Dhoni's men will have to adapt to the conditions quickly to avoid any such hiccup in the play-offs.
'I channelise my despair and anger into telling relevant stories and through them, taking on those who have made it a business to be intolerant.'
Talismanic captain Sunil Chhetri will return to the national team during next month's Asian Cup qualifiers
There's a whole lot of entertainment coming your way on OTT this September.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 4-3 in a pulsating third-fourth place play-off match to win the bronze medal at the Asian Champions Trophy men's hockey tournament, in Dhaka, on Wednesday.
Adil Rashid's game changing performances in England's T20 World Cup winning campaign could certainly make him a hot property at the IPL 2023 players' auction in Kochi on December 23.
Criticism against the August 12 order continued to pour in from the state and various parts of the country with National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist politburo member Brinda Karat strongly condemning the sessions court judge's observation.
I am staying here for the last five years. The situation is really bad there (in Afghanistan). The people staying there are far from the normal situation. People are trying to come out and move to either Iran, Tajikistan or India just to save themselves.
'The point about arranged marriages is -- because I come from a progressive family -- the idea was completely alien. But I have realised over time that there are instances of assisted marriages working very well. If you look at it, really, in a microcosm, it is the same thing as Tinder, isn't it? I mean, if you are trying to meet -- yes, no, yes, no, no.'
'I am as happy with Soha as I was before we got married because we were friends for a very long time.'
Rubina-Abhinav get together again while Rakhi misses her husband.
The Indian women's boxing team won one gold, three silver and six bronze medals at the Asian Championship in Dubai, ensuring that all 10 weight categories featured an Indian medallist.
The cons are dull, the chemistry is off, the zingers are in short supply and a kitschy display of brand logos and hammy accents takes centre stage, sighs Sukanya Verma.
Young Pakistan batsman Haider Ali wants to hit the ball as clean as his inspiration Rohit Sharma does and emulate the Indian limited-overs vice-captain in scoring double hundreds frequently. Ali, who rose to prominence with his exploits in the Under-19 World Cup earlier this year, has got his maiden national call-up for the tour of England.
Police said there was stone-pelting and some vehicles were also torched during the clashes between two communities Saturday evening.
Livingstone was named in coach Chris Silverwood's squad for the World Cup as a replacement for Ben Stokes, who had taken an indefinite break from cricket to focus on his mental health while also recovering from a second operation on a broken finger.
In other big movements, Punjab Kings have released their last edition's captain Mayank Agarwal, while West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran was released by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 31 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 134 consecutive days now.
The West Indian has blasted his way to the top of Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings for the World Cup with the South African skipper close on his heels.
It will be a test of wits between two new captains in Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya when defending champions Chennai Super Kings clash with debutants Gujarat Titans in the IPL match in Pune on Sunday.
'When the police asked them to reveal their identity they showed their Aadhar cards as proof and did not hide anything.'
Sukanya Verma looks at husband and wife filmi collaborations.
Maninder Singh, the talented left-arm spinner, was taken to cleaners with utter disdain, but he never faced public wrath.
A change in approach is required and for that a paradigm shift in the mindset during tricky run-chases unlike the first game at the Oval where the game was singlehandedly won by Jasprit Bumrah's six-wicket haul.
Scores of PTI workers and policemen suffered injuries in the violent clashes. So far, no casualty has been reported.
The in-form Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore takes on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings in a top-of-the-table IPL showdown in Mumbai on Sunday with two points and momentum at stake.
Lara Dutta nails her character's daunting temperament, Soha Ali Khan's sophistication is tailor-made for the part, Anya Singh conveys a tidy blend of shy and spirit, but it's Kritika Kamra's hilarious Kareena-fication that makes her the life of this willy-nilly game of thrones, observes Sukanya Verma.
K Vijayendra Prasad denies it with an emphatic 'No!'
The English cricketers should not miss international duty at the expense of playing in the IPL, former England captain Michael Atherton has said in the wake of the team's disastrous Ashes campaign in Australia.
Chennai Super Kings have so far failed to display the stuff that won them the IPL last season, and new skipper Ravindra Jadeja must seek improvement on multiple fronts against Punjab Kings when they meet at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
'One of the major challenges to the protection of rule of law and human rights is the inability of the formal justice system to deliver speedy and affordable justice to all'
History is also a bit against India when it comes to results at the business end of the ICC events.
Bishnoi feels comfortable in both kinds of roles, attacking as well as a restrictive one.
Stressing that the Apna Dal-S stands for social justice, Union minister Anupriya Patel on Monday dissociated her party from "Hindutva and all those issues" and said it is ideologically different from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
A Muslim cleric asked why the government was punishing the family members of those who were allegedly involved in the riots.
England captain Eoin Morgan is delighted that his team began its T20 World Cup campaign on a winning note as spinner Moeen Ali exploited the conditions to flatten the West Indies, in Dubai, on Saturday.
'(Actor) Rekha has seen me since I was born.' 'She has been a huge inspiration in my life as a designer.'
Chennai Super Kings's fragile bowling vis-a-vis Royal Challengers Bengaluru's struggling batting line-up put them on even keel when they face-off in an important mid-table clash of the IPL match in Pune on Wednesday.
Title favourites England are expected to be tested for the first time in the ongoing T20 World Cup when they face arch-rivals Australia in a battle for supremacy in the Super 12 Group 1 here on Saturday.
A senior citizen was mistaken for dead at an elderly care centre in Shanghai and sent to a morgue where he was found alive, prompting authorities to launch an investigation into the shocking incident that triggered a new wave of anguish in the locked down city.
