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Cricket Australia's perfect reply to those who say Buttler and IPL are not Australian
Buttler's exploits were the key reason for Rajasthan Royals making it to the IPL 2022 final, and while he could not guide his side to the title, losing to Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Sunday night, the England cricketer scored 39 off 35 balls, which took him past Australian great David Warner in the list of all-time highest run-getters in IPL in a single season.
Ranveer Singh, Rehman enthrall spectators at IPL closing ceremony
The closing ceremony started with Ranveer Singh's performance with cricket legend and former Indian captain Kapil Dev's biopic '83's song. He danced on the floor for almost 20 to 25 minutes, on songs mostly from his movies like 'Band Baaja Baraat', 'Ram Leela', 'Gunday', 'Dil Dhadakne Do', 'Padmavat', 'Bajirao Mastani' besides latest movies like 'RRR', and 'KGF Chapter-2'.
Jr men's hockey nationals: Uttar Pradesh beat Chandigarh to retain title
Hockey Haryana claimed third place in the competition with a 3-0 win against the Hockey Association of Odisha in the 3rd/4th place match. In the final, Uttar Pradesh Hockey defeated Hockey Chandigarh 2-0 in a tightly-contested affair. Sourabh Anand Khushwaha (4') and captain Sharda Nand Tiwari (33') scored a goal early in each half for Uttar Pradesh to seal victory in the contest.
French Open: Djokovic beats Schwartzman to seal berth in quarterfinals
The top seed came up with a high-quality fourth-round performance as he saved seven break points while converting six of his own in a 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 victory to set a quarterfinal showdown with 13-time champion Rafael Nadal or Felix Auger-Aliassime in the French capital. Djokovic improved to 16-0 in fourth-round matches here in Paris as he registered another straight-sets victory after easing past Yoshihito Nishioka, Alex Molcan and Aljaz Bedene in his opening three rounds.
French Open: Zverev overcomes Miralles to reach quarterfinals
Zverev clinched a marathon opening set in a dramatic tie-break and was forced to recover from a break down in the second before going on to seal a 7-6(11), 7-5, 6-3 triumph over the No 131-ranked Miralles. Miralles was making his first appearance in a Grand Slam quarterfinal and despite a nervy start the Spaniard looked at home on the big stage. He capitalised on any drop in level from Zverev to ensure the German was never comfortable but the World No 3
Formula 1: Sergio Perez wins Monaco Grand Prix
The Mexican's Red Bull teammate Verstappen was third, and Leclerc, who started the day on pole, came back in fourth. The seven-time champion Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, could only finish eighth following another frustrating outing.
Asia Cup hockey: India fight back in thrilling 3-3 draw against Malaysia
The Indians, played poorly in the first half, were totally defensive and could not produce a single shot a the Malaysia goal. Malaysia capitalised on the passive play by the Indians and scored once in the first two quarters through penalty corner expert Razie Rahim to take 2-0 lead.
Determined Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets to win maiden IPL title
IPL 2022 Final: By finishing off a chase of 131 with 11 balls remaining and defeating Rajasthan for the third time in IPL 2022 after losing the toss, Gujarat have capped off a season where they exceeded everyone's pre-tournament expectations to become champions in their debut season of the competition.
IPL displays world's largest cricket jersey, enters Guinness Book of world records
The former India head coach Ravi Shastri who was doing presenters' duties, announced about it. The jersey was numbered 15, representing the 15th edition of the tournament. It also held the symbols of all the 10 teams that participated in IPL 2022. Later, the IPL took to Twitter and shared a video of the jersey launch at the world's largest cricket stadium.
IPL 2022 Final: Hardik Pandya's 3/17 helps Gujarat restrict Rajasthan to 130/9
With the crowd firmly behind him and chanting his name, Pandya took out Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler and Shimron Hetmyer in a tight bowling display by the home side on a slow, dry pitch to keep Rajasthan to a low score, which they wouldn't have imagined after electing to bat first.
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