Indian skipper Virat Kohli has been named captain of the Wisden Test cricket team of the decade.
Off-spinner R. Ashwin is the only other Indian on the prestigious list, which also includes England’s Alastair Cook, Ben Stokes and James Anderson.
Steve Smith and David Warner are the two Australian players in the 11-member team, while Kumar Sangakkara is the sole representative from Sri Lanka.
South Africans AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn and Kagiso Rabada complete the lineup.
Kohli, Warner, de Villiers and Steyn also feature in Wisden’s ODI team of the decade, which features Rohit Sharma and former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as well.
Jos Buttler (England), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Mitchell Starc (Australia), Trent Boult (New Zealand) and Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) are the other players to make the cut.
Arsenal has wasted the chance to restore their six-point lead at the top of the Premier League table as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Brentford on Thursday, with Noni Madueke's second-half header cancelled out by Keane Lewis-Potter.
Defending champions India continued their march towards the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup with a 93-run win over Namibia in a group A contest at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday.
Brothers Justin and Anthony Mosca guided Twenty20 World Cup debutants Italy to their first win in the tournament, as their unbeaten half-centuries secured a dominant 10-wicket victory over Nepal in a Group C clash on Thursday.
The 2026 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships will usher in the start of a new era for one of the Middle East’s most iconic sporting events with plans revealed for an extensive two-phase redevelopment that will transform the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium and surrounding Aviation Club Tennis Complex.
Sri Lanka batsmen Kusal Mendis, Pavan Rathnayake and Dasun Shanaka cracked half-centuries as the 2014 champions continued to build momentum in the Twenty20 World Cup with a 105-run win over Oman in Pallekele on Thursday.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has launched a Ramadan campaign to save 5 million children under the age of 5 from "death due to malnutrition and hunger".
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has introduced a bus service between Dubai Mall and Hatta, with operations starting from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm daily.
The UAE’s Ministry of Education has announced that public school students will switch to remote learning on Fridays during the holy month of Ramadan, marking the second consecutive year of the initiative.