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Rafael Nadal steps onto the court for first time in a month
The Spaniard, 35, who is among the favourites to win this year's French Open, was forced to cope with a stress fracture in Indian Wells and was initially expected to be out of action for around six weeks. However, it seems Nadal's recovery process is going well ahead and he will get ready in time for the second Grand Slam of the year at Roland Garros.
Kohli, Pujara lead wishes as KL Rahul celebrates his 30th birthday
Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Instagram story shared a picture of him with KL Rahul to extend the birthday wishes for the LSG captain Mumbai Indians star batter Suryakumar Yadav also shared a picture with KL Rahul to wish the "kindest" a very happy birthday. "Happy Birthday to one of the kindest,@klrahul11. Wish you all the success and happiness, brother Looking forward to many more partnerships with you," Suryakumar Yadav tweeted.
IPL 2022: Captaincy comes naturally to Shreyas Iyer, says Ravi Shastri
Shreyas Iyer was given the responsibility of leading Kolkata after the franchise acquired his services for INR 12.25 crores in a fierce bidding battle during the IPL Mega Auction earlier this year. After having captained Delhi from mid-2018 to 2020 season, Iyer has had a mixed bag as captain as Kolkata have won three and lost as many games in IPL 2022.
Made a big embarrassment of myself here: McCullum recalls path to unbeaten 158 in IPL's first match
Cut to now, McCullum, the head coach of Kolkata, went down memory lane with chief mentor David Hussey in a video on the league's official website, recalling events which led from his circumspect start making way for a breath-taking one-man onslaught over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the inaugural match of IPL.
No better player than Sehwag who could play my spin: Sunil Narine
The West Indian mystery spinner, who will play his 150th game for KKR later on Monday completing 10 years with the franchise, when asked who he though played him best, said, "I will probably have to say Virender Sehwag. I always found it tough because he was a guy who always kept the game going no matter what situation the team was in, he kept batting the way he did."
Chess: India's Gukesh wins La Roda Open; Pragg, Sadhwani among top 5
Gukesh, 15, who went into the final round with seven points, defeated Mikhalevski with white pieces to finish with 8.0 points from nine rounds to top a field comprising 193 players. Armenian GM Haik M. Martirosyan finished second with 7.5 points while Indian GMs R Praggnanandhaa and Raunak Sadhwani finished joint third with three other players -- all five ending their campaigns with 7.0 points from nine rounds. Pragg finished third on tiebreak and Sadhwani was fourth.
Pujara looks to get back into Test reckoning with series of good performances for Sussex
Pujara's underwhelming performances in the last season saw him being dropped from India's squad for the Sri Lanka Test series earlier this year and also being demoted in the latest central contracts' list from Grade A to Grade B. Pujara saw an opportunity to get back into form by playing county cricket when Australia's Travis Head declared his inability to play for Sussex due to increased international commitments. He immediately agreed to sign a contract with them for the majority of the 2022 season.
IPL 2022: David Miller played really well; was positive against spinners, says Fleming
"Well, he played really well and played positively against the spinners, which was like a counter-attack after we made early inroads. But it was a quality knock. Our spinners were probing when we going well at that stage. So, he kept them in the game with some good hitting, took some good options down the ground and we weren't able to find any weakness there," said Fleming in the post-match virtual press conference.
Team still lacks a bit of finishing, says India hockey skipper Rohidas
Having bagged all six points from their last home leg double-header, the team consolidate its lead at the top of the Pro League points table with 27 points from 12 matches. India now enjoy a 10-point lead with second-placed Germany.
IPL 2022: Why Dinesh Karthik has set himself a short-term and a long-term goal?
In a candid talk with former RCB skipper Virat Kohli on RCB Bold Diaries, Karthik added that his dream was to help India "cross that line" of winning multi-nation tournament, which has eluded the country for a long time now.
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