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Rohit Sharma Breaks Sachin Tendulkar's All-Time Record With Blazing Fifty Against Pakistan

India captain Rohit Sharma put all the pre-match talk about his performances against Pakistan pacers to bed, scoring a brilliant half-century in the Asia Super 4 clash on Sunday. Though rain pushed the match into reserve day (Monday), Rohit had done enough to give India a fine start with the bat in the high-profile contest. As Rohit went past the 50-run mark, he broke Sachin Tendulkar's record of scoring the most number of half-centuries in the ODI format of the Asia Cup for an Indian.

Brendon McCullum Served 'Muttiah Muralitharan Reminder' Over Jonny Bairstow Controversy

Australia's former cricketer Ed Cowan called out England's 'hypocrisy' over their stand on the dismissal of Jonny Bairstow in the second test match of the Ashes. On the final day of the second Ashes test, a debate started on the cricketing fair play as Australia's Alex Carey stumped Bairstow at 10 runs off 22 balls. Bairstow left the final ball of Cameron Green's over alone to the wicketkeeper and started walking outside the crease assuming the ball was dead. However, an alert Carey realised there was an opportunity to run the batter out and effected a directed hit at the striker's end to catch Bairstow well short.

Virat Kohli Gets Special Mention By Kevin Pietersen, Kumar Sangakkara During Ashes Analysis

Though it's the first Ashes Test between England and Australia in Edgbaston, it's Virat Kohli who became a big talking point among experts Kevin Pietersen and Kumar Sangakkara. After the end of Day 4, the two former cricketers sat down for a chat where they started to discuss that it was the first time that the England batter was stumped in his Test career. As the host pointed that this year was also the first time that Virat Kohli was dismissed via stumping, the Sangakkara and Pietersen couldn't hold themselves back from hailing the Indian batter.

On Yashavi Jaiswal's Calmness In Batting, Suresh Raina Credits Sri Lanka Legend

Rajasthan Royals pulled off a four-wicket win over Punjab Kings in Match No. 66 of IPL 2023 in Dharamsala on Friday night to theoretically stay in contention for a play-off place. Set a tricky target of 188 for victory, the Royals, reached 189/6 in 19.4 overs with Shimron Hetmyer scoring 46, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal hitting 50 and Devdutt Padikkal hammering 51. Earlier, PBKS scored 187/5 thanks largely to the efforts of Sam Curran 49 not out, Jitesh Sharma 44 and M Shahrukh Khan 41 not out.

IPL 2023: "Threw Away Their Wickets" - Kumar Sangakkara's Blunt Verdict On RR Batters

Head coach Kumar Sangakkara feels Rajasthan Royals' batters threw away their wickets, adding that the IPL match was lost in the powerplay itself after of half the side was sent packing by Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Sunday. The Royals suffered a dramatic batting collapse to be bowled out for 59 -- the third lowest innings total in the IPL -- against RCB. Chasing a competitive 172-run target, the hosts lost five wickets for 25 runs in the powerplay to eventually lose by 112 runs. "It was a poor batting performance. We bowled well to keep them under 170, which on this pitch was going to be a good chase," Sangakkara said.

Watch: "It Was Embarrassing" - Head Coach Kumar Sangakkara's Brutal Remarks After RR's Loss vs GT

Rajasthan Royals had a forgettable night on Friday as they faced a big nine-wicket defeat in a low-scoring encounter against Gujarat Titans. Playing at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur, RR were bundled out for 118, after Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad took three and two wickets respectively. Later, GT chased down the target in just 13.5 over with nine wickets in hand. After their loss, RR players had to face the wrath of their head coach Kumar Sangakkara as he did not mince his words while criticising them.

Watch: Horrible Confusion Between Sanju Samson And Yashasvi Jaiswal Results In Poor Run Out In RR vs GT IPL 2023 Game

Rajasthan Royals had a forgettable outing against Gujarat Titans in an IPL 2023 game on Friday. Batting first, the Sanju Samson-led side could not even touch 120 and ultimately lost the game by nine wickets. Rajasthan Royals coach Kumar Sangakkara termed the team's performance against the defending champions Gujarat Titans as "extremely poor" and "embarrassing". Rajasthan succumbed to a total of 118 in 17.5 overs in the Indian Premier League match against GT on the home turf. The GT batters didn't even break a sweat while chasing the target, as they registered a comfortable 9-wicket victory to reclaim the top spot in the group stage. Throughout the match, Rajasthan struggled to build on the openings that they created.

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Rohit Sharma Breaks Sachin Tendulkar's All-Time Record With Blazing Fifty Against Pakistan

Brendon McCullum Served 'Muttiah Muralitharan Reminder' Over Jonny Bairstow Controversy

Virat Kohli Gets Special Mention By Kevin Pietersen, Kumar Sangakkara During Ashes Analysis

On Yashavi Jaiswal's Calmness In Batting, Suresh Raina Credits Sri Lanka Legend

IPL 2023: "Threw Away Their Wickets" - Kumar Sangakkara's Blunt Verdict On RR Batters

Watch: "It Was Embarrassing" - Head Coach Kumar Sangakkara's Brutal Remarks After RR's Loss vs GT

Watch: Horrible Confusion Between Sanju Samson And Yashasvi Jaiswal Results In Poor Run Out In RR vs GT IPL 2023 Game