Following their Europa League victory on Thursday against Zorya Luhansk, Manchester United's coach Jose Mourinho said that October's tight schedule is a “poisoned gift” for his team as it affects their Europa League chances. United will play five matches in 11 days starting October 18.

Former Test batsman VVS Laxman has reserved high praise for off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin rating him as a match-winner and one of the best spinners ever. Speaking about the idea of pink-ball cricket, Laxman said that few adjustments are needed to make the pink-ball successful on Indian pitches.

Ace commentator Harsha Bhogle picked his best Indian Test line-up and surprisingly, he has chosen current coach Anil Kumble to lead the side despite having Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni in the team. Bhogle also made another surprise inclusion by picking Mohammad Azharuddin ahead of Sourav Ganguly.

The euphoria around his selection appeared short-lived as Gautam Gambhir was, as expected, left out of the playing XI for India's second Test at the Eden Gardens that is underway now. Shikhar Dhawan, who instead replaced KL Rahul, walked in and walked out of the field by the 10th ball of the match.