The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday charged former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya with two counts of breaching the ICC anti-corruption code.

Riding on their impressive show against West Indies in the just concluded two-match Test series, youngsters Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant have made substantial gains in the ICC player rankings for Test batsmen, released on Monday.

Riding on some top-class bowling, West Indies wrapped up India at 367 runs in their first innings at the Rajiv Gandhi international stadium here on Sunday.

India were 308/4 at stumps against West Indies on Day 2 of the second and final Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium here on Saturday.

West Indies rode on excellent half centuries by Roston Chase and skipper Jason Holder to recover from a middle order collapse and post a healthy 295/7 against India at stumps on the opening day of the second cricket Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Friday.

Rishabh Pant will be making his ODI debut against West Indies as he has been picked up for the 14-men Team India squad for the first two ODIs. Virat Kohli is also making a return while frontline quick bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah have been rested.

World number 3 Novak Djokovic breezed into the third round of ATP Shanghai Masters on Tuesday, beating Jeremy Chardy of France in straight sets 6-3, 7-5. The 14-time Grand Slam champion, who received bye into second round, broke twice at the first set and held out all his service games to make it 6-3 in 34 minutes, Xinhua news agency reported. In the second set, Chardy saved a match point at 6-5 but then made an irretrievable mistake at the net. Djokovic didn't miss the second match point with strong returning to seal the victory. "After the surgery I was not managing to play my best, and that has changed. I think I'm very close to my best. I think I'm a completely different player than I was in first five, six months of the year," said the 31-year-old Serbian, who had elbow surgery at the start of the season. Now Djokovic is back in winning form and aims for his fourth title in the Masters 1000 showpiece. "Hopefully the outcome can be different as well," he said. Earlier, the home favorite Zhang Ze was defeated by Daniil Medvedev in a nail-biter 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 battle. The Chinese wild card entry had chances to end the match in the second set but committed a few decisive unforced errors. Medvedev next will play top seeded Roger Federer in the second round on Wednesday "It's really a pity that today I lost the match. I played well, but I didn't win. That's why I say I regretted the result," Zhang said. In other matches, world number 6 Marin Cilic crashed out in the second round after a 2-6, 7-6(6), 7-5 loss to Chile's Nicolas Jarry, while Matthew Ebden of Australia upset world number 7 Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-7(8), 7-6(4) in the two hours and 46 minutes grueling match. The Newly-crowned China Open champion Nikoloz Basilashvili, who ranked in career-high world number 23, eased past Canada's Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-2. He will face fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev in the second round.

The fourth edition of the Youth Olympic Games will be held in Dakar, Senegal, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced in Buenos Aires, which is hosting the 2018 edition.

West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle has opted out of the ODI and T20 series against India citing personal reasons. West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced three new names in the squad for upcoming matches of the series.

India started its 2018 Para Asian Games campaign on a glorious note after bagging five medals on the opening day of the event.

India outclassed the West Indies by an innings and 272 runs in the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

India put themselves in the driver's seat in the first cricket Test through a good all-round display as the West Indies were reeling at 94/6 in their first innings at stumps on the second day in response to a mammoth 649 for nine declared.

Football legend Pele on Friday picked Argentina's star striker Lionel Messi over Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo to play for his team.

Ravindra Jadeja's unbeaten ton guided India to a mammoth total as the hosts declared their first innings at 649/9 at tea on the second day of the first Test against the West Indies here on Friday.

Skipper Virat Kohli brought up his 24th Test century while wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant missed out on one after a blistering 92 as India put up 506/5 at lunch on day two of the first Test against the West Indies here on Friday.

Lionel Messi had a brace in Barcelona's 4-2 victory over Tottenham Hotspur on match-day 2 of the 2018-2019 Champions League.

Debutant opener Prithvi Shaw and Cheteshwar Pujara's half-centuries helped India recover from an early blow to post 133/1 at lunch on the opening day against the West Indies in the first Test here in Gujarat on Thursday.

India won the toss and elected to bat against West Indies in the first Test here on Thursday.