Rajat Patidar's strike rate when batting against spinners is an incredible 224, having hit 182 runs from 81 balls, with 20 sixes and five fours.
David Warner and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis scored half-centuries as 2021 champions Australia opened their account in the T20 World Cup with a 39-run win against Oman.
Kylian Mbappe scored twice in the second half to help his side to a 4-1 comeback win at 10-man Barcelona
England batters look to tame strong South African bowling
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
IMAGES from the Euro 2024 Group F match played between Turkey and Georgia, at Dortmund BVB Stadion, Dortmund, Germany, on Tuesday.
With the fight now having been taken to the seizure of nuclear plants, it is one more warning to Europe that this prolonged war could end up with disastrous consequences, observes Rashme Sehgal
Aaron Jones was at a loss for words after starring in the USA's seven-wicket demolition of Canada in the T20 World Cup opener, in which the New Yorker introduced himself to cricket's elites with a 40-ball 94.
In the search for tactical supremacy, soccer's big guns and some young pretenders have turned to the chapter marked 'counter-attack' to blast their way into the World Cup quarter-finals.
Chahal asked Axar about being promoted to number four in the batting order to which the bowling all-rounder said that things were made easy as Pant was joking around and having fun between the deliveries.
'We had to be very mindful of not overdoing it and yes add up the pressure, use the big boundaries, try to use things to our advantage. That is what we were doing. So, in that we created pressure and everybody got wickets.'
Indian junior women's hockey team goes down against Germany
Images from the Euro 2024 Group A match between Scotland and Hungary at Stuttgart Arena, Germany, on Sunday.
Did Harpreet Brar take the best catch of the match?
World Championships silver medallist Amit Panghal qualified for the Paris Olympic after defeating China's Chuang Liu in the 51kg quarter-finals of the second World Qualification Tournament in Bangkok on Sunday.
India came from behind to outwit Korea 3-1 in the 9th-12th place classification match of the Junior women's hockey World Cup in Santiago.
Just two batters played impactful knocks on the night. Here's how they went...
James Rodriguez scored one goal and set up two more as Colombia thoroughly dismantled Panama in a 5-0 win at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday to march into the Copa America semi-finals.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday
Argentina became the first side to book passage into the Copa America quarter-finals
IMAGES from the Premier League match played between Manchester City and Brentford on Tuesday
Borussia Dortmund showed great composure to reach their third Champions League final after Mats Hummels' second-half goal earned the visitors a 1-0 victory against misfiring Paris St Germain for a deserved 2-0 aggregate win on Tuesday.
Tottenham Hotspur missed the chance to move into the top four when they were held to a 1-1 draw at West Ham United
Did you enjoy Noor Ahmad's superb showing with the ball?
Aman Sehrawat is the first Indian male wrestler to secure berth for the Paris Olympic Games
IMAGES from football matches played across Europe on Wednesday.
Andre Russell's six-hitting carnage at the death that propelled Kolkata Knight Riders to a match-winning total did not come as a surprise to teammate Phil Salt, who described the star all-rounder as the "best in the world on his day".
IMAGES from the IPL 2024 match between Gujarat Titans vs Shubman Gill at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday.
The party is eyeing at expanding its footprint across the country and has tied up with the Congress to contest the Lok Sabha polls against the BJP in Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat.
Though electoral verdicts have historically been accepted, even though grudgingly, by all parties, there has been a sharper edge to the questions being raised by Opposition parties this time over the polling process, including the Election Commission.
Ernesto Valverde's Bilbao team punished the visitors with clinical counter-attacks, playing with the advantage of having won the first leg 1-0 in Madrid.
Indian men's hockey team suffers 1-5 thrashing at hands of Australia in first Test
Goalkeeper P R Sreejesh's heroics saw India pull off a thrilling 8-7 shootout win against Spain.
Real moved to 57 points, two ahead Girona and 10 clear of Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.
Chelsea came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 3-1 thanks to added time goals from Conor Gallagher and Enzo Fernandez.
'I have a feeling that after a certain transition happens, you could see Rishabh Pant opening the batting for India in T20 cricket.'
Each of India's top five batters, including debutant Devdutt Padikkal, managed 50-plus scores to power the hosts to a commanding 473-8 for a lead of 255.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Amit Panghal and national champion Sachin entered the semifinals of the 75th Strandja Memorial boxing event in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The India-South Africa Test, which lasted just 642 deliveries, is the shortest ever in the history of Test cricket in terms of balls bowled.
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