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Denying reports of former Pakistan cricket team captain Imran Khan getting married for the third time on January 1, his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said he has only proposed to a woman named Bushra Maneka.  It added Maneka has sought more time to respond.  Khan was married to Jemima Khan (1995-2004) and then to Reham Khan (2015).

Cape Town: South Africa were all out for 130 in their second innings at stroke of lunch on day four of the first Test against India. One has to praise Kohli for the way he led today. Every move of his paid off and his constant chatter, never-ending energy and enthusiasm rubbed off on his team. Catches were taken and the bowling was first-class. Now up to the batsman to do their work to achieve what looked like an improbable task when India were 92/7 in the first innings and well behind the game. Chasing small totals can always be tricky. Remember Barbados 1997? A game the great Sachin Tendulkar rates as one of his most disappointing matches in his career.

Yusuf Pathan has been handed a five-month back-dated suspension by the BCCI for testing positive for a banned substance during a domestic T20 competition in March last year.  The suspension will run retrospectively from August 15 last year, and will expire on January 14.  Yusuf inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance Terbutaline, which can be commonly found in cough syrups.