Mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy on Wednesday rose to the top of the ICC T20 Bowlers' Rankings for the first time in his career, becoming only the third Indian to achieve this feat.

Pakistan have lodged a protest with the Asian Cricket Council over the Indian players' refusal to shake hands with them following their Asia Cup game here, labelling it "unsporting" and escalating the tension between the two sides.

The Combined City 11 team defeated the Raichur Zone team by an innings and 211 runs in the Karnataka State Cricket Academy Inter-zonal Under-19 tournament on Saturday, with bowler Eesa Puthige and batsmen Anvay Dravid and Atharva Malaviya being the stars of the match.

Skipper Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday dedicated the Indian team's thumping seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Asia Cup to the country's armed forces and said that his side stands with the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack.

India registered a convincing seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in a one-sided Asia Cup Group A league match here on Sunday.

Jaismine Lamboria and Minakshi Hooda cemented their place in Indian boxing history here, clinching World Championship titles with gritty wins as the country capped off its best-ever campaign in the women's section on foreign soil.

India squandered a golden opportunity to return with two titles as both Lakshya Sen and the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty signed off with runner-up finishes at the Hong Kong Open Super 500 here on Sunday.

Kuldeep Yadav's artistry, Axar Patel's discipline and Varun Chakravarthy's guile stifled Pakistan to a lowly 127 for nine as India completely dominated the first half of the marquee Asia Cup group league contest here on Sunday.