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Four new faces including pacer Ebadot in Bangladesh squad for ODI series vs Afghanistan
Bangladesh will play three ODIs, which will be followed by two T20Is, and the five-match series will conclude on March 5. Ebadot Hossain was the standout performer in Bangladesh's first Test against New Zealand last month, which the tourists won by eight wickets. Hossain took six second-innings wickets to earn Bangladesh a historic away Test victory in January.
La Liga: Four things we learned from Spain's Matchday 24
Matchday 24 in La Liga had plenty of drama with late goals in both Atletico Madrid's home game against Getafe and Barca's draw away to Espanyol. Here are some things we learned this weekend in Spain.
PKL 8: Patna Pirates beat Telugu Titans to reach semis
Raider Sachin scored a Super 10 (14 points) and defender Mohammadreza Shadloui secured a High 5 (5 tackle points) as the Pirates once again showed why they are on top of the points table with a victory that helped them guarantee a Top-2 finish in the league stages.
IPL 2022: Delhi Capitals - A force to reckon with 'cricketainment' on the cards for fans
In 2018, when they changed their name from Delhi Daredevils to Delhi Capitals, people laughed it off and questioned the move. Interestingly, it, somehow, changed their fortunes, as well as the franchise, saw a change in ownership and management.
Kuldeep replaces injured Washington Sundar in T20I series vs West Indies
The national selection committee named Kuldeep Yadav as replacement for Sunday for the three-match T20I series, the BCCI informed in a release on Monday. "All-rounder Washington Sundar suffered a left hamstring muscle strain during fielding in the third ODI against the West Indies played at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday. He is ruled out of the upcoming three-match T20I Series to be played in Kolkata from 16th February," BCCI Honorary Secretary Jay Shah informed in a release.
IPL Mega Auction: We thought Raina may not fit into this team, says CSK CEO
Raina, who had a base price of Rs 2 crore, went unsold in an IPL auction for the first time in the history of the lucrative league. CSK did not even bid for him. Kasi said that the Super Kings will miss Raina and opener Faf du Plessis, who was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the auction.
Winter Olympics: Austria beat Slovenia to win ski jumping men's team gold
Slovenia, the leader after the first round, took the silver with 934.4 points and the bronze went to PyeongChang silver medallist Germany with 922.9 points. Xu wins women's aerials gold. China's veteran free skier Xu Mengtao, a four-time Olympian and the runner-up at Sochi 2014, fulfilled her dream of winning an Olympic gold medal in the women's aerials here on Monday evening.
Halep, Swiatek and Krejcikova start with wins in Dubai WTA event
Romania's Halep got off to a clinical start needing 1 hour and 11 minutes to advance past Alison Riske 6-2, 6-4. Swiatek defeated Russia's Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-2 while Krejcikova quelled a second-set fightback by Caroline Garcia of France to win 6-4, 7-6(0). Halep, who won the title here in 2020 but is unseeded in this year's draw, extended her head-to-head lead over Riske to 4-0.
Indian Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika among women chess players targeted by sexually abusive mails
The Indian GM, who is ranked 11th in the world, said that she received anonymous mail during the tournament in Latvia. "The police asked me whether I wanted to open the envelope for myself and stay back in Riga to be a part of the investigations," Harika was quoted as saying by ESPN.
IPL 2022: SWOT analysis of Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans
Over two days of 2022 IPL mega auction, 204 players out of 600 in the final list were acquired by the ten franchises. Here's a look at how two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders and the newcomers, Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans now stack up after the auctions were done and dusted.
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