Top 5 Cricket News of the Day

Sept.17 (CRICKETNMORE) - Check out top five cricket news of the day i;e 17th Sept, Sunday below:

1. India beat Australia by 26 runs via DL method in 1st ODI

India defeated against Australia by 26 runs via Duckworth-Lewis method in the first One-day International to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

India - 281/7 in 50 Overs (Pandya - 83, Dhoni - 79, Jadhav - 40, Nile - 3/44)

Revised Target - 164 in 26 Overs

Australia - 137/9 in 21 Overs (Maxwell - 39, Faulkner - 32*, Chahal - 3/30, Pandya - 2/28, Kuldeep Yadav - 2/33)

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2. West Indies beats England in one-off T20 by 21 runs

West Indies successfully defended 176 by bowling out England to win their one-off Twenty20 by 21 runs on Saturday.

Brief Scores

West Indies: 176 in 20 overs (Lewis 51; Rashid 3-25)

England: 155 in 19.3 overs (Hales 43; Brathwaite 3-20)

 

3. Sri Lanka's Chamara Silva banned for two years

Former Sri Lanka batsman Chamara Silva was banned from all cricket-related activities for two years in the wake of match-fixing allegations during a Tier-B first class match earlier this year.

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4. Gayle reaches another milestone in T20I Cricket

West Indies legend, Chris Gayle became the first man to hit 100 sixes in T20 International cricket. He reached this milestone against England during the sole T20 match of the series at Chester-le-Street on Saturday.

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5. Bumrah moves to 2nd spot in T20I rankings for bowlers

India's paceman Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday jumped a place to the second spot in the rankings for bowlers in Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket. Bumrah leapfrogged South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir. Bumrah has 737 rating points.

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