9.45 pm The game began with a dropped catch. There were only two runs given in that first over. Then the other extreme: Rahul Tripathi and Jos Buttler hit 10 boundaries in 10 balls. No one knew how to read this game. But Kuldeep Yadav did. He came on, slowed his pace, tossed the ball up, tempted batsmen into silly-looking mistakes and picked up four wickets to change the game. Here he is: "For the last couple of games, I was very disappointed with my performance. I really needed this. Following the basics. You have to believe in your strength, you can't bowl 90-plus kph all the time. Have to slow it down. It's difficult to hit a slog [when I go around the wicket] and it's a good option for any wristspinner. The pitch is good to bat on. We've been playing here for five years, it's tough to bowl here." In simple numbers, Royals had 59 for 0 in four overs. They could only manage 83 runs in 15 overs and lost all 10 wickets.

Meanwhile, the Indian U-16 football team returned on Monday from a victorious campaign in a four-nation tournament in Serbia, where they drew with the hosts, and beat Jordan and Tajikistan. This team is building up some good momentum ahead of the AFC U-16 Championships in Malaysia this September, which will serve as the qualifier for the next FIFA U-17 World Cup. Here's their story, in the words of their coach since November 2016, former India midfielder Bibiano Fernandes.

Roy: "Talk about bowling out of their skins! Id go Archer Stokes Archer Stokes all through the power play ya'll" --- But spin has been causing problems, pace on the ball has helped score boundaries.

farah: "for the first time i liked the captaincy of DK. didnt panic in the midst of onslaught of Openers, used his strike slower bowlers judiciously and kept on asking bowlers to bang it Short. "

Raj: "Everyone busy praising big hitting ability of Russell ....his excellent bowling performance is going unnoticed"