With the logo of the team that fired him just 72 hours earlier covered by a black curtain on the wall to his right, Willie Desjardins started to go through a list of people he wanted to thank.
The team announced the move today, less than 24 hours after losing its eighth straight game in regulation.
A 34-year-old Pakistani man, who has beaten his wife with a cricket bat and forced her to drink bleach, was today jailed for 18 months after a judge said he was "fundamentally misled" by the cricketer.
The 10th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) had a perfect start at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Wednesday with the opening ceremony providing some real entertainment for the holiday crowd.
P.V. Sindhu got the better of Saina Nehwal in a pulsating all-Indian quarter-final of the India Open World Superseries badminton championships here on Friday.
Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland on Thursday took a dig at Virat Kohli, saying he is not sure if the Indian captain knows how spell the "sorry" word.