India's Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin thrived on a spinners' paradise in Mohali, bamboozling South Africa's batsmen in the first Test to secure a 108-run victory with more than two days to spare on Saturday.
Images from the T20 World Cup match between Afghanistan and New Zealand, in Abu Dhabi, on Sunday.
The West Indies selection panel on Wednesday included Sunil Ambris in place of Smith, who had scored two fifties in the nine innings that he played on his comeback for the Sri Lanka Tests following a gap of three years.
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Director Richie Mehta dedicated the honour to all the women who not just endure violence that men inflict on them, 'but are also tasked to solve the problem.'
Australia will need to defy history to chase down the total and survive the wiles of Ravichandran Ashwin on a fifth day pitch.
India's women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal is hurting after losing to Great Britain and missing out on an Olympics bronze medal in Tokyo on Friday.
With an impressive number of votes, 199,477, Rani Rampal was a clear winner of the Athlete of the Year race. Sports fans all over the world voted for their favourite during 20 days of polling in January. Over 705,610 votes were cast during the poll.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli, on Monday, lauded ace sprinter Hima Das for winning five gold medals in a span of 20 days.
'The boys deserve all the credit for the character they showed, real character.'
New Zealand bowling coach Shane Jurgensen hailed Tim Southee's leadership qualities after the fast bowler claimed a five-wicket haul on Friday in his country's first Test against India in Kanpur.
India won the Under-19 cricket World Cup for the second time when the team, led by Virat Kohli, beat South Africa by 12 runs in a rain-interrupted final in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night. Shot out for a paltry 159 after being put in by South African skipper Wayne Parnell, the champions of the 2000 edition of the tournament fought back with some tidy bowling to restrict the South Africans.
President A P J Abdul Kalam congratulated Dravid for leading his team to a series win.
Former India batsmen Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag and Kaif hailed Ajinkya Rahane's unbeaten 104-run knock.
Kohli's 100th Test would be against Sri Lanka beginning, in Mohali, on March 4.
Former and current India teammates pay tribute to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday.
In the wake of Team India's stupendous win against Pakistan at Mohali, the World Cup mood has spilled into the election campaigning even in the far flung Assam on Friday.
ISRO has released the footage of the injection of PSLV-37 which launched a record 104 nano-satellites overseas customers into the orbit in blocks in a series of separations.
Images from Day 4 of the fourth Test between Australia and India, at the Gabba, on Monday.
Images from Day 4 of the second Test between Australia and India, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Tuesday.
The laser-guided anti-tank guided missile is likely to significantly enhance the fire-power capability of the Indian Army particularly along the frontiers with Pakistan and China, the officials said.
Images from Day 3 of the third Test between England and India, at Headingley, Leeds, on Friday.
Shahidi took a single off Donald Tiripano to bring up his double hundred.
'It shows a lot of security within, and it means they have a lot of confidence to bounce back so I won't be surprised if India bounces back very quickly and in a big fashion.'
Yuvraj Singh played pivotal roles in India winning the 2011 World Cup and the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007.
'I would like to thank the Government, the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) and most importantly, my family, who has been there for me and motivated me along this journey'
Images from the third One-Day International between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, on Friday.
The Indian blind cricket team successfully defended its Twenty20 World Cup title after outclassing arch-rivals Pakistan in the final by nine wickets.
Jadeja sent a message asking for declaration as he wanted his side to exploit the variable bounce
'All of us tend to believe that they are so well paid, why should we bother about their payments.' 'But who all are well paid? Only a handful, maybe 3-4 of them, who go in for endorsements and things.' 'The others are struggling, playing Ranji Trophy and other matches, so that compensation we made it market-oriented.'
The budget is "farmer friendly, common citizen friendly, business environment friendly" and will add to 'ease of living' and 'ease of doing business', Modi added.
Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Arun Jaitley, J P Nadda and Prakash Javadekar were among the key leaders from the BJP at the meeting.
'This is the best Indian side I have been part of'
Graciously skirting the controversy surrounding the snub Ravi Shastri received during his job interview, the newly-appointed Indian coach Anil Kumble on Wednesday said it's the players who are the most significant part of the system and no one else.
Australian spin legend Shane Warne named the best batsmen he bowled to from each of the nine Test playing nations he faced during his career. As part of his commentary duties during the current Test series between England and Pakistan, Warne was asked to name the best batsmen he bowled to during his decorated 15-year career. Warne, on the expected lines, named Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara from India and West Indies respectively.
India has already deployed a sizeable number of the original BrahMos missiles and other key assets in several strategic locations along the de-facto border with China in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh.
The Indian World Cup team members, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and star batsman Virat Kohli, arrived home.
India on Monday successfully launched its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 onboard its powerful rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 from the spaceport in Sriharikota to explore the unchartered south pole of the celestial body by landing a rover. Following the successful launch, leaders across the political spectrum congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation for its hard work.
India might have lost the inaugural ICC World Test Championship against New Zealand but former all-rounder Mohinder Amarnath believes skipper Virat Kohli has done a 'fantastic job' and it is important that he continues to lead the squad.
Images from Day 1 of the fourth Test between Australia and India, at the Gabba, on Friday.
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