Chris Green banned for three months due to illegal bowling action

• Chris Green, the right arm off-break spinner has certainly emerged as one of the finest bowlers in the shorter format across the globe.
• This was the main reason that Kolkata Knight Riders, the former IPL champions snapped him up for 20 Lakh INR in the IPL 2020 auction.

Marnus Labuschagne topples Kane Williamson to conquer 3rd place in the latest ICC Test rankings

• Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne has grabbed a career-best third place in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings.
• There are now three Australia batsmen in the top five with opener David Warner gaining two slots after scoring 297 runs in the series.

India, Australia flagbearers in world cricket: Mickey Arthur

• Mickey Arthur, the head coach of Sri Lanka, feels that India along with Australia are currently the flagbearers in world cricket.
• Arthur also reckoned that Australia have found their feet back at the highest level after the ball-tampering scandal.

Virat Kohli likely to pick ‘surprise package’ Prasidh Krishna for T20 World Cup 2020

• Virat Kohli, the Indian skipper, has kept young fast bowler Prasidh Krishna in radar for selection in the T20 World Cup in Australia.
• Krishna hasn’t quite put his best foot forward in T20 cricket, having picked 24 wickets from 28 matches  at an economy of 8.66.

‘India need to look beyond Shikhar Dhawan’ – Gautam Gambhir

• Now, Gautam Gambhir, the former Indian opener has opened up saying that the management should start looking forward instead of relying on Dhawan.
• India is currently hosting Sri Lanka for three-match T20I series. This is the first series for both the teams across all the formats in this year.

Saba Karim’s son Fidel Saba knocks down woman pedestrian in Mumbai

• The incident happened around 6:30 am when Saba’s 20-something son, Fidel, tried to overtake another vehicle.
• The injured pedestrian was identified as Siddhi M and she was taken to Jaslok Hospital in an unconscious condition.