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RAJKOT: England snared two quick wickets including the key scalp of Indian skipper Virat Kohli as the hosts reached 411-6 at lunch on the penultimate day of the first Test on Saturday. At the break, Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha were each batting on 29 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association ground in Rajkot. India trailed by 126 runs with four wickets in hand after England posted 537, their third highest total in the country, thanks to centuries from Joe Root, Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes. Kohli was involved in…

RAJKOT: Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay hit unbeaten half-centuries to take India to 162-1 at lunch on the third day of the first Test against England on Friday. The pair put on 94 runs for the second wicket after the hosts lost opener Gautam Gambhir in the second over of the day at the Saurashtra Cricket Association ground in Rajkot. The Indians now trail by 375 runs with nine wickets in hand after England posted 537 in their first innings, their third biggest total in the country. England's bowlers struggled on…

MUMBAI: Teams from the western cities of Pune and Rajkot won an auction Tuesday to compete in cricket's Indian Premier League, replacing two franchises that were banned over a corruption scandal.

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