Cricket

Opting to bat first, RCB were all out for 155 and then saw MI chase down the target with as many as 34 balls to spare.

Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore opted for Indian captains in Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana, respectively, while the other teams went with Australian players.

The Indian team management, in consultation with medical staff, has decided to space out the pace bowlers, who will also play IPL regularly and are part of the ODI World Cup plan.

Tennis great Sania Mirza has been roped in as the mentor by RCB for the WPL, starting in Mumbai on Saturday with the opener between Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians.

The embattled Team India, which had set Australia a meagre 76 target, got a glimmer of hope when Ashwin dismissed Usman Khawaja off the second ball on Day 3 of the Indore Test against Australia.

While pitches in Nagpur and New Delhi for the India vs Australia Test series were rated "average" by the ICC, the pitch for the Indore Test was rated "poor" by match referee Chris Broad.

Australia's Matthew Kuhnemann, who was playing the Sheffield Shield as recently as two weeks ago, picked up his maiden five-wicket haul against India on Day 1 of the third Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Indore.

It's yet to be ascertained if seasoned pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who also missed the T20 World Cup in Australia last year, would require back surgery.

Star Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant, who survived a terrible car crash on the Delhi-Dehradun highway last December, has spoken out for the first time since the horrific incident.

Australia have already conceded the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after being hammered in the first two Tests of the four-match series, both games ending under three days and prompting sharp reactions from the country's former cricketers.