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IPL 2022 serves as a platform for Suryakumar Yadav to cement his place in the Indian team, says Gavaskar
Legendary batter Gavaskar said that IPL 2022 is a great opportunity for Suryakumar Yadav to cement his place in the Indian team by performing well again this season. As five-time champions, Mumbai Indians take on Pant-led Delhi Capitals at Brabourne Stadium on March 27, and all eyes will be on Suryakumar Yadav who performed brilliantly in the previous IPL seasons, and David Warner who joined Delhi Capitals from Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Women's World Cup: Australia maintain unbeaten streak with five-wicket win over Bangladesh
Six-time champions Australia maintained their unbeaten streak in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup with a five-wicket win over Bangladesh in a rain-affected 43-over affair at the Basin Reserve. The win was achieved mainly on the back of Beth Mooney making a fighting, unbeaten 66 and sharing an unbroken stand of 65 with Annabel Sutherland (26 not out) to chase down 136 in 32.1 overs.
In-form Khawaja showing no signs of slowing down
Usman Khawaja's stunning start to 2022 continues to surprise and the experienced Australia batter has no plans on easing up any time soon. Khawaja registered his fourth century of the year when he scored an unbeaten 104 for Australia during the second innings of the third Test against Pakistan in Lahore on Thursday and the in-form 35-year-old has now amassed 751 runs in 2022 thus far.
CLOSE-IN: IPL 2022, loyalty from fans could be a concern
The biggest cricket pantomime, the Indian Premier League (IPL) , will raise its curtain at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on March 26. The match will be between the reigning champions, Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders.
Tendulkar gets a pleasant surprise on joining MI hotel for IPL bio-bubble
Tendulkar, who is a mentor of the franchise, had a chat with players after joining the bio-secure bubble at a city hotel. Mumbai Indians are currently housed in the bio-secure bubble as they gear up to enter the contest in search of their sixth title. The squad has had some heavy-duty practice sessions at the Reliance's Jio International facility in Navi Mumbai.
WTT Contender Doha: G Sathiyan-Manika Batra clinch mixed doubles silver
The Indian duo of Sathiyan and Batra, ranked world No 7 lost to the world No 1 pair of Cheng I-Ching and Lin Yun-Ju of Chinese Taipei 3-0 (4-11, 5-11, 3-11) in the mixed doubles final at the Lusail Sports Arena. Sathiyan and Batra were playing in their third final since their reunion after the Tokyo Olympics. The Indian table tennis pair had won WTT Contender Budapest and silver at WTT Contender Tunis, last year.
Swiss Open: Sindhu, Srikanth, Prannoy in quarters; Rankireddy-Shetty crash out
World N.o 12 Srikanth, seeded 7th here, got the better of Christo Popov of France in three games, fighting back after losing the first game to win 13-21, 25-23, 21-11. Prannoy too came back from a game down to overcome Kalle Koljonen of Finland, winning 19-21, 21-13, 21-9 in four minutes less than an hour in the USD 180,000 prize money event at St. Jakobshalle, Basel.
Lahore Test evenly poised after Pakistan openers make brisk start against Australia
After toiling hard in the field while bowling, Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq gave their team a brisk start against Australia as the third and final Test match was evenly poised at the end of Day 4, here on Thursday. The visitors looked strong with the bat for the most of the day, with Usman Khawaja leading the attack with a fine Test hundred.
Asian Wrestling Championship trials: Ravi Dahiya gets walkover; Bajrang, Deepak book spots as well
The men's freestyle and Greco Roman trials were held to pick the Indian teams for the event to be held at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from April 19 to 24.
Ravi, Bajrang and Olympian Deepak Punia got direct entries to the final. Ravi got a walkover from National champion Aman. Bajrang, who returned to competitive wrestling after the Olympics, defeated National champion Rohit. Deepak beat Vinod.
Golfer Hitaashee cards 7-under 65, moves into lead at 6th leg of WPGT
Hitaashee Bakshi, who has one win against her name this season, equalled the first-round score of 65 by Gaurika Bishnoi, whose second-round 71 saw her slip to the second place. Hitaashee Bakshi's 65 was flawless too, just as Gaurika's in the first round. After the second round, Hitaashee leads at 9-under 135 with Gaurika at 8-under 136.
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