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"Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma Would Want To Have Olympic Medal": Former Cricketer Atul Wassan

Former Indian cricketer Atul Wassan talked about how the T20 format presents an opportunity for teams to compete against strong cricketing nations in the Olympics and said that players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma would like to have an Olympic medal in their trophy cabinet. In the recently concluded 19th Asian Games, India sent a relatively inexperienced team that claimed the gold medal. In light of the performances of teams like Afghanistan and Netherlands in the T20 format, Wassan feels that with five years to go before the 2028 Olympics, teams will have a chance to develop and compete in the T20 format.

"Bad For Subcontinental Cricket": Gautam Gambhir's Huge Take On India-Pakistan Rivalry

Former Indian cricket team opener Gautam Gambhir believes that there is a massive difference between India and Pakistan right now and the dominance enjoyed by the Rohit Sharma-led side is not good news for subcontinental cricket. Pakistan were completely outplayed by India in the Cricket World Cup 2023 clash with Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer playing brilliant knocks to follow up a good show by the bowlers. Gambhir pointed out that India have dominated the rivalry lately and in case India and Pakistan play a bilateral series at the moment, he believes that it will not be a competitive affair.

Five-time champions Australia get their first win at Cricket World Cup, beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets

LUCKNOW, India: Five-time champions Australia secured their first win at the Cricket World Cup with a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka on Monday with almost 15 overs to spare and after a rain delay, high winds and dust from a sand storm.

Injured HS Prannoy Withdraws From Denmark And French Open

Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy has pulled out of the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament due to a back injury that troubled him during his maiden bronze medal-winning run at the recently-concluded Asian Games. The 31-year-old Indian had battled excruciating back pain to secure India's first medal in men's singles in 41 years at Hangzhou but now he will have to sit out for two to three weeks due to the injury. "We are not looking at playing any tournament this month. Something also came up in the MRI as well, so I will have to be out for 2-3 weeks, so I will not be able to play Denmark and France," Prannoy told PTI.