'In the '70s, Vivian Richards used to be the difference between the West Indies and any other side.' 'Similarly, Pant was the difference between India and England.'
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji identify the Most Valuable Players in the IPL so far.
Shardul Thakur's bowling in the 17th and 20th overs swung the game India's way.
Compulsory neck guards on helmets for Australian cricketers are "not far away", the national team's sports medicine chief said on Monday after Jofra Archer's snorter felled Steve Smith during the second Ashes Test.
The Mumbai Indians No 3 hit a brilliant 79 from 47 balls, putting on 76 runs from 38 balls with Hardik Pandya (30 from 19 balls) to propel Mumbai to a huge 193-4 in their 20 overs.
It has been a dramatic turnaround for the KL Rahul-led side after a string a losses earlier in the tournament.
Check out India's report card on the third day of the 2016 Olympics.
Meanwhile, Royal Challenger Bangalore brought in Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga as replacement for Australia's Adam Zampa. In the recent three-match T20I series against India in Sri Lanka, Hasaranga bagged a total of seven wickets, including a four-wicket haul in the final T20I.
Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals have failed to live up to expectations in the IPL so far and are placed sixth and seventh respectively on the points table in the eight-team competition.
Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, KL Rahul and Yuzvendra Chahal were among the big names to be released ahead of the mega auction.
Four openers. Two middle order batsmen. Two leg-spinners. Three fast bowlers. Harish Kotian picks his IPL XI from the league stages.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually interacted with 10 athletes, including 2016 Rio edition gold winners Devendra Jhajharia and Mariyappan Thangavelu, and urged them to compete without pressure at the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics.
Australia coach Justin Langer believes managing the mental health of his bubble-weary players will be one of his key responsibilities during the upcoming home series against India.
Images from Day 2 of the third Test between India and England, at the Narendra Modi stadium, in Ahmedabad.
The Englishman cut Cummins upishly only to see wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik leap to his left and pull off a two finger catch, which the commentators ruled was the catch of the tournament.
Kings XI Punjab registered a comfortable six wicket win over laggards Rajasthan Royals
Having seen the 'Universe Boss' boss around from Ahmedabad to Port-of-Spain, and from the Oval to St George's, over nearly two decades, fans came in their thousands to Southampton amid some trepidation and much anticipation to watch Christopher Henry Gayle strut his unique stuff against England fo
'DC changed things around tonight by bowling with pace, taking pace off and varying it nicely, we weren't able to deal with that'
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma says Suryakumar Yadav is a handy batsman who has innovative shots.
The Chennai Super Kings captain is at the centre of criticism, and rightly so, for his batting positions in the last two Indian Premier League matches.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is all set to resume on Sunday with Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) locking horns against each other.
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers' impressive defence of modest totals continued as the visitors pulled off a 11-run win over Rajasthan Royals on a tricky pitch to claim the top spot
Dinesh Karthik believes the one big thing which sets Virat Kohli apart from the rest is his desire to be 'the best in the business'.
Rajasthan Royals, who have won their last two games, will look for another victory against RCB and keep their hopes alive of making it to the IPL play-offs.
India will aim to soar higher with the return of Virat Kohli against Joe Root's England
Indian women archers started their campaign on a disappointing note as they came up with a ninth place finish at the women's archery team competition in the ranking round held at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London on Friday.
Carlos Brathwaite coming in to bat at number eight, who turned out to be the hero of the evening. He stunned England by smashing Ben Stokes for four maximums.
Images from Sunday's IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals in Sharjah.
Deepika shot 668 out of a possible 720 points at the 72-arrow 70-metre round to qualify for the knock-out round while Atanu Das was ranked 19th in the men's section.
Rajneesh Gupta presents Rajasthan Royals's IPL record over the years.
If only the shooters had found their targets, the story would have been so different! sighs Raj Kishore Mishra.
Rahul Tewatia changed the course of the match with some crucial strikes.
Do you think Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer can do the job for my team?
Raina confident of India maintaining World Cup record
Former World No. 1 Deepika Kumari yet again flopped on the big stage as it turned out to be a depressing day for India's recurve archers, whose challenge ended at the Asian Games, on Thursday.
The British media grilled Buttler on players in all likelihood skipping the Test series against New Zealand starting June 2 if their franchises get to the play-offs starting in last week of May.
Bishop refused to compare the Indian unit to the fearsome West Indians of the past.
India have so far won three gold medals with compound archer Abhishek Verma opening the tally by winning the individual event on Saturday.
A look at how the teams stack up ahead of the mega auction.
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