It will also be a milestone in the career of England's talisman Ben Stokes as he captains the side for the first time.
Rediff.com gives you a peek into these action-packed moments from the weekend, frozen in time...
Images from Day 2 of the 2022 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
A summary of the action on Day 3 at the US Open.
The West Indies cricket team on Monday departed from Antigua for their scheduled three-test tour of England as international cricket is finally set to resume. Two planes collected players from various islands in the West Indies earlier on Monday before they all took a private charter flight for the UK, which will reach Manchester on Tuesday.
Stuart Broad bowled particularly well for England, unlucky to pick up only three scalps during a long day in the field for the visitors, who dropped several catches, including two by Jos Buttler at third slip.
The 78th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. A quick look at the winners.
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell lists a number of weaknesses in England's line-up, from Alastair Cook's performance suffering due to not having a stable opening partner to predictability in their pace attack and off-spinner Dom Bess's inexperience.
Rediff.com presents the early surprises at the year's first Grand Slam.
Nostalgia in the time of Covid is proving to be big business, observes Aditi Phadnis.
The 90th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold.
Rafael Nadal suffered a shock 7-5, 6-3 defeat by Austrian Dominic Thiem in the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Friday, a result that means the Spaniard will lose the world number one ranking.
Andy Murray has lost the world number two spot to Roger Federer in the latest ATP rankings released on Monday, after his defeat to Novak Djokovic in the Madrid Masters final.
US President George W Bush and his wife reported a taxable income of $727,083 for the last year and paid $227,490 in federal income taxes, the White House said.
Novak Djokovic sauntered past Spaniard Feliciano Lopez to reach the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters on Thursday but Andy Murray had to claw past big-serving American John Isner after losing a first-set tiebreaker.
Home favourite Su Yiming of China made his Olympic debut on Sunday and received a standing ovation in return.
The 87th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners.
The tournament will be Murray's third since hip surgery in January and mark his return to the hard courts for the first time since March 2017 at Indian Wells.
Images from Day 1 of the Wimbledon Championships.
The civil suit was filed on behalf of the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, which killed thousands in 1984.
Designers like Rocky S and Sidharth Sinha put India on the fashion map with their collections at the fashion week.
IMAGES from matches on Day 9 at the French Open at Roland Garros
List of US Open men's singles champions since the Open Era began in 1968:
Order of play on the main show courts at the French Open.
Even Charlton Heston intervened on his behalf.
The nominations for the Golden Globes have been announced.
An elbow injury forced Djokovic to retire against Czech Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 2017. After that came a series of early tournament exits and, finally, surgery.
The Emmy nominations for 2018.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the interesting numbers from the second day of Kingston Test between West Indies and India
New Zealand will have their tails up and eye another upset when they resume the trans-Tasman rivalry with a strong Australian side.
A clinical Roger Federer took a confident step towards a fourth Miami Open title on Wednesday, easing past 13th-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-2 to book a spot in the quarter-finals.
Federer, meanwhile, became the first man to lose a Wimbledon singles final after holding match points since 1948 when John Bromwich failed to convert three of them against Bob Falkenburg.
Rafael Nadal has pulled out of next week's ATP Tour Finals in London due to injury, so Novak Djokovic will end the year as world number one having returned to the top of the rankings on Monday.
After hammering the Kiwis 3-0 in the Tests, the focus now shifts to white-ball cricket . New Zealand will be bolstered by the presence of star allrounder Corey Anderson as captain Kane Williamson looks to avenge the defeat in Tests. Also, MS Dhoni's men will need to win the ODI series by a 4-1 margin to claim third place on the ICC ODI Championship.
All the fashion and winners' news from the recently concluded awards show, right here!
Wins deciding set shootout after premature celebration. The Briton, who overcame dual Grand Slam semi-finalist Ekaterina Makarova, thought she had won the first round match after reaching seven points in the third set tiebreak and celebrated accordingly.
He leads the men's seedings ahead of defending champ Roger Federer, with Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov seeded third.
Twelfth seed Djokovic resumed two sets to one ahead after snatching a third-set tiebreak the previous night before Wimbledon's 11pm curfew left the match on a knife edge.
The 71st Emmy Awards have been announced, and there have been quite a few surprises and some expected nods.
While multiple-time world champions and Champions Trophy winners Australia are always a tough nut to crack, New Zealand will enter the game at Edgbaston with renewed confidence after their six-wicket warm-up win over Sri Lanka at the same venue.
