Indian captain Virat Kohli Tuesday became the first cricketer to make a clean-sweep of individual honours in the ICC annual awards, claiming the Test, ODI and overall Player of the Year trophies besides being named captain of the world body's all-star teams.

 India's fast-rising wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was Tuesday named the International Cricket Council's Emerging Player of the Year in the world body's annual awards.

Pakistan's legendary batsman Zaheer Abbas joined the badwagon of former greats terming Indian captain Virat Kohli as the best batsman in world cricket who will break all the records of Sachin Tendulkar.

Melbourne: Roger Federer, who was looking for a third straight Australian Open title in Melbourne, fell to an inspired performance by the 20-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 4th round at the Rod Laver Arena.

New Delhi: Indian tennis player Ankita Raina on Sunday won her first singles title of the 2019 season and eighth overall after trampling top seed Arantxa Rus in straight sets in the final of the USD 25,000 event in Singapore.

That Virat Kohli is destined to be among the pantheons of all-time greats is an oft-repeated assertion but for former Australia captain Michael Clarke, the India skipper is already the "greatest ODI batsman to have ever played the game".

Veteran South African batsman Hashim Amla on Saturday broke Indian captain Virat Kohli's record to become the fastest to reach the milestone of 27 ODI centuries. Amla slammed 108 runs off 120 deliveries in the first ODI against Pakistan at St George's Park in Porth Elizabeth. However, his efforts went in vain as Pakistan won the game by five wickets.