As if becoming the most prolific ODI centurion in the history of the game wasn't enough, Virat Kohli brought up his record 50th hundred in a World Cup semifinal at the iconic Wankhede Stadium, with his family and childhood hero cheering from the stands. The 35-year-old, who now has one more ODI hundred than Tendulkar, equated the circumstances of his record feat to painting "the perfect picture". "Look, as I said, it's stuff of dreams. You know, Anushka [Sharma, his wife] was...

Do not believe. You are not the Boston Red Sox fans who held up signs in the stands demanding their peers "Believe!" during the team's march to the 2003 American League Championship, which they duly clinched by beating the damned New York Yankees. You are South Africans, and you know better than to put faith in a team who have never reached a men's World Cup final; who more often than not have exited the tournament in tatters. Believe. You are Australian,...

In the aftermath of Pakistan's abysmal World Cup 2023 campaign, Babar Azam has relinquished captaincy in all formats of the sport. Pakistan have since announced Shan Masood as the Test captain, Shaheen Afridi as their T20I captain and Mohammad Hafeez as the new Director of Pakistan Men's team in place of Mickey Arthur. "Today I am stepping down as the captain of Pakistan in all formats. It's a difficult decision but I feel it is a right time for this call,"...

Is there a chink in India's armour? Who knows. Nine different teams took turns unsuccessfully to discover it and with each failed attempt, India's aura grew stronger, their stature more forbidding. On Saturday, a member of the team's support staff hurled balls from close range at Ishan Kishan, who kept casually dispatching them to the stands as if he were merely snapping his fingers. The night before, Ravichandran Ashwin bowled a delivery to Virat Kohli that India's No.3 looked to work...

When Rachin Ravindra was 8 or 9, he was hit by the ball during a net session in Wellington. He had to be immediately carried to a hospital. Next thing, one heard he was back at the nets to resume his training. "He came back after he was cleared of any serious damage," says father Ravi Krishnamurthy. For a boy of such a tender age, being committed to his passion is no easy feat, but Rachin has been different since his...

Ben Stokes is set to be released by Chennai Super Kings. The decision, albeit reluctant, is based on his likely unavailability for IPL 2024. The England all-rounder, acquired by CSK for Rs 16.25 crore in the last mini-auction in Kochi, participated in only two games throughout the season. It is established that Stokes will undergo surgery on his left knee and the procedure necessitates close to two months for recovery. However, the Chennai Super Kings management is unwilling to take a chance on...

Elvis Presley killed JFK, and now runs a hotel with Jim Morrison in Morocco, from where the Illuminati, the Freemasons and Bill Gates rule the world with the help of a powerful global cabal, who cooked up Covid-19 to seize control of everything forever. And Temba Bavuma is undroppable because he is black. All of the above conspiracy theories, and others, are available in a social media cesspool near you. The last of them, fuelled by racism, has been particularly in...