Images from the Premier League matches played on Saturday, March 9.
Australia have kept their bowling options wide open for India tour
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Navdeep Saini, who made a comeback to the Indian Test squad, will miss three matches for his English county side Worcestershire.
Heavy rain washed out the third day of the already weather-disrupted third and final Test between Australia and South Africa at Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.
Star all-rounder Chris Morris says inability to win the big moments of a game is costing Rajasthan Royals dearly after the former champions suffered a seven-wicket loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL match in Dubai on Monday.
'I was chatting to our team doctor, whose room was across the hallway from my mine in the hotel, and Kumar (Sangakarra, the Royals' head coach) came around the corner, and drew his finger across his throat, and then we knew it was over.'
'We had Miller and Morris, but I thought it was tough. The boys did really well to get over the line.'
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after 37 World Cup 2023 games.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
The South African commended the front-line workers all over the world who are working tirelessly to help everyone in these tough times.
Ian Chappell feels that Ravichandran Ashwin will certainly be the biggest threat but the Australia batters need to be proactive against him.
KL Rahul hit a quickfire half-century and Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets in an over but India suffered a 36-run defeat against Western Australia in their second practice match ahead of the T20 World Cup, at the WACA stadium in Perth on Thursday.
The Indian team, set to play the second Test against Australia from Friday, had to switch hotels in New Delhi.
India's batting megastars will be desperate to clear the cobwebs from their head in pursuit of a second successive World Test Championship final berth as they take on Australia in the series-deciding fourth Test in Ahmedabad from Thursday.
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Eoin Morgan though rued his team's ordinary batting.
Australian batters have been focussed on tackling the spin threat
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday
'I'm very much against petrol and diesel....'' 'I travel in an electric car.' 'I have had a really good experience with it.'
Legendary wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist believes Australia will play all-rounder Cameron Green as a pure batter at No 6 in the first Test against India.
'He (Virat) is certainly one who can push us back and we will have to get the better of him'
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday night.
'You can always talk about a missed single here or there, but what matters to me is his positive attitude.'
After winning just one game in IPL 2021 before Monday's match against the Rajasthan Royals in Dubai, Sunrisers Hyderabad had a lot to cheer when they ended their losing streak with an emphatic victory.
Rather than sweeping the ball, Australia's batters mainly attempted the front foot defence against the spinners besides stepping out to hit down the ground.
Glimpses from Day 2 of the second Test between India and Australia at the Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi, February 18, 2023.
India have already secured the Border-Gavaskar trophy and they will now be playing for a record-extending 16th straight series win at home
Chris Morris and Mohammed Kaif took pictures with the Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps during his India visit.
Game 28 in IPL 2021 will see the Rajasthan Royals take on the Sunrisers Hyderabad at Delhi.
All the top action from Day 8 of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing on Saturday.
Home favourite Su Yiming of China made his Olympic debut on Sunday and received a standing ovation in return.
'I was in our wardrobe room when I heard Naatu Naatu being called for winning Best Original Song.' 'Me and the other dancers screamed!'
Images from the IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and SunRisers Hyderabad, in Delhi, on Sunday.
Cheteshwar Pujara continued his good form in the English County championship with a second successive hundred for Sussex against Worcestershire but could not prevent his team from being enforced the follow-on.
'Hopefully, if something like this happens we can pull it off. In the second innings, there was much more dew, so the slower ball wasn't stopping. So we had to do something in the second innings.'
Three-time champion Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals would look to build on their first wins and gain momentum when they clash in the Indian Premier League in Mumbai on Monday.
With eight points from 11 games, RR are placed second from bottom in the eight-team table and a loss on Saturday will end their slim chances of qualifying for the knockout stage.
For the past 75 years, one of India's greatest all-rounder's name is repeatedly dragged whenever a batter wilfully tries to steal yards at non-striker's end and is legally run out.
Intense bidding is expected to be the order of the day when 10 teams jostle to grab their preferred players in the IPL players' auction in Kochi on Friday.