Royal Challengers Bangalore unveils new logo ahead of 13th edition of IPL

A few days back RCB deleted its profile picture from its official twitter handle before removing all posts from its Instagram account too

The Virat Kohli-led Indian Premier League side Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday unveiled its new logo ahead of the upcoming season starting March 23. The club said the new logo design, which features a lion, “embodies the bold and fearless attitude” of the side.

Speaking on the launch of the new visual identity, Sanjeev Churiwala, Chairman of Royal Challengers Bangalore, said, “The elements in the logo is a commitment to continuously entertain and engage with fans who are the force behind Royal Challengers Bangalore. “We believe a change in identity for the club was necessary to effectively live and breathe this vision and celebrate the passion for cricket and playing bold,” he added.

Royal Challengers Bangalore recently announced a three-year partnership with Muthoot Fincorp Ltd. A few days back RCB deleted its profile picture from its official twitter handle before removing all posts from its Instagram account too. The club’s top players such as skipper Kohli, Yuzvendra Chahal and AB de Villiers had posted queries on the changes a few days back.

Kohli was silly and disrespectful during the second Test: Johnson

Johnson said that Kohli didn’t his keep words after making pre-series claims that he won’t initiate any confrontations

BS: Former Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson slammed India captain Virat Kohli, describing his behaviour as “disrespectful” and “silly” during the second Test here. Kohli and Australia captain Tim Paine were involved in a series of heated exchanges, which at one point prompted umpire Chris Gaffaney to step in to dissolve the tension.

However, once the second Test ended with Australia beating India by 146 runs, both the captains played down the issue, saying no line was crossed. But Johnson was extremely critical of Kohli’s behaviour during the Test.

“At the end of the match, you should be able to look each other in the eyes, shake hands and say ‘great contest’,” he wrote in a column for Fox Sports. “Virat Kohli could not do that with Tim Paine, shaking the Australian captain’s hand but barely making eye contact with him. To me, that is disrespectful.

“Kohli gets away with more than most cricketers simply because he is Virat Kohli and he gets placed on a pedestal but this Test left the Indian captain looking silly,” he wrote. BCCI on Tuesday came out in support of Kohli, rubbishing media reports in Australia which claimed that Kohli had bragged about being the best batsman in the world while ridiculing Paine as a “stand-in captain”.

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Is Virat Kohli the greatest batsman India has ever seen? 47% agree: BS Poll

Virat Kohli broke icon Sachin Tendulkar’s record, becoming the fastest player to reach 10,000 ODI runs

SPORTS |Virat Kohli on Wednesday became the fastest batsman to reach 10,000 runs in one-day internationals (ODI). He reached the milestone while playing against the West Indies in Visakhapatnam.

With this, Kohli surpassed fellow Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar, who earlier reached the milestone in 259 innings in 2001, becoming the fifth Indian to reach the 10,000-mark in ODIs.

Business Standard yesterday conducted a poll asking users across Twitter, Facebook and its website whether Virat Kohli’s 10,000 runs in ODIs make him the best batsman India has ever seen.|  India Vs West Indies 

Here are the results of the 24-hour poll:

The YES club: Of over 1,200 votes received across all platforms, around 580 or 47 per cent were of the view that Virat Kohli’s 10,000 runs in ODIs make him the best batsman in India. The NO club: As opposed to previous votes, around 528 or 43 per cent people were of the view that despite Kohli’s 10,000 runs, he is not the best Indian batsman.

Can’t say: Around 10 per cent said that they weren’t sure whether Kohli is the best batsman India has ever had. Individual result recorded at Business Standard website, Twitter anf Facebook.

The table above shows that while poll-takers on Twitter and Facebook consider Virat Kohli as the best batsman India has ever seen, poll-takers on the BS website seem to disagree by a large margin.

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Virat Kohli 83rd in highest-paid athletes list, no women in top 100: Forbes

The 'World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2018' list is topped by 41-year-old Mayweather, with $285 million earnings

India cricket captain Virat Kohli is among the world's highest-paid athletes, according to a Forbes' compilation topped by American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather.

Kohli, the only sportsperson from India to be featured in the list, is ranked 83rd with earnings of $24 million.

Surprisingly, the 'World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2018' compilation is an all-male affair with no women being featured in the list.

Kohli, 29, is not just cricket-crazy India's biggest name but is also one of the most popular athletes in the world, "boasting more Twitter followers (25 million-plus) than all but three active sports stars", Forbes said.

The 'World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2018' list is topped by 41-year-old Mayweather, with $285 million earnings.

This year the Indian national cricket board 'The Board of Control for Cricket in India' named Kohli as one of just five players to receive the newly-created A+ contracts, which guarantee an annual retainer of more than $1 million, it said.

"Yet like the Indian cricket mega-stars who have come before him, Virat Kohli's big payday comes off the pitch" where he's partnered with top brands such as Puma, Pepsi, Audi and Oakley, Forbes said.

There are no women on the list.

Forbes said tennis' female sportspersons Li Na, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams were list regulars but Li retired in 2014 and Sharapova is still dealing with the aftermath of a 15-month suspension for using a banned substance.

Williams was the only woman to feature in the top 100 last year, but her prize money dropped from $8 million to $62,000 this year after she gave birth to her daughter, Alexis, in September.

This year 40 NBA players made the cut in Forbes' annual look at the world's 100 highest-paid athletes, breaking the record of 32 set last year by hoopsters.

Mayweather heads the world's highest-paid athletes for the fourth time in seven years, thanks to a $275 million payday for his August boxing match against UFC star Conor McGregor.

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