He finished unbeaten on a career-best 78 not out from 52 balls, hitting three fours and four sixes, putting on a match-turning stand of 111 runs with Maxwell, who stroked 51 not out from 33 balls.
A summary of the opening day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches, at various venues over the country.
England wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes said that his side knows that the pitch is going to turn from ball one as the hosts are pushing their conditions to the extremities.
'It would have been easy to play Danny like a bad guy, but then, at the end, the audience might well have said, "Why is Latika still stuck with this ass**** when he is giving her so much grief?"'
Sheikh, who is very optimistic of the industry sailing though this tough phase, thanked Mohit Arora, the owner of Supertech, who has been sponsoring him since 2017.
Pant, who was once seen as heir apparent to Dhoni, has faced flak for his keeping skills right from the beginning of his career.
In the end, it turned out to be a nightmare with dark clouds hovering over the future of this Indian team and no sign of 'VIBGYOR' in the Rainbow Nation.
'Pancham was way ahead of his times. Picture chale na chale, RD's music was damn good.'
IMAGES from Day 1 of the rescheduled 5th Test between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Friday.
Semenya is confident she can make the switch after clocking a personal best of 23.49 in 200m to move closer to the 22.80 time needed to qualify for Tokyo. Semenya says she has a long history in the 200m and had it not been for a lack of coaching in South Africa's rural Limpopo province, she might have made a career out of the distance.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Monday, Day 4.
'There was an inherent goodness in our parents' generation. That's lost.'
Siraj's elevation as a Test bowler has happened in the wake of some great performances for Hyderabad and India A at the first-class level.
'I have two more years in track and field and after that I will pursue my career in franchise cricket.'
Basu Chatterjee's films have wonderful songs, 10 of which Joginder Tuteja lists here.
Former India wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik believes the time is ripe for Ravichandran Ashwin to make his first appearance of the series in he fourth Test at The Kia Oval, commencing Thursday.
Bolt said he admires the way the Portuguese has been successful in different leagues.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the hit music Raamlaxman made for Salman Khan.
Chetan Sakariya also impressed one and all as he returned with the figures of 3-31 in a match where Rajasthan Royals' bowlers were dispatched all around the park as Punjab Kings posted a score of 221 in the allotted twenty overs.a
Will Smith, who had once portrayed the irreverent Muhammad Ali with such aplomb, brings the character of Richard Williams alive. The accent, the dialect, the body-language and the ever-present chip on the shoulder, observes Deepti Patwardhan.
Ace Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake met legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar at his residence in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The highlight of Jadeja's performance, however, was his rocket throw which ended Steve Smith's stellar knock of 131.
A summary of Saturday's action at the US Open.
'During the course of these two years, as new people have joined, we have no mental picture to associate with them and hence, have little connection with them.'
Rahul knew this was coming. That 'dirt' would be dug up.
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.
'I am sure he will get it now.' 'In our country, we value our most valuable people after they are gone.'
Perez, who vaulted to fourth in the overall standings after Sunday's race, is the first Mexican driver to win a race since Pedro Rodriguez took victory in the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix.
'I just want to up my own timing. That's the only reason I'm running.' 'I'm not thinking of who is doing what films and if I am better or worse.' 'I just want to better what I have done before.'
The four-time Olympic champion, who was honoured for his services to athletics by the Queen on Tuesday, described the moment as "incredible".
By picking all 10 wickets, Ajaz Patel joined Jim Laker and Anil Kumble.
Joginder Tuteja looks back at his movies, and their success rate.
Kasper Dolberg returned to his old stomping ground in Amsterdam
The pole was the 91st of Lewis Hamilton's career and seventh at Silverstone.
'Coupled with e-filing procedures it would really enhance the ability of the judiciary to provide speedier justice.'
Red Bull's Max Verstappen won a chaotic and crash-halted Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Sunday with Lewis Hamilton second for Mercedes and retaining the lead in the championship by a single point.
'The awareness of how big my father's sacrifice came to me when we went for the Republic Day parade and my mother received the Ashok Chakra,' Rukmini Vasanth, whose father Colonel Vasanth Venugopal was killed in action fighting terrorists, tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih.
Images from Day 3 of the third Test between South Africa and India, in Cape Town, on Thursday.
IT company Infosys on Monday said it will prefer a flexible "hybrid" work model going ahead in view of uncertainty around the pandemic situation and allow employees work from home or office depending on the condition. At a conference held virtually, Infosys CEO and managing director Salil Parekh said the company has built a flexible model to facilitate work from home but it is now time to start working on building "social capital". Parekh said that going forward the company will focus on putting in place a hybrid work model as it will depend on how the situation evolves.
Unhappy with the recreation of his song Masakali, A R Rahman has asked fans to listen to the original track, saying his team put in a lot of hard work and sleepless nights in composing it.
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