A series of bilateral tournaments and franchise cricket, including the Indian Premier League, have been postponed and with the surge in COVID-19 cases, the chances of cricket resuming in the near future are grim

Parthiv Patel's last Test appearance for India was in 2018, while the last time he played an ODI for the country was way back in 2012

MS Dhoni, the former India captain, will lead Chennai Super Kings to an unprecedented eighth Indian Premier League final

Hayden, a known sports fanatics, had injured himself in a freak surfing accident last October.

For the uninitiated, 'babysitting' in cricket started on Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test last after an on-field banter between Aussie captain Time Paine and Pant.

Considered as one of the greatest ever openers, Hayden scored Test 8625 runs at an average of 50.73 with the help of 30 hundreds. In ODIs, he scored 6133 runs with the help of 10 hundreds.

He won't be lamented, but he'll not be forgotten – a nightmare to the new-ball bowlers, a batsman-sledger, a man who hit the ball as hard as Lloyd. A great batsman who toughened in adversity, the man who batted the longest in the nets, and whose conf

'The record knock (380 against Zimbabwe) does not change things. It reinforces what I have been doing earlier -- batting to a plan'