Rohit Sharma has climbed six places to a career-best eighth position in the ICC men's Test batsmen's rankings, while R Ashwin has progressed four places to third position on the bowlers' rankings on the back of their performances in the third Test against England in Ahmedabad that India won by ten wickets.

Left-arm spinner Axar Patel, who was named Player of the Match for his 11-wicket match haul in what was only his second Test, gained 30 slots to reach the 38th position.

Sharma, who top-scored in the first innings with 66 and carried India over the line with an unbeaten 25 in the second, now has 742 rating points, 20 more than his previous best of 722 in October 2019 when he was ranked tenth.

Sharma, Patel, and Ashwin, who took seven wickets across the two innings and crossed 400 Test wickets, were the chief architects of India's resounding win in a low-scoring contest on a tricky Ahmedabad pitch, which helped keep them in contention for the final of the inaugural World Test Championship.

From the English side, left-arm spinner Jack Leach broke into the top 30, moving up three places to 28th after taking four wickets. Captain Joe Root's maiden five-wicket haul helped him advance 16 places to 72nd among bowlers. He also made gains in the allrounders' rankings, claiming the joint-13th position with New Zealand's Tim Southee.

Opener Zak Crawley's 53 in the first innings lifted him 15 places to 46th in what was the only notable gain for any England batsman.

Bangladesh Emerging Team 313 (Yasir Ali 92, Saif Hassan 49, Adair 3-22, Hume 3-56) beat Ireland Wolves 151 (Campher 39, Tanvir Islam 5-55) and 139 (Tector 55, Tanvir Islam 8-51) by an innings and 23 runs

Tanvir Islam's career-best match haul of 13 for 106 cleaned up the Ireland Wolves as the Bangladesh Emerging Team won by an innings and 23 runs, finishing the only four-day game of the tour on the third day. Islam, a 25-year-old left-arm spinner who had taken 19 wickets in his 11 previous first-class games, finished with figures of 8 for 51 from 28.3 overs in the Wolves' second innings at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

The visitors were bowled out for 139, having made 151 in their first innings, as they went through yet another struggle against spin. In the first innings, Islam took 5 for 55 while captain Saif Hassan, who bowls part-time offspin, took two wickets. In the second innings, it was Islam again with the wickets while Ebadot Hossain and Hassan took one each.

In between the Wolves' two innings, the home side were bowled out for 313 with Yasir Ali top-scoring with 92. He struck eight fours and five sixes in his 115-ball knock. Bangladesh's top three - Saif, Tanzid Hasan and Mahmudul Hasan Joy - all got out in the forties.

Mark Adair and Graham Hume took three wickets each while Jonathan Garth took two wickets. Among the Wolves batsmen, only captain Harry Tector struck a fifty for the visitors, having got out for a duck in the first innings. Curtis Campher top-scored with 39 in the first dig.

The two sides next take on each other in five one-day games and two T20s in Chattogram and Dhaka.

Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe bagged a double as they hammered bottom side Dijon 4-0 away to cut Lille's Ligue 1 lead to one point on Saturday.

Mbappe added to Moise Kean's early opener with Danilo Pereira wrapping it up late on to lift PSG to second on 57 points from 27 games ahead of Lille's home match against Racing Strasbourg on Sunday.

PSG were without the injured Neymar, Angel Di Maria, Marco Verratti and Leandro Paredes but Dijon were never a match for the French champions in a one-sided encounter.

Dijon have 15 points and trail second-bottom Lorient by eight points.

Kean put the visitors in front after six minutes, collecting Abdou Diallo's centre inside the box and firing home a cross-shot.

Mbappe doubled PSG's advantage in the 32nd minute by converting a penalty after Bersant Celina's handball.

The France striker then netted his 18th league goal of the season -- his 98th for PSG -- six minutes into the second half when he curled a shot past goalkeeper Anthony Racioppi after being played through by Rafinha.

"Kylian is an outstanding player. We were all disappointed after his game against Monaco," said PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino, referring to last weekend's 2-0 home defeat against the principality side.

"He remained calm and he worked to be ready today. For the next games we will assess the conditions of Marco Verratti, Alessandro Florenzi, Mauro Icardi or Leandro Paredes, Sunday or Monday."

Pereira rubbed salt in Dijon's wounds eight minutes from time as he headed home from Julian Draxler's corner.

"We knew we had 12 games to win and this one was the first," added Pochettino.

Pereira rubbed salt in Dijon's wounds eight minutes from time as he headed home from Julian Draxler's corner.

Victoria 190 (Short 94, Conway 6-39) and 4 for 270 (Handscomb 124*, Maddinson 61) drew with New South Wales 364 (Henriques 141, Nevill 74, Pattinson 4-60)

Captain Peter Handscomb led from the front with a superb match-saving century as Victoria earned a draw against New South Wales in Sydney.

Handscomb batted through the final day until play was called off half an hour after tea in a flawless display with what was his first first-class century since November 2018.

"Just tried to stay in my bubble the best I could, score when the ball was there," he said. "It was nice to spend some time in the middle...hadn't scored a hundred for a while as well so good to get that feeling back

"And more just mentally being out there for that time and getting back into the routine of it's never enough, never being satisfied, trying not to leave it to someone else. All that stuff I probably hadn't been doing for a little while so nice to be able to do that."

He had excellent support from Seb Gotch in a fifth-wicket stand that spanned 40 overs after Victoria had lost their fourth wicket shortly after lunch with their lead at just 29.

They had resumed still 45 runs behind and still trailed when Nic Maddinson's long occupation was ended when he bottom-edged a cut into the stumps off Nathan Lyon against a delivery too close for the shot.

Matt Short dug in with defence his only concern making 5 off 62 deliveries in a partnership with Handscomb that ate up a further 22 overs before he was pinned lbw by Trent Copeland with the last ball before lunch.

Shortly after the resumption it appeared New South Wales could make a decisive push when Jake Fraser-McGurk, who led Victoria to victory at the SCG last week, flashed an edge to slip off Pat Cummins but that would be their last success.

Handscomb brought up his 15th first-class hundred from 251 balls and Victoria were all-but safe by the tea break. New South Wales gave it one final push early in the final session but soon shook hands.

Following No. 2 Baylor's first loss of the season on Saturday night, a 71-58 defeat at No. 17 Kansas, coach Scott Drew acknowledged the COVID-19 protocols that sidelined the Bears for 21 days are his basketball team's "kryptonite."

"We were the No. 1-shooting team in the country, and we'll get back to that," Drew said. "But even Superman has kryptonite. And I guess COVID protocols is ours."

Baylor, which entered the game shooting 43.2% from 3-point range, went 6-for-26 from behind the arc. The Bears shot just 8-for-25 from behind the arc in their first game back, a come-from-behind win at Iowa State on Tuesday.

This was Baylor's first week back after six consecutive postponements due to COVID-19 issues within the program and the Big 12's protocols. The Bears practiced last Sunday for the first time in nearly three weeks.

"Anyone that's had COVID would know when you come back you're probably not 100 percent," Drew said. "For people that didn't [have COVID] and weren't able to practice or work out, I would think that's rust or other areas of that. The last thing is, it's a chemistry game, just like football. You can work out with quarterbacks and running backs all you want, until you work out with the line and the receivers -- it's a timing game too. At the end of the day, you gotta make shots. And normally, when the legs go, it's hard to make 3s ... That will all come, and we'll get back into that rhythm.

"Again, two plus two equals four. A lot of people go on pauses, but they might not have people that have COVID, and if that's the case, they're working out every day, they don't have snowstorms, they're practicing. Their comeback time is a lot quicker than other teams."

Baylor guard Jared Butler, the Bears' Wooden Award candidate, went just 2-for-9 from the field on Saturday and scored five points before fouling out. MaCio Teague (18 points) and Davion Mitchell (13 points) had stretches where they got into a rhythm on the offensive end, but they shot a combined 12-for-35 from the floor.

Marcus Garrett shouldered most of the responsibility for guarding Butler, who had 30 points in the first meeting between the two teams earlier this season.

"First, you gotta give credit to Marcus," Drew said. "Second, our staff, we gotta do a better job of putting him in better positions. Then third, you're going to have nights where you don't shoot it well. And that was tonight.

"They've done a good job also in guys improving and getting better," Drew later added. "Guys on the rotation are much crisper and cleaner, which you expect. We had three weeks where we got worse, and they had three weeks where they got better, so we gotta catch up."

The game was back and forth for most of the first half, with Kansas getting out to an early seven-point lead, before Baylor fought back. Kansas took a three-point advantage into halftime, and Baylor never got closer than that in the second half.

Jayhawks forward David McCormack dominated the paint in the first half and finished with 20 points and three rebounds before fouling out, while Garrett contributed 14 points and Christian Braun had 11 points.

McCormack's 14-point first half set the tone immediately: Kansas was going to use its size advantage against Baylor's frontcourt, and the Bears would have to adjust. The Bears slowed McCormack down after halftime, but it was too late.

"Let's give him credit for really helping Kansas, especially the last six, seven games, they've really been playing at a high level," Drew said. "They've done a great job getting him the ball. But he's done a great job being strong, demanding it, being physical, finishing ... He deserves a lot of credit for that."

Kansas dominated the backboards, outrebounding Baylor 48-28 -- including 14 offensive rebounds that turned into 17 second-chance points.

"I feel like we were locked in," Garrett said after the game. "We knew we had to rebound and defend to win the game. That was a big thing we emphasized the whole week."

Kansas has now won six of its past seven games, with the lone loss coming in overtime at Texas on Tuesday. The Jayhawks have held seven straight opponents to fewer than one point per possession, and Baylor's 58 points on Saturday were the lowest the Bears have scored all season.

After looking like an early out in the NCAA tournament, Kansas is playing as well as any team in the Big 12 entering the postseason.

"We finished 12-6 in a ridiculously hard league when we sucked for three weeks," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "You take those three weeks out of it and we performed consistently well. Of course, you can't do that. But to play the entire slate of games and play everybody twice, a lot of teams across America would love to be 12-6 in the toughest league in America."

Baylor could drop from No. 2 in the country in next week's AP poll for the first time all season, and the Bears have a difficult three-game stretch to finish the regular season: at West Virginia on Tuesday, home against Oklahoma State on Thursday and home versus Texas Tech on Sunday.

"At the end of the day, they came up here and outplayed us in certain aspects of the game and we lost," Teague said. "We gotta be tougher than that. We just gotta be better."

ESPN's Myron Medcalf contributed to this report.

Another Canelo Alvarez fight and another dominant performance from one of the sport's pound-for-pound best. Alvarez defeated Avni Yildirim by technical knockout on Saturday to keep the WBC and WBA super middleweight titles.

We already know what's next for Alvarez: a title unification bout against Billy Joe Saunders on May 8. But what can we learn from the three-round performance from Alvarez at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium? Ben Baby and Michael Rothstein react to the victory, the disappointment of Yildirim's performance and what could be the long-term plan for Alvarez.

Rothstein: Avni Yildirim spent more time waiting in the ring for Alvarez to get there during walkouts than he did actually fighting Alvarez. This fight was not a real contest at all -- and that's part of the issue for Alvarez right now. He is the star of the sport yet doesn't have many options in terms of legit opponents to fight.

The alphabet organizations can continue to throw challengers at him, but it doesn't seem like there are going to be many opponents who will be game competition. Yildirim should not have been in that ring. Is Saunders a guy who can really give Alvarez a run for his belts? Or is May 8 going to feature another coronation? Because let's be real, the prefight mini concert with J Balvin was more interesting than any action we saw in the ring Saturday night.

Baby: I really don't think Saunders will offer much competition. Saunders can do a few things well, but his undefeated record doesn't have any truly terrific wins. Yes, he has beat Willie Monroe Jr., David Lemieux and Chris Eubank Jr. at middleweight, but none of those fighters is anywhere close to being elite.

Also, Saunders doesn't have a ton of power. He couldn't knock out Martin Murray in a fight Saunders dominated in December. And of his 30 victories, Saunders has only 14 knockouts. That doesn't bode well when facing Alvarez, who took all of Gennadiy Golovkin's punches as well as any of his opponents have in their epic two-fight series.

There's only one guy who might be able to push Alvarez: WBC middleweight titleholder Jermall Charlo. And that would have the potential to be a super fight.

Rothstein: Charlo would be intriguing, and it's a good idea; although because it would be cross-promotional, who knows if or when that fight would get made. However, that might be one of the advantages of Alvarez being out on his own in terms of promotion.

But how did Saturday night's fight even happen? Yildirim was a mandatory challenger, and it wasn't much of a challenge at all. How often do we see this nowadays -- mandatory challengers essentially being in keep-busy fights to delay the inevitable? For Alvarez, it delayed unification against Saunders, a potential third fight against Golovkin or perhaps that fight against Charlo.

It's not the only fight of its kind we'll see, either, or even the only one in the news this week. We could see a similar situation later this year with Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr. It feels rarer and rarer that the mandatory challenger ends up in a fight that's worthy of it being, well, mandatory. Instead, it seems like the alphabet organizations are trying to keep themselves relevant.

At some point, after a fight such as this one, does it signal maybe the need for a change to how mandatory title defenses are determined?

Baby: Oh, for sure. But the conversation around mandatory title defenses is just one of the many problems with the sanctioning bodies. Go look at the rankings for any of the four major groups -- the WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF -- and the lists (and champions) will make little to no sense. There needs to be better consistency, and logic, in the rankings across those four sets.

For a while, this was what made the Ring Magazine championship so great. The credibility of the publication coupled with the strong rankings made its belt the most legitimate and easiest to understand for casual fans. But even that has eroded in recent years.

Bringing it back to Alvarez, what's a perfect 2021 for him? If he beats Saunders, as he should -- William Hill has him listed as a -588 favorite in the United Kingdom as of Sunday morning -- what does he do next?

Rothstein: Oh, man. Go to MMA? Fight a Paul brother? That seems to be all the rage these days. Kidding. Seriously, just kidding. If Alvarez really wants to fight four times this year, then maybe try to see if he can finish unifying the super middleweight division by fighting IBF titleholder Caleb Plant or go down to 160 to fight Charlo. The other option could be trying to going back up a division to light heavyweight to fight unified champion Artur Beterbiev.

There are options, but at this point, it feels like every fight Alvarez has should be one of two things: a big moneymaker or one in which he can win another belt in one division or another. It's easier said than done to have all of that movement, but Alvarez is the one fighter who can do that.

Of course, the other choice is to seal up that trilogy against Golovkin, which would fall into the moneymaker category. If Alvarez did that to end 2021, it could open up a bunch of opportunities for him to chart out a 2022 in which he could take more steps toward being considered one of the best fighters of all time.

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic has inspired comparisons to legends such as Larry Bird and Magic Johnson less than 2½ seasons into his NBA career.

Among active superstars, Doncic's game might be most similar to that of perennial MVP candidate James Harden, who acknowledged Saturday night that he considers those comparisons legitimate.

"There are some similarities," Harden said after the Mavs' 115-98 road win snapped the Brooklyn Nets' eight-game winning streak. "He never lets anyone speed him up, and he gets what he wants. That's rare for a guy at a young age. I think he's 21 years old. And to be able to dictate the game and control the game like he does, we all know he has a very, very bright future.

"The Mavs got a special one."

Harden's comments weren't necessarily a reaction to Saturday night's game, in which he was the lone All-Star available for the Nets with Kevin Durant (hamstring) and Kyrie Irving (injury maintenance) sidelined.

"Whoever is in the lineup and suited up has to be better, and that starts with me," said Harden, who had 29 points and six assists but was held to only four points after halftime.

Doncic had 27 points on 11-of-21 shooting, six rebounds and seven assists in the win, an impressive but routine performance for a player who averages 28.5 points, 8.4 rebounds and 9.0 assists per game.

Nevertheless, Doncic was flattered when he heard about the praise from Harden.

"It's something you can't even describe if somebody like that says something about you," said Doncic, who has previously spoken about studying Harden, specifically his step-back jumper and ability to draw fouls. "It's just amazing. I really appreciate it. I watch him. He's an unbelievable player and just really special."

It was Dallas' seventh win in the past nine games as the 16-16 Mavs climbed back to .500.

One major factor in the Mavs' resurgence has been several players recovering from COVID-19 and regaining their rhythm. Starters Maxi Kleber, Dorian Finney-Smith and Josh Richardson and reserve Dwight Powell all missed extended stretches because of the coronavirus, and backup point guard Jalen Brunson also missed several games because of health and safety protocols despite never testing positive.

The other big development during Dallas' turnaround has been perhaps the best stretch of Doncic's spectacular young NBA career.

Doncic, who turns 22 on Sunday, has averaged 31.6 points over the past nine games, shooting 51.6% from the floor and 46.1% from 3-point range. He has had the three highest-scoring regular-season performances of his career -- 46, 44 and 42 points -- during the span and also averaged 7.3 rebounds and 7.9 assists, carrying the Mavs much like Harden did the Houston Rockets for eight years before being traded to Brooklyn this season.

"Harden has been in a situation the last few years where the offense has really revolved around him," Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said. "With our team, it does around Luka similarly, but our style is a little different than Houston and Brooklyn. Both of these guys are generational-type players. There's no question about it."

New Zealand Women 223 for 3 (Satterthwaite 119*, A Kerr 72*) beat England Women 220 (Beaumont 88*, Knight 60, A Kerr 4-42)

Amy Satterthwaite's seventh ODI century and a fine all-round display from Amelia Kerr carried New Zealand to a seven-wicket victory in the third ODI against England ending a run off 11 consecutive defeats in the format.

During the course of her unbeaten 119, Satterthwaite became the third New Zealand batter to pass 4000 ODI runs and by the end was sat in second place overall behind Suzie Bates having overtaken Debbie Hockley in the closing moments of the chase.

In a match that was played behind closed doors at University Oval after the Covid-19 alert level changes in New Zealand last night, England had been well placed on 115 for 1 but lost their way and fell 2.1 overs short of seeing out the 50 overs with Tammy Beaumont carrying her bat with her third half-century of the series.

Early in the chase it appeared New Zealand's batting line-up could misfire again as both openers fell in single figures then Sophie Devine was lbw to Kate Cross to leave them 51 for 3.

However, Satterthwaite took charge alongside Amelia Kerr, who had earlier cleaned up England's tail to finish with 4 for 42, as an England attack without Katherine Brunt couldn't build pressure against the pair. Either side of bringing up her century from 120 balls, Satterthwaite deposited Sophie Ecclestone and Sarah Glenn for sixes.

After England opted to bat first Danni Wyatt's lean series ended when she was caught behind in the second over but Beaumont and Heather Knight added 109 to lay a solid platform. That changed when Knight was lbw to Amelia Kerr then a brisk start by Nat Sciver was cut off by Brooke Halliday.

New Zealand chipped away at the middle order with Devine striking twice as Beaumont started to run out of partners. Kerr's legspin was too much for the lower order as the last three wickets fell for five runs.

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Ciryl Gane, the UFC heavyweight contender, picked up a critical notch in his belt. Ciryl Gane the budding UFC star? Maybe not so much.

Gane completely controlled Jairzinho Rozenstruik in a one-sided, unanimous decision win (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. But a lack of aggression and his conservative strategy could work against Gane when it comes to future UFC matchmaking.

"I don't make a real big show for the fans," Gane said in his postfight interview. "I got a big win, so I'm really happy for that. The guy was really tough. I just wanted to manage, and I did it."

No, Gane didn't get the highlight-reel knockout that will go viral on social media. Nor did he engage in the kind of back-and-forth war that might make him a box-office favorite. But he did stay undefeated in the UFC against one of the top heavyweights in the world, showing his continued trajectory as a legitimate prospect.

With the win, Gane became the seventh fighter in UFC heavyweight division to start 5-0, per ESPN Stats & Information data. Four of the first six fighters who did so went on to become UFC heavyweight champion. Gane has the longest active winning streak in the UFC heavyweight division (5).

Coming in, ESPN had Rozenstruik ranked No. 4 in the world at heavyweight, with Gane ranked No. 8. Gane will certainly make a large leap in the rankings, but it's unclear what that will mean in a crowded top of the division. The French fighter himself put some of the blame on Rozenstruik for the lack of action.

"I expected a little bit more from him -- more attack," Gane said. "I was a little bit surprised for that."

It might not have been edge-of-your-seat excitement, but Gane's performance was impressive in its own right. He showed poise and calm, staying on the outside and picking Rozenstruik apart with long kicks to the legs and body. A few times, Gane waded in with big combinations and quickly retreated, staying away from Rozenstruik's big power. But those blitzes inside were few and far between for Gane, who clearly wanted to exercise caution.

Rozenstruik was largely nullified. He landed a big combination in the third and some hard left hooks here and there. but nothing was of significance. Gane's excellent kicking and management of spacing was the reason. It was extremely effective, even if it won't necessarily excite fans to tune in to watch him next time.

The card took place with COVID-19 protocols enacted at the UFC Apex, a facility across the street from the UFC's corporate campus. It was the third UFC event this month headlined by a heavyweight contender bout.

Gane (8-0) came in as one of the top prospects in all of MMA, and this performance will take him from prospect to bona fide contender. He is now 5-0 in the UFC with three finishes. Gane, 30, was coming off a second-round TKO win over former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos at UFC 256 in December. Gane trains in France under Fernand Lopez, the former head coach of top UFC heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou, who is set to fight Stipe Miocic for the title at UFC 260 on March 27.

Rozenstruik (11-2) also was coming off a second-round TKO win over dos Santos at UFC 252 in August. The Suriname native has won five of seven fights in the UFC. His only career loss before Saturday came against Ngannou via knockout in May at UFC 249. Rozenstruik, 32, has 10 KO/TKO finishes in 11 career wins. He is a former champion kickboxer.