Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after Game 51 in IPL 10.
Cricket Australia paid tribute to cricketer Bill Brown, who died on the weekend in Brisbane. Brown, who was baggy green cap number 150, made his Test debut at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, in June 1934, making 22 and 73. He was Australia's oldest Test cricketer and last pre-World War 2 Test cricketer, and leaves Ron Hamence, Sam Loxton, Arthur Morris and Neil Harvey as the last surviving members of Sir Donald Bradman's famous Invincibles side of 1948.
Virat Kohli slammed a brilliant 138 before the bowlers produced an impressive performance as India comfortably beat South Africa by 35 runs to level the series 2-2 in Chennai on Thursday.
Bangladesh thrashed South Africa by seven wickets in the second one-day international on Sunday to tie the three-match series at 1-1 after an inspired bowling performance saw the Proteas bundled out for 162, their lowest total against the hosts.
Former Pakistani all-rounder Abdul Razzaq hit an unbeaten 78 and took three wickets to lead Hyderabad Heroes to a seven-run victory over Mumbai Champs in an ICL Twenty20 match in Hyderabad on Monday. Electing to bat, Heroes scored 176 for two and then restricted Champs to 169 for nine in their quota of 20 overs.
IMAGES from the 1st T20I played between India and South Africa at the Wanderers on Sunday
Images from Thursday's IPL match between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians, in Delhi.
Annabel Mehta, Sachin Tendulkar's mother-in-law, has dedicated her life to working with the Beautiful People of the other half of Mumbai without whom the city would neither exist nor thrive. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel met the amazing lady who was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire for her service to underprivileged communities.
The Ambassador or Amby was the first car manufactured in India.
Kia's Seltos SUV has already crossed the 40,000 mark while the slightly pricier MG Hector has sold nearly 13,000 units.
Australian batsman Shaun Marsh on Tuesday became only the 16th player in the history of Test cricket to be run out on 99.
Riding on the century stand by openers RF Morris and DS Jadav, Mumbai Champs romped home to a four-wicket win over Chandigarh Lions in the round robin league one-day encounter of the Indian Cricket League's domestic tournament in Chennai on Thursday.
Krishnamurti, who had moved to Italy in January, suffered from cardio spasm for many years, which became quite severe in the last days of his life.
Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli figure among the list of probables declared on Monday.
Spendy itineraries, from Antarctica to the Baltic.
Andre Russell endured a beamer blow but still produced a blistering knock to lift Kolkata to a fighting 185 for 8 against Delhi Capitals in an IPL match, in New Delhi, on Saturday.
Among the Indians, while Robin Uthappa was bought by Rajasthan Royals for 3 crore, Test specialists Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari went unsold.
Panathinaikos reached the Greek Cup quarter-finals after a 3-2 penalty shootout victory over Apollon Kalamaria on Wednesday.
A member of Don Bradman's 1948 "Invincibles" cricket team, Johnston passed away on Thursday, Cricket Australia said.
Martin Guptill underlined his importance to the New Zealand one-day side with a blistering match-winning century as he guided his side to a seven-wicket victory over South Africa in their fourth one-day international in Hamilton on Wednesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Andile Phehlukwayo delivered a superb final over as South Africa beat England by three runs in a thrilling Twenty20 international at Taunton on Friday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the important numbers of IPL 2020.
South Africa have been traditionally weak against spinners.
Royal Challengers Bangalore will have rise to the occasion when they take on the already-eliminated Delhi Daredevil
Andres Lorente died of internal burns after drinking cleaning fluid he thought was white wine.
Virat Kohli will be facing the toughest battle of his nascent ODI captaincy career when defending champions India take on South Africa in a do-or-die match of the ICC Champions Trophy, in London, on Sunday.
Perennial under-achievers Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab will look to recover from opening losses and put their campaign back on track.
Gujarat Lions skipper Suresh Raina, Mumbai Indians spinner Harbhajan Singh and Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar have got a place in former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's Best XI of Indian Premier League 2017.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore learnt it the hard way that star power does not always guarantee success after succumbing to the lowest ever score in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Sunday's match against Kolkata Knight Riders.
The number for overseas players for the English counties has been reduced to one.
South Africa won their first game at the World Cup, beating Afghanistan by nine wickets (DLS). Imran Tahir finished with figures of 4 for 29, the best figures by a spinner in the tournament so
Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal welcomed the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision that allowed Indian sprinter Dutee Chand to resume her career, which was brought to a halt owing to IAAF Regulation on Hyperandrogenism.
Two American icons receive the highest civilian award in the US.
Show cause notices have been issued to the publishers of The Hindu, 'Star Dust', 'Overdrive' and cigarette manufacturers -- ITC, Gold Flake and Phillip Morris - for violation of the Tobacco Products Act, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
South Africa will hope the new year brings about a change in luck as they seek to put behind them a disappointing 2015 and get back to winning ways against England in the second Test at Newlands starting on Saturday.
India lost 1-3 to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the four-team tournament on Wednesday.
'Before Shastri's induction, things were sketchy and it was not known who was responsible for taking cricketing decisions around the team. The selectors chose a squad of players, the captain ran the show on the field and the coaches helped draft plans, or sort of tried to. There needed to be one man who could coordinate all elements around the squad -- someone who had the backing of the Board, the respect of the players and that of the support staff.'
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