Day: December 17, 2019

Shimron Hetmyer smashed a career-best 139 while opener Shai Hope notched up his eighth ODI hundred against a pedestrian Indian bowling attack to help West Indies register a commendable eight-wicket victory in the first One-Day International, here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Sunday.

India will have to get their bowling combination right after failing to stop the West Indies from executing a perfect chase in Chennai when they take on the buoyant visitors in the second ODI here on Wednesday, aiming to keep the three-match series alive.

The protests over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act notwithstanding, the players’ auction for the Indian Premier League will go ahead in Kolkata as scheduled on Thursday.

A man managed to enter the Police Commissioner’s office at Vepery and meet with a senior official of the Traffic department using a fake police identity card.

For the first time in Indian Super League’s history, the match between NorthEast United FC and Bengaluru FC here on Wednesday will be played behind closed doors due to the unrest owing to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

Bollywood’s top actor Salman Khan was in Chennai Monday as part of Dabangg 3 promotions down South. And he impressed all as Chulbul Pandey dancing to few tunes on stage along with director of the movie Prabhudeva. Kannada superstar Kichcha Sudeep, who plays villain in the film, also shook a leg.

In second such incident this week, nearly 3,000  Tamilnadu fishermen were allegedly chased away by the Sri Lankan Navy while they were fishing near Katchatheevu islet today.

Blacksheep, an infotainment channel has announced a series of exciting offers. They include a web show that would feature former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh in the role of saint-poet Thiruvalluvar.

Honda Cars India Ltd has tied up with TranzLease to launch a new offering for consumers to own and use their dream car conveniently.