'That secularism in India is at risk is alarming for someone like me. I'm born secular,' Anjolie Ela Menon, the well-known painter, tells Pavan Lall.
'I will I be keeping wickets and batting in the middle-order and after that I would be happy to keep wickets in Test matches.'
'We go into every game with our plans and our ways that we're going to try and win the game'
'To take 600 wickets and to play the number of Test matches he has takes a special kind of cricketer.'
'It was a machinery of death. A large number of Hindus were first converted and then persecuted from 1560 all the way to 1812!' says novelist Richard Zimler.
Laid-back Rohit best man to lead India to third WC title: Ponting
Batter George Munsey believes Scotland's recent exploits mean they will be seen as a force to be reckoned with at the ICC Men's World Cup Qualifier.
'The war has been on for four weeks; the bombings are still on. I can hear it in my house.'
Glenn Maxwell's outrageous double-century to beat Afghanistan at the World Cup was quickly hailed as the greatest ODI innings of all-time.
Rain washed out the final day of the fourth Ashes Test, forcing a draw which ensured England, trailing 2-1 with one match to go, cannot win the series and leaving Australia, as holders, guaranteed to return home with the Urn.
Bangladesh vice-captain Najmul Hossain Shanto says the team is hoping to benefit from the inputs it is receiving from technical consultant Sridharan Sriram in the World Cup matches, including Friday's game against New Zealand.
Ashwin said that he has never seen an SG Test's seam starting to peel off like it happened in this match.
We've beaten India here before: Rassie van der Dussen
Following the marvellous Glenn Maxwell show, Australian skipper Pat Cummins admitted he thought a win was out of the question.
Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix from pole position to stretch his Formula One championship lead to 53 points.
Pain, often excruciating, was Shreyas Iyer's constant companion as he dealt with a back injury.
Gayle said only three teams dominating the game can't be good for the game in the long run.
Gaikwad will captain a side full of youngsters in Hangzhou with the main team busy with World Cup preparations at the same time.
Quinton de Kock smashed 174 off 140 balls, his third century in five innings, to power South Africa to a 149-run victory against Bangladesh.
'I came to Bigg Boss so that I could explore and understand myself.'
If you're a fan of the horror genre, give Adhura a watch because it will definitely give you the heebie-jeebies! recommends Namrata Thakker.
'Ranbir helped me a lot with emotions and dialogues. As an actor, he makes us very secure.' 'He guides us with his experiences. He makes the work really, really easy and wonderful for his co-stars.'
Images from Day 6 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday.
'A good film is a good film.' 'If you enjoy watching it on Netflix, it should be equally fun to watch it in a theatre.'
'I've said it a few times this year where there's 36 or 37 overs of really good stuff, and we just let it slip for two or three overs.'
Dinesh Karthik feels he has a good chance of making India's Champions Trophy playing XI.
If you think Bollywood's kitschy overkill from the 1980s is stuff of throwback terror, wait till the big, bad, bold fashion of the 1970s is unleashed upon you.
Both India and Australia will not play a warm-up game ahead of the final beginning at the Oval from June 7.
'Coming out of a burning building with a machine gun in your hand, that is badass because you don't get to do that in real life.'
'The Israeli government is saying, "OK, leave northern Gaza, because we're going to fight Hamas there".' 'But Hamas is not stupid. They are going to put militants in southern Gaza too. And then what's Israel going to do?' 'At some point are they going to say, 'Leave southern Gaza too because we want to fight Hamas there? Go across the border to Egypt"'? 'That's what people are worried about. Because they fear that once they cross the border into Egypt there will be no coming back.'
Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson is set to return from his month-long rest period and the tri-series final against England will be his first competitive match since the Boxing Day Test against India.
Kohli on Thursday smashed 122 not out off 61 balls to get his maiden T20 hundred
Marnus Labuschagne said Australia, especially the pacers, did not even bring their "B Game" in the win against England in the Ashes opener.
Handed a Test recall faster than he expected, Australian pacer Pat Cummins said it would feel like a second debut when he takes the field against India in the ongoing Test series.
Ricky Ponting, head coach of Delhi Capitals, believes that his team's inability to score runs during the middle overs cost them
Zak Crawley said England's upcoming tour to India in January-March 2024 presents them with an 'amazing opportunity' to showcase 'Bazball'.
'Our focus is to play well in this World Cup and do what we need to do as a team. Rest people are trying to dig up things that doesn't exist and I am not someone who is ever going to give fodder to that.'
India captain Virat Kohli said that Ajinkya Rahane will open alongside Shikhar Dhawan in the upcoming five-match ODI series starting on Friday.
'Just the amount of work which is there just to become more and more successful in banking. For this to happen you need to have leaders who understand technology.'
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