Sumeet Kavthale

Duleep Trophy 2024 Schedule: Shubman Gill-led India A will clash against Abhimanyu Easwaran's India B in the opening match of the tournament at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru starting on September 5 with star cricketers KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel in action.

India's star athlete Sumit Antil will kick off his Paris Paralympics 2024 campaign in the men's javelin final event while Nitesh Kumar will feature in the men's singles badminton final on Monday. India enters Day 5 with six medals, including a gold from Avani Lekhara.

After winning India's first medal at 100m in Paralympic history, the Indian athlete Preethi Pal claimed another bronze in the women's 200m event on Sunday. She claimed India's overall 6th medal at the 17th Summer Paralympics 2024.

Nishad Kumar bagged his second Paralympics medal and India's seventh in the high jump category with a brilliant performance at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Sunday. India's other contender Ram Pal finished seventh in the same event with a finish of 1.95m.

After scoring a stunning hundred in the first innings, the right-arm pacer Gus Atkinson took five wickets in the second innings to power England to a big 190-run win in the second Test match against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Day 4.

"India being usual slow starters in an overseas series in SENA countries the first Test will be crucial. That they aren't playing proper first class games before that as well as in the week long gaps between some Test matches could work against them," Sunil Gavaskar said.

PAK vs BAN: Pakistani bowlers made an immediate impact on Day 3 by taking six wickets in quick succession but Bangladesh made a memorable comeback with Littion Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz adding 165 runs for the seventh wicket and closing the runs gap in the first innings.

Top three seedes Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff avoided early upsets to reach the round of 16 of the women's singles at the US Open 2024. Other outside contenders Jessica Pegula, Quinwen Zheng and Jasmine Paolini also made the pre-quarters to heat up the title race.

Shai Hope is enjoying a rich form in T20 cricket and has been selected by Hobart Hurricanes, coached by Ricky Ponting, in the Big Bash League 2024 player draft. The Hurricanes also signed the veteran English pacer Chris Jordan.

Avani Lekhara will target her record-breaking 4th medal in the Paralympics as she returns to the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 Qualification event with Sidharatha Babu on Sunday. Avani claimed India's only Gold at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Friday.

"It's been a great journey and I'm looking forward to playing my final professional tournament in front of my Caribbean people," Bravo posted on Instagram. "TKR is the place where everything started for me and will end with my team."

Captain and star defender Subasish Bose missed the defining penalty for Mohun Bagan Super Giants as NorthEast United pulled off a thrilling 4-3 win to clinch their maiden Durand Cup title at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium.

After scoring his record-equalling 33rd Test century in the first innings, Joe Root continued his red-hot form by adding another hundred in the second innings of the second Test match against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Saturday.

Rubina Francis registered 50.0 points in the first stage of the women's 10m air pistol final and then stayed in the top three with consistently impressive hits. Francis finished on the podium to produce India's fifth medal at the Paris Paralympics 2024.

The young opener Priyansh Arya smashed 120 runs off 50 balls and then skipper Ayush Badoni went ballistic by smashing 165 off just 55 balls to help South Delhi Superstaz post a mammoth total of 308 against North Delhi Strikers.

The world no.2 Novak Djokovic suffered a shock third-round exit at the US Open 2024 on Saturday as he finished the 2024 season without any grand slam title. The world no.1 Jannik Sinner has been tipped clear favourite after Djokovic and Alcaraz's exits in New York.

India's rising archer Sheetal Devi will begin her knockout campaign in the round of 16 after finishing second in the rankings round at the women's individual compound event at Paris Paralympics 2024 on Thursday.

ENG vs SL: Joe Root and Gus Atkinson's centuries helped England post a big total of 427 in their first innings and then pace bowlers dominated to bowl out Sri Lanka to just 196 at Lord's. Atkinson stole the day with his maiden Test hundred and also shone with a ball.