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Australias Glenn Maxwell said he would like to go to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) so that he can get to bat with his idol AB de Villiers.

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) England were outplayed by India in the second Test but can still win the crucial series, captain Joe Root said on Tuesday. Englands run of six straight wins in foreign Tests came to a crashing halt in their 317-run defeat in Chennai that levelled the four-match series 1-1. We have been, lets be honest, outplayed in all three departments this week, Root said after the game. India scored more than 600 runs on a turning pitch on which two England innings could not even ...

World number three Naomi Osaka warned on Tuesday that shes feeling confident and at ease after storming past Hsieh Su-wei in straight sets to book an Australian Open semifinal against either Serena Williams or Simona Halep.

India skipper Virat Kohli on Tuesday rejected criticism of the spin-friendly Chepauk pitch, asserting that his side showed the requisite grit and determination to conquer England on it in the second Test with the toss not being a matter of concern at all.

When Rahmanullah Gurbaz first picked up a cricket bat, he just wanted to play like AB de Villiers. The South Africans range of exhilarating strokes inspired the young Afghan so much that he began practising De Villiers bat-swing. And he started hitting the ball in a style that would now remind every cricket aficionado of the Proteas genius.

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Facebook is reportedly working on a smartwatch that will focus on messaging and health features. Wearers will be able to send messages with Facebook services like Messenger and WhatsApp, and it will work with a cellular connection without a tethered smartphone, reports The Information. The smartwatch is expected to be feature loaded and would join Facebooks Oculus virtual reality headsets as well as Portal video chat devices as part of the social networks growing hardw...