India Maharajas also include the likes of Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan. The second team called the Asia Lions will have former Pakistan and Sri Lankan legends while the third team will see players from rest of the world.
Sanath Jayasuriya was banned in February 2019 for breaching the ICC anti-corruption code
The Bihar Cricket League is another addition to the surfeit of T20 tournaments organised by state association. Organisers promise a 'clean' championship
Virat Kohli amassed 2455 runs across formats as his 85 helped India beat West Indies by four wickets in the series-deciding third ODI, while Rohit Sharma shattered another record in the run chase
Ravichandran Ashwin was spotted trying out former Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya's bowling action during nets session under lights ahead of the Day-Night Test match between India and Bangladesh at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan took the wicket of Aiden Markram during the fifth match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 against South Africa at The Oval, London on Sunday
One of Sri Lanka's greatest cricketers, Jayasuriya was the player of the 1996 World Cup which is the country's first and only World Cup trophy. His Test career lasted over a decade
The ICC did not specify the events that prompted its action against the celebrated cricketer, who is a World Cup winner and played 110 Tests and 445 ODIs.
Equally, I think it is good that players from well-off families, who have had many advantages, must now be exposed to teammates from disadvantaged backgrounds. It will change the way that they think about the world. We in the middle-class live very insular lives in India.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.