Carlsen's Freestyle Chess gets Fide nod

In a statement on Tuesday, the world chess governing body, Fide, said that since the organisers of the 'Freestyle Chess Tour' have done away with all references to the "World Championship" title from its regulations, players wishing to participate in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour this year are no longer required to sign a waiver note.

- HT Correspondent

MUMBAI: In the T20I series, India's bowling strategy was clear - get England with spin. They stuck to just one specialist pacer and packed the 11 with as many as four spin options. Their main weapon was Varun Chakravarthy, whose unorthodox style bamboozled the batters. He was accurate and the England batters just couldn't read him. In a superb show, he captured 14 wickets in five games, at an economy rate of 7.67.

The question is whether Chakravarthy can make the same impact in the 50-over format. Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen backed the visitors to fare better against the spinner in the ODIs if they look to play him out. "The English batters would be better against him in the one-dayers because they can spend more time. It's a longer format, not every ball is an event," Pietersen said on the sidelines of an event to announce his business venture in India.

Sticking to their ultra-attacking style under coach Brendon McCullum, England lost the T20I series 4-1. England had also lost last year's Test series in India with McCullum at the helm.

"They're not (getting the results) in Tests. You only have to look at their statistics. We'll have to wait and see what happens in white ball. They've only played a couple of games and they've lost their first series. I don't think deep down if you ask them, they're achieving the numbers that they want to achieve," said Pietersen.

On Rohit, Virat formAt any other time in their careers, the names of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli would evoke awe among opponents in ODIs. It's their favourite format, and the numbers speak for themselves. Kohli has 13,906 runs in ODIs with 50 hundreds, and Rohit 10,866 with 31 tons.