There were few surprises during this year’s Oscar nominations ceremony, but at least one film made Oscars history.
Black Panther was nominated for Best Picture, making it the first superhero movie to ever earn a Best Picture nod. The Dark Knight not being nominated for Best Picture in 2009 is largely regarded as one of the ceremony’s biggest snubs, so it’s fitting that a decade later, a superhero movie finally got its due. The film also picked up nominations for Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Costume Design.
Much like the Golden Globes, films like Vice, The Favourite, Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book also picked up their fair share of nominations. Both Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz earned nominations for Best Supporting Actress for...
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India's wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was named the International Cricket Council's Emerging Player of the Year in the world body's annual awards on Tuesday.
India vs New Zealand live streaming: On a high after a defining tour of Australia, the Virat Kohli-led Indian team faces a trickier challenge when it locks horns with an ever-so-sprightly New Zealand in a five-match ODI series starting Wednesday.
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India skipper Virat Kohli, who had a remarkable run in the year 2018, on Tuesday became the first cricketer in history to win the coveted Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year.
"We need him to stand up. He knows that, he's our most senior batsman. He needs and we need him to turn some of those great starts into hundreds for us."
BCCI’s General Manager (Cricket Operations) and former India wicketkeeper Syed Saba Karim confirmed to CricketNext that workshops focusing on ‘gender sensitisation’ will be mandatory for both men and women cricketers at all levels as well as all BCCI officials.
Quintessential to that was a switch to the middle-order for Tom Latham, who was second in the run charts, and a promising series from Ross Taylor who had just come back into the side. As they prepare to face off, run machine Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor and Tom Latham are likely to occupy places from 3-5 in the middle-order. Since the 2017 Champions Trophy New Zealand have the best batting average in these positions combined, edging out India whose numbers are heavily bloated by Virat Kohli’s Bradman-esque run.
The Indian team's New Zealand tour begins on Thursday with the first ODI at McLean Park. The women will play three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals.
The Indian team's New Zealand tour begins on Thursday with the first ODI at McLean Park. The women will play three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals.
Australia's limited-overs captain Aaron Finch won the 2018 ICC Men’s T20I Performance of the Year award for the second time for his breathtaking knock of 172 against Zimbabwe in Harare last July.
Virat Kohli has been rewarded for his remarkable performances across formats by being named captain of the ICC Test as well as ODI team of 2018. While two other Indians – Rishabh Pant & Jasprit Bumrah – have made the cut in the Test team, three other Indian players – Rohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav and Bumrah – have been included in the ODI team of the year.
Windies skipper Jason Holder has received effusive praise from his team's interim coach Richard Pybus for handling the "tough" leadership role "exceptionally well"
Kuldeep and Chahal have been used less in tandem with Jadeja making a return during the Asia Cup and edging out one of these two owing to his batting abilities, dynamic fielding and stump to stump lines with the ball.
England are solid favourites although history is on the side of the underdog Windies ahead of the first Test of the three-match series starting Wednesday (January 23) at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.
Former India captain and current 'A' team coach Rahul Dravid has urged that overreaction to some recent controversies that have caused a massive storm in Indian cricket should be avoided.
On this day in 1988, a blitzkrieg from Carl Hooper ensured West Indies had more than enough on board to help them to a 73-run win over India, thereby taking a 5-1 lead in the seven-match series.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) is thinking of instituting a behavioural counselling programme for the Indian cricket team in the wake of the furore over KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya's sexist comments.
