Newsmen Sports Desk

In the inaugural match of IPL 2022, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) trounced the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 6 wickets. It was first match for Ravindra Jadeja as the captain but his team lost despite Dhoni's half-century. Chennai Super Kings made 131/5 in 20 over. In the answer, KKR made 132/4 in 18.3 overs and won the match by 6 wickets.

Ravindra Jadeja has replaced MS Dhoni as the new captain of Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Jadeja always tries to give his best in every area of the game- batting, bowling, and fielding. Under Dhoni's guidance, he is also expected to give his best in captaincy.

25 years old Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty, announced her retirement on March 22. She was the world's number one professional female tennis player. Her fans were shocked after hearing the news of her retirement. She was three times grand slam champion.

Cricket is one of the most loved sports in India. Indians love cricket just like they love Bollywood movies. Similarly, Indians love cricketers the same way they love Bollywood celebrities. IPL 2022 is going to start on Saturday, 26th March. Among all T-20 leagues, IPL is  the most-watched tournament.

Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha has been in the centre of two different controversies over the past weekend. On epretains to his exclusion from the test side and the second pertains to a shocking revelation by Saha in which he was allegedly being harassed by a “respected journalist” for an interview. These two revelations are being debated by Indian cricket fans on public forums. Here’s all you need to know:

Speaking his mind on the Indian cricket captaincy saga which has unfolded in the last 4 months, Akhtar said that Virat was forcefully relieved from the captaincy across all the formats. “"Virat didn't leave captaincy but was forced to do so. This is not the best of times for him but he needs to prove what he is made of,” Akhtar quipped in the interview.

Novak Djokovic has refused to take Covid-19 vaccine and therefore, the procedure of his participation in the Australian Open which was subject to protocols placed in the view of COVID19 pandemic (and mandatory vaccinations) and which were supposed to be legal in nature, quickly took a murky political colour, resulting in unfavourable headlines for the Serbian, the tournament, and the Australian government as well. Here is a detailed explainer as to why Djokovic has not taken the vaccination.

On day 3 of the third test match between South Africa and India, Captain Kohli lost his cool after a decision declaring Dean Elgar LBW out was reversed by the DRS. “Focus on your team while they shine the ball. Not just the opposition. Trying to catch people all the time,” an irked Kohli was heard saying at the mic in a veiled reference to the major role which the broadcasters (Super Sports) played in the unravelling of the sandpaper-gate scandal back in 2018. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has let Virat go with a strict warning.  

Kohli was not “enjoying” the captaincy, Kapil Dev told the Mid-Day. He further said that the mercurial Indian batsman was going through a tough phase ever since giving up the T20 captaincy of the national side back in September 2021 and off-late seemed to be under a lot of pressure. He further said in the same report that Kohli gave up the test captaincy to play without any pressure and hopes to see the flamboyant batsman back among runs.

West Bengal will play its first match against Tripura  on 13 January at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Manoj Tiwary had last played for Bengal in their Ranji final against Saurashtra in March 2020. 

Speaking to Zee News, Harbhajan said that the decision to drop him from the national side was not that of the then Indian captain M.S. Dhoni but of certain board officials. He further added that Dhoni might not have had a say in the decision (to drop him) but the final call lay with the board members which cannot be overruled by anyone, be it the captain or the coach. "Yes. MS Dhoni was the captain then but I think this thing was above Dhoni's head," he added.

According to Shastri India played well against Pakistan even though India was drubbed by 10 wickets against Pakistan in ICC T20 World Cup. However, he feels the game against New Zealand was where things really went downhill. The timid performance of India against New Zealand was what led to the team's hurtful exit from the World Cup. India lost to New Zealand by 8 wickets and New Zealand, in turn, proceeded towards the finals.

This is also the first time she addressed the incident on camera publicly and the remarks were made in the video that was shared by a Singapore media outlet. The Chinese tennis player had reportedly been absent from public view after the post had surfaced up. The player's absence led to a wave of concern amid the global tennis community which demanded China confirm the player's safety.

Virat Kohli said that he is available for the ODIs and that he has been very honest with his responsibilities in the press conference which came ahead of the three-Test series against South Africa scheduled to start on December 26. Rohit Sharma will miss the Test series against South Africa due to a hamstring injury.

.Newly appointed ODI captain Rohit Sharma has said, having Rahul Dravid as the head coach is the most "amazing" thing to have happened to Team India, further he also said that there "has been a sense of relaxation" in the team, since Dravid took the charge. Since his appointment, he has frequently been asked about his game, and how he would lead team India. Through his latest interviews it is evident that Rohit Sharma is highly excited and committed towards his huge responsibility. He aims for team India, to win all the international tournaments that come their way.

Max Verstappen emerged the winner of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and won the Formula One world championship title for Red Bull, after knocking Lewis Hamilton out on Sunday. He is the first Dutch driver to win the Formula 1 race. While seven times champion Hamilton came second.  

India's new One Day International captain Rohit Sharma has said that middle order batters of his team will have to prepare themselves to deal with the worst case scenario, in order to win ICC trophies going ahead. Sharma was on Wednesday declared new ODI captain by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Virat was reportedly sacked as ODI captain after he failed to voluntarily step down within 48 hours, as demanded by the BCCI. The cricket board has shown a lot of trust in Rohit Sharma and chose him India's new white ball captain.

On Wednesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India declared Rohit Sharma as India's ODI captain. On this decision the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has opened up and said that the board and selectors took this decision together. In addition to this he also said that the board and he personally had words with Virat Kohli over the decision. The tenure of Rohit Sharma as ODI captain is likely to begin in the series against South Africa in January.  

It was bound to happen after India's exit from the World Cup and on Wednesday the BCCI chose Rohit Sharma over Virat Kohli as India's white-ball captain.

For the second time Ashleigh Barty, Australia's world number one player was crowned WTA Player of the Year and US Open champion Emma Raducanu grabbed the Newcomer of the Year award, on Tuesday. Barty is Australia's second WTA singles No.1 player after Evonne Cawley, while Raducanu, who is just 19, is the first British woman to win a Grand Slam.

Around 55 days are left for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Games to begin. Earlier, the IOC had to postpone the Tokyo Olympics, which were scheduled to take place in July 2020, to the same month in 2021, because the global situation worsened amid the second wave of Covid19 in many parts of the world. But this time the IOC does not foresee a situation in which it would be forced to postpone the 2022 Winter Olympic Games like it had to do earlier.

Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is extremely grateful to India and believes that India has made him the brand that he is today.  In an interview to news agency IANS, he said that the love he receives from Indians has drawn the country close to his heart.  Bravo is about to start a fresh innings in fashion with 'Djb47 Fashion Label.'

Djokovic holds the record for staying at the top for the maximum number of weeks and is now said to be eyeing the record set by Germany's women's tennis legend Steffi who stayed at the top for 377 weeks as per WTA rankings.  Djokovic has finished year-end No. 1 for the record-breaking seventh time. He has moved past another legend Pete Sampras who held the record for six times.

After making 62 runs in 28.1 overs, India bowled New Zealand out and took a 263-run lead in the second and final Test here on Saturday. New Zealand was chasing the score of 325 made by India in 109.5 overs.

The Bulls will now face the Deccan Gladiators in the final, while in the third-place play-off on Saturday Team Abu Dhabi will take on Bangla Tigers. The Delhi Bulls scored 109/7 in their 10 overs, on the other hand Team Abu Dhabi had setlled for 60/10 in 8.3 overs and this is credited to Drakes for returning figures of 4/13 in his two overs.

Jayant Yadav will come in place of all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who picked up a niggle during the Kanpur Test, said the skipper leading the side. Virat resumed his captaincy after taking a break in the first Test. He also said that the wicket and the weather both looked nice and favorable for bating in the first innings.

Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of state-run newspaper Global Times had released footage of Peng on Twitter which showed her attending her fans in the tennis court on Sunday. Hu has shared several footages of the Peng Shaui from the tournament. “Peng Shuai showed up at the opening ceremony of a teenager tennis match final in Beijing on Sunday morning,” he tweeted with yet another clipping.

World’s top women tennis players including American superstar Serena Williams, Japan’s Naomi Osaka are likely to feature in the Australian Open 2022, while US Open champion Emma Raducanu is all set to feature in the main draw for the first time in her career. The players must be fully vaccinated to take part in the tournament, according to tournament director Craig Tiley. 

Club legend Xavi Hernandez will make his debut as FC Barcelona manager on Saturday against the local rivals Espanyol at the Camp Nou. The former midfielder only had a limited squad to prepare for the match as many of the first team stars were busy with their international teams. Xavi has been busy solving Barca’s long standing off-field problems since his arrival as a head coach from Qatari side Al-Sadd.

Bayern missed to open the score in the early minutes of the clash when youngster Omar Richards came closer to break the deadlock. Augsburg responded well to Bayern’s early missed chances and started playing with pace and did not allow Bayern to settle in the match. Mads Pedersen in the 23rd min gave Fuggerstadter a well-deserved opening goal when Andi Zeqiri's good build-up work and cross into the box allowed him to hammer home the lead into the top right corner.