As the focus shifts to white-ball cricket, the two superstars of the format — Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli — will hope to get back to beast mode in the three-match ODI series against England as India begin their final preparations for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, starting February 19.
India batter Abhishek Sharma took a giant leap of 38 places to find himself on the second spot in the ICC rankings for men's T20I batters after his blazing knock of 135 from just 54 balls in the 54-ball 135 in the fifth and final T20I against England in Mumbai.
With the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 just around the corner, India’s chances of clinching the title have come under scrutiny, as uncertainty looms over the fitness of pace spearhead, and ICC 2024 Men's Cricketer of the Year, Jasprit Bumrah.
Carlos Ancelotti has labelled the injuries to Real Madrid defenders David Alaba and Antonio Rudiger as an ‘emergency’ ahead of their upcoming difficult fixture schedule.
The Australian third seed delivered a clinical performance to dispatch Belgium’s David Goffin 6-2, 6-4, extending his unbeaten record against the former World No. 7 to 6-0 in their ATP head-to-head battles.
With his record nine titles, Djokovic is the most successful player in the history of the Australian Open.
Brief scores: India 202 & 188/6 in 44 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 58, Cheteshwar Pujara 53; Kagiso Rabada 3/54, Lungi Ngidi 1/34) lead South Africa 229 all out in 79.4 overs (Keegan Petersen 62; Shardul Thakur 7/61) by 161 runs.
"Virat Kohli had a spasm on his upper back and he won't feature in the second Test against South Africa at The Wanderers. The BCCI medical team will be monitoring him during the course of this Test match"
"They are good mates as well. Ben, I can tell you, would be entirely loyal to Joe," said Gower. There's no element of plotting behind the captain's back here… He's probably very happy for Joe to continue captaining"
Barcelona defeated Rayo Vallecano 1-0 and Atletico Madrid beat Rayo Vallecano 2-0 on Sunday. Real Madrid lost 1-0 to Getafe, while Atletico Madrid beat Rayo Vallecano 2-0.
