KOHLI REGAINS TOP SPOT IN ICC TEST RANKINGS

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli, after the match-winning knock against England in the third Test at Nottingham, reached a personal best of 937 rating points to reclaim the top position for batsmen in the ICC Test Player Rankings. The India captain had lost the top spot to Australia’s Steve Smith after India’s loss in the Lord’s Test, where he scored 23 and 17.

Jhulan announces retirement from T20s NEW DELHI: India pacer Jhulan Goswami has quit playing T20 internationals, according to a media release sent by the BCCI. She took 56 wickets in 68 T20IS, including a fifer against Australia in 2012. Goswami is currently the leading wicket-taker (203) in the women’s ODIS.

Lad, Ramaswamy help India Red post 256/4

DINDIGUL: Siddesh Lad with a knock of 83 (batting) starred as India Red recovered from an early blow to post 256 for four at stumps against India Blue on the opening day of the second league match of the Duleep Trophy tournament at the NPR College ground here on Thursday.

Brief scores: India Red 256/4 in 89.5 overs (Sanjay Ramaswamy 72, Siddhesh Lad 83*, Baba Aparajith 48) v India Blue.

Pandey, Rayudu’s knocks help India B, India A win

BENGALURU: Manish Pandey (95) and Ambati Rayudu (62) helped India B and India A register victories against South Africa A and Australia A respectively in quadrangular one-day series. Brief scores: AUS A 151 in 31.4 overs (Ashton Agar 34; Mohammed Siraj 4/68) lost to IND A 152/5 in 38.3 overs (Ambati Rayudu

62*) by five wickets.

Brief scores: SA A 231 in 47.3 overs (Senuran Muthusamy 55; Prasidh Krishna 4 /49) lost to India B 214/5 in 40.3 overs (Manish Pandey 95*) by 30 runs (D/L method)