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Ranji Trophy final for the first time in 74 years after a dramatic semifinal win against Gujarat in Ahmedabad on Friday. On the fifth morning of the match, Gujarat's No. 10 batsman, Arzan Nagwaswalla, attempted a slog-sweep that ricocheted off the helmet of Salman Nizar at silly point and was caught by captain Sachin Baby at first slip. The dismissal left Gujarat short by three runs for the crucial first-innings lead, securing Kerala's place in the final for the first time since their debut in the tournament in 1951-52.

Coca-Cola is attempting to capitalise on Pakistan hosting its biggest cricket event in nearly 30 years, and steal the spotlight away from the host nation's official team sponsor Pepsi, by tapping into the country's love of 'tape-ball cricket'.

Shoaib Akhtar criticised star batter Babar Azam for his slow and conservative knock against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy opener, saying that the batter has «no intention to improve».

Pakistan cricket team left for Dubai for the marquee Champions Trophy clash against arch-rivals India without opener Fakhar Zaman, who suffered an injury during the opening match against New Zealand here on February 19. The stalwart suffered a muscle strain while fielding in the New Zealand innings and remained away from the field for most part of the innings.

Champions Trophy 2025 matches in Dubai as BCCI refused to play in Pakistan because of security reasons.

Arvind Sanger, Managing Partner, Geosphere Capital Management, says Trump's threats of tariffs are just the starting point in negotiations, not the final goal. Because of this, the market continues to rise. Another interesting point is that this year's rally isn't just fueled by the Magnificent 7. It's much more widespread. This is a positive sign, indicating a general sense of economic optimism rather than just focusing on those seven companies and ignoring the rest. What will the US President do next, no one knows. I at least do not know. Do you? Arvind Sanger: None of us know, but the market has correctly been rising because the bet is that at the end of the day, Trump's tariff threats are a negotiating tool. They are not a tool to destroy the US economy because eventually tariffs hurt everybody. So, the market is making the bet that deregulation is coming, taxes are going to stay low. The one area where I worry is that there is a hope that maybe there will be a lot of cost savings from DOGE and Elon Musk, and I am not sure how much they will be able to extract, but there is some hope that there will be something there.

Rohit Sharma's toes, Pakistan-born net bowler Awais Ahmed caught the attention of the cricket world, including the revered India skipper. Rohit praised the bowler after facing some fiery deliveries in the nets, and the India captain also playfully told the young pacer that he was «trying to break his legs» with his toe-crushing yorkers.

Shubman Gill on Wednesday became the top-ranked ODI batter after pipping Pakistan's Babar Azam. Gill, who scored two half centuries and a century in three matches against England last week, has 796 rating points to his name, which are 23 more in comparison to Babar (773). It is the second time in ODI that Gill has moved to the No. 1 position in the ODI rankings.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For a week in Mumbai, India’s city of dreams, Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi took Indian tennis on a fantastical ride. While her legs were tired by the end of it, her courage rarely wavered as she went from a wildcard in the qualifiers to a semi-finalist at the L&T Mumbai Open.

Rachin Ravindra suffered a forehead injury during an ODI match against Pakistan at the newly renovated Gaddafi Stadium in Pakistan on Saturday.

Snoop Dogg performed at the Inaugural Crypto Ball, President Trump’s inauguration ceremony. His social media fan following has decreased rapidly after he appeared as the featured performer at the ceremony on January 17, reports Newsweek.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Five minutes before she walked on to the court for her first WTA Tour main draw match, Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi learnt about the change of opponents. Rather than UK’s Yuriko Miyazaki, who pulled out due to illness, she would be playing Iryna Shymanovich of Belarus.

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI are stepping up their partnership in artificial intelligence, setting up a 50-50 held company called SB OpenAI Japan

Rishi Sunak on Sunday visited the Parsee Gymkhana in south Mumbai and enjoyed a game of cricket, asserting he was happy that he did not get out too many times.

West Indies Women Innings Highlights : West Indies Women vs Bangladesh Women Live Score: Four! The batter switches her hand and hits this through the point. A boundary is scored. West Indies Women vs Bangladesh Women Live Score: West Indies Women Shabika Gajnabi 18 (9) Zaida James 5 (3) Bangladesh Women Lata Mondal 0/26 (3) West Indies Women vs Bangladesh Women Live Score: Four! The short ball is dispatched.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It's been a fall-winter season of clean, spare and palate-cleansing clothing with an intense focus on details, going by the menswear presentations during Paris Fashion Week. Kim Jones at Dior Men celebrated coquette-core of sorts, with models wearing semi-opaque bows as a blindfold along with borrowed-from-the-granny knitwear and cropped jumpers with bow detailing on the sleeves.

An Indiana man who was pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump last Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a sheriff’s deputy on Sunday.

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE Score: After winning the first two T20Is, the Indian team will aim seal the series in Rajkot in the third game against England on Tuesday. After steamrolling against the Jos Buttler-led side in Kolkata with much ease, the hosts needed a Tilak Varma magic to clinch a thriller in Chennai. All eyes will be on Mohammed Shami after the veteran pacer was declared completely fit by India's new batting coach Sitanshu Kotak.

all-rounder Melie Kerr made history on Tuesday by becoming the first Kiwi recipient of the prestigious Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, earning the title of ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year for her exceptional performances in 2024. The 24-year-old stood out among her peers, surpassing Laura Wolvaardt, Chamari Athapaththu, and Annabel Sutherland to claim the top honour in women's cricket.