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MS Dhoni does not have a BCCI central contract and is not featuring in the domestic tournaments going around in the country. The former Indian captain has been out of action since India got ousted from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 when they lost to New Zealand in the semi-finals. Following this, Dhoni has been on an extended break and this has prompted plenty of debates and deliberations over his future. © Photo by Christopher Lee-IDI/IDI via Getty Images Weighing on this issue, former World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev has said that Dhoni’s comeback looks difficult as he has not played cricket for a long time now and hence, it will not be easy for the selectors to pick him even when he is available. “If you haven’t played cricket for so long then I don’t think you can come back from anywhere. But he still has IPL, his form there’ll be important and selectors should see what is best for the country. Dhoni has done a lot for the country but when you don’t play for 6-...

Athletes Remembering Kobe Bryant By Eric Ortiz on January 27, 2020 82 Slides Next Kobe. Mark J. Terrill / AP Photo Basketball legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California, on Jan. 26, 2020, at the age of 41. His 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant, and seven other people also died. Kobe left a wife, Vanessa, and three other daughters, Natalia (age 17), Bianka (3) and Capri (7 months). Kobe Bean Bryant was born in Philadelphia on Aug. 23, 1978, to former NBA player Joe Bryant and Pamela Cox Bryant. The youngest of three children, Kobe had two older sisters, Sharia and Shaya. Kobe started playing basketball at the age of 2. When he was 6, he moved to Italy with his family. He grew up there in the 1980s, and his grandfather used to send him tapes of NBA games. The young Kobe would study them and dream of being the best basketball player to ever play the game. Through remarkable talent, hard work and a relentless hunger f...

Opinion Greatest Cricket Batsmen of All Time By Tevin Joseph K O on March 6, 2019 50 Slides Next Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar after becoming the highest run-getter in Mohali, India, in 2008. He might be cricket's leading scorer, but he's not number one on this list. Gautam Singh / AP Photo Cricket is a batsman’s game. Some batsmen paint beautiful pictures with their strokes and score runs. Some make runs with patience and grit. Some destroy bowling attacks with an onslaught. At the end of the match, what counts is how many runs are scored, no matter how they come. Players can win matches with their batting. They also can save matches. These are the 50 best match-winners/savers with the bat in cricket history. Note: To qualify, batsmen must have a minimum of 5,000 runs in international  cricket. For players who played before the introduction of One Day International (ODI) matches on Jan. 5, 1971, only Tests are considered. ...

for India the biggest takeaway from their dominant series win over New Zealand was the form and consistency of KL Rahul. The opener was adjudged man of the series for his record-breaking performance. Speaking after the final match, Rahul spoke about how he spent a lot of time with Kane Williamson when they played for Sunrisers Hyderabad back in 2015-15. He also said that his game is pretty similar to the New Zealand captain and that, he loved watching Williamson go about his business. However, at the same time, he also hoped that the Kiwi skipper did not have a telling say over the upcoming ODI series or even in the IPL. © Photo by Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images India's KL Rahul “I have spent a lot of time with Kane during 2014, 2015 when I was with Sunrisers and he was with Sunrisers. I spent a lot of time talking to him about batting. I thought we have similar styles of batting, I learnt a lot by watching him bat,” KL Rahul told reporters after the match. “It’s ...