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'Mankading': How India's first post Independence superstar cricketer still gets maligned

For more than five decades, he held the world record opening stand of 413 in Test matches with his partner Pankaj Roy. Even the 231 that he scored in that game against New Zealand in Chennai in January 1965 stood the test of time for nearly three decades as the highest individual Test score by an Indian before Sunil Gavaskar surpassed it in 1983. He was perhaps one of the first professionals among the amateurs in '40s and '50s when cricket couldn't be a source of sustenance.

2nd unofficial ODI: Kuldeep, Prithvi shine as India A win series

Kuldeep may not be part of India's World Cup T20 squad but the 27-year-old showed his potential with the ball. Brought into the attack in the 14th over, Kuldeep kept bowling in the right areas. However, success came his way in the final spell.

Sock and Auger-Aliassime keep Team World in Laver Cup chase

Although Team Europe went into the finale of the three-day tournament leading 8-4, Team World were still in the hunt as Sunday's matches counted for three points each. Team Europe needed two victories from four matches on Sunday to make it a fifth successive Laver Cup triumph, while Team World had to win three contests to claim their first title in the competition. Canadian rising star Auger-Aliassime teamed up with American Sock to secure the first of those three required victories, setting the stage for a dramatic finish to the tournament.

How about awarding wicket to bowler for presence of mind: Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday said wickets ought to be credited to bowlers' accounts when they run out batters at the non-striker's end for backing up too far, as it requires "presence of mind". Going by the ICC manual, India all-rounder Deepti Sharma's run out of Charlie Dean in the third ODI was perfectly legal, but it still divided opinion with many backing it while Englishmen, such as Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Sam Billings, expressing their annoyance.

Bhavani Devi to test skills in National Games to prepare for bigger events

The 29-year-old, who won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Fencing Championship last month, will be one of the attractions at the multi-sport event in Gujarat. "I have changed my coach, my technique, my strategies, everything is changed now. We have more important events, like the Olympic qualification in April.

2nd unofficial ODI: Kuldeep's hat-trick, Shaw's 77 help India A beat New Zealand A by 4 wickets

Prithvi Shaw's 77 runs off 48 deliveries and Ruturaj Gaikwad's 30 runs helped India A, chasing 220, put up an opening stand of 82 runs for the Indian team. For Kiwis Logan van Beek scalped three conceding 46 runs while Jacob Duffy bagged two wickets. India A led the three-match series 2-0.

Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova shines in Seoul for third title

The two battled to a lengthy tiebreaker after an evenly matched hour-long first set in front of more than 10,000 spectators, a record for the Seoul event. But everything changed in the second set as Russia's second-seeded Alexandrova dominated the former French Open champion from Latvia, who required a medical timeout at 3-0 down for a foot problem.

Kuldeep Yadav bags hat-trick against New Zealand A

Yadav bagged the wickets of Logan van Beek, Joe Walker and Jacob Duffy in the 47th over of the innings. In the match, Yadav picked a four-wicket haul while taking a hat trick. Kuldeep took a hat-trick in the 47th over of the innings.

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'Mankading': How India's first post Independence superstar cricketer still gets maligned

2nd unofficial ODI: Kuldeep, Prithvi shine as India A win series

Sock and Auger-Aliassime keep Team World in Laver Cup chase

How about awarding wicket to bowler for presence of mind: Ashwin

Bhavani Devi to test skills in National Games to prepare for bigger events

2nd unofficial ODI: Kuldeep's hat-trick, Shaw's 77 help India A beat New Zealand A by 4 wickets

Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova shines in Seoul for third title

Kuldeep Yadav bags hat-trick against New Zealand A