It will take a special effort from the struggling Sri Lankan side to pull one back against the rampaging visitors.
Kohli's post stole people's hearts becoming the most retweeted sports-related tweet
Pranati Nayak finished at the bottom half in all the events.
Coach Ramesh Powar made it clear that he want the seniors to accept more responsibility.
Chahar became the most expensive Indian fast bowler at an IPL auction when CSK paid Rs 14 crore to secure his services
Microblogging site Twitter's explanations to a parliamentary panel on showing Ladakh as part of China are inadequate and the act amounts to criminal offence attracting imprisonment of seven years, committee chairman Meenakshi Lekhi said on Wednesday.
'We are pretty sorted in terms of how we are going to start in the first game (versus Pakistan).'
India's sports stars including badminton P V Sindhu was conferred the Padma Bhushan -- the country's third-highest civilian award, while women's football icon Bembem Devi, archer Tarundeep Rai and women's hockey captain Rani Rampal were conferred with the Padma Shri.
India galloped to a 110-run win over Bangladesh in their must-win ICC Women's World Cup match, keeping themselves in the reckoning for a place in the semi-finals, in Hamilton on Tuesday.
India bowling coach Bharat Arun on Sunday said that the toss is playing a very big role in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup, and the team chasing is having an undue advantage as bowling with the wet ball is really tough in the second innings.
Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won his 24th World title on Tuesday when he triumphed in the IBSF 6-Red Snooker World Cup with victory over Pakistan's Babar Masih in the final, in Doha.
While Payas lost his semifinal match to China's Peng Xiang, Suhana too went down fighting against top-seeded Egyptian Hana Goda.
India's Priya Mohan narrowly missed out on a medal after finishing fourth in the women's 400m final at the Under-20 World Athletics Championships in Nairobi on Saturday.
India's head coach Ravi Shastri, along with bowling and fielding coaches Bharath Arun and R Sridhar, respectively, would need to undergo a "fit to fly" test post recovery from COVID-19, which led to the cancellation of the fifth Test against England in Manchester last week.
India captain Virat Kohli said it is unfortunate to "end up here early" for the IPL after a COVID-19 outbreak led to the cancellation of the fifth Test against England and hoped for a "secure" bio-bubble in the league to tackle the "uncertain" times.
India wrestler Babita Phogat and husband Vivek Suhag became parents of a baby boy on Monday.
India reaffirmed their supremacy in the U-19 Asia Cup with a record eighth title
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The Test marks the first time India have played in the five-day format since November 2014
Rishabh Pant, who hails from Uttarakhand extended condolences to the families
Last week, Twitter had blocked Union Information and Technology Minister Prasad from accessing his account which ratcheted up tensions with the government as it came under renewed attack for not following local laws.
Eleven countries voted in favour of the resolution while three countries - India, China and the UAE abstained.
With most of the power-hitters in isolation after Krunal Pandya's COVID-19 positive case, India could score just 132 for 5 on a slow track. Sri Lanka chased down the total with two balls to spare and won by four wickets.
India's Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran tasted instant success on their return as a mixed doubles pairing by winning the title at the WTT Contender in Budapest on Friday.
The 30-year-old Natarajan had played only two games for Sunrisers Hyderabad this season.
India's white ball squad, led by Shikhar Dhawan, arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday as they began their two-week quarantine ahead of their tour of Sri Lanka next month.
The spotlight among the batters was on Beth Mooney. She rocketed up eight places to break into the top ten, sitting at No. 8, just below compatriot Meg Lanning by nine rating points.
Twitter's India-born CEO Parag Agrawal has told worried employees that he doesn't know "what direction this company will go in" once the whopping $44 billion deal, which will take the social media giant private, closes with new owner billionaire Elon Musk.
Pujara took to Twitter to post pictures of him along with his wife getting vaccinated
Meanwhile in the women's event, Padmini Rout and R Vaishali joined compatriot Bhakti Kulkarni in the second round.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described India and America as "natural partners" as he held the first in-person meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House during which they decided to further cement the Indo-US strategic partnership and discussed global issues of common interest, including threats to democracy and the Indo-Pacific.
'The decision was made before the selection meeting that I will be flying back before the first Test.'
Zareen caused a major upset on the second day of the tournament on Wednesday when she out-punched the Russian boxer 5-0.
The Board introduced an interesting game on Twitter to entertain and keep its followers engaged
National champion Abhimanyu from Haryana also moved into the last four after defeating Kyrgyzstan's Tenibekov Sanjar in a one-sided affair.
Raj rescued her side from a precarious 27/2 but India's total of 201 for eight was not challenging enough for England
Deepika Kumari will now be the sole entry in the women's section at the Tokyo Games. It will be her third successive Olympics.
Anshu Malik settled for a silver medal after losing her 57kg final to 2016 Olympic champion Helen Lousie Maroulis but Sarita Mor grabbed her maiden medal at the big stage by winning the 59kg bronze, in Oslo, Norway on Thursday.
Seven-time champions India were held to a goalless draw by 205th ranked Sri Lanka despite a dominant display in their second SAFF Championships match, in Male, on Thursday.
'To answer your first question, for me personally, it (winning in England) means nothing more than winning a Test match or a Test series anywhere else in the world.'
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