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As we are already into the second Grand Slam (French Open) of the year and the third one (Wimbledon) is not so far, let us review the mid-year performance and progression of India's top-ranked singles players. India may have never been a champion side in the Davis Cup or had produced a Grand Slam singles winner, but it always had one or two individual players who excelled at the world stage. In today's scenario, we do have three seasoned campaigners who are gradually showing improvement with every passing game. All these players have already spent years on ATP circuit and gained good enough experiences at the highest level of the sport. This year they all are looking forward to taking their careers to a new height and set the newer examples. Yuki Bhambri (India's No.1 and World No 94): Although Yuki is only 25 years old, he is already a veteran in world tennis circuit. He became a professional tennis player way back in 2010 and had many difficulties in his

Initially, the Indian Premier League had some cricket players from Pakistan just like other countries. Even seven Pakistani cricketers were sold in the very first auction. They were - Shoiab Akhtar (Kolkata Knight Riders), Shoiab Malik (Delhi Daredevils), Sahid Afridi (Deccan Chargers), Younis Khan (Rajasthan Royals), Mahamad Asif (Delhi Daredevils), Kamran Akmal (Rajasthan Royals) and Umar Gul (Kolkata Knight Riders). But the problem started after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and since then all the Pakistanis were banned by the government of India to play any form of the sports in the country. Now it is quite clear that the possibility of Pakistani cricketers participating in the IPL would only arise once bilateral ties resume between two countries. Indian Premier League Auction As we are already heading towards the mid-season of the eleventh version of IPL and the truth have we never really missed any Pakistani cricketer's presence in last 30 days. Through this article le

Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore cleared the air about the injury concerns of Chris Lynn and Andre Russel, expecting both the players to get available for the first match against RCB on 8th April. With these two exciting options available for the selections, KKR can easily have a strong winning combination. They have invested a good amount of their budget on the young Indian under-19 stars as well as brought some seasoned performers of T20 cricket. Here is the best possible Eleven of Kolkata Knight Riders : Openers - (Robin Uthappa & Chris Lynn) Robin Uthappa has been retained by the KKR with RTM card and has a huge experience of playing 149 IPL matches since 2008 edition. He will be the right choice with the likes of attacking Chris Lynn who can hit the cricket ball as hard as anyone. Both have played some scintillating knocks for the franchise during the earlier editions. In the IPL, Lynn has scored 384 runs in just 12 matches with a strike rate of 160. Middle Ord

Here comes few interesting tweets from the cricket experts after ICC cleared Rabada to play at Newlands. Kagiso Rabada to play newland Test Harsha Bhogle ✔ @bhogleharsha Wow, Rabada's ban is overturned! Just one demerit point and a 25% fine. Things change rapidly in our world 1:56 PM - Mar 20, 2018 7,437 894 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Boria Majumdar ✔ @BoriaMajumdar Rabada cleared. Chris Broad should be thanked. His poor decision to let Shakib off allowed Rabada chance to overturn ban. Good for cricket. 2:05 PM - Mar 20, 2018  ·  Kolkata, India 420 39 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Michael Vaughan ✔ @MichaelVaughan Disciplinary system is flawed .. No question .. but ultimately the game of Test Cricket and this series is so much better with the inclusion of # Rabada .. 3:32 PM - Mar 20, 2018 819 12