Resurgent Australia face tenacious Netherlands in World Cup

New Delhi: Bolstered by the revival of their batting firepower, a rejuvenated Australia will look for another dominating show against a tenacious Netherlands in a World Cup match here on Wednesday. There is also a lot of optimism around Travis Head’s return from hand injury after he hit the nets on Monday and Australia will …

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Rohit Sharma rises five places to sixth in ICC ODI batters’ rankings

India captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday jumped five places to sixth in the ICC ODI batters’ ranking on the back of his imperious form in the ongoing World Cup at home. Rohit amassed 131 runs against Afghanistan and then backed it up with an imperious 86 from 63 balls against arch-rivals Pakistan to be one …

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Cricket: Australia’s Stoinis in fray for World Cup clash with South Africa

India -Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis has shaken off a hamstring problem and is available for their World Cup meeting with South Africa on his familiar hunting ground of Lucknow, captain Pat Cummins said on Wednesday. Stoinis was sore after Australia’s first match of their 2-1 series defeat by India last month and skipped two warm-up …

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