Images from the Women's World Cup match between India and England, in Mount Maunganui, on Wednesday.
Rashami Desai, Urvashi Rautel and Vishal Singh walked the ramp for designer Rohit Verma whose collection was inspired by sindur khela, a Bengali tradition.
The 15-year-old Shafali, who was dismissed for a four-ball duck on her debut in the opening match, laid the foundation for a good total with a 33-ball innings, while Jemimah Rodrigues (33) provided the stablity, scoring a 22-ball 33.
Producer Anand Pandit, who has made such films like Chehre, PM Narendra Modi, Total Dhamaal and Sarkar 3, hosted a Musical Fiesta on his birthday at his residence. Many film folk, who have worked with him, made sure to attend.
The Indian women's cricket team's horror tour of New Zealand continued as they suffered a 63-run defeat in a rain-curtailed fourth ODI in Queenstown on Tuesday with the hosts inching towards a series clean sweep.
Two things keep Shabaash Mithu relevant: Taapsee Pannu and the sheer grit of the Mithali Raj story, observes Deepti Patwardhan.
Mandhana is leading the pack with 774 rating points ahead of Australia pair of Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning.
India felt the absence of experienced pacer Jhulan Goswami as they suffered a three-wicket defeat in the second women's ODI against New Zealand in Queenstown on Tuesday.
Outplayed in every aspect of the game so far, the Indian women's cricket team desperately needs its top order to strike form and its bowlers to show some spark against an in-form Australia in the second ODI on Friday.
Mignon du Preez scored a valiant 90 as South Africa pulled off a consolation seven-wicket win over India to go down 1-2 in the three-match series, which was part of the ICC Women's ODI Championship.
Smriti Mandhana is just the fourth women's player and first Indian woman to score a ton in both ODIs and Tests.
Mere Pyare Prime Minister had a special screening.
Images from the ICC Women's ODI World Cup match between India and New Zealand in Hamilton on Thursday.
The Southern Stars from Australia reasserted their supremacy with a comprehensive 60-run victory against Indian women
The fast-rising Jemimah Rodrigues starred with the bat, after India's spinners wreaked havoc, to set up a series-clinching seven-wicket win over the West Indies in a low-scoring third women's T20 International, in Providence, Guyana, on Thursday.
India's captain Mithali Raj says youngsters like Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh have shown that they have the ability to compete at the highest level and the last few series have helped the team figure out its composition ahead of women's ODI World Cup next month.
India's limited overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma has been nominated for the prestigious 'Khel Ratna', the BCCI announced on Saturday, acknowledging the prolific batsman's stupendous performance in the 2019 ODI World Cup. In the women's category, all-rounder Deepti Sharma was BCCI's pick for the Arjuna for her consistent show in both ODIs and T20Is in the past three years.
Persistent rain meant even the toss could not take place. The game was supposed to start at 7 pm local time but after inspecting the conditions at 7:30 pm, the umpires decided to call off the game.
Shafali Verma has leapfrogged Australia's Beth Mooney with scores of 23 and 47.
Sports Minister hands over trophies to 2020 National Sports Awards winners
It's high time we took fashion lessons from her.
A desperate Indian women's team would aim to snap its five-match losing streak in the second T20 International against England, in Guwahati, on Thursday.
Rohit hit an unprecedented five hundreds in a single edition of the World Cup last year and had a great run last year.
Satish Gangwar tells us how he found his lady love Deepti.
After winning the ODI series 2-1, Indian women lost momentum and subsequently the T20 series.
India in their allotted 50-overs posted a target of 192 for the hosts. West Indies got off to a bad start
The Indian women's cricket team continued its unbeaten run at the ICC World Cup Qualifiers by advancing to the final with a seven-wicket victory over arch-rivals Pakistan, in Colombo, on Sunday.
Taylor's all-round show helps West Indies claim one-run win over India
Mandhana, who has 755 points, slipped to the number two spot after she missed India's recently concluded ODI series
India's women's cricket team coach Ramesh Powar says going forward he may try something new or bring in new players.
Bangladesh took full advantage of a complacent India as they recorded a comfortable seven-wicket victory in the Women's Asia Cup T20 competition, in Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday.
The film, Shreyas Talpade's first home production, opened in theatres today.
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.
'...and give awards to such performances.'
On a high after two easy victories on the trot, including one against defending champions Australia, India will aim to inch closer to a semi-final berth when it takes on New Zealand in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, in Melbourne, on Thursday.
Images from ICC women's T20 World Cup match between India and Bangladesh, in Perth, on Monday.
Images from the women's T20 World Cup match between India and New Zealand in Melbourne, on Thursday.
Images from ICC Women's T20 World Cup opener between Australia and India in Sydney on Friday.
The White Ferns chased down the target in 29.2 overs to register a morale-boosting win.
England's players resorted to "constant sledging" to disturb Sneh Rana and company, but the Indians maintained their composure to pull off a thrilling draw in the just-concluded women's one-off Test in Bristol.
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