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Yuvraj Singh announces retirement from International cricket

Mumbai, Jun 10 (ANI): India's 2011 World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh brought the curtains down on his decorated cricket career on Monday as he announced his retirement from international cricket in a press conference in Mumbai. While addressing the press conference, he said, "After 25 years in and around the 22 yards and almost 17 years of international cricket on and off, I have decided to move on. This game taught me how to fight, how to fall, to dust off, to get up again and move forward."

CWC 2019: Fans celebrate India's spectacular victory over Australia

London, June 10 (ANI): Spectacular win for India in World Cup 2019 journey by decimating Australia by 36 runs. Fans cheered India's victory outside the Oval Cricket Stadium in London. They applauded Shikhar Dhawan's centurion knock. "We are happy that Gabbar is back in form, it's a tough game against New Zealand but then also we will try our best." said a fan. 'Men in Blue' will lock horns with New Zealand next on June 13.

ICC WC 2019: Fans perform 'Hawan' for victory of team India across nation

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)/ Gorakhpur (UP), June 09 (ANI): Indian cricket team is all set to play their second encounter against Australia in the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament at the Oval today. People from across the country have great expectations from the Indian team. The team's victory over the country has also begun with a round of 'Hawan' and prayers. The cricket fans performed 'hawan' for the victory of team India.

India vs Australia, ICC World Cup 2019: It's going to be a great contest, says Rohit Sharma

Oval (England), June 09 (ANI): Ahead of Sunday's big match against Australia, Rohit Sharma exuded confidence by saying, "In the World Cup, you have to turn up on that day and play good cricket. What we have done in the past is past. As a team we believe that we have to play better on that particular day. We had a good rivalry between the teams in the last few months. We played good cricket in Australia, they played good cricket in India. So it's going to be a great contest," Rohit said.

WC 2019: Team India sweats it out ahead of clash with Australia

London, Jun 09 (ANI): After decimating South Africa by 6 wickets in its opening match, team India began its practice session at the Oval where the team blue will face Australia today. Team India flexed their muscles to get the winning streak in the tournament. India is going to play second ODI against Australia in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

PM Modi gifts bat to Maldives prez Solih

Male (Maldives), Jun 08 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will help promote cricket in the Maldives and fulfil President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's mission to develop the sport in the country to consolidate people-to-people relations. Modi gifted a cricket bat to Solih signed by the Indian cricket team after holding bilateral talks. India is helping in training Maldivian cricket players and bringing it up to the requisite standard, the External Affairs Ministry said in New Delhi on Thursday. India is also looking into constructing a stadium in the Island nation which is another request made by it, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said.

ICC WC 2019: Team India meets India's High Commissioner to UK in London

London, June 08 (ANI): Members of Indian Cricket team met India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ruchi Ghanashyam at her residence in London on Friday. Team India was captured alongside the High Commissioner. During the interaction, High Commissioner congratulated the team for winning their first game against South Africa. In the opening match at ICC World Cup Virat Kohli-led side beat South Africa by six wickets in Southampton on June 5. India's next match is against Australia at The Oval in London on June 9.

CoA chief Vinod Rai backs MS Dhoni on gloves controversy

Mumbai, June 07 (ANI): Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai on Friday backed MS Dhoni on insignia row. He said that insignia worn by Dhoni doesn't has any religious, military, or commercial significance as per the rules of ICC. "So we're going to tell ICC it need not be removed," Rai said. "But in any case if they feel, we'll take permission like we took in case of camouflage caps, because we believe in confirming to norms of the game. If the ICC has a set of norms, we'll go with the norms," Rai added.

CWC 2019: Fans celebrate India's opening victory

Southampton (UK), June 06 (ANI): Team India kick started World Cup 2019 journey by decimating South Africa by 6 wickets. Fans cheered India's victory outside Rose Bowl Cricket Stadium in Southampton. They applauded Rohit Sharma's centurion knock. "We are so proud of India, it's an amazing feeling, definitely, World Cup will be ours," said a fan. India will lock horns with Australia next on June 9.

ICC WC 2019: South African players flexed their muscles to compete against India

Southampton (UK), June 05 (ANI): South Africa will take on India on June 5. The game will be played at Rose Bowl Cricket Ground in England today. South African players flexed their muscles to get the winning streak in the tournament. Meanwhile, India will play their first game to gain winning momentum. South Africa is going to play third ODI against India and is yet to open the winning score.

CWC 2019: Even with replacements, SA would be a very strong side, says Kohli

Southampton (England), Jun 04 (ANI): India is set to lock horn with South Africa in their opening match of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup at the Rose Bowl, Southampton on June 5. While addressing a press conference, Skipper Virat Kohli on Tuesday said, "South Africa is a very dangerous side on their day and even with replacements they would be a strong side. We don't take anyone lightly. We need to approach the game focusing on our strengths."

ICC WC 2019: Men in Blue preps up ahead of clash against South Africa

Southampton (UK), June 04 (ANI): India will take on South Africa on June 5. The game will be played at Rose Bowl Cricket Ground in England on Wednesday. Indian players flexed their muscles to win the opening match in the tournament. India will play their first game, whereas South Africa will play their third.

WC 2019: Team India sweats it out ahead of opening clash with SA

Southampton (England), Jun 01 (ANI): After playing its two warm up matches against New Zealand and Bangladesh, Team India began its practice session at The Rose Bowl stadium in Southampton, England where the team blue will face South Africa on June 5 for its opening match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Skipper Virat Kohli, experienced MS Dhoni and young guns like Hardik Pandya and Jaspreet Bumrah are some of the key players with huge fan expectations going into the world tournament. India beat Bangladesh in its second warm up match of the tournament by 95 runs after scoring a mammoth 359 runs with the help of MS Dhoni and KL Rahul's centuries. However, The Indian side didn't start well in first pre-tournament match against New Zealand in which the Kiwis summed up India's batting side to 180 runs and won the match easily by 6 wickets.

25th GCM football tournament begins in HP's Dharamshala

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), June 01 (ANI): 25th Tibetan football tournament, Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup (GCMGC), began on Friday. 23 teams are participating in the 10-day long tournament. The final match will be played on June 10.

Captains meet Queen Elizabeth before the commencement of CWC'19

New Delhi, May 30 (ANI): All ten captains of the participating teams in the Cricket World Cup paid a visit to Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday. They also met Prince Harry at the Buckingham Palace in London. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) tweeted two pictures of the captains' meeting with the Queen. In one picture all captains can be spotted with Queen Elizabeth and in another picture, Queen can be seen greeting the captains. The Royal Family also posted a photo on Twitter of the meeting between the skippers and the Queen. Afghanistan cricket skipper Gulbadin Naib posted a captains' selfie on Twitter before meeting Queen Elizabeth. The visit came just before the opening ceremony held at the London Mall next to the Buckingham Palace. Many cricketing legends like Viv Richards, Anil Kumble, Jacques Kallis were involved in the opening ceremony. Nobel peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai represented Pakistan. A unique 60-second challenge was played during the opening ceremony in whi

Team India has good chance to hold Cricket World Cup in hands: Ajit Agarkar

Mumbai, May 29 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer Ajit Agarkar on Wednesday showed his confidence on team India to win the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Hailing performance of the team and good form of boys, he said that "We have seen that India has performed pretty well in One-Day International (ODI) matches, I will be very surprised if Indian cricket team didn't perform well," said Agarkar. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will be played in England and Wales from May 30 to July 14.

Bhubaneswar: 12th KIIT International Chess Festival 2019 to begin

Bhubaneswar (Odisha), May 29 (ANI): The 12th KIIT International Chess Festival 2019 will be held in Odisha's Bhubaneswar. The tournament will start from May 31 to June 7. Around 30 countries will participate in the tournament including India, Spain, Russia, USA, Chile, Belgium, South Korea and Japan. The tournament will be jointly organized by All Odisha Chess Association and KIIT deemed to be University under the aegis of All India Chess Federation and World Chess Federation (FIDE). The prize money for the tournament is Rs 25 lakh.

WC 2019: Team India arrives in Cardiff for 2nd warm-up clash with Bangladesh

Cardiff (Wales), May 28 (ANI): After abysmal performance against New Zealand, India will clash against Bangladesh in second warm-up game in Cardiff. The game will be played at Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. It is India's last warm-up game. India will face South Africa in the first game of World Cup on June 5.

Cricket WC 2019: Indian Team leaves for England from Mumbai airport

Mumbai, 22 May (ANI): The Indian cricket team on late Tuesday night departed for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 which will be held in England and Wales from May 30 to July 14. The 15-member squad boarded the flight from Mumbai after sweating for more than a month in IPL which had concluded on May 12. India will play South Africa in its first game at the world tournament on June 05. It will also play two warm-up matches with New Zealand and Bangladesh on May 25 and 28 respectively. India's 15-member squad is Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (WK), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Lokesh Rahul (WK), Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Ravi Shastri praises MS Dhoni, says 'no better player than him in this format'

Mumbai, May 21 (ANI): While addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Indian cricket team Head Coach Ravi Shastri praised MS Dhoni and said, "He has a massive role. There is no one better than him in this format especially in those little moments which can change the game. He will be a big player in this World Cup." The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup is scheduled to be hosted by England and Wales from May 30 to July 14.