Virat Kohli becomes fastest batsman to score 20,000 runs

India captain Virat Kohli today became the fastest batsman to reach 20,000 international runs, eclipsing batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. Kohli reached the milestone in only his 417th international innings. Prior to today's match, Kohli was 37 runs short of the milestone and reached the feat with a single off in the 25th over of the India innings.   Kohli, thus, became the 12th batsman and third Indian after Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid to reach 20,000 international runs.  ...

Virat Kohli fined 25% of his match fee for aggressive appealing

Indian skipper Virat Kohli has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for aggressive appealing during World Cup match against Afghanistan at Southampton on Saturday. An official ICC release said, Kohli was found to have breached ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to excessive appealing during an international match. The incident occurred in the 29th over of the Afghanistan innings, when Kohli advanced towards umpire Aleem Dar after pacer Jasprit Bumrah s...

Cricket World Cup: Indian team's practice session called off due to rain

The Indian Cricket team's practice session was today called off due to rain, leaving the Virat Kohli-led side with only one day to train ahead of Sunday's big-ticket World Cup showdown with Australia in London.   India travelled to London from Southampton yesterday, a day after beating South Africa by six wickets in their tournament opener. The rain had also forced India to cancel their optional practice on the eve of the game against South Africa at the Hampshire Bowl. 

Virat Kohli creates history, becomes first player ever to win Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year

Team India skipper Virat Kohli today ed history by becoming the first player in history to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year. The ICC said in a statement that Kohli  also won awards as the ICC Men's Test Player of the Year and the ICC ODI Player of the Year. Kohli was also named captain of ICC's Test and ODI teams of 2018 for a fabulous run in international cricket. India's victory in the Under-19 World Cup was voted as the Fans'...

Virat Kohli maintains No 1 spot in ICC rankings

India Captain Virat Kohli has maintained his number one position in the latest ICC batsmen rankings.  Cheteshwar Pujara has gained a spot to be third, following his man of the series performance in India's maiden Cricket Test series win in Australia.  Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant has jumped as many as 21 places to be 17th, the joint-highest by a specialist India wicketkeeper along with Farokh Engineer, who did so in January 1973. MS Dhoni's highest Test ranking was 19th. 

Virat Kohli hits 25th Test ton; Second fastest to achieve feat after Sir Don Bradman

Virat Kohli maintains top spot in ICC Test rankings

In the latest ICC cricket rankings, India Captain Virat Kohli maintains his top spot.  Cheteshwar Pujara's knocks of 123 and 71 were the cornerstone of India's victory in the opening Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval.  This has given him the career-best ranking to top five. India fast bowler Bumrah has achieved a career-high ranking of 33rd, after his three for 47 and three for 68 at Adelaide which helped him to rise five places.