The big news: India win third ODI in Mohali

Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli and one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni stitched together a 151-run partnership to help the hosts chase 286 against New Zealand with seven wickets to spare in the third One-Day International in Mohali on Sunday. With this authoritative win, India took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

Kohli smashed an unbeaten 154, while Dhoni was out for 80, as the two took India from 41/2 to 192/3 with a match-winning partnership. New Zealand were outdone by the duo, who were at their sublime best as they dismantled the Kiwi bowling attack. India now face New Zealand on October 26 in Dhoni’s hometown Ranchi.

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  1. Pakistan extended their lead to 342 runs in the second Test in Abu Dhabi on day three after bowling West Indies out for 224. Pakistan, in their second innings, rode on half-centuries by Azhar Ali and Sami Aslam to continue their dominant run against the West Indies bowlers.
  2. England need two wickets, while Bangladesh require 33 runs, to win what has been a gripping first Test in Chittagong. England were dismissed for 240 in the first session of the day's play, which set Bangladesh a target of 286. For England, it was their comeback man, off-spinner Gareth Batty (3/65), who was their pick of the bowlers.
  3. Rangana Herath, 38, will become the oldest player to lead a Test team for the first time since his compatriot Somachandra de Silva in 1983, after he was named captain of Sri Lanka for their tour of Zimbabwe. Herath bagged the role because of Angelo Mathews’s injury. Sri Lanka's vice-captain Dinesh Chandimal is also unavailable for the two-Test series because of a thumb injury. Herath will only be the second bowler to lead Sri Lanka in Tests, after de Silva.
  4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the fifth Indian and third wicketkeeper-batsman to score 9,000 One-Day International runs on Sunday during the third game against New Zealand in Mohali. Dhoni joined an elite club of Indian cricketers who have scored more than 9,000 ODI runs. The top four are Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 runs), Sourav Ganguly (11,363), Rahul Dravid (10,889) and Mohammad Azharuddin (9,378).