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India's last ICC title came under the leadership of M S Dhoni back in 2013 and since then the team has fallen short in high pressure knock-out games. Ahead of the WTC Final against Australia, Matthew Hayden talks about India's title drought, the Aussies chances, Shubman Gill's future and more.

Devon Conway played a vital role for Chennai Super Kings in only his second IPL season, scoring six half-centuries and aggregating 672 runs with a highest of an unbeaten 92 and an average touching 52.

To familiarise themselves with the Dukes ball, which is used in English conditions, Indian players have been working with it ahead of the WTC Final against Australia.

Australia, who played at The Oval in 1880 in what was the first-ever Test in England, have managed a mere seven wins from 38 Tests at the famous South London venue, putting their success rate at the venue at 18.42 per cent, their poorest across England.

Selvam Arumugam's prize money is equivalent to one and half years' worth of his salary at the heavy vehicle leasing firm Pollisum Engineering which hosted the event last Saturday

MS Dhoni had played the entire IPL 2023 season with a heavily strapped left knee and although the CSK skipper looked absolutely okay while keeping, more often than not batted as late as No.8 and didn't look swift while running between the wickets.

South African great Lance Klusener previously worked as batting coach of South Africa and Zimbabwe and was the head coach of Afghanistan in the 2021 T20 World Cup. 

The IOC's reaction follows the United World Wrestling's (UWW) criticism of the detention of the grapplers during their protest at Jantar Mantar, in which the sport's world body threatened to suspend the national federation if it fails to hold its election within the stipulated time.

On Wednesday, students affiliated with the Congress-backed National Students' Union of India (NSUI) alleged that the university has included the course on Savarkar following pressure from the Centre.

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said he will hang himself even if a single allegation, levelled by female wrestlers, is proved against him.