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Yusuf Pathan to contest LS polls: Top 15 cricketers who contested elections

Yusuf Pathan is not the first cricketer to have forayed into politics after a commendable cricketing career. Here are the 15 major cricketers who tried their luck in politics

NZ vs AUS 2nd Test: Australia needs 202 runs and New Zealand 6 wickets

Rachin Ravindra made 82, Tom Latham 73 and Daryl Mitchell 58 before New Zealand was out for 372 in its second innings after trailing by 94 on the first

India jump to No.1 in Test rankings, now reign supreme in all three formats

India, who are already heading the World Test Championship (WTC) standings, are now at the summit of the ICC rankings in all three formats of the game

IND vs ENG: Indian coach Dravid imparts crucial message to young guns

As key players like Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami and KL Rahul, who played only the opener, were unavailable, India found heroes in some young names in the series

I do worry it's a backroom team made up of cheerleaders: Vaughan on England

Vaughan suggested England must carry out an honest review of their 1-4 mauling in India by taking a leaf out of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola's book to breed an environment of ruthlessness

WPL 2024: UP Warriorz' Ecclestone, Kiran fined for Code of Conduct breach

The duo was fined for breaching Article 2.2 of the WPL's code of conduct during the match on Friday

How young and old combined to script one of India's finest series wins

The standout performers that allowed India to maintain their upper hand over England were young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav

Ranji Trophy final: Karun Nair backs Vidarbha's 'ability to fight back'

Vidarbha bounced back strongly in the second innings after being bowled out for a mere 170 in the first to win by 62 runs, setting up the final against Mumbai which starts here on Sunday

IND vs ENG: Ben Stokes full of admiration for India's bench strength

England came into the five-match series after extensive preparation in Abu Dhabi and even amidst the rubber they flew back to the Middle Eastern nation to further iron out the creases

Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer: Dravid spills beans on selcting players

Kishan has not played any cricket after skipping the two-Test series against South Africa but he has been preparing for IPL along with Mumbai Indians' teammate Hardik Pandya

Young names stepped up and executed their skills in pressure: Dravid

Players like Dhruv Jurel, Akash Deep, Sarfaraz Khan and Devdutt Padikkal embossed their names on the series at various stages with wonderful efforts

Day I don't feel I am good enough, I would retire straightway: Rohit Sharma

Rohit, whose side thrashed England by an innings and 64 runs here on Saturday to clinch the five-match Test series 4-1, added that the youngsters in the side played with a lot of maturity

Rohit Sharma takes over social media with his tongue-in-cheek 'garden' post

The pun intended in Rohit Sharma's Instagram post comes from a viral video clip of his directions to his fielders during the second Test against England in Vizag where the word garden was used

Test Cricket Incentive: All you need to know about BCCI's red-ball scheme

According to the Test Cricket Incentive Scheme, if a player plays more than fifty per cent of the Tests in a season for the Indian men's cricket team, he can earn more money than the actual match fees

IND vs ENG 5th Test: Top five key takeaways for Team India from Dharamsala

The Dharamsala Test was the easiest win for the Indian team among the five Tests against England. Here are the top five reasons for this

BCCI triples per match incentive to Rs 45 lakh for playing red-ball format

A Test player, who appears in a possible 10 Tests in a season will be richer by a whopping Rs 4.50 crore as incentive apart from a possible Rs 1.5 crore (15 lakh per game) in usual match fee

WTC 2023-25 points table: India, England's ranking after Dharamsala Test

Even after the Christchurch Test, Inda will remain at the top. The fight will be between New Zealand and Australia to get to the second position

5-fer in 100th Test: Ashwin joins Warne, Kumble, Muralidaran in elite list

The first player to pick a five-wicket haul in their 100th Terst was Australian spinner Shane Warne. Muralidaran and Kumble are the only others among 23 bowlers to have played 100 Tests

IND vs ENG 5th Test Day 3 Highlights: India win by innings and 64 runs

India vs England 5th Test Day 3 Highlights: Ravichandran Ashwin picked 9/128 and Kuldeep Yadav 7/112. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill hit centuries as Indian team beat English by an innings and 64 runs

IPL 2024: Virat Kohli credits league's success to player-fan 'connect'

Kohli has made himself unavailable for the ongoing five-Test series against England due to personal reasons and is expected to be back for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL opener against Chennai