The five-time world player of the year opened his account in the easiest possible fashion by tapping into an empty net from less than two metres in the 50th minute.
Protests continued for the 14th day, seeing proceedings in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha being washed out.
'Safety first' is one of the primary considerations of the ICC's back-to-cricket guidelines and involving the governments at all stages is a must.
The good, bad and ugly looks from the celebrity circus.
The good, bad and ugly looks from the celebrity circus.
Sonia Tyagi Gupta from Delhi tells us how her brother supported her during her lean times.
'Our stomachs, accustomed now only to the blandness of stems and leaves, rumbled at unaccustomed aromas not intended for our consumption.' 'Heaven awaited on a platter -- but not for us,' sighs Kishore Singh.
'We were actually very similar in that way, and we actually got on -- me and KP, professionally -- better than most people because we very honest with but openly disliked each other, but wanted each other in the team.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The good, bad and ugly looks from the celebrity circus.
Ameesha Patel enters the house, Paras Chhabra fights with Asim Riaz.
Two of the most chilled-out contestants get into a fight...and it soon turns ugly.
Himanshi joins the captaincy fight with Siddharth, Bhau and Shenaaz.
The White Tiger makes a stinging commentary on New India's half-baked vision, but Ramin Bahrani isn't telling a Slumdog fairy tale here, observes Sukanya Verma.
Meanwhile, Siddharth Shukla and Asim Riaz are no longer friends.
'In our societal interest, all those measures, laws etc that are creating turmoil and turbulence should be immediately withdrawn, the government and all political leaders should win the trust of ordinary people and establish social harmony and peace that is so essential to progress and prosperity,' says the well-known Kannada poet Chennaveera Kanavi.
Presenting some of the good, bad and ugly looks this week.
Salman Khan completes 10 years of hosting Bigg Boss over the weekend and to celebrate the special occasion, the contestants dance on his hit numbers.
'I find drawing inspiration for characters from real life very limiting.'
Will the Puneesh-Bandagi love story finally end?
'What this incident must do is provide a renewed impetus to urgently bring in police reforms; changes that will ensure that political patronage and extraneous pressure are reduced to a minimum and allow the police to function independently and honestly,' argues Vivek Gumaste.
The good, bad and ugly looks from the celebrity circus.
Anita Aikara gives us the good, bad and ugly looks from the celebrity circus.
The good, bad and ugly looks from the celebrity circus.
Who knows, the moment of truth in Ladakh may also augur for a giant leap toward boundary settlement with China in the fulness of time. The news that the special representatives of the two countries are planning to meet gives a positive signal, suggests Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration if I called yesterday's episode of Bigg Boss the ugliest of this season.
The good, bad and ugly looks from the celebrity circus.
Imperious Liverpool extended their Premier League home winning streak against Arsenal to six on Saturday with an easy 4-0 victory that lifted them to second in the table.
What the UK is getting out of the Serum Institute is what India is losing. And the responsibility of the Indian State ought to have been to dictate where Serum Institute's vaccine doses should go, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Sukanya Verma brings us everything we learned in this notorious year.
India's head coach Ravi Shastri says the two batting greats have a lot in common and even went on to compare Kohli with Viv Richards
Was romance invented so that Sanjay Leela Bhansali would one day make Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which released on June 18, 1999, asks Subhash K Jha.
The model-turned-celebrity chef recently introduced the world to her second child Miles.
'She is the main reason why I was inspired to make the film.'
B-town celebs spotted at the screening of Madaari!
Images from Sunday's IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and SunRisers Hyderabad, in Abu Dhabi.
We round off the week with some good, bad and ugly looks.
Despite Cricket Australia's repeated warnings, racism has reared its ugly head at the ongoing first Test in Melbourne, with Indian supporters complaining of "offensive and ugly" chants being hurled at them by local fans.
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