Aditya Kukalyekar

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Australia dropped Sam Konstas as Travis Head opened the innings in the first Test vs Sri Lanka in Galle. It was a massive call from them even as Konstas has taken his axing in stride after no assurance of a place in the Test team for the Ashes during home summer.

Varun Chakaravarthy has jumped 25 places to end up in fifth position in the latest T20I rankings. He has picked up 10 wickets in three T20Is so far including a five-wicket haul in Rajkot. Unfortunately, India lost the game as they couldn't chase down 172 runs.

Hardik Pandya has been taking the new ball in the ongoing T20I series against England with India fielding only one specialist pacer. He has fared decently bowling his quota of four overs and batted at five scoring 50 runs including a 40-run knock in third T20Is.

Usman Khawaja scored his 16th Test century on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. This is his eighth ton in the World Test Championship, and in the process, he also passed Babar Azam in the list of the most runs scored in WTC history.

ICC introduced the World Test Championship in 2019 and since then, the third cycle is about to end. A lot of batters have scored a lot of runs and centuries so far in the tournament. Here's the list of the top five players with most centuries in WTC history.

Virat Kohli is featuring in Ranji Trophy for the first time since November 2012 and the fans are excited to watch him. DDCA announced that entry was free for 10000 fans and they thronged the stadium early in the morning forcing them to open more gates.

Shardul Thakur has continued to shine in the Ranji Trophy. This time he has struck with the ball picking up a stunning hat-trick against Meghalaya. At one stage, Meghalaya were six down for just two runs but they recovered to post 86 runs before getting bowled out.

Usman Khawaja had the time of his life with the bat in the first Test against Sri Lanka notching up his maiden double century. In the process, he also broke Sachin Tendulkar's long-standing record in the island nation before being dismissed for 232 runs.

The women's Ashes Test with the pink ball got underway today at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground and Nat Sciver-Brunt created history in the first innings. She scored 51 runs off 129 balls with four fours before getting out Alana King.