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New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 4 Live Score Updates: NZ Aim To Gain Advantage vs SL

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 4 Live Score Updates:Sri Lanka look to strengthen their position on Day 4 of the first Test encounter against New Zealand in Christchurch. At the end of Day 3, Sri Lanka were 83 for three in their second innings with a lead of 65 runs. Angelo Mathews was not out 20 while Prabath Jayasuriya was batting on two. For the Kiwis, Blair Tickner took three crucial wickets. Earlier, Daryll Mitchell slammed a gritty century and Matt Henry scored 72 as New Zealand recovered from 151 for five to 373 and was able to take a 18-run lead. (LIVE SCORECARD)

Wahab Riaz Kisses Martin Guptill After Dismissing Him During Peshawar Zalmi-Quetta Gladiators PSL Match. Watch

Left-arm pacer Wahab Riaz, who plays for Peshawar Zalmi in Pakistan Super League, kissed New Zealand batter Martin Guptill after dismissing him during his side's PSL match against Quetta Gladiators on Wednesday. The Gladiators were chasing a target of 241 runs against the Zalmi in the 20-over-a-side game. They got off to really good start, but Wahab got better of Guptill to bring his side back in the game. On the fifth ball of the third over, Riaz pitched a fast short ball. Guptill failed to time his pull properly and edged the ball in the air. Riaz took the catch comfortably on the follow through and then kissed Guptill on the latter's helmet grill.

Bavuma moves on from T20 World Cup trauma after magisterial Wanderers ton: 'I'm past it now'

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"On Wickets Like These": Shubman Gill's Honest Verdict On Ahmedabad Pitch During 4th Test Against Australia

Shubman Gill doesn't have a problem if he gets dismissed while playing his natural attacking game but what bothered him was getting out while playing a defensive shot which doesn't come naturally to him. Enjoying a golden run, Gill has now hit five hundreds across formats in just under two months and if the run is extended to three months, the count is six. It comprises two Test hundreds, three ODI tons including a double and a T20I hundred. So what did he tell himself during the lean patch? "There was phase in the middle when I was scoring 40s and 50s (52 and 44 against New Zealand in 2021) and getting out and when I played the one-off fifth Test in England, I scored some 20 odd (17) and I got out early in that innings," Gill recalled that not-so-great phase in his 15-Test career.

Watch: Virat Kohli Shares Light-Hearted Moment With Steve Smith. Video Breaks Internet

Virat Kohli impressed everyone with his gritty batting display on Day 3 of the fourth Test between India and Australia in Ahmedabad on Saturday as the star batsman slammed a Test fifty after almost 14 months. Although the final Test in the four-match series has been a hotly contested affair till now, Kohli ended up sharing a light moment with Australia stand-in skipper Steve Smith. In a video which has now gone viral on social media, Kohli was seen having a conversation with Smith who went on to check out Kohli's bat. Smith knocked on the bat to check something and was then joined by Marnus Labuschagne who also had a conversation with a smiling Kohli.

India's Gill repays faith with sublime test hundred

AHMEDABAD, India : India opener Shubman Gill's growing reputation as an all-format player got another boost on Saturday as he hit an elegant hundred in the fourth and final test against Australia.

Virat Kohli Surpasses Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar With Long-Awaited Fifty Against Australia

It was a good outing for Virat Kohli on Day 3 of the fourth Test match between India and Australia in Ahmedabad as the star batsman scored his first Test half-century in almost 14 months. The last time Kohli scored a fifty in the longest format of the game was back in January 2022 against South Africa. In the process, Kohli also became the fifth Indian cricketer to score 4000 runs at home after Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag. He was the third-fastest to reach the milestone after Sehwag and Tendulkar but became the one with the best average (58.82).

Andy Farrell: Experience vital to cope with Scotland threat

Andy Farrell says Ireland are primed to accept the toughest of challenges from a Scotland team with their own eyes on the prize.

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New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 4 Live Score Updates: NZ Aim To Gain Advantage vs SL

Wahab Riaz Kisses Martin Guptill After Dismissing Him During Peshawar Zalmi-Quetta Gladiators PSL Match. Watch

Bavuma moves on from T20 World Cup trauma after magisterial Wanderers ton: 'I'm past it now'

"On Wickets Like These": Shubman Gill's Honest Verdict On Ahmedabad Pitch During 4th Test Against Australia

Watch: Virat Kohli Shares Light-Hearted Moment With Steve Smith. Video Breaks Internet

India's Gill repays faith with sublime test hundred

Virat Kohli Surpasses Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar With Long-Awaited Fifty Against Australia

Andy Farrell: Experience vital to cope with Scotland threat