Sriram Veera

Atanu Das and his world number one wife Deepika Kumari are the two Indians left in the fray. Deepika has also made the round of 16.

A prodigy, a son missing his deceased father, a gay athlete who found love and safety in his Oscar-winning partner, a young father and now Olympic champion: Tom Daley is a happy winner after years of fighting demons

The 18-year-old Tunisian swimmer, the slowest among those who qualified for the final, produced a spectacular race to pinch gold in 400m freestyle.

Japanese marathon’s late talisman, Tsuburaya, was a hero of the 1964 Games who lived to run and died clutching his medal. Fifty three years since his death, the nation's iconic running culture owes much to the tragic hero

R Ashwin bagged an impressive six-wicket haul for Surrey against Somerset in the second innings at the Oval.

Yashpal Sharma was also a national selector for three years from 2003 and supported Sourav Ganguly over the fracas with the coach Greg Chappell, and was instrumental in the international comeback of Ganguly.

Indian captain Virat Kohli's cryptic postmortem about batsmen lacking intent has the potential to confuse the team on a tough tour.

New Zealand hold their nerve at various stages on the final day to become World Test champions, a result of administrative foresight as much as sporting talent.

Going into the reserve day, WTC final tantalisingly poised with Kiwis marginally in front

Jamieson’s prowess, openers’ old-fashioned virtues help NZ into good position in WTC final vs India.

India's openers fell in quick succession after a positive start to leave them vulnerable at 62 for 2, but Virat Kohli held them together with a wonderfully composed unbeaten 44.

The 2018 Test series in England was where the seeds of revival were planted, that has put India on the cusp of glory

Ravindra Jadeja throws light on how he became a power-batsman, his sizzling fielding, his formative years in bowling and on that famous celebration after the fifty during the 2019 World Cup semi-final.

Pollard likes to stay beside the ball, at times outside the leg-stump, and try to swing it to the arc between long-off and long-on. Resultantly, he has had problems reaching out to legally-wide deliveries outside off.

Pollard out-thumps CSK after Rayudu flexes batting muscle.

Like most classy batsmen, the Punjab Kings captain has been able to iron out a flaw, pace his innings better and come back stronger.

KL Rahul scored a combative 91* while Harpreet Brar accounted for three key batsmen as Punjab Kings thumped Royal Challengers Bangalore by 34 runs in Ahmedabad on Friday.

Teams will have to target at least 190-200 to test the chasing team at Delhi, or so it seems at this stage.

The Englishman is not the only batsman who does it. South African AB de Villiers too has employed this tactic.

Off-side play is seen as a limiting factor in Faf Du Plessis' batsmanship. The South African, however, has stuck to his hands wide-apart grip, which experts believe limits his ability to play through the off. Yet he has found a way to be more effective.

Warner huffs and puffs, Chennai whistle to victory

Batting is about transferring weight and being still when playing a shot. At the top level, one needs to be strong on the back foot but still have the balance and skill to play under the eyes, and be in a position to transfer the weight forward. Occasionally, Gill doesn’t quite that weight-transfer properly.

Finger-flicking spinners Narine and Chakravarthy applied the squeeze, Captain Morgan aced the chase.

Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Ben Stokes got out on a duck in the second innings in the first over of the innings bowled by Mohammed Shami