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South Africa bowler Khaka displaces India's Jhulan Goswami at fifth spot in ICC rankings
Wolvaardt's superb innings of 89 in the third and final match in Dublin came just at the right time as it catapulted the right-hander past Australia skipper Meg Lanning and into fourth place on the latest rankings for batters. Australia's Alyssa Healy continues to lead the charts with 785 points. It was the only change inside the top 10 for batters, but fellow South Africa batter Lara Goodall -- who was the leading run-scorer for the series with 143 runs -- shot up 15 places to 43rd following an unbeaten 93 in the second match.
Players surprised with Serena's decision to return to court after 12 months
Serena, the winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, played her last match at Wimbledon nearly a year ago, where she was forced to retire with an injury in the first round against Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus. She is set to return at Eastbourne, where she will play doubles alongside Tunisian's new world No. 3 singles player Ons Jabeur.
Incredible to see so many pace bowlers in India, says Dravid
"It's been challenging as well, we have got six captains in the last eight months, which actually wasn't the plan when I started, but it's the nature of the number of games we are playing, it's the nature of Covid, so I have had to work with quite a few people, it has been great fun. A lot of other guys have got an opportunity to lead, we have got opportunities to create more leaders in the group," Dravid told Star Sports.
WTA Tour: Muguruza downs Frech, Linette outlasts Riske in Eastbourne
The former Wimbledon champion, the fifth seed here, claimed her first grass-court win in nearly a year with a 6-1, 7-6(7) against the Polish player. After a first set that lasted just over a half-hour, Muguruza was pushed hard in the second set by world No. 92 Frech, the third-highest ranked Polish player. From 6-1, 3-1 down, Frech got the second set back on serve, was ahead for much of it on serve from then on, and battled back from a big deficit in the tie-break.
Shikhar Dhawan unlikely to make it to India squad for T20 World Cup, says Sunil Gavaskar
Dhawan has had a decent performance in IPL 2022 and failed to make it to the team for the subsequent South Africa series and the T20Is in England next month. Gavaskar believes that it is curtains for Dhawan as far as T20I cricket is concerned and with just four months remaining to go for ICC's premier event in Australia.
Pant will be in the squad for T20 World Cup, but England tour will be crucial: Kaif
Now, former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif, who also served as an assistant coach with Delhi Capitals, where Pant serves as the skipper, believes that the left-handed wicketkeeper-batter can be a part of India's squad for the Men's T20 World Cup but the T20I series against England, to be played on July 7, 9 and 10 in Southampton, Birmingham and Nottingham, will be crucial for him to get back into form.
'Count your blessings': K.L. Rahul shares post amid road to recovery
Rahul then reported to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) where the medical team assessed the batter and it was decided he would not go to England for the rescheduled fifth Test. However, the batter is in the right frame of mind as he shared his pictures on the Koo app on Monday. "Count your blessings", K.L. Rahul captioned the post on the Koo app.
ATP Tour: De Minaur begins Eastbourne Trophy defence with victory
The Australian dropped just one set en route to the crown at the ATP 250 event last season. On Monday, he looked at home on the grass on the English south coast as he cruised to victory. The sixth seed broke Garin four times to advance after 83 minutes, improving to 3-0 in their ATP head-to-head series. The 23-year-old, who holds a 14-11 record on grass, could next play Lorenzo Sonego.
Rohit Sharma begins practice with the India Test team at their new training base in Leicestershire
The Indian Test team, which had a couple of training sessions after it arrived in London last week, has now shifted base to Leicestershire ahead of a tour match against the county side from June 24-27 at Grace Road in Leicester. In a video posted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Instagram, Sharma and his opening partner Shubman Gill were seen having a go with the bat in the practice session.
Russian player switches nationality to avoid Wimbledon ban
In April, Wimbledon imposed a ban on Russian and Belarusian players following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. However, Moscow-born tennis player Natela figured out a way to get herself into The Championships -- by changing her nationality from Russia to Georgia. The 29-year-old is on the Wimbledon entry list as a Georgian, having competed at the French Open in May under a neutral flag.
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