Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis said that he and his wife received death threats after the 2011 World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand. South Africa lost the match by 49 runs in Dhaka, despite having to chase a target of 222.
Day: May 19, 2021
India’s tour to Sri Lanka is coinciding with the national team’s Test tour of England, comprising the World Test Championship final against New Zealand and a Test series against the host.
England on Tuesday named uncapped seamer Ollie Robinson and wicketkeeper-batsman James Bracey in a 15-member squad and rested its Indian Premier League (IPL) players for the two-match home Test series against New Zealand next month.
Sahitya Akademi award winner and the grand old man of Tamil literature Ki Rajanarayanan, popularly called as ‘KiRa’, died in Puducherry in the early hours of Tuesday. He was 98.
Australia will play their first test against Afghanistan in November before taking on England in five Ashes tests over five weeks around the New Year, Cricket Australia said on Wednesday.
Australia bowlers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood said they were not aware of ball being tampered during the infamous third Test against South Africa in Cape Town in 2018.
In a bid to find a permanent solution to tide over the oxygen shortge, the Tamilnadu government has announced that Covid vaccines and oxygen would be manufactured in the State itself by entering into Joint Venture (JV) agreement with domestic and foreign firms.
With 2,67,334 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus caseload rose to 2,54,96,330.
A fire broke out at the conveyor belt at the Mettur thermal power plant. Sources said no one was injured in the fire mishap, which was put out in two hours.