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On this day in 2002: Ajit Agarkar scored century at Lord's against England

It was on July 29, 2002, when Ajit Agarkar got his name edged in the Lord's Honours Boards after scoring a century against England in the first Test of the four-match series.Agarkar played a knock of 109 runs from 190 balls on the final day of the first Test at the Lord's Cricket Ground as India was set a target of 568 to win the first Test.Through the course of his innings, Agarkar smashed 19 boundaries to score runs at a strike rate of 57.36.No other Indian batsmen apart from Agarkar were able to score a century in the entire match.Agarkar's effort was not able to make India survive as the side lost the match by 170 runs.England batted first in the match and ended up scoring 487 in the first innings.Virender Sehwag then scored 84 runs for the Sourav Ganguly-led side, but India was bundled out for 221 in the first innings, handing England a lead of 266 runs.From there, the hosts England marched on and did not give India a chance to make a comeback in the match.Agarkar played 26 ...

India have bowling attack to rattle Aus including Smith, Warner: Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir believes that the Virat Kohli-led side has the bowling attack to rattle the Australian batting line up including Steve Smith and David Warner

England moves to 3rd position on ICC World Test Championship points table

England are now on 226 points, only behind India (360 points) and Australia (296), while the West Indies remain in seventh position with 40 points

ICC Super League for 2023 World Cup qualification: All you need to know

The super league will begin with England vs Ireland three match ODI series, scheduled to start from July 30, 2020. Check ICC Super League format, teams and points system here

ICC launches Super League qualification pathway for 2023 ODI World Cup

ICC launched the ODI Super League, a qualifier for the 2023 World Cup in India that aims to add context to the 50-over format

Doors definitely shut for Dhoni if he doesn't do well in IPL 2020: Jones

Former Australian batsman and commentator Dean Jones feels that Dhoni's performance in IPL 2020 will still be vital for his national team comeback

Don't know why people compared me with Shane Warne, wonders Anil Kumble

Former India spinner Anil Kumble said that he had never understood why people compared him with Australia's Shane Warne

14-day quarantine in Australia puts T20Is under scanner during India tour

Cricket Australia Chief Executive Nick Hockley made it clear that the '14-day quarantine period is well defined' for the visiting Indian team keeping in mind the government regulations

Shikhar Dhawan signs marketing and management agreement with IMG Reliance

IMG Reliance has Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Shreyas Iyer in its roster

BCCI to invite tender for apparel as Nike's sponsorship expires in Sep

The BCCI Apex Council met on Friday to decide on a number of issues including apparel sponsorship, which is a significant if not huge income for BCCI

BCCI apex council meet: Ahmedabad a favourable venue for training camp

The Apex Council members in Friday's meeting discussed several venues in India to hold training camp for the players but Motera was given preference due to its accommodation facility

England tour of India for ODIs and T20s in September set to be postponed

The BCCI is yet to make any formal announcement in this regard but it is expected that it will happen soon

Aakash Chopra picks Ravindra Jadeja as best Indian fielder of all time

Former India batsman Aakash Chopra on Sunday picked Ravindra Jadeja as the best Indian fielder of all time.

Ganguly hoping for shorter quarantine for Team India during Australia tour

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly wants a shorter than mandated quarantine when India travels to Australia for a Test series this year as "we don't want the players to go that far and sit in hotel rooms"

India sabotaged their 2019 WC campaign by creating uncertainties: Moody

Former Australia cricketer-turned-coach Tom Moody believes India "sabotaged" their 2019 World Cup campaign in England by creating uncertainties within the team

MS Dhoni refuses to do brand endorsements amid coronavirus pandemic

The World Cup-winning swashbuckler, on a sabbatical from cricket for the past one year, turned 39 on Tuesday

In 10 years, Dhoni will be permanent boss of CSK team: CEO Kasi Viswanathan

Dhoni turned 39 on Tuesday and CSK, which is his spiritual home, left no stone unturned to make it a grand event on social media for its very own 'Thala' -- which means leader in Tamil

On this day in 2019: Rohit Sharma became first to score 5 tons in one WC

On July 6 last year, star Indian opener Rohit Sharma broke great Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara's record of scoring highest number of centuries in a single edition of the 50-over World Cup

Kohli can break Tendulkar's record of 100 international tons: Brad Hogg

Former Australia spinner Brad Hogg has said Virat Kohli could break Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar's record of 100 international centuries

'Champion' Dhoni carried forward Ganguly's legacy commendably: Waqar Younis

Former Pakistan skipper Waqar Younis has labelled MS Dhoni as a champion, and said he has indeed done a tremendous job in carrying forward the momentum built by the Indian team during Ganguly's era