Republic Times

Sidharth Shukla is the winner of Bigg Boss 13. The actor took home the winner's trophy. After facing a roller-coaster ride of umpteen tasks, extreme challenges and staying away from all the luxuries for 140 days, Sidharth Shukla emerged as the winner of the Bigg Boss 13 finale, which aired on Colors on Saturday night. Paras Chhabra was the first of the six finalists to be eliminated while Aarti Singh was the second one to leave the house, followed by Rashami Desai. Shehnaz, Asim and Sidharth made it to the top three. Comedian and Salman Khan's Bharat co-star Sunil Grover took over the stage and amused all the contestants with his funny gag. His impressive mimicry of Amitabh Bachchan clearly deserves a special mention. Sunil's act cracked up all the contestants.

Bangladesh cricket team clinched its maiden ICC Under-19 World Cup title after beating favourites India cricket by three wickets in the summit clash at JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom on Sunday. Set a revised target of 170 after a brief rain interruption, Bangladesh won the match with 23 balls to spare. Sent in to bat, India's batting wilted under pressure as a superb Bangladesh bowling attack shot the defending champions out for a paltry 177 in 47.2 overs. Yasashvi Jaiswal (88 off 121 balls) was once again a standout performer but not for once did he look like dominating the Bangladesh bowling unit whose new ball bowlers Shoriful Islam (2/31 in 10 overs) and Tanzim Hasan Shakib (2/28 in 8.2 overs) literally stifled the Indians for runs. The third seamer Avishek Das (3/40 in 9 overs) was the most successful bowler in terms of figures but it was Shoriful's first spell with channelised aggression that put the Indians on the back-foot from the onset. Opener Parvez Hossain Emo