The glitzy Indian Premier League (IPL) starts on Saturday, helping to ease the heartache of millions of fans following India's failure to win the World Twenty20 on home soil this month.
Indian skipper MS Dhoni suffered a back spasm during a practice session in a major blow to his team just ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup Twenty20, the national cricket body said.
Maharashtra schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade rewrote the record books, hammering an epic 1009 not out in an inter-school cricket tournament to register the highest individual score in an innings.