Cricket

Root’s recent performance saw him score 143 in England's first innings and an elegant 103 in the second innings, propelling England to set a daunting target of 483 runs for Sri Lanka.

Pooran has hammered 139 sixes in 58 T20 matches played so far in 2024. The previous record of most sixes in a calendar year was held by Chris Gayle, who smashed 135 maximums in 2015.

Root completed catches of Sri Lanka's Nishan Madushka and Pathum Nissanka on Saturday to become the first English and fourth player overall to take 200 catches in Tests.

The 2024 edition of the Duleep Trophy is set to begin on September 5 in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh and M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Root created history on Saturday by becoming the first English batter in history to score 34 Test centuries. He broke former skipper Alastair Cook's record of 33 centuries.

Jasprit Bumrah's response on the toughest batters he has gone up against shows why he is amongst the greatest bowlers of the current generation.

Bangladesh’s legendary all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan deserves much credit for the historic success in that Mirpur Test.

Ravichandran Ashwin, who is the fifth leading wicket-taker in IPL history, has picked up all-time IPL XI and included two of his former CSK teammates in it.

Joining Rohit and Kohli in the top 10 is young Yashasvi Jaiswal, who has moved up a spot to seventh.

Ollie Pope has turned to Joe Root for advice on how to be an effective batsman while captaining England.

Ashwin, who sits at No. 1 position in the ICC Test bowler's ranking, has accounted for the dismissal of 516 batters in the 100 red-ball matches played so far.

The opener will rejoin with Strikers coach Luke Williams, who also previously coached the Indian at Royal Challengers Bengaluru during their successful title-winning season earlier this year.

Regarded as the master of the game throughout the 1930s and 40s, Bradman was so far ahead of his competitors that he sunk all comparisons at the time.

Taking to microblogging site X, Virat Kohli said Dhawan’s trademark smile will be missed in the Indian dressing room but his legacy will thrive.

Sachin Tendulkar hailed Dhawan's infectious positivity and unshakable team spirit. Taking to microblogging site X, the master blaster shared an incredible post, wishing Dhawan luck for “whatever comes next.”

Jamie Smith's 111 on Friday's third day of the first Test at Old Trafford propelled England into a first-innings lead of 122 runs.