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Raheem Sterling bids farewell to Manchester City ahead of Chelsea move
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The 27-year-old's move to Chelsea is expected in the next 24 hours as he had a medical with the club on Sunday. In a statement confirming his City exit, the England forward sent a heartfelt goodbye message to his former team-mates and the club's staff and fans on his social media account. City signed Sterling from Liverpool in a 49m pound deal in 2015. He went on to score 131 goals in 339 games, winning four Premier League titles.
India, Australia to play five-match Test series in next FTP cycle: Report
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The expanded bilateral series will kick in from 2024 season, when India are scheduled to visit Australia. The 2023 home series in India, to be played in February-March, will remain a four-Test contest, a Cricbuzz report said.
ENG v IND, 2nd ODI: Confident India targets sealing series win over rattled England; Kohli's availability remains doubtful
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With confidence high after a comprehensive show at The Oval, India will be targeting to seal the series quickly in the second ODI at Lord's on Thursday, just like what they did in the preceding T20I series, which they eventually won 2-1. For India, apart from Bumrah being at his menacing best in terms of skill and control on a greenish pitch offering seam, swing and extra bounce, Mohammed Shami and Prasidh Krishna provided him with ample support to bowl out England for just 110, after being 26-5 at one point.
Singapore Open: Sindhu, Prannoy, Saina enter second round; Srikanth suffers upset
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Sindhu, seventh in the badminton world rankings, proved too strong for Belgium's world No 36 Lianne Tan and won the women's singles match 21-15, 21-11 in 29 minutes.
Watch Video: Jasprit Bumrah takes career-best 6-19 as India thrash England by 10-wicket in 1st ODI
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Bumrah took wickets of Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Liam Livingstone, Brydon Carse, and David Willey. None of the English batsmen were able to withstand quality bowling by Indian fast bowlers. England were all-out for 110 runs and this was England's lowest total against India in ODI cricket. Mohammed Shami (3/31) and Prasidh Krishna (1/26) supported Bumrah.
Jasprit Bumrah regains top spot in ICC ODI rankings for bowlers
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Bumrah, who has been No. 1 in T20Is in the past and is currently at a career-best third position in Tests, is only the second Indian pacer after Kapil Dev to be No. 1 in the ODI rankings. Maninder Singh, Anil Kumble and Ravindra Jadeja are the other India bowlers to have attained top ranking. Bumrah, who has been No. 1 in T20Is in the past and is currently at a career-best third position in Tests, is only the second Indian pacer after Kapil Dev to be No. 1 in the ODI rankings.
I enjoy every format of the game; try to ignore both criticism and applause: Bumrah
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Bumrah came up with a sterling performance on The Kennington Oval pitch assisting swing in the opening One-day International against England, notching up his best bowling figures of 6/19 as India thrashed England by 10 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
WATCH | Rohit Sharma's six into stands injures young spectator; visuals go viral
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But what also caught the attention of the spectators and commentators alike was a massive six from Sharma, which landed in the stands and injured a young spectator, who received immediate medical attention and recovered quickly. Sharma returned to form with a brilliant unbeaten 76 in the first ODI against England as he and Shikhar Dhawan stitched together a 114-run partnership to guide India to a 10-wicket win.
Buttler will deliver strong message to England after heavy defeat in first ODI: Morgan
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Despite the return of big guns like Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow, England were skittled out for 110 in just 25.2 overs, with Jasprit Bumrah being the chief destroyer with a fiery 6-19.
No need to press the panic button, says Buttler after 10-wicket loss
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England suffered the ignominy of being bundled out for just 110 in 25.2 overs, their lowest total against India in ODIs, with pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah grabbing a career-best 6/19 in 7.2 overs.
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