With all sporting activities around the world coming to a complete half, Roger Federer devised an unqiue training method to pass his time at home.

Jharkhand spinner Shahbaz Nadeem and Saurashtra batsman Sheldon Jackson rise to the challenge in these dark times.

With no action on the field due to the coronavirus outbreak, our cricketers are keeping their fans entertained on social media during the lockdown.

Our cricketers, who rarely get off-time, have had to spend the last week locked down in their respective homes like the rest of us across India.

'Everyone has to recalibrate their plans, preparations, peaking, meaning the tournaments they will play in in the lead-up to the Olympics.'

'We are not the best side in domestic cricket, we are not the best side in terms of skill sets or in terms of match-winners, but I think we are the best when it comes to being a unit, when it comes to playing like a family.'

'I am confident of my skills more than ever.'

'Our boxers are mature and strong enough to withstand these kinds of shocks.'

'He has gone through ups and downs, he knows how to handle himself and is somebody who can get the team together.'

'I will get an opportunity to talk about my game with big stars like Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler.' 'I hope to learn a few things from them and I am confident of doing well,' says the top-scorer in the Under-19 World Cup who will play for the Rajasthan Royals this IPL.

Former West Indies captain Daren Ganga believes Chris Gayle should continue to play for the West Indies in the T20 format.

Former West Indies captain Daren Ganga is proud of his Indian heritage and has started to trace his family's roots in the country.

Virat Kohli's horror run with the bat brought back memories of England 2014 while Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara also failed to live up to their top billing. A look at how the Indian players fared in New Zealand.

Pick your Playing XI for the second Test against New Zealand.

928 runs in 6 games. One triple century. One double century. One century. Two fifties. Sarfaraz Khan has made a dream comeback to first class cricket.

Who do you think should feature in India's playing XI for the first Test against New Zealand starting in Wellington from Friday?

'Kobe is easily among the five greatest basketball players of all time. This is such a tragic loss.'

'If you are reducing Tests to four days, you are tampering with the time, you are tampering with the skill, you are tampering with the patience, tampering with the technical part.'

The Indian cricket team went from strength to strength in 2019, especially in Test cricket where they are rightly perched at the top. They went unbeaten in Test cricket in 2019 which included winning their first-ever series in Australia, after which they registered three successive whitewashes against West Indies, South Africa and Bangladesh.

'I look forward to meeting David Warner and talking to him about batting.' 'Our mindset is the same. We both look to dominate the bowlers,' says Abdul Samad, the exciting 18-year-old batsman from the Kashmiri valley.

Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins shattered the record for the most expensive foreign buy ever in the IPL auction as Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for a massive Rs 15.50 crore.

'You should do a detailed study on what exactly you want for the team looking at the season ahead.' 'If you are not clear with your plans, you will get carried away at the auction table,' says Pravin Amre, former talent scout chief at the Delhi Capitals.

'Everyone's there just to criticise the young man and there is so much pressure on the poor guy.'

'My bench mate at school was Shashi Kapoor and we were together from KG right up to the 10th standard.'

'In the future, you will get pacers who will bowl even faster than the current lot because these guys are currently setting new standards.'

Former India captain and Committee of Administrators member Diana Edulji took on Farokh Engineer for his 'snide remarks' made earlier this year targetting her and the COA.

'I have two more years in track and field and after that I will pursue my career in franchise cricket.'

Yohan Blake believes if not for Usain Bolt, he would have been the fastest man in the world.

'We need to respect our players. Our players are as good as anybody.'

Prasad's departure means the Ganguly-led BCCI has gone by the old constitution that has a provision of a maximum of four-year term for the selection committee. The amended constitution had a maximum five-year term.

The Sourav Ganguly-led BCCI has proposed six major amendments to the existing constitution which was adopted last year keeping in tune with the reforms suggested by the Justice Lodha committee.

'There are a lot of uncertainties when it comes to cricket.'

'The way they are playing, the bowlers we have, this is the best team in the world and I see them winning the World Test Championship.'

'If we keep bowling like this, we will win as many as Tests as possible.'

India's young batting star Shubman Gill reveals how he made the transition from Under-19, India 'A' and domestic cricket to the international level.

'Getting used to the lights and the pink ball, especially early on, is the key.'

Ganguly, only the second Indian captain to take charge as the BCCI chief, sounded a pleased man on his first day at his new office at the BCCI head office

Sanju Samson replaced Virat Kohli for the three-match T20I series against Bangladesh, while Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dube earned his maiden call-up to the Indian team.

Chairman of selectors MSK Prasad made it amply clear that Rishabh Pant is the first choice wicketkeeper for India in the limited overs format.

'He is someone who has played a lot of cricket before, who knows the situation we are in, what the team needs, and the requirements of Indian cricket.'