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Indian Cricket Team claim victory in their #U19CWC opener against Australian Cricket Team

Indian Cricket Team claim victory in their #U19CWC opener against Australian Cricket Team ! Mavi and Nagarkoti strike three times each to dismiss Australia for just 228, India winning by a comprehensive . Quick and short from Shivam Mavi and Xavier Bartlett skies it off the top edge. It goes high into the sky, but doesn't travel very far. Aryan Juyal gets under, waits a bit, opens his gloves and takes the dismissal. Australia 205/8 Obviously the boys tried quite hard but as they say, catches win matches. It's early in the tournament for us and we need to push this aside and focus on the next couple of games. I think it was good fun and a challenge as well. We started well in both our batting and our bowling and I think it was a great overall team. performance.Australia were really putting on a fightback, with the 30th over giving away 13 runs to Jonathan Merlo. Mavi stops that in its tracks though, cleaning up the stumps of the Australian batsman! Pitched towards of...

Kagiso Rabada is the youngest player to reach the top of the Test bowling rankings

Kagiso Rabada, Age: 8,261 days, January 2018. Kagiso Rabada is the youngest player to reach the top of the Test bowling rankings. Who else reached the top at a tender age? A nd so to the latest table-topper.  He first captured the limelight at ICC U/19 World Cup 2014 in the UAE when South Africa won the title.  He took 14 wickets in the tournament, including 6-25 against Australia and subsequently made his Test debut at Mohali the following year.   He took a match haul of 13-144 against England at Centurion in early 2016 and took ten in the match against Sri Lanka at Cape Town in January 2017 to move into the world’s top ten for the first time. He continued to impress throughout the year, with another ten-wicket haul coming against Bangladesh at Bloemfontein in October before his Cape Town efforts finally pushed him top.   No one-trick pony, he also reached the top spot in the ODI bowling table – albeit for just five days – in May and June ...

TeamIndia to tour Ireland for T20Is 2018.

TeamIndia to tour Ireland for T20Is.The two T20Is will be held in Dublin on June 27 & June 29 , 2018. India last visited Ireland in 2007, winning by nine wickets by DL method in a rain-shortened encounter. Niall O'Brien scored a half-century as Ireland were bowled out for 193 before India, led by Gautam Gambhir's unbeaten 80 and Sourav Ganguly's unbeaten 73, saw them to 171/1 after 34.5 overs which was enough for victory when the heavens opened. Sachin Tendulkar was the only India batsman dismissed, bowled by Roger Whelan for just four. "Cricket Ireland is most grateful to BCCI for its support in the midst of the team’s hectic schedule, and we look forward to working with them on similar opportunities in the future," Deutrom continued . " In what is a signal year for us, we are also delighted to be working once again with Malahide CC and Fingal County Council who always help us put on a great show for players and fans ali...