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Watch: Shreyas Iyer pulls off a spectacular reflex catch to dismiss Usman Khawaja

The incident took place in the sixth over of Australia's second innings when Khawaja looked to paddle-sweep Ravindra Jadeja in his first over. The Aussie opener middled the ball to perfection but it looked like he was not exactly aware where Iyer was positioned.As the ball flew off Khawaja's bat, Iyer, stationed at leg-gully ducked for cover but in the process put both his hands over his right shoulder and the ball somehow stuck to his hands. He then rolled over and landed on his shoulders to complete the acrobatic effort.

Market will determine if all T20 leagues will be successful or not: Geoff Allardice

The growth of franchise T20 leagues has left the cricket world divided as a more lucrative pay packet is luring a lot of top talent towards the shortest version. But the counter-argument is that of overkill.In the last one month, there has been the ILT20 in the UAE, SA T20 in South Africa, BPL in Bangladesh, and now the PSL has commenced in Pakistan."Well, I feel T20 leagues are adding new dimension to the game. The balance of the game is changing between traditional formats of the game and T20 leagues," Allardice told PTI during an interview.

Long-term broadcast deal will be in jeopardy if India-Pakistan clash doesn't happen in Asia Cup: Source

Asia Cup.The Asia Cup has been allotted to Pakistan but due to the prevailing political tensions between the neighbours, BCCI has said India will not send its team for the tournament in September and would rather want the continental event be moved to the UAE or Sri Lanka.However, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has so far not agreed to the demand, leading to a stalemate.In the event of India withdrawing from the Asia Cup in Pakistan, the tournament will lose its sheen and the broadcaster could incur heavy losses with no riveting India-Pakistan clashes.

Ravichandran Ashwin achieves a double to join elite list of Indian all-rounders

Ravichandran Ashwin leaves no stone unturned to make his presence felt on the ground. And the Indian all-rounder achieved another milestone during the second day of the second Test against Australia on Saturday.After three wickets in the first innings, the Indian all-rounder bailed his team out from the precarious position with his 37-run knock and added a crucial 114-run stand for the 8th-wicket along with Axar Patel.During his innings, Ashwin completed 5000 runs in first-class cricket to become the fifth Indian player to achieve a double of 5000 runs and 700 wickets.Vinoo Mankad, S Venkataraghavan, Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble are the other Indian players to have got the landmark in first-class cricket.

Glenn Maxwell blasts 61 on return from injury, selection for India ODIs a possibility

Glenn Maxwell's return to competitive cricket after recovering from a freak injury turned out to be a successful one as he smoked a 61-run knock for his club Fitzroy-Doncaster on Saturday. Proving his match fitness, Maxwell smashed 5 fours and a couple of sixes in his side's close two-wicket win. Maxwell is now expected to play Marsh Sheffield Shied match for Victoria against South Australia on Monday and if he does well, the 34-year-old could be in line for national call-up for the 3 ODIs against India in March.Maxwell suffered a grievous leg injury last year in November when he fractured his left fibula at a friend's party days after Australia had made a premature exit from the ICC T20 World Cup.

1st Test: Stuart Broad fires England to verge of victory over New Zealand

Stuart Broad razed New Zealand's top order with a destructive opening spell on Saturday to put England on the verge of winning the first Test at Mount Maunganui.Broad claimed four wickets under lights -- all clean bowled -- to reduce the Black Caps' second innings to 63-5 at stumps on day three, with hopes of reaching their winning target of 394 all but extinguished.

2nd Test: 'Unlucky' Virat Kohli falls to a 'controversial dismissal'

Virat Kohli was ruled out LBW to Australia debutant Matthew Kuhnemann in the second session of Day 2 of the 2nd Test at the Kolta on Saturday.Kohli looked assured at the crease for his 44 runs and was looking to take India out of trouble when disaster struck in the 50th over of the Indian innings with the hosts 5 wickets down.The arm ball from Kuhnemann came in and and just squeezed past the bat as Kohli tried to defend, but was struck on the bat and pad almost simultaneously. The Aussies appealed and Indian umpire Nitin Menon raised his finger. Kohli reviewed it straight away and also signalled to his batting partner at the other end KS Bharat that it was sliding down the leg side, doubting there's any bat there.

Perfect Medvedev ends Auger-Aliassime's Rotterdam title defence

Rotterdam ATP semi-finals with a straight sets defeat of the defending champion on Friday.Medvedev cruised to a 6-2, 6-4 win, hitting just five unforced errors to the Canadian's 20."Today was my best match of the week, but I have to build on this," said world number 11 Medvedev.Medvedev next faces Grigor Dimitrov after the Bulgarian saved two match points to down Alex de Minaur 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8/6) in his quarter-final.

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Watch: Shreyas Iyer pulls off a spectacular reflex catch to dismiss Usman Khawaja

Market will determine if all T20 leagues will be successful or not: Geoff Allardice

Long-term broadcast deal will be in jeopardy if India-Pakistan clash doesn't happen in Asia Cup: Source

Ravichandran Ashwin achieves a double to join elite list of Indian all-rounders

Glenn Maxwell blasts 61 on return from injury, selection for India ODIs a possibility

1st Test: Stuart Broad fires England to verge of victory over New Zealand

2nd Test: 'Unlucky' Virat Kohli falls to a 'controversial dismissal'

Perfect Medvedev ends Auger-Aliassime's Rotterdam title defence