May 26 Morning Brief: Today's Top news and headlines from cricket world

1. Reports: BCCI plans to rest key India players for home series against Afghanistan post WTC Final

After the conclusion of the World Test Championship final in England, BCCI is planning to give rest to some of the key Indian players in order to manage their workload ahead of the ODI World Cup. (READ MORE)

2. Rohit Sharma is underrated, the man has won 5 titles for Mumbai Indians: Sunil Gavaskar

Former India international Sunil Gavaskar lauded Rohit Sharma and stated that the cricketer is underrated as captain. (READ MORE)

3. As a mentor, a coach, a legend of cricket, I respect Gambhir a lot: Naveen-ul-Haq

Lucknow Super Giants pacer Naveen-ul-Haq praised his mentor Gautam Gambhir and stated that the cricketer has learned a lot from the two-time world champion. (READ MORE)

4. ‘Continue the good work’ – Sachin Tendulkar extols Akash Madhwal for latter’s jaw-dropping spell against LSG

Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was very impressed with Akash Madhwal’s performance in the match against LSG. In a message, the 50-year-old asked the pacer to continue with the good work. (READ MORE)

5. 'Down but not defeated' - Gautam Gambhir expresses gratitude, reacts after LSG's IPL 2023 exit

Gautam Gambhir reacted to LSG’s loss in Eliminator against MI and stated that the team is down but not defeated as they aim to come back stronger next year. (READ MORE)

6. 'KL Rahul was a massive miss' - Tom Moody reflects on LSG's IPL 2023 exit

Former cricketer Tom Moody believes that LSG missed their skipper KL Rahul in the eliminator match against MI as the cricketer often provides much-needed stability at the top of the order. (READ MORE)

7. South Africa's Wayne Parnell signs T20 blast deal with Durham

Durham signed South Africa international Wayne Parnell for the ongoing T20 blast. The cricketer was recently playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2023, where he picked up nine wickets in seven matches. (READ MORE)

8. Team India dons new-look training kits from Adidas ahead of WTC final

Members of the Indian team were spotted wearing the latest training kit featuring new sponsors Adidas ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia. (READ MORE)

9. 'Chain se sona hai toh jaag jao' - Suryakumar Yadav pranks Tilak Varma while he was asleep in flight

Flamboyant batter Suryakumar Yadav took some lemon slices from the cabin crew and decided to drip some of the juice directly into Tilak Varma's mouth, who was sleeping. The video of the same went viral on social media. (READ MORE)

10. Virat Kohli scales unprecedented feat, becomes first Asian to breach 250 million followers on Instagram

Former India skipper Virat Kohli became the first Asian to touch the 250 million followers feat on Instagram. He is currently 15th among the most followed [people on the social media platform. (READ MORE)