The fifth edition of the PKL kick started on July 28 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad with an opening ceremony where Akshay Kumar sang the National Anthem to inaugurate the tournament
Team India extended their lead to 498 at stumps on the third day of the first Test match between India and Sri Lanka at Galle
IND vs SL first Test Highlights: With a target of 550 set against them, Sri Lankan batsmen crumbled within a day as they bundled out for 245
Mithali Raj will get a cash prize of Rs 1 crore and 600 sq yards of house plot. Her coach RSR Murthy was also felicitated and a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh has been announced for him
For the first time in the history of PKLs, the Telugu Titans won their opening game and that too with a huge margin
Anup Kumar has already made a futuristic statement, where he felt that this sport will pip cricket as the biggest sport in the nation in the next 5 years
It will be a big ask for the defence or the back line of both the teams, as that could very well decide the eventual winner
Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has been specially invited by the organisers to sing the National Anthem at the opening ceremony while Rana Daggubati, Sachin Tendulkar, Mithali Raj, B. Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth are among other guests