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Khurram Habib

Khurram Habib has been with the Delhi sports desk for over 13 years. He writes mainly on cricket.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Gautam Gambhir settles in for long, steady innings in politics

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir is the BJP candidate on East Delhi parliamentary constituency.

Gautam Gambhir, BJP's East Delhi candidate, during a press conference at Jagriti Enclave in New Delhi, on Thursday, April 25, 2019.(Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on May 01, 2019 09:48 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

India’s S Ravi set to be axed from ICC Elite Panel of Umpires

The decision was taken at the ICC Umpires Committee meeting on April 24 even while he was chosen as one of the 16 umpires to do duty at the World Cup, starting in the UK on May 30.

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Updated on May 01, 2019 01:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

ICC World Cup 2019: Unfair to say I didn’t perform - Umesh Yadav on World Cup snub

Since the last World Cup, Umesh has had a roller coaster ride, playing only 27 ODIs out of India’s 86. Despite being the highest wicket-taker among pacers in the home ODI series against New Zealand, with eight, he was given just a game or two in series that followed.

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Updated on Apr 30, 2019 09:51 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

IPL 2019: Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer set up win over RCB; Delhi Capitals reach playoffs

The Delhi Capitals have qualified for the play-offs for the first time since 2012.

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Updated on Apr 29, 2019 08:25 AM IST

New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

IPL 2019: People panic, it’s just a perception I was out of form - Shikhar Dhawan

After starting the tournament on a somewhat edgy note with a half-century that was termed ‘slow’ even by Delhi coach Ricky Ponting, Dhawan has taken off in the last five matches, spanking three fifties.

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Updated on Apr 28, 2019 09:37 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

Kuldeep Yadav, India’s X-factor, awaits recharge

This season, while all KKR spinners are struggling, Kuldeep’s four scalps in nine games (in 33 overs) looks worse due to the average (71.5).

File image of Kuldeep Yadav(Action Images via Reuters)

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Updated on Apr 25, 2019 08:47 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

SRH vs KKR: Jonny Bairstow, David Warner century stand sinks Kolkata Knight Riders

Jonny Bairstow and David Warner continued their stellar run at the top as they powered Sunrisers Hyderbad to a nine-wicket win over struggling Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL encounter.

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Updated on Apr 21, 2019 08:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | ByKhurram Habib

IPL’s one-hit wonders: Where are they now?

The IPL has also given players who dazzled for an edition or two before receding from public memory.

File image of former KXIP player Paul Valthaty(AFP)

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Updated on Apr 19, 2019 08:26 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi/ Chandigarh | ByKhurram Habib

IPL 2019: Hardik Pandya, Rahul Chahar guide Mumbai Indians to a big win over Delhi Capitals

Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by 40 runs in New Delhi on Thursday.

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Updated on Apr 19, 2019 09:12 AM IST

New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

IPL 2019: Focus on Rishabh Pant as Delhi Capitals face Mumbai Indians

Rishabh Pant will be in focus after his fiercely-debated World Cup exclusion when a buoyant Delhi Capitals aim to replicate its stellar away form at home against the Mumbai Indians.

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Updated on Apr 18, 2019 08:38 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

World Cup 2019: Mohammad Nabi leads stinging Afghan spin attack

Afghanistan will go into the World Cup as a team to be wary of on the strength of its spin trio of Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan and 18-year-old Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who plays for Kings XI Punjab.

File image of Mohammad Nabi.(Getty Images)

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Updated on Apr 06, 2019 09:59 AM IST

New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

IPL 2019, DC vs SRH: Jonny Bairstow, bowlers guide Sunrisers Hyderabad to victory

Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Delhi Capitals by five wickets in the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.

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Updated on Apr 05, 2019 08:24 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

IPL 2019: Kagiso Rabada guides Delhi Capitals to victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in super over

IPL 2019: Kagiso Rabada excelled with the ball after Prithvi Shaw’s brilliant innings as Delhi Capitals beat Kolkata Knight Riders in the Super Over in their IPL 2019 encounter.

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Updated on Mar 31, 2019 12:33 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

Virat Kohli’s coach takes fresh guard in Malta

As Malta coach, this would be a different kind of deep-dive for Rajkumar Sharma as he gets them ready for a tri-nation T20 tournament in Murcia, Spain, with the hosts and Estonia beginning on Friday.

Rajkumar Sharma (C) was the childhood coach of Virat Kohli.(PTI)

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Updated on Mar 26, 2019 10:38 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

India vs Australia: Kuldeep and I have freedom to attack - Yuzvendra Chahal

‘Both Kuldeep and I are wickettaking bowlers. We possess a lot of variations between us. Even when we are going for runs, the mandate is that we have to go for wickets’

File picture of Yuzvendra Chahal(Getty Images)

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Updated on Feb 21, 2019 11:40 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

Ranji Trophy Final: Sarwate completes 10-wicket haul to take holders Vidarbha to easy win against Saurashtra

Vidarbha ended Saurashtra’s resistance within two hours on the final day to win by 78 runs and become only the sixth team to win back-to-back Ranji Trophy titles.

Vidarbha team poses with the trophy after defeating Saurashtra in the final match of the Ranji Trophy.(PTI)

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Updated on Feb 07, 2019 06:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Nagpur | ByKhurram Habib

Ranji Trophy: Sarwate, Jadeja underline left-arm spin reign

What underscores the success of left-arm spinners this Ranji season is this: the top five wicket-takers are all left-arm orthodox spin bowlers and each one of them has taken over 50 wickets.

Vidarbha bowler Aditya Sarwate exults after dismissing a Saurashtra batsman on Day 4 of the Ranji Trophy final.(PTI)

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Updated on Feb 07, 2019 11:23 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Nagpur | ByKhurram Habib

Ranji Trophy final: Sarwate scalps Cheteshwar Pujara for duck, Vidarbha close in on victory

The calm, mentally strong and technically sound Cheteshwar Pujara was for the second time in the match reduced to a cat on a hot tin roof as he struggled to decode left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate again on a challenging pitch

Saurashtra players celebrate the dismissal of Vidarbha batsman Akshay Wadkar on the fourth day.(PTI)

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Updated on Feb 06, 2019 10:28 PM IST

Nagpur | ByKhurram Habib

Ranji Trophy final: Vidarbha manage slim lead after Unadkat heroics with bat

In keeping with the script of the match, the game took another turn on Tuesday morning just when it looked that Vidarbha would take a big first-innings lead

Saurashtra captain Jaydev Unadkat plays a shot on Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy final.(PTI)

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Published on Feb 05, 2019 09:38 PM IST

Nagpur | ByKhurram Habib

Ranji Trophy final: Vidarbha leave Cheteshwar Pujara, Saurashtra in a spin

Saurashtra and India batting fulcrum Cheteshwar Pujara’s dismissal at the stroke of tea threw open the Ranji Trophy final as Vidarbha rebounded on the second day with a dominant all-round performance

Vidarbha bowler Aditya Sarvate celebrates after taking wicket of Saurashtra batsman Cheteshwar Pujara.(Sunny Shende)

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Updated on Feb 04, 2019 07:50 PM IST

Nagpur | ByKhurram Habib

Ranji Trophy final on top of Cheteshwar Pujara’s mind, Australia show a thing of the past

After all the success in Australia where his three centuries shaped the historic series win, Pujara is back to the domestic grind, aiming for Saurashtra’s maiden Ranji Trophy title.

Cheteshwar Pujara shakes hands with Vidarbha’s Wasim Jaffar during a practise session on the eve of Ranji Trophy final in Nagpur.(PTI)

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Updated on Feb 03, 2019 08:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Nagpur | ByKhurram Habib

Ranji Trophy: Pujara, Umesh take centre stage as Saurashtra lock horns against Vidarbha in final

The battle lines are drawn and the summit clash will not just be about Pujara and Umesh only but also about Wasim Jaffer, who is a domestic doyen in every sense of the term.

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Updated on Feb 02, 2019 09:10 PM IST

Nagpur | ByKhurram Habib

I have been fighting for everything at every step: Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir will play his last competitive game from Thursday, a Ranji tie against Andhra, and a Man of the Match souvenir would be most welcome.

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Updated on Dec 06, 2018 11:02 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

India vs Australia: Want to give my best on what could be my last tour, says Ishant Sharma

Playing after over two months, Ishant Sharma collected four wickets in 28.3 overs for Delhi against Himachal Pradesh on a Ferozeshah Kotla wicket that had little for the fast bowlers.

Ishant Sharma was India’s leading wicket-taker in Tests on the recent tour of England.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Nov 15, 2018 07:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

India vs West Indies: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma play proper cricketing shots - Ravindra Jadeja

Skipper Virat Kohli put on 246 runs in 30 overs for the second wicket with deputy Rohit Sharma as they took the game away from West Indies.

Virat Kohli (right) celebrates his century with Rohit Sharma on Sunday.(PTI)

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Updated on Oct 22, 2018 11:51 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Guwahati | ByKhurram Habib

India vs West Indies: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli slam centuries as India crush Windies by 8 wickets

Virat Kohli, who made 140 off 107 balls, put on 246 in 30 overs for the second wicket with his deputy Rohit Sharma who scored his 20th century and remained unbeaten on 152.

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Updated on Oct 22, 2018 08:24 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Guwahati | ByKhurram Habib

India vs West Indies: India to experiment ‘perfect combination’ vs imperfect Windies

According to skipper Virat Kohli, things are hunky dory with just the No. 4 batting spot a point of bother. Perhaps an equal cause of worry is the lack of a strong finisher.

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Updated on Oct 20, 2018 07:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Guwahati | ByKhurram Habib

Harsh Tyagi can perform under pressure, says coach Phoolchand Sharma

With a chance to play for the Ranji team looking difficult in near future as Delhi already have a slew of left-arm spinners, Harsh Tyagi switched to Railways where he managed to secure a job.

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Updated on Oct 08, 2018 05:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

Asia Cup 2018: Opening acts, spinners can’t hide India’s chinks

Unreliable middle-order, MS Dhoni’s inconsistency main concerns ahead of 2019 World Cup as hunt for batting all-rounder continues.

India's stand-in captain Rohit Sharma (right) and Shikhar Dhawan played brilliantly at the top of the innings in the Asia Cup.(AP)

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Updated on Sep 30, 2018 08:25 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

Unhappy Justice Lodha says fundamental structure of reforms has been affected

In the revised verdict, the Supreme Court did away with the one-state, one-vote policy and also diluted the clause on cooling-off period for office-bearers’ tenures.

The latest Supreme Court judgement waters down some of the Lodha reforms suggested for the new BCCI constitution.(Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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Updated on Aug 10, 2018 05:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKhurram Habib

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Khurram Habib

Khurram Habib has been with the Delhi sports desk for over 13 years. He writes mainly on cricket.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir is the BJP candidate on East Delhi parliamentary constituency.

The decision was taken at the ICC Umpires Committee meeting on April 24 even while he was chosen as one of the 16 umpires to do duty at the World Cup, starting in the UK on May 30.

Since the last World Cup, Umesh has had a roller coaster ride, playing only 27 ODIs out of India’s 86. Despite being the highest wicket-taker among pacers in the home ODI series against New Zealand, with eight, he was given just a game or two in series that followed.

The Delhi Capitals have qualified for the play-offs for the first time since 2012.

After starting the tournament on a somewhat edgy note with a half-century that was termed ‘slow’ even by Delhi coach Ricky Ponting, Dhawan has taken off in the last five matches, spanking three fifties.

This season, while all KKR spinners are struggling, Kuldeep’s four scalps in nine games (in 33 overs) looks worse due to the average (71.5).

Jonny Bairstow and David Warner continued their stellar run at the top as they powered Sunrisers Hyderbad to a nine-wicket win over struggling Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL encounter.

The IPL has also given players who dazzled for an edition or two before receding from public memory.

Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by 40 runs in New Delhi on Thursday.

Rishabh Pant will be in focus after his fiercely-debated World Cup exclusion when a buoyant Delhi Capitals aim to replicate its stellar away form at home against the Mumbai Indians.

Afghanistan will go into the World Cup as a team to be wary of on the strength of its spin trio of Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan and 18-year-old Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who plays for Kings XI Punjab.

Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Delhi Capitals by five wickets in the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.

IPL 2019: Kagiso Rabada excelled with the ball after Prithvi Shaw’s brilliant innings as Delhi Capitals beat Kolkata Knight Riders in the Super Over in their IPL 2019 encounter.

As Malta coach, this would be a different kind of deep-dive for Rajkumar Sharma as he gets them ready for a tri-nation T20 tournament in Murcia, Spain, with the hosts and Estonia beginning on Friday.

‘Both Kuldeep and I are wickettaking bowlers. We possess a lot of variations between us. Even when we are going for runs, the mandate is that we have to go for wickets’

Vidarbha ended Saurashtra’s resistance within two hours on the final day to win by 78 runs and become only the sixth team to win back-to-back Ranji Trophy titles.

What underscores the success of left-arm spinners this Ranji season is this: the top five wicket-takers are all left-arm orthodox spin bowlers and each one of them has taken over 50 wickets.

The calm, mentally strong and technically sound Cheteshwar Pujara was for the second time in the match reduced to a cat on a hot tin roof as he struggled to decode left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate again on a challenging pitch

In keeping with the script of the match, the game took another turn on Tuesday morning just when it looked that Vidarbha would take a big first-innings lead

Saurashtra and India batting fulcrum Cheteshwar Pujara’s dismissal at the stroke of tea threw open the Ranji Trophy final as Vidarbha rebounded on the second day with a dominant all-round performance

After all the success in Australia where his three centuries shaped the historic series win, Pujara is back to the domestic grind, aiming for Saurashtra’s maiden Ranji Trophy title.

The battle lines are drawn and the summit clash will not just be about Pujara and Umesh only but also about Wasim Jaffer, who is a domestic doyen in every sense of the term.

Gautam Gambhir will play his last competitive game from Thursday, a Ranji tie against Andhra, and a Man of the Match souvenir would be most welcome.

Playing after over two months, Ishant Sharma collected four wickets in 28.3 overs for Delhi against Himachal Pradesh on a Ferozeshah Kotla wicket that had little for the fast bowlers.

Skipper Virat Kohli put on 246 runs in 30 overs for the second wicket with deputy Rohit Sharma as they took the game away from West Indies.

Virat Kohli, who made 140 off 107 balls, put on 246 in 30 overs for the second wicket with his deputy Rohit Sharma who scored his 20th century and remained unbeaten on 152.

According to skipper Virat Kohli, things are hunky dory with just the No. 4 batting spot a point of bother. Perhaps an equal cause of worry is the lack of a strong finisher.

With a chance to play for the Ranji team looking difficult in near future as Delhi already have a slew of left-arm spinners, Harsh Tyagi switched to Railways where he managed to secure a job.

Unreliable middle-order, MS Dhoni’s inconsistency main concerns ahead of 2019 World Cup as hunt for batting all-rounder continues.

In the revised verdict, the Supreme Court did away with the one-state, one-vote policy and also diluted the clause on cooling-off period for office-bearers’ tenures.

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