Cricket
No Ranji Trophy this season, after 86 consecutive years
Interestingly, in a letter addressed to all its affiliated state associations dated January 29, the Indian cricket board is mum on not organising the Ranji Trophy this season. It merely says that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to conduct the Vijay Hazare Trophy 50-over tournament and Senior Women's One Day tournament after the completion of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament.
Bairstow to return after 2nd Test: ECB clarifies after Thorpe comment
"To clarify, the plan is still for Jonny Bairstow to return for the third and fourth Test and not the second Test. Along with Sam Curran and Mark Wood," said the ECB in its statement.
Hard and relentless work led to reaching 200 Test wickets: Rabada
"It's a massive feat to be included among a list of such names. When you start playing you don't ever think you will be on such a list and have such statistics," Rabada was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.
Stick with Paine but give him help, says Clarke
The wicketkeeper-batsman's tactics were questioned particularly during the third and fourth Test and he admitted that the pressure got to him which led to blunders behind the stumps.
Shabnim joins 100-wkt club, helps SA beat Pak in T20
There was also an excellent second career half-century by Tazmin Brits, who struck an unbeaten 52 off 54 balls (3x4s), as South Africa comfortably chased down a 125-run victory target with six deliveries to spare. Brits shared in a key 69-run second-wicket partnership with Marizanne Kapp -- another player that enjoyed a stellar game by being the pick of the bowlers with three for 24 and also striking 28 off 27 balls with the bat.
Indian-origin taxi driver's son makes it to Australia T20I team
Sangha, who represented Australia at the under-19 World Cup just 12 months ago, is son of Sydney-based Joga, who had migrated from Rahimpur Kala Sanghian, a village near Jalandhar in Punjab, in 1997.
Ind Vs Eng: Virat Kohli, Joe Root face different tests of captaincy
Kohli has to prove himself as captain all over again after Ajinkya Rahane led India to a Test series win in Australia. India lost the first Test at Adelaide under Kohli's leadership after which they bounced back to win two out of the remaining three Tests under Rahane.
Kagiso Rabada 8th Proteas bowler to scalp 200 Test wickets
Rabada achieved the feat on Day Three of the first Test of the two-match series against Pakistan being played at the National Stadium here when he took the wicket of Hasan Ali. Rabada clean bowled Ali at his individual score of 21 for which the latter consumed 33 deliveries. The 25-year-old has taken just 44 matches to achieve the scalp 200 Test wickets, making him the fastest Proteas bowler to reach the milestone.
Ind vs Eng: Chennai pitch likely to be slow despite grass
Incidentally, the last Test match to be played at the venue was between the same teams over four years ago, in December 2016. India racked up 759/7 wickets with Karun Nair scoring an unbeaten 303 and KL Rahul scoring 199. India went on to win the Test -- 1,443 runs were scored and 27 wickets were captured in the match -- by an innings and 75 runs.
Sourav Ganguly hospitalised again with chest pain
Ganguly, 48, had suffered a blackout while working out at his personal gym on January 2 and was taken to Kolkata's Woodlands Hospital. He underwent angioplasty and other related tests there and was discharged from the hospital on January 7.
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