India tasted huge success under Dhoni, winning the 2007 World T20 and the 2011 World Cup at home. India also won the 2013 Champions Trophy under the Jharkhand dasher, who has not played any international cricket since India's semi final exit from the ODI World Cup last July.

The video has messages from BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, Smriti Mandhana, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Harmanpreet Kaur, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and Mithali Raj, all of them speaking about the importance of wearing masks and following the directives of the government in this fight.

The world will never be the same even when it is able to overcome the current crisis. In such a scenario, the way the game is played is also likely to change.

Wrestler-turned-politician Babita Phogat on Tuesday helped police personnel here in preparing meals for the needy amid the ongoing lockdown, officials said.

Spectators are integral to any sport. Their encouragement, vociferous chants for or against you is a necessity in sport, said the batting icon, who turns 47 on Friday, April 24.

 The items to be auctioned also include their respective gloves and shirts from that particular game where both of them had scored centuries to power RCB to a challenging 248 for three against Gujarat Lions. RCB had won the match by 144 runs. 

He said that his mind was "gone" after that reversal of decision, and like a fielder who wishes that balls don’t come to them after dropping a catch, he too wished that no other batsman would get hit on the pads after that.

Born in Kishoreganj District of undivided Bengal, which is now in Bangladesh, the striker, whose actual name was Subimal but was best known by his nickname, played 50 international matches between 1956 and 1964, including the 1960 Olympics in Rome. 

India dropped in the ladder largely because the record of 12 Tests victories and just one Test defeat in 2016-17 was removed in the latest chart, the ICC said in a statement.

Talking further about Kohli and Rohit, the 2011 World Cup winner said, "It is very difficult to compare both of them. Virat Kohli is unbelievable. His stats prove that. "But when your reputation is such that when you get out after a hundred, people say he has missed out on double hundred, that speaks volumes about you."

The young spinner, who now has made a mark for himself in the international arena, said that he no longer remembers what Sivaramakrishnan had said to him as his mind was blank at that stage.

The ongoing Coronavirus crisis across the world and a prolonged lockdown in India has halted MS Dhoni’s planned comeback to competitive cricket. He had joined the training camp with his IPL franchise team Chennai Super Kings but the initial delays in the start of IPL until April 15 and then for an indefinite period stopped him to press on for a place in the Indian squad.

The English Premier League season could be cancelled if teams did not agree to play the remaining 92 fixtures in neutral venues amid the COVID-19 pandemic, League Managers Association (LMA) chief executive Richard Bevan said Wednesday.

The Bundesliga season will restart on May 16 after a suspension of more than two months, the German Football League (DFL) said Thursday, becoming the first European league to resume amid the coronavirus epidemic

With the German Bundesliga resuming next week and other leagues around Europe making preparations to restart after the coronavirus-induced suspension, could France end up regretting the decision to call an early end to its football season?

World Cup record scorer Miroslav Klose has signed a one-year contract to become Bayern Munich assistant coach under head coach Hansi Flick from next season, the Bundesliga champions said Thursday.

Football is back in South Korea for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic shut down sports around the world, and its success or failure will be closely watched by leagues everywhere.

Teams will be allowed up to five substitutions per match, instead of the usual three, as a temporary measure to help cope with potential fixture congestion in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus outbreak, FIFA said Friday.

Britain's Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden warned Friday that the Premier League does not yet have the "green light" to resume but restated the government's hope that the season can be completed.

Barcelona trained Friday for the first time in nearly two months as the team held their first individual session as part of the league's four-phase plan to return to action after measures to halt the coronavirus were eased.

World number one Novak Djokovic said he initially struggled to cope with the uncertainty surrounding when tennis can restart after its shutdown in early March due to the novel coronavirus.

Rafael Nadal has said he views the rest of this year as "practically lost" for tennis and would even be relieved if the sport returned as normal at the start of 2021.

Fans can enjoy a full slate of classic college basketball games, including three national championships, Friday on ESPNU.

ESPN's team of college writers and reporters reflects on the stunning reversals of fortune they have covered during their careers.

Here are the top names seeking new homes (and those sitting out).

East Tennessee State University is promoting Jason Shay to be head coach of the men's basketball team, replacing Steve Forbes, who left for Wake Forest last week. Shay was on Forbes' staff the past five seasons.

Top international basketball prospect Rati Andronikashvili has committed to Creighton, he told ESPN on Thursday.

The NCAA enforcement staff, in its reply to Kansas regarding charges of five Level I rules violations, said coach Bill Self and assistant Kurtis Townsend "embraced, welcomed and encouraged" Adidas' influence to help high-profile recruits sign at KU.

Marquette has added Gardner-Webb transfer Jose Perez, who scored at least 15 points per game for his former team each of the past two seasons.

Elite college basketball prospect Donovan Clingan has offers to transfer to better programs, but he wants to stay at Bristol Central to break his mother's records.

A look at the best, the worst and the spiciest of the latest weekend of esports, which saw Sebastian Vettel making his long-awaited online racing debut.

Formula One has agreed a $145 million budget cap for teams next year and will continue to try and tighten that for future seasons, managing director Ross Brawn said on Monday.

Formula One can be expected to "hit a glitch" as the sport tries to complete a 2020 season stalled by the coronavirus pandemic, McLaren boss Zak Brown said on Monday.

Lando Norris talks to the ESPN F1 Podcast on the weekend's controversial iRacing collision with Simon Pagenaud and why he feels esports deserves to be treated with more respect having grown in stature this year.

Football stars Sergio Aguero and Arthur Melo have joined the grid for Formula One's esports event this Sunday.

Formula One's income between January and March plummeted from $246 million in 2019 to just $39 million this year, a drop of 84%, figures released by championship owners Liberty Media revealed on Thursday.

The W Series has launched an all-female online racing championship aimed at diversifying "what has previously been seen as a predominantly male-dominated activity."

Williams will put safety first even though the team is one of several whose survival depends on Formula One starting racing again, deputy principal Claire Williams said.

Formula One could race at circuits not on the current calendar as it seeks to rev up a 2020 season stalled by the coronavirus pandemic and against a backdrop of plunging revenues.

All you need to know about F1's plans to start the season with behind-closed-doors races in Europe this July, including numbers required and what another positive Covid-19 test would do to the hopes of completing a full championship year.

Angela Ruch has a full-time ride in the NASCAR Truck Series, a growing family and a docuseries on Facebook. Now, she'd love to get back to racing and get a win.

Daniel Ricciardo has said that when racing returns the first grand prix could be chaos.

With the leaders busy wrecking in front of him, Scott McLaughlin calmly won Saturday's virtual IndyCar Series race on the oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Alexander Albon won a virtual Formula One thriller around Brazil's Interlagos circuit on Sunday to deny Charles Leclerc an esports hat-trick.

The National Hot Rod Association is working toward resuming the 2020 season in August, with fans in attendance, according to a Monday press release.

Kyle Larson plans to race again Friday night in a World of Outlaws event at Knoxville Raceway after being fired three weeks ago by Chip Ganassi Racing.

Andretti Autosport and Chip Ganassi Racing are the first two American teams to commit to a new electric SUV off-road racing series scheduled to begin in 2021

IndyCar, which had yet to open its season when the coronavirus pandemic began, will start its engines June 6 at Texas Motor Speedway. There will be no spectators in attendance for the night race.

Kyle Larson returned to racing for the first time since he was fired by Chip Ganassi Racing for using a racial slur in an iRacing event last month.

Lewis Hamilton has said the prospect of taking part in a Formula One race without fans leaves him with an "empty feeling", but the six-time champion agreed it is better than no racing at all.