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From breakfast to dinner, Rishabh Pant's cheat day is what we want to eat... every day.

Jonty Rhodes has long worn the mantle of the greatest fielder the cricket world has seen, but does that still hold for 2025? One person strongly disagrees.

Post India's dramatic win against Australia in the Champions Trophy semi-final, Axar Patel had a few questions for Hardik Pandya, who scored a quick-fire 28 from 24 balls. He hit three sixes, but heaved the fourth to long-on safely into Glenn Maxwell's hands, with six still to get to win. Anyone else would have been dejected, says Axar Patel to Hardik, but you walked back smiling, while the dressing room was melting down.

"I knew those sixes had done their job," says Hardik. Simple.

Australian players react to the video of Gulbadin Naib clutching his hamstring and falling to the ground during Afghanistan's Super Eight match against Bangladesh during the 2024 T20 World Cup. Naib's apparent bout of cramp came under scrutiny because of its timing - when Bangladesh had just fallen behind the DLS par score. Rain was imminent so any delay in the game would have favoured Afghanistan, who indeed went on to win the match and qualify for their first World Cup semi-final.

Nearly a year later, Afghanistan's opponents can see the funny side of the situation. Usman Khawaja suggests he needs acting lessons, Glenn Maxwell calls it "hilarious" and Pat Cummins says, "You can't help but laugh". Wonder what the Bangladesh players think of it all.

Delhi Capitals, who have qualified for the WPL playoffs, enjoy a jam session, with a special song dedicated to captain Meg Lanning.

Such a dilemma, how can anyone choose!

Axar Patel, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer were up for the dressing-room medal given to India's best fielder of the day, but what will fielding coach T Dilip do when the medal goes missing?

The choice seems to be more or less unanimous!

Always be on the good side of your batter team-mates, you never know when they will agree to give you one their bats!