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IPL 2025: England's Jacob Bethell Excited To Link Up With "King Kohli" At RCB

England's young star Jacob Bethell is looking forward to playing alongside Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and India stalwart Virat Kohli in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season. Bethell became RCB's latest acquisition in the recent IPL 2025 mega auction for Rs 2.6 crore. The 21-year-old attracted bids from Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings but both franchises failed to overcome RCB's resolve. Bethell will link up with his England teammates Phil Salt and Liam Livingstone at RCB but it is Virat he is most excited to rub shoulders with. "It's a bit of a given, isn't it? "Virat! He's a great of the game so... King Kohli," Bethell said, with a wry smile, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

Mohamed Amaan Shines As India Beat Japan By 211 Runs In Under-19 Asia Cup

Mohamed Amaan led from the front with an unbeaten century, while KP Karthikeya and opener Ayush Mhatre made fifties to hand India a comfortable 211-run victory over minnows Japan in the Under-19 Asia Cup on Monday. Amaan slammed an unbeaten 122 off just 118 balls, a knock studded with only seven boundaries, after India were invited to bat. Besides Amaan, Karthikeya made 57 off 49 balls with the help of five fours and one six, while Mhatre's fiery 29-ball 54-run knock featured six boundaries and four hits over the fence. C Andre Siddarth (38), Hardik Raj (25 not out), and Vaibhav Suryavanshi (23) also played useful knocks to help India post a mammoth 339 for 6 in their 50 overs.

"Mumbai Cha Raja": Rohit Sharma Ends Fan's 10-Year-Long Wait For Autograph - Watch

An ardent fan of Rohit Sharma checked into Manuka Oval, called out his names multiple times before breaking into a "Mumbai cha raja" chant to attract the India captain's attention, and get his autograph, which he was seeking for the past 10 years. All his hard work -- and tactic -- was worth the effort as a smiling Rohit duly obliged and ended the fan's "decade-old" wait by signing him an autograph after India's comfortable victory in the warm-up game against Prime Minister's XI on Sunday. "Rohit bhai please, dus saal ho gaye yaar (it's been 10 years). Rohit bhai Mumbai cha raja (king of Mumbai)," the fan stood out with his plea. The BCCI also took note of it.

As Team India Scripted Sensational Turnaround, Sourav Ganguly Wasted No Time To Do This

India's stunning victory over Australia upset the predictions of quite a few cricket experts and former cricketers, who had given Australia the edge looking at India's form in the home series against New Zealand. One of them, former England cricketer Michael Vaughan, had predicted that Australia would win the five-match Test series 3-1. However, just after Australia were bundled out for 104 in response to India's first innings total of 150, legendary former India captain Sourav Ganguly did not miss a chance to tease Vaughan and remind him about his prediction.

Watch: Hardik Pandya Turns Beast Mode On, Slams 28 Runs In Single Over Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

India all-rounder Hardik Pandya was in red hot batting form as Baroda beat Tripura in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy on Friday in Indore. Hardik hit a quickfire 47 off just 23 balls, including 28 runs in a single over off Parvez Sultan, to help Baroda chase down Tripura's mediocre total of 109/9 in just 11.2 overs. The former India captain hit 4 towering sixes and a solitary four in the 10th over of Baroda's innings at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.

From "Is He Ready" To "Most Impressive": Sunil Gavaskar's Stunning U-Turn On India Star vs Australia. Not Yashasvi Jaiswal

Sunil Gavaskar, former Indian cricket team captain, is highly impressed with the performance of the side in the first Test against Australia. Playing without regular captain Rohit Sharma, the side notched a memorable win over Australia in Perth with Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli stepping up. But the 'most impressive' performance, according to Gavsakar, came from debutant allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy. Reddy scored 41 and 38* while also taking a wicket.

Gaby Lewis hits half-century but Ireland suffer series whitewash as Bangladesh win third ODI

Bangladesh completed a 3-0 ODI series success as they beat Ireland by seven wickets in Mirpur.

"Heads To Be Chopped...": Sunil Gavaskar Senses Panic In Australia Camp, Highlights 'Mystery' Pull Out

Legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar believes the panic in Australian team environment is very much evident, citing Josh Hazlewood's comments, after losing to India by 295 runs in the first Test at Perth. The heavy defeat meant Australia are now 1-0 behind in the five-match series, with the second game, a pink-ball affair, set to happen in Adelaide on December 6. "The panic in the Australian ranks is palpable, what with former players calling for heads to be chopped off and some even hinting at cracks in the Australian team after Josh Hazlewood's media interview at the end of the third day's play, where he suggested that it was up to the batters to now do something.

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IPL 2025: England's Jacob Bethell Excited To Link Up With "King Kohli" At RCB

Mohamed Amaan Shines As India Beat Japan By 211 Runs In Under-19 Asia Cup

"Mumbai Cha Raja": Rohit Sharma Ends Fan's 10-Year-Long Wait For Autograph - Watch

As Team India Scripted Sensational Turnaround, Sourav Ganguly Wasted No Time To Do This

Watch: Hardik Pandya Turns Beast Mode On, Slams 28 Runs In Single Over Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

From "Is He Ready" To "Most Impressive": Sunil Gavaskar's Stunning U-Turn On India Star vs Australia. Not Yashasvi Jaiswal

Gaby Lewis hits half-century but Ireland suffer series whitewash as Bangladesh win third ODI

"Heads To Be Chopped...": Sunil Gavaskar Senses Panic In Australia Camp, Highlights 'Mystery' Pull Out