Top performances from Sam Curran and Ben Stokes powered England to their second ICC T20 World Cup title after 2010, as they defeated Pakistan by five wickets in a gripping low-scoring final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday

Sachin Tendulkar described the BCCI decision as a welcome step towards gender equality in the game and erasing discrimination from the sport

India's World Cup-winning captain added in the video that he tried playing like Sachin but later realised that his style of play was different and he could not play like him.

Goswami finished with 44 wickets in 12 Tests, 255 wickets in 204 ODIs and 56 wickets in 68 T20Is

He spoke about this during the latest episode of ICC Review on Monday. After Virat finally scored his much-anticipated 71st international ton, talks and questions about the star surpassing the all-time great Tendulkar in the tally of centuries have picked up once again

Having equalled Ponting, there is only one name on the list of most tons above Kohli now - Tendulkar with 100 centuries.

Bumrah displayed his prowess with the bat by taking 35 from Broad's final over in the first innings as India's tail wagged to help them amass a score of 416 in the fifth and final Test on day two at Edgbaston.

Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], April 13 (ANI): A Nagpur-based environmentalist has turned his small garden into a mini bird sanctuary where more than 40 species of birds are regular visitors.

New Delhi Mar 29 PTI Calling Shane Warne a fierce competitor against whom he always had to prepare differently iconic Sachin Tendulkar says as the Australian spin legend was good at playing mind games and gave nothing away with his body language One of the all-time greats of the game Warne died at the age of 52 due to a suspected heart attack in Thailand on March 4 A state memorial service has been scheduled at the MCG on Wednesday My first proper series against Shane Warne was in 1998 in India and everyone tagged that series as Tendulkar versus Shane Warne clash That kind of following is going to put you under pressure said Tendulkar When you are playing a world class bowler like him you just cant turn up and hope that things are going to be okay So I had to prepare properly not just out being there at the nets but when youre sitting in the room you have to be a step ahead of him what he would be thinking because he was extremely good in putting pressure and playing mind games and trying to plan your dismissal Tendulkar had many fierce battles with Warne and the 1998 series in India will remain a part of cricketing folklore It didnt matter you looked at his body language One didnt know whether Warne had picked up four wickets five wickets or he was bowling wicketless Every delivery that he bowled he was a fierce competitor So even if youre facing the second last over of the day one had to keep their eyes open because he was always up to something and trying to figure out how could he dismissed West Indies batting great Brain Lara also hailed Warne as the most potent player who sealed his place in the upper echelons of world cricket with his performances in the Ashes series which included the ball of the century that he bowled to Englands Mike Gatting in 1993 I grew up in a country where spin bowling dominated The lower part of the Caribbean Trinidad Guyana we played spin very well And Warne posed a lot of trouble for a lot of other players I found myself winning a lot of those battles but he never gave up he said He always produced that miracle delivery the one that you didnt know was coming So I always had my eyes open for Warne throughout my career He was just a tremendous bowler bowling in an attack which had awesome fast bowlers Remembering his last meeting with Warne in 2021 Tendulkar said After the last IPL I went to spend some time in London where we got in touch There was never a dull moment He was full of entertainment full of jokes and you know those battles those mini competitions I realised that it was not just about spin the swing also came naturally to him He was a good golfer I hate saying he was a good golfer because its hard to accept what has happened and for us he will continue to live in our hearts He had this tremendous attitude towards life Always positive and always welcoming Its really hard to accept that he is no more among us Tendulkar said there were number of good spinners but Shane was different One of those very few bowlers against whom you couldnt hit the ball on the rise He was someone if you did not get to the pitch of the ball there was no way one was expected to go and drive on the rise he said That was his class the way he got the ball to drift and that can only happen if you have strong shoulders and youre giving it a rip the ball drifts down the leg and then spinning away from you I had to also practice because till then nobody had bowled round the wicket in the rough trying to get you out It was usually bowled to keep things under control If the batter was scoring runs to kind of slow him down But Shane was actually looking to get the batter out so one had to prepare the defensive and attacking options PTI ATK APA AT AT

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