that Indian skipper Virat Kohli continues to be its brand ambassador. “There are reports in the media that Virat Kohli, Bank’s brand ambassador is going to discontinue his endorsement with Punjab National Bank. The same is again totally false and incorrect. […]