Ravichandran Ashwin puzzled fans on social media after he posted a picture of Bollywood actress Sunny Leone on Tuesday.

Despite Bengal's defeat to Haryana, veteran pacer Mohammed Shami impressed with a four-wicket haul, taking his tally to 11 in the last three games.

Elsewhere, Vimal Khumar and Pradosh Ranjan Paul struck massive hundreds as Tamil Nadu piled up 399 against Nagaland on the opening day.

Jharkhand humbled former champions Tamil Nadu by an innings and 114 runs with young off-spinner Rishav Raj grabbing four wickets on the fourth and final day.

The big knock by the out of favour India player helped Jharkhand end strongly after they were 157 for six at one stage on the first day.

India squad at the 2019 World Cup also made the headlines after batter Vijay Shankar made the cut, replacing Ambati Rayudu.

A hilarious sequence of fielding errors took place in a Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) match between Dindigul Dragons and Siechem Madurai Panthers.

Virat Kohli will be back in action on Wednesday as India take on New Zealand in the first Test in Bengaluru.

The foundation for Tamil Nadu's resounding victory was laid in the first innings when their bowlers restricted Saurashtra to 203.

Saurashtra conceded a massive first-innings lead of 164 as TN folded for 367 after resuming at 278/3 against the visitor's 203.

Shreyas Iyer and Sarfaraz Khan flopped while Suryakumar Yadav did not bat for Mumbai owing to an injury concern as TNCA XI hammered Mumbai by 286 runs to reach semifinals of the Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament.

Shreyas Iyer would be key in Mumbai's scheme of things specially against Tamil Nadu's quality spin bowling, which has been one of their key weapons this season.

Aditya Sarwate produced another impressive show as Vidarbha registered a comfortable 115-run win over Haryana on the fourth and final day to qualify for the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals from group A.

Jalaj Saxena now has 439 wickets and has 6600-plus runs from 138 matches in first-class cricket.

Riding on top-order batter Himanshu Rana's fourth List-A century and a four-for from pacer Anshul Kamboj, Haryana crushed five-time champions Tamil Nadu by 63 runs to enter their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy final

Baba Indrajith helped himself to a fine hundred while another senior campaigner Vijay Shankar scored a half-century as Tamil Nadu cruised into the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy

Both Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara failed to find a place in India's Test side, which was announced on Thursday, to tour South Africa.

The incident took place during a Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Division 1 match between Jolly Rovers CC and Young Stars Cricket Club