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All of Praggnanandhaa's victories have come at the expense of the Indians so far in the tournament, with the GM now looking forward to the clash against world champion D Gukesh

Bumrah, who had made history ahead of the fifth and final Border-Gavaskar Test against Australia in January by recording the highest-ever ICC Rankings rating for an Indian bowler at 907 points, is currently on a career-best points tally of 908

Rohit will be turning up for defending champions Mumbai after nearly a decade when action resumes in the second half of the country's premier red-ball competition across different venues

Mumbai, the defending champions of Ranji Trophy, will resume the second leg of the premier domestic competition here at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in BKC against a formidable J&K

M Sai Karthikeya impressed with unbeaten 88 in Hyderabad’s 71-run win over United Arab Emirates

The 33-stroke exchange was the longest of the evening, and when it ended with Djokovic sailing a forehand long, the capacity crowd at Rod Laver Arena went wild

R Praggnanandhaa in joint lead with Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov after the third round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament

Jemimah Rodrigues, who scored her maiden hundred in the second ODI against Ireland, jumped two places at the 17th spot, while skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, who missed the series, is at the 15th spot

The selectors ignored Suryakumar for the 15-member CT squad but he remains in-charge of the side that will take on Jos Buttler's England in the five-match T20I series beginning here Wednesday

Limited time with family members on tours was a contentious clause in the BCCI's recently-circulated 10-point disciplinary policy for players

The Asian Games champions, who reached back-to-back semifinals at Malaysia Super 1000 and India Super 750 in the last two weeks, outwitted Chen and Lin, ranked 38th in the world

The white-ball rubber, comprising five T20Is and three ODIs after that, presents an ideal platform for both the teams to experiment with combinations and assess form before next month's Champions Trophy

Ranked world No. 11, Paula Badosa of Spain now heads to her first Grand Slam semifinal at age 27

The tour begins with the first of the five-match T20I series at Eden Gardens on Wednesday, followed by three one-day internationals

Kohli last played a Ranji Trophy match in November 2012 when Delhi took on Uttar Pradesh in Ghaziabad

India will face England from January 22 at Kolkata and the rubber will culminate on February 2 at Mumbai

A second Italian joined Sinner in the quarterfinals when 55th-ranked Lorenzo Sonego got that far at a major tournament for the first time by ending the run of American qualifier Learner Tien 6-2 6-3 3-6 6-1

According to Tufani Saroj, a three-time MP, his daughter and Singh got acquainted through one of her friends whose father is also a cricketer

The 19-year-0ld Praggnanandhaa's win over Harikrishna was a master class on defence and counter-attack

India will start their campaign against England in a five-match T20I series at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday

Udeh (19) and skipper Lucky Piety (18) were the only ones to hit double figures in the game for Nigeria, while Anika Todd top-scored for New Zealand with a 19-run effort

Pant was picked at the mega auction for an IPL record Rs 27 crore by the franchise owner Sanjiv Goenka

Vijay has reported on cricket for The Hindu and Sportstar for four decades and is considered an authority. Akshay, a science graduate, has contributed to various publications and recently contributed exclusive interviews with Kapil Dev, Yuvraj Singh, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, and Kartik Murali to Midday

Five athelets of national accomplishments were admitted to various undergrad courses in the IIT Madras under the Sports Excellence Admission category.