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MS Dhoni hit his third half century in a row and won the Man-of-the-series award. His 87 not out was well complemented by Jadhav with an unbeaten 61 as the duo took the team home in the final over. India were set a target of 231

Wasim Jaffer has the fifth most runs in first-class cricket history in India behind Sunil Gavaskar (25,834), Sachin Tendulkar (25,396), Rahul Dravid (23,794) and VVS Laxman (19,730)

Achrekar died on Wednesday leaving a massive gap in Indian cricket. His relation with Tendulkar particularly was akin to that between Dronacharya and Arjuna, or Ramkrishna Paramahansa and Swami Vivekananda — a relation that saw the guru (master) giving his all for his shishya (disciple) and quietly walking away into the sunset as the latter marched to glory

India beat Australia by 137 runs at the iconic MCG to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match Test series. The Virat Kohli's men took giant strides towards India's first ever Test series win on Australian soil in seven decades.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma dominated India's ODI batting performances in 2018. Both players breached the 1,000-run mark. Kohli also completed 10,000 ODI runs this year, becoming the fastest to the milestone, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record.