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Pant’s half-century at Lord’s also marked his eighth score of 50 or more in England in Test cricket, achieved in just 22 innings. Pant scored 74 runs off 112 deliveries in India’s first innings. Pant now leads the chart for the most sixes hit in Test matches against England.

Masaba Gupta talks about facing brutal criticism for her looks and was called a bast**rd child.

The ICC Men's ODI rankings are a significant indicator of a batsman's performance and progress in the format. Let's take a look at the five batsmen who held the No.1 position for the most consecutive days in history.

Veteran Bollywood actress Neena Gupta has often spoken about her financial struggles before giving birth to her daughter Masaba She was recently seen in 'Sardar Ka Grandson' directed by debutante Kaashvie Nair co-starring Arjun Kapoor, Rakul Preet Singh

While reflecting back on his career, former India captain Sachin Tendulkar said that even though he is quite satisfied with what he has achieved, there are still a couple of regrets.

Richards said that India have pushed England out of their comfort zone, weeks after the visitors started the series with a big win. The legend urged the English team to work harder and face the challenge resolutely. All the chatter has not gone down well with Richards, whose incredible range of strokes and fearless approach to the game terrorised the best of bowlers in his prime in every corner of the cricketing world.

Former Indian skipper Kapil Dev was among the top five highest run-scorer in the country's winning campaign at the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup in 1983.

West Indies displayed a brilliant performance against India on day one of the first Test. 

On the West Indies team's struggles over the years and the crushing innings loss to Bangladesh in a Test recently, he said it was depressing.

The West Indies -- whose fortunes have plummeted in recent years -- were in danger of missing out after the International Cricket Council (ICC) reduced the number of teams in next year's 50-over global showpiece from 14 to 10.

The ace fashion designer got hitched to producer Madhu Mantena on June 2, 2015.

Virat Kohli's current purple patch has left a great many former players bedazzled and Sourav Ganguly, a great captain himself in his playing days, believes the 29-year-old's run with the bat is unprecedented as far as Indian batsmen are concerned.

Kohli's unmatched consistency to score runs across formats has been one of the most talked-about subjects in modern-day cricket, and there are few better voices than former WI captain and batting great Alvin Kallicharran to analyse that.

“It was similar with Viv. When he took over the captaincy, it was similar. And then he grew in the job. He learnt to be a little bit calmer and then his team got calmer as well," said the West Indies great.

Whatever the grade of cricket, it's no mean feat to hit a triple century studded with 40 sixes, but West Augusta's B-team batsman Josh Dunstan did exactly that to not just amass 307 runs but also better batting legend Vivian Richards's record of highest percentage of runs in his team's total.

Sri Lankan great Aravinda de Silva said that Virat Kohli reminds him of West Indian icon Viv Richards, who is considered by many experts as the finest and the most explosive batsman of the last 40 years.

Virat Kohli recently became the first Indian skipper to win six consecutive Test series in a row after India defeated Bangladesh by 208 runs in the one-off Test played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

Warner plundered his maiden century in a Boxing Day Test at the MCG and his 17th Test hundred overall.

At tea on the third day, Australia were cruising at 131 for one to trail by 312 runs with David Warner on 77 and Usman Khawaja not out 39.

In Chennai, Ravindra Jadeja took a similar catch to the one taken by Kapil Dev in 1983 World Cup final.