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Ignored For West Indies T20Is, Rinku Singh Plays Blinder In Duleep Trophy

Ingnored for the upcoming five-match T20I series against West Indies, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batter Rinku Singh provided some artificial excitement in the ongoing Duleep Trophy, slamming a 30-ball 40 for Central Zone in the semi-final against West Zone. Rinku took the West Zone bowlers to cleaners in the last hour before lunch. Target was bordering on impossible, but Rinku, who had hammered 5 consecutive sixes for Kolkata Knight Riders against Yash Dayal of Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023, would have none of it.

Watch: Mitchell Starc's Unplayable Delivery Leaves Moeen Ali Stunned In 3rd Ashes Test

Mitchell Starc outplayed Moeen Ali with a ripper during England's fourth innings of the third Ashes Test on Sunday. In their chase of 251, England ended Day 3 at the score of 27 without loss at Headingley in Leeds. On the following day, Mitchell Starc dismissed Ben Duckett to provide Australia with the first breakthrough at the score of 42. England sent Moeen at the number three position but the plan didn't work as Starc sent the batter packing at his individual score of 5.

"Expected More From Him...": Sunil Gavaskar's Scathing Take On Rohit Sharma's Captaincy

Legendary Indian cricket team batter Sunil Gavaskar was not pleased with Rohit Sharma's captaincy and said that he expected more from him. Since Rohit replaced Kohli as the India skipper, the national team has failed to qualify for the T20 World Cup final and has also lost to Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final. In a recent interaction, Gavaskar raised questions over Rohit's captaincy and said that he has not done justice to his reputation as the joint-most successful captain in the Indian Premier League (IPL) where he has won five titles with Mumbai Indians.

Australia's Warner in spotlight as Cummins says all options on table

David Warner's hopes of choosing the manner of his retirement from international cricket have dimmed after the Australian opener's twin failures in the defeat by England at Headingley and Mitchell Marsh's successful return to the side.

Sunil Gavaskar Turns 74: A Look At Accomplishments, Memorable Moments Of Legendary Indian Batter

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, also known by the nicknames 'Sunny' and 'Little Master', is doubtlessly among the greatest Indian cricketers to have graced the gentleman's game. The diminutive opener, who burst into the cricketing spotlight in his debut Test series overseas against the mighty West Indies, fronting up to the fiery Caribbean quicks, broke numerous batting records while setting new ones over the course of a spectacular career, turned 74 on Monday. Several of his historic and heroic innings in cricket's longest and, arguably, the toughest format, came between 1971 and 1987.

Saravanan sets sights on Olympic return in Paris

Vishnu Saravanan's first taste of the Olympic waters in Marseille proved more than enough to whet the appetite for a potential return in 12 months as he looks to continue putting sailing on the map back home. Saravanan, one of four Indian sailors to compete at Tokyo 2020, sits 29th in the ILCA 7 standings after the opening day of the Olympic Test Event on the Mediterranean coast, his cause not helped by a yellow flag at the start of race two. Ad The 24-year-old will hope for an upturn in fortunes as the week goes on as he continues to build towards the upcoming World Championships, where vital Paris 2024 quota places will be up for grabs.

"He Is Going To Do...": Virat Kohli Expecting Same Old Chris Gayle On West Indies Tour

Team India's tour of West Indies is set to kick off next week with the first Test in Dominica from Wednesday, July 12. The visitors will play two Tests, three ODIs and five T20Is against the hosts. Just like any of their previous tours of the Caribbean islands, star batter Virat Kohli feels Chris Gayle will invite everyone to his house in Jamaica, where the players will go and chill out with the fun loving former West Indies captain.

'I couldn't watch' - England exhilarating run chase too much even for Stokes

LEEDS, England: England's exhilarating run chase to battle back into the Ashes series was even too much for captain Ben Stokes, despite the captain being the source of many a dramatic innings.

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Ignored For West Indies T20Is, Rinku Singh Plays Blinder In Duleep Trophy

Watch: Mitchell Starc's Unplayable Delivery Leaves Moeen Ali Stunned In 3rd Ashes Test

"Expected More From Him...": Sunil Gavaskar's Scathing Take On Rohit Sharma's Captaincy

Australia's Warner in spotlight as Cummins says all options on table

Sunil Gavaskar Turns 74: A Look At Accomplishments, Memorable Moments Of Legendary Indian Batter

Saravanan sets sights on Olympic return in Paris

"He Is Going To Do...": Virat Kohli Expecting Same Old Chris Gayle On West Indies Tour

'I couldn't watch' - England exhilarating run chase too much even for Stokes