Ahead of the 9th G20 Parliamentary Speakers' Summit (P-20), Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday met with Australian speaker Milton Dick and discussed the strong and old parliamentary relationship between India and Australia.
Noted Indian sportscaster and commentator, Harsha Bhogle, informed on Thursday that he was down with a bout of dengue fever, which would keep him away from the commentators' box during the much-anticipated World Cup clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on Saturday.
Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bowl first in the 10th match of the ongoing ODI World Cup against Temba Bavuma-led South Africa at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday.
Recalling Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Australia this year, politician and the 32nd Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, Milton Dick has said that the reception he got in Sydney was of a rockstar one.
Australian speaker Milton Dick said that the only place India and Australia disagree is on the field of cricket, off the field both countries are like "best friends."
Australia skipper Pat Cummins confirmed that their opener Travis Head is likely to go for a scan on Thursday to get an update on his injury ahead of their clash against South Africa in the ongoing World Cup.
Star India batsmen Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and other cricketers like Quinton de Kock and Dawid Malan are the big movers inside the top 10 of the ODI Batting Rankings which was published on Wednesday.
After India's six-wicket win against Australia in the fifth match of the tournament at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday, former Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting said that Pat Cummins' side were looked off the mark.
Before India goes on to face Afghanistan in the ninth match of the ongoing ODI World Cup at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday, the cricket fraternity joined to shower praise on the 34-year-old Indian cricket legend Virat Kohli.
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting made a bold prediction about India's stalwart batter Virat Kohli surpassing iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's record of most centuries in ODIs during the ongoing men's cricket World Cup.