Virat Kohli-led Indian team on Sunday whitewashed New Zealand with a seven-run win in the fifth and final T20I game of the series at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.
Will Djokovic maintain his strong grip on the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup on Sunday, or will Thiem inflict one of the greatest upsets and complete his dream run in Melbourne?
Garbine Muguruza managed 32 winners as against Sofia Kenin's 28, but had incurred almost double the unforced errors as the American (45 to 23) and most importantly, hit 8 unforced errors.
Will it be 21-year-old Sofia Kenin who reached her maiden Grand Slam final, and Garbine Muguruza from Spain, who will be looking for her third major after French Open in 2016 and Wimbledon in 2017?
Since the introduction of the concept in limited-overs cricket, no team has played as many Super Overs as New Zealand - seven in T20Is and one in ODIs. New Zealand lost in seven of them.
For two nights in a row, Roger Federer came back from the jaws of defeat to inch closer to his seventh Australian Open title and an unprecedented 21st major.
For the second time in three days, Indian cricket witnessed a scene they longed for, one that troubled them the most in their build-up to World Cup 2019.
Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah may have picked a single wicket, but the 26-year-old had a major role to play in India's resounding victory over New Zealand in the first T20I.
India will play five T20Is against New Zealand, starting January 24 in Auckland.
With Dhawan picking up a fresh shoulder injury that ruled him out of the T20I and the ODI series, the team management has been pushed back to the drawing board to look at alternatives for their playing XI, one which could be suitable for New Zealand conditions.
It was a mixed tenure for MSK Prasad as he ends his role as the chief selector of Team India.
KL Rahul passed is first test with flying colours in Rajkot when he scored a 52-ball 80 at No.5 and kept well to the spinners as well.
With the start of a new decade, will the story remain the same or will 2020 witness a new grand slam winner at Melbourne Park?
It is truly a testament to the talent of Rahul that despite the management's constant meddling with his batting position in the lineup and his role in the side he continues to impress with his sheer consistency.
It was sheer masterclass form Australia at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday as they laid down the blueprint on how to tackle India in India
The idea of Kohli playing down the order has not worked for the Indian team or for his batting average, neither in ODIs, nor in T20Is.
Dhawan bounced back in style to score with a valiant 74 in the series opener against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Almost 87 per cent of Kohli's total runs and 84 per cent of his total ODI centuries have been scored at No.3 at a staggering average of 63.39. Should he still bat at No.4?
India may have been in a dominating form since World Cup exit last summer, but they have problems to address.
The battle so far keeps Rahul ahead with the phenomenal form he is in since his World Cup return.
World No.1 Rafael Nadal and No.2 Novak Djokovic are set up for a blockbuster finale at the Ken Rosewall Arena for the inaugural ATP Cup, just a week before the year's first Grand Slam - the Australian Open 2020.
Pandey played a crucial role in guiding India to 201/6 and later inflicted a run-out and picked up the important catch of Mathews in the second innings in the 3rd T20I aginst Sri Lanka
Both, Manish Pandey and Sanju Samson have featured in India's T20I squads, but failed to make it to the playing XIs.
Irfan Pathan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Saturday, thus, bringing an end to a career that never took off despite incredible promise.
We take a look at the performance of the Indian cricket team and its players in the format over the last two years and come to a conclusion over the final 15 with statistical reasons while also mentioning players with outside chances.
In a short span of time, Marnus Labuschagne has made himself an indispensable member of Australia's Test squad.
World champion England finished atop in ODIs, while India ruled the roster in Tests. The fag-end of the year saw the teams giving more importance to the shortest format of the game owing to the impending World T20 year.
From India's historic Australia win to Djokovic-Federer's epic Wimbledon clash, here are 13 best sporting images of 2019
37 wins in 50 matches with just four defeats. 16 wins out of the total 18 series played which includes a present streak of 12 unbeaten contests. India have produced the most dominant results at home, but their overseas story has worsened. But where does India's Test performance in 2010s stand in the all-time list?
The decade has been dominated by one person, and one individual only, across the three formats, as Kohli ends the period between 2010 and 2019 with more than 20000 international runs – the most by any batsman in any decade.
10 years hence, India have two more ICC trophies to their name - both in the 50-over format and both under Dhoni, Kohli has transformed into a run machine, all certain to break Tendulkar's once-invincible record, while the nation has emerged as an almighty force in Test cricket with a prized collection of formidable pacers who can dominate even on home turfs.
The only twist in the tale that 2019 served was the rise of the Next Gen power in the form of Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Kohli recorded 11125 runs in 227 matches between 2010 and 2019, at an average of 60.79 with 42 centuries and 52 half-centuries.
Most teams have managed to fill the gaps, but which franchises now look the strongest on paper and which still have a little gap remaining.
India might have lost the match, by eight wickets in Chennai, but that middle-order stand between the two youngsters after a top-order failure was surely a big positive for the management.
Before the big day in Kolkata, let’s take a look at the each of the eight franchises, their present squad after the release and retention, amount of money left in their purse and what they will be looking for at the auction.
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